The 2025 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) is well underway and set to culminate towards the end of the year with the VCT Champions event. Back in 2022, Riot Games introduced the partnership model to the VALORANT esports ecosystem. During the 2023 season, there were only three leagues: Pacific, EMEA, and Americas. In late 2024, it introduced the VCT China league.
Let’s go over the key dates & details for the 2025 season.
Image Credits: VALORANT Esports
Following the announcement of the VCT Partnership Leagues, the VALORANT ecosystem was split into three tiers. The first tier is the VCT Partnership Leagues. In the 2025 edition of VCT, there are four regional leagues.
They are as follows:
There are 12 teams in each of these regional leagues. Out of those twelve teams, 10 are known as partnered teams. These are teams that Riot Games have invited to make a VALORANT roster and prove their metal within their regional VCT League. Below is a list of all teams that are part of each of the following leagues:
Americas
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Sentinels
- NRG
- Evil Geniuses
- LOUD
- FURIAMIBR
- KRÜ Esports
- Leviatán
- G2 Esports (Ascension)
- 2Game Esports
China
- All Gamers
- BiliBili Gaming
- Edward Gaming
- Titan Esports Club
- TYLOO
- Nova Esports
- JD Gaming
- Trace Esports
- Wolves Esports
- FunPlus Phoenix
- Dragon Ranger Gaming (Ascension)
- XLG Esports (Ascension)
EMEA
- Team Liquid
- Fnatic
- Team Vitality
- Karmine Corp
- GIANTX (Formerly Giants Gaming)
- Team Heretics
- FUT Esports
- BBL Esports
- Movistar KOI
- Natus Vincere (NAVI)
- Gentle Mates (Ascension)
- Apeks (Ascension)
Pacific
- T1
- DRX
- Gen.G
- ZETA DIVISION
- DetonatioN Gaming
- Rex Regum Qeon (RRG)
- Talon Esports
- Team Secret
- Paper Rex
- Global Esports
- BLEED Esports (Ascension)
- BOOM Esports
There are teams with Ascension written beside them, which we will discuss later in the article. For the 2025 season, each VALORANT VCT League is split into three parts.
The first phase of each league is known as VCT Kickoff. The tournament’s second phase is known as Stage 1 and Stage 2. During Stages 1 and 2, the 12 teams are split into Group Alpha and Group Omega.
During Stage 1, each VCT League team faced off against teams from the other groups. In Stage 2, teams faced off against teams from the same group. There is also a new system within the VALORANT league. This is known as Championships points. For each win, teams obtain 1 point. They will secure an additional point if they finish first in their respective group during the group stage. If a team wins their respective leagues, VCT Kickoff, VCT Stage 1, or Stage 2, they will receive 3 points for each event.
Valorant competition in 2025 begins in January and finishes in October. Over 100 matches will occur in the regional VCT Leagues, and over 50+ games will happen in each VALORANT Challenger League region. The critical months and dates for each competition are listed below:
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| VCT Kickoff | Jan 15 – February 10 |
| VCT Masters Bangkok | February 20 – March 02 |
| VCT Stage 1 | March 13 – May 03 |
| VCT Masters Shanghai | June 06 – June 22 |
| VCT Stage 2 | July 03 – August 12 |
| VALORANT Champions Seoul | September 10 – October 05 |
Following the completion of each of the VCT Kickoff tournaments, the first VCT Masters event of the year occurrs at the VALORANT Masters Bangkok. The top two teams from the four leagues participate in this event, and the winner receives 3 Championship points.
Credit: VALORANT Esports
Following the completion of Stage 1 from each of the four leagues, the second VCT Masters will take place in Toronto, Canada. Within this event, the teams who finish in the top 3 of their respective leagues’ stage one phase will qualify and the winner of this event will also receive 3 Championship points.
The last international tournament of the VCT 2025 will be VALORANT Champions, held in Paris, France. A total of 16 teams will participate in the event. The top 4 teams with the highest Championship Points in the 4 VCT Leagues will qualify for the event.
VALORANT Challengers Leagues are the Tier 2 level of competition in the ecosystem. These are regional tournaments that take place within each region. Like the partnership leagues, the VALORANT circuit is split into four major areas. Ten sub-regions will have their respective VALORANT Challengers League within each region.
Below is a list of all sub-regions in each area of VALORANT Challengers:
Each subregion has two phases for its respective VALORANT Challenger Leagues, similar to the VCT Leagues, known as Split 1 and Split 2. The winner of each subregion split two will be able to participate in VCT Ascension. Each region has its respective VCT Ascension. During this event, the organization that wins will get a spot in the next year’s VCT League for that region.
EN Global 
JP 日本語
BR Português