2025 Valorant Champions

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2025 Valorant Champions
File:VCT Champions Paris 2025.logo.png
Tournament information
GameValorant
LocationParis, France
DateSeptember 12 – October 5, 2025
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
formats
Venues
2
  • Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud
    (Group Stage and Playoffs Stage)
  • Accor Arena
    (Top 4 Playoffs + Grand Finals)
Teams16
PurseUS$2,250,000
Final positions
ChampionsNRG
Runner-upFnatic
MVPBrock "brawk" Somerhalder (NRG)
← 2024
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The 2025 Valorant Champions was an esports tournament for the video game Valorant. This was the fifth edition of the Valorant Champions, the world championship tournament of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) for the 2025 Valorant competitive season. The tournament was held between September 12 to October 5, 2025, in Paris, and Évry-Courcouronnes, France.[1] It marked the second staging of the event in the EMEA region after the inaugural edition in 2021 in Berlin, and the first time France hosted the tournament. Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their standing in Stage 2 of their regional tournaments, as well as points accumulated from the overall tournaments held this year.

Edward Gaming was the defending champions but were eliminated by Team Liquid in the group stage. NRG from Americas defeated Fnatic from EMEA with a score 3–2 in the Grand Finals to win their organization's first championship, and by extension the region's third Champions title. With their victory, NRG's in-game leader (IGL), Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, became the first player to win the Champions twice (he first won the title in 2023 with Evil Geniuses).

Host selection

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On August 17, 2024, during the 2024 Valorant Champions, Riot Games announced that Paris will host the next year's Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the VCT 2025 season.[2]

Venues

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The event was held in Paris and Évry-Courcouronnes. The majority of the tournament were held at Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud in Évry-Courcouronnes, while the final matches were held at Accor Arena in Paris.[3]

This was the first Valorant tournament to be held in both venues, but not the first Esports events. The Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud, which is the home arena of Karmine Corp hosted one of the stops of the League of Legends EMEA Championship's "LEC Roadtrip" during the 2025 season, while the Accor Arena staged the 2019 League of Legends World Championship final.

France
Évry-Courcouronnes Paris
Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud Accor Arena

Qualified teams

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Sixteen teams, including eight teams (seed 1/2) that finished in the top two of Stage 2, and eight teams (seed 3/4) that were out of top two but had most Championship Points in season of all three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and China League, qualified for the global crowning event of the circuit.[4][5]

(*) Non-partner teams in franchise system

Region Stage 2 Winner Stage 2 Runners-up Championship Points #1 Championship Points #2
Americas G2 Esports* NRG Esports Sentinels MIBR
EMEA Team Liquid GiantX Fnatic Team Heretics
Pacific Paper Rex Rex Regum Qeon T1 DRX
China Bilibili Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming* Edward Gaming Xi Lai Gaming*

Group stage

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  • Sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. Teams from the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Seed 1 team play against seed 4, while seed 2 team play against seed 3 in the opening match.
  • Double elimination: all matches are best-of-three.
  • The eight teams consisting of the winners and runners-up of each group advance to the Playoff Stage. Remaining teams are eliminated.[5]

Group A

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Opening MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
Match 1 - 12 September
1Paper Rex2
Match 3 - 17 September
4Xi Lai Gaming0
W1Paper Rex2
Match 2 - 12 SeptemberA1Paper Rex
W2GiantX1
2GiantX2
3Sentinels1
Elimination MatchDecider Match
Match 5 - 21 September
Match 4 - 19 SeptemberL3GiantX2
A2GiantX
L1Xi Lai Gaming2W4Xi Lai Gaming0
L2Sentinels1
Opening Match 12 September Paper Rex 2 – 0 Xi Lai Gaming Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
18:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Bind 9
13 Sunset 5
- Ascent -
Opening Match 12 September GiantX 2 – 1 Sentinels Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
6 Corrode 13
13 Sunset 4
13 Haven 9
Winners Match 17 September Paper Rex 2 – 1 GiantX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
18:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
11 Ascent 13
13 Lotus 10
13 Sunset 6
Elimination Match 19 September Xi Lai Gaming 2 – 1 Sentinels Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
10 Abyss 13
13 Lotus 11
13 Haven 8
Decider Match 22 September GiantX 2 – 0 Xi Lai Gaming Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
14 Bind 12
13 Ascent 10
- Lotus -

