The first week of Stage 1 in VCT China 2025 is over, with FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #11 BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) Ben1Ley Shi Benyu KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Setrod Ou Taigeng (欧泰赓) , EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 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) , and Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #19 glacier Liang Zhekai (梁哲恺) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) starting their regular season playing strong. Every team in the region played one match this week, and while most teams remained as strong as they looked in their Kickoff tournament, the regional tournament during Masters Bangkok gave all teams some experience heading into Stage 1.

Here is a quick rundown on how all the matches went in week one of VCT China 2025 Stage 1:

Only two of the first six games went the distance, with four sweeps in the other matches. EDward Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, and Trace Esports all won their expected matchups to start their Stage 1 run well, but Wolves' first win in VCT 2025 over JDG could have some further regional consequences.

JDG's weakness recently has been Wolves. In the China Evolution Series tournament during Masters Bangkok, Wolves swept JDG 2-0 on the way to a grand final loss to Nova Esports. Then, weeks later, Wolves swept JDG for the second time in 2025.

Juicy wins a thrifty to help Wolves defeat JDG.

Juicy was a star in week one, playing only Yoru but ending with 44 kills and 280 ACS in Stage 1 to help Wolves start hot in the regular season. Other stars in week one include ZmjjKK , who remains one of the best Duelists alive, as well as Kai , who helped Trace secure a close 2-1 series win.

Another result of note was Nova Esports losing to Dragon Ranger Gaming. While both DRG and Nova have always been competitive teams regionally, Nova won the CES tournament dominantly over Wolves but wasn't able to keep that form up in week one of VCT China 2025 Stage 1.

With the first week done, FPX, EDG, and DRG lead Group Alpha with a win each, while Wolves Esports, Trace Esports, and Bilibili Gaming lead Group Omega.

The week two matches for VCT China 2025 Stage 1 are: