The capstone event of the 2025 season is rapidly approaching. From September 12 to October 5, the 16 best teams in the world will be joined in Paris in search of one thing: the right to call themselves World Champions. Bangkok, Toronto, the regional stages — everything has been about these next three weeks. The winning team will have their name etched into history itself, and the best player will be handed a custom-made bracelet.

EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #2 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) will attend and hope to defend their title as the 2024 World Champions. As the only Champions winners attending the 2025 event, everyone will have their sights set on them in hopes of crowning a fourth new champion.

The group stage will be played exclusively in Les Arènes de Grand Paris Su, in Évry-Courcouronnes just south of Paris. Tickets are still on sale.

Format

Champions 2025 follows its long-established format of a GSL format that will qualify eight teams into a double-elimination bracket. There are four double-elimination groups, each with four teams. In essence, each team will move on to the next stage should they win two games. If a roster drops two matches, they will be out of the competition.

The groups were drawn after the final of Americas Stage 2. The 16 teams were placed into four pools, each representing their regional placement. The rules stated only that each group must have one representative from each region, with their seeding determining the opening matches.

Champions 2025 Groups The Champions 2025 groups. (Image by Riot Games)

The best teams of each group move to an eight-team double-elimination bracket. The matches will be randomly seeded, with the only provision being that teams from the same group must be on opposing sides of the bracket. Every match will be BO3, except for BO5 lower bracket final and grand final.

Prize Pool

Valorant Champions 2025 boasts the same prize pool as in previous years, the largest in the VCT. In total, $2,250,000 USD will be distributed amongst the 16 teams. The champions will take $1,000,000 home.

  • 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

The teams will also earn a fraction of net proceeds from the Champions 2025 Collection — an in-game bundle that includes a Vandal skin, knife, and other cosmetic items.

Schedule

Champions 2025 Schedule The Champions 2025 schedule. (Image by Riot Games)

The full schedule for the Group Stage is below. The image shows regular start times for either matches on every day of the group stage but, for those outside those timezones, click the match to find out its start time.

Swiss Stage

Broadcast

As is customary, Valorant Champions 2025 will have a number of broadcast drops. You can earn these by connecting your Valorant account with your Twitch or YouTube account and watching official streams, which will reward you with a title, a spray, and a player card depending on the days watched.

There are also cosmetic rewards for the in-game Pick 'Ems depending on your accuracy.

English Broadcast Talent

  • Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez (Host)
  • Mika "Mikafabs" Fabella (Host)
  • Yinsu Collins (Host)
  • Lee "Jennlee" Jeong-hyun (Stage Host)
  • Lou "Loupiote" Henguelle (Stage Host)
  • Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz (Analyst)
  • Beatriz "kaquka" Alonso (Analyst)
  • Seth "Achilios" King (Commentator)
  • Clinton "Paperthin" Bader (Commentator)
  • Christy "Ender" Frierson (Commentator)
  • Doug "Doug" Cortez (Commentator)
  • Brennon "Bren" Hook (Commentator)
  • Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson (Commentator)
  • Michael "hypoc" Robins (Commentator)
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
  • Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire (Commentator)
  • Mitch "MitchMan" McBride (Commentator)
  • Mitch "Uber" Leslie (Commentator)
  • Wyatt "Wyatt" River (Commentator)
  • David "prius" Kuntz (Observer)
  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo (Observer)
  • Alberto "Tiie" Chavez Benitez (Observer)
  • Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin (Observer)

Streams

Valorant Champions 2025 will be broadcast in several languages and in various channels worldwide, which will be available on each match page. The main streams are:

Coverage

VLR.gg is covering all of Valorant Champions 2025 in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over. The event also features the VLR.gg Pick 'Ems, which close one minute prior to the first match of the event.