Group B

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Opening MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
Match 1 - 15 September
1Bilibili Gaming0
Match 3 - 18 September
4MIBR2
W1MIBR1
Match 2 - 15 SeptemberB1Fnatic
W2Fnatic2
2Rex Regum Qeon0
3Fnatic2
Elimination MatchDecider Match
Match 5 - 22 September
Match 4 - 20 SeptemberL3MIBR2
B2MIBR
L1Bilibili Gaming1W4Rex Regum Qeon0
L2Rex Regum Qeon2
Opening Match 15 September Bilibili Gaming 0 – 2 MIBR Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
18:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
2 Haven 13
9 Corrode 13
- Sunset -
Opening Match 15 September Rex Regum Qeon 0 – 2 Fnatic Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
10 Ascent 13
7 Abyss 13
- Corrode -
Winners Match 18 September MIBR 1 – 2 Fnatic Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Bind 5
7 Abyss 13
10 Haven 13
Elimination Match 20 September Bilibili Gaming 1 – 2 Rex Regum Qeon Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Sunset 7
8 Lotus 13
4 Abyss 13
Decider Match 22 September MIBR 2 – 0 Rex Regum Qeon Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Corrode 5
13 Abyss 5
Haven

Group C

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Opening MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
Match 1 - 13 September
1Team Liquid0
Match 3 - 17 September
4DRX2
W1DRX1
Match 2 - 13 SeptemberC1NRG
W2NRG2
2NRG2
3Edward Gaming0
Elimination MatchDecider Match
Match 5 - 21 September
Match 4 - 19 SeptemberL3DRX2
C2DRX
L1Team Liquid2W4Team Liquid0
L2Edward Gaming1
Opening Match 13 September Team Liquid 0 – 2 DRX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
8 Abyss 13
10 Bind 13
- Lotus -
Opening Match 13 September NRG 2 – 0 Edward Gaming Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
18:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
17 Abyss 15
13 Corrode 11
- Haven -
Winners Match 17 September DRX 1 – 2 NRG Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Haven 4
11 Corrode 13
11 Lotus 13
Elimination Match 19 September Team Liquid 2 – 1 Edward Gaming Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
3 Sunset 13
13 Abyss 6
15 Bind 13
Decider Match 21 September DRX 2 – 0 Team Liquid Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Corrode 8
13 Abyss 7
- Bind -

Group D

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Opening MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
Match 1 - 14 September
1G2 Esports0
Match 3 - 18 September
4Team Heretics2
W1Team Heretics2
Match 2 - 14 SeptemberD1Team Heretics
W2T10
2Dragon Ranger Gaming0
3T12
Elimination MatchDecider Match
Match 5 - 22 September
Match 4 - 20 SeptemberL3T10
D2G2 Esports
L1G2 Esports2W4G2 Esports2
L2Dragon Ranger Gaming0
Opening Match 14 September G2 Esports 0 – 2 Team Heretics Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
10 Corrode 13
10 Lotus 13
- Haven -
Opening Match 14 September Dragon Ranger Gaming 0 – 2 T1 Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
18:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Lotus 15
14 Sunset 16
- Ascent -
Winners Match 18 September Team Heretics 2 – 0 T1 Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Lotus 10
13 Sunset 11
- Ascent -
Elimination Match 21 September G2 Esports 2 – 0 Dragon Ranger Gaming Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
13 Lotus 7
13 Abyss 7
- Ascent -
Decider Match 22 September T1 0 – 2 G2 Esports Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
21:00 (UTC+2)     Les Arènes  
9 Lotus 13
8 Corrode 13
Sunset

