The biggest event of the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) is here. VALORANT Champions 2025 takes place in Paris from September 12 to October 5, 2025. Sixteen of the best teams in the world are battling for the title and a share of the massive prize pool.
This guide covers the full schedule, all teams, format, and prize pool for VCT Champions 2025.
VALORANT Champions 2025 Schedule
The tournament runs for 24 days. Group Stage matches decide which eight teams move on to the Playoffs. All times are listed in CEST (PDT in brackets).
Group Stage
Friday, Sept. 12, 2025
- Paper Rex 2–0 XLG Esports (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- 13–9 Bind
- 13–5 Sunset
- GIANTX 2–1 Sentinels (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- 6–13 Corrode
- 13–4 Sunset
- 13–9 Haven
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025
- NRG 2–0 EDward Gaming (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- 17–15 Abyss
- 13–11 Corrode
- Team Liquid 0–2 DRX (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- 8–13 Abyss
- 10–13 Bind
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025
- Dragon Ranger Gaming 0–2 T1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- 13–15 Lotus
- 14–16 Sunset
- G2 Esports 0–2 Team Heretics (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- 10–13 Corrode
- 10–13 Lotus
Monday, Sept. 15, 2025
- Bilibili Gaming vs MIBR (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- RRQ vs FNATIC (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
- Upper Final 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Upper Final 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025
- Upper Final 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Upper Final 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
- Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025
- Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025
- Lower Finals (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Finals (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Monday, Sept. 22, 2025
- Lower Finals (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Finals (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Playoffs
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025
- Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
- Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025
- Lower Round 1 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Round 1 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025
- Upper Round 2 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Upper Round 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
Monday, Sept. 29, 2025
- Lower Round 2 (3 pm / 6 am PDT)
- Lower Round 2 (6 pm / 9 am PDT)
- Two teams eliminated
Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
- Upper Finals
- Lower Semis
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025
- Lower Finals
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025
- Grand Finals
All VALORANT Champions 2025 Teams
Sixteen teams qualified for Champions 2025:
- G2 Esports
- Sentinels
- Fnatic
- Paper Rex
- T1
- Rex Regum Qeon
- Bilibili Gaming
- XLG Esports
- EDward Gaming
- Team Heretics
- MIBR
- DRX
- NRG
- Dragon Ranger Gaming
- GIANTX
- Team Liquid
VALORANT Champions 2025 Prize Pool
The prize pool is $2,250,000. Distribution:
- 1st – $1,000,000
- 2nd – $400,000
- 3rd – $250,000
- 4th – $130,000
- 5th–6th – $85,000
- 7th–8th – $50,000
- 9th–12th – $30,000
- 13th–16th – $20,000
VCT Champions 2025 Format
The event has two stages: Group Stage and Playoffs.
- Group Stage: Four GSL groups with four teams each. All matches are best-of-three. The top two teams in each group move on.
- Playoffs: A double-elimination bracket. Most matches are best-of-three, while the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are best-of-five.
VALORANT Champions 2025 is set to crown the best team in the world. Stay tuned to Gamelevate for full coverage, updates, and more on VALORANT esports.
