Valorant’s 2025 esports season is simply forward of us, and Riot has revealed the entire occasions on the calendar for the VCT yr in addition to the dates wherein they’ll be happening.
Contemplating simply how a lot the VCT has expanded at a world scale, holding observe of each occasion and when it’s happening could be a problem.
Luckily, we’ve obtained you lined. Each area has a reasonably comparable construction with regards to event qualification, however every home event has barely totally different begin dates.
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Right here’s all the pieces that you must learn about Valorant’s 2025 primary VCT circuit, together with the date of each occasion in every area:
VCT Kickoff Tournaments
These kick off the yr in every area, figuring out who will make it to Masters Bangkok, in addition to which groups will get a assured bye to Spherical 2. Each area is utilizing a double-elimination bracket for this event, and the highest 4 groups from final yr will get a bye into spherical 2.
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Every Kickoff event has a distinct begin date between areas:
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VCT China: January 11, 2025
VCT EMEA: January 15, 2025
VCT Americas: January 16, 2025
VCT Pacific: January 18, 2025
All Kickoff tournaments will wrap by February 7, 2025.
Valorant Masters Bangkok
VCT Masters Bangkok will function the highest 2 groups from every league, making it a comparatively small 8-team event. The primary spherical is in Swiss format, with the highest 4 groups being entered right into a double-elimination bracket to find out the winner.
This occasion goes from February 20 to March 2, 2025.
VCT Stage 1
VCT Stage 1’s precise begin and finish occasions haven’t but been launched for every area, however we are able to count on its timeframe to go from March 22 to April 25, 2025.
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Areas are additionally divided into 2 teams of 6 that get swapped out between Stage 1 and Stage 2, holding the common season recent.
VCT Stage 1 Playoffs
VCT Stage 1 playoffs can have the highest 8 groups duking it out in a double-elimination bracket. They begin on Could 3 and might be wrapped up by Could 16.
Valorant Masters Toronto
Colin Younger-Wolff/Riot Video gamesValorant Masters Toronto contains the highest 3 groups from every set of Stage 1 Playoffs, that means 12 groups in whole might be attending the event. 8 groups will take part in a gap Swiss stage, with the perfect workforce from every area getting a bye into the subsequent stage, a double-elimination Knockout bracket.
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This event will happen from June 7 to June 22, 2025.
VCT Stage 2
That is just about the identical as Stage 1 besides later within the yr, and it’ll be operating from July 12 to August 15.
VCT Stage 2 Playoffs
These playoffs are a bit totally different from Stage 1’s. The best way groups qualify is identical, however what profitable means for the workforce that takes all of it is totally totally different. The highest 2 groups are the one ones who get a assured ticket to Valorant Champions in Paris, whereas Championship Factors decide the opposite two slots.
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If a workforce is backside of the barrel for many of the yr however makes a hero run on the Stage 2 playoffs, they will skyrocket all the best way to the yr’s greatest worldwide. It’s an actual make-or-break event.
This event will happen from August 16 to August 29, 2025.
Valorant Champions 2025
Valorant Champions 2025 will happen in Paris to cap off Valorant’s aggressive season. 16 groups will attend, one will win all of it. The highest two groups from every area will qualify, with the opposite two groups being decided by Championship factors.
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Right here’s a breakdown of how Championship level are amassed:
So, for groups who don’t make high 2, it’ll be all the way down to championship factors. If a workforce bombs out of Stage 2 however destroys each different event, they will nonetheless safe a spot at champs.
Valorant Champions 2025 will run from September 12 to October 5, 2025.
That’s each occasion on the primary VCT tour in 2025! We’ll replace with extra detailed dates as they arrive for a way lengthy every stage will final inside every event.
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