Playoffs

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  • Eight teams were drawn into a double-elimination bracket.
  • The seed 1 team of each group was drawn against the seed 2 team of a different group in Upper Quarterfinals. Teams from same group were not drawn in same bracket until the Upper Final.
  • All matches were best-of-three, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were best-of-five.
Upper QuarterfinalsUpper SemifinalsUpper FinalGrand Final
Match 1 – 25 September
B1Fnatic2
Match 7 – 28 September
C2DRX1
W1Fnatic2
Match 2 – 25 September
W2Paper Rex1
A1Paper Rex2
Match 11 – 3 October
D2G2 Esports1
W7Fnatic0
Match 3 – 26 September
W8NRG2
D1Team Heretics0
Match 8 – 28 September
B2MIBR2
W3MIBR1
Match 4 – 26 September
W4NRG2
C1NRG2Match 14 – 5 October
A2GiantX0W11NRG3
W13Fnatic2
Lower Round 1Lower QuarterfinalsLower SemifinalsLower Final
Match 9 – 29 September
Match 5 – 27 SeptemberL8MIBR1Match 13 – 4 October
L1DRX2W5DRX2Match 12 – 3 OctoberL11Fnatic3
L2G2 Esports1W9DRX2W12DRX1
Match 10 – 29 SeptemberW10Paper Rex0
Match 6 – 27 SeptemberL7Paper Rex2
L3Team Heretics2W6Team Heretics1
L4GiantX1

Upper Bracket

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Quarterfinals

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Upper Quarterfinals 25 September Paper Rex 2 – 1 G2 Esports Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Lotus 11
13 Corrode 15
13 Ascent 11
Upper Quarterfinals 25 September Fnatic 2 – 1 DRX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Haven 11
8 Ascent 13
13 Lotus 5
Upper Quarterfinals 26 September Team Heretics 0 – 2 MIBR Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
12 Corrode 14
6 Sunset 13
- Haven -
Upper Quarterfinals 26 September NRG 2 – 0 GiantX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Haven 1
13 Lotus 6
- Abyss -

Semifinals

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Upper Semifinals 28 September Fnatic 2 – 1 Paper Rex Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
10 Bind 13
13 Haven 4
13 Lotus 9
Upper Semifinals 28 September MIBR 1 – 2 NRG Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
14 Abyss 16
13 Haven 4
14 Corrode 16

Final

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Upper Final 3 October Fnatic 0 – 2 NRG Paris, France  
    Accor Arena  
12 Ascent 14
5 Abyss 13
Lotus

Lower Bracket

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Round 1

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Lower Round 1 27 September DRX 2 – 1 G2 Esports Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
7 Lotus 13
13 Abyss 10
13 Bind 7
Lower Round 1 27 September Team Heretics 2 – 1 GiantX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Ascent 4
3 Lotus 13
13 Bind 9

Quarterfinals

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Lower Quarterfinals 29 September Paper Rex 2 – 1 Team Heretics Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Ascent 11
9 Bind 13
13 Lotus 4
Lower Quarterfinals 29 September MIBR 1 – 2 DRX Évry-Courcouronnes, France  
    Les Arènes  
13 Sunset 10
13 Ascent 15
10 Bind 13


Semifinals

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Lower Semifinals 3 October DRX 2 – 0 Paper Rex Paris, France  
    Accor Arena  
15 Ascent 13
13 Lotus 8
Corrode

Final

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Lower Final 4 October Fnatic 3 – 1 DRX Paris, France  
    Accor Arena  
8 Sunset 13
13 Corrode 3
13 Haven 11
13 Bind 4
Ascent

Grand Final

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Grand Final 5 October NRG 3 – 2 Fnatic Paris, France  
    Accor Arena  
13 Corrode 3
13 Lotus 6
13 Abyss 15
8 Ascent 13
13 Sunset 5

Prize pool

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Riot Games announced that the prize pool for Champions 2025 would remain the same as the last two editions. The total prize pool was US$2,250,000, and the winner of Champions received US$1,000,000.[5]

Place Team Prize (USD)
1st NRG $1,000,000
2nd Fnatic $400,000
3rd DRX $250,000
4th Paper Rex $130,000
5th–6th MIBR $85,000
Team Heretics
7th–8th GiantX $50,000
G2 Esports
9th–12th Rex Regum Qeon $30,000
T1
Xi Lai Gaming
Team Liquid
13th–16th Dragon Ranger Gaming $20,000
Bilibili Gaming
Sentinels
Edward Gaming

Marketing

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Official song

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"Last Shot" was the official theme song for the tournament, performed by templuv and 347aidan.[6]

In-game

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Before the start of the Grand Final, Valorant's 29th agent and seventh Sentinel, Veto, was revealed. He would eventually be available to play two days after the conclusion of the tournament.

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