The 2025 Valorant Champions was an esports tournament for the video game Valorant. This was the fifth edition of the Valorant Champions, the world championship tournament of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) for the 2025 Valorant competitive season. The tournament was held between September 12 to October 5, 2025, in Paris, and Évry-Courcouronnes, France.[1] It marked the second staging of the event in the EMEA region after the inaugural edition in 2021 in Berlin, and the first time France hosted the tournament. Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their standing in Stage 2 of their regional tournaments, as well as points accumulated from the overall tournaments held this year.
Edward Gaming was the defending champions but were eliminated by Team Liquid in the group stage. NRG from Americas defeated Fnatic from EMEA with a score 3–2 in the Grand Finals to win their organization's first championship, and by extension the region's third Champions title. With their victory, NRG's in-game leader (IGL), Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, became the first player to win the Champions twice (he first won the title in 2023 with Evil Geniuses). Brock "brawk" Somerhalder from NRG was named tournament MVP.
On August 17, 2024, during the 2024 Valorant Champions, Riot Games announced that Paris will host the next year's Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the VCT 2025 season.[2]
The event was held in Paris and Évry-Courcouronnes. The majority of the tournament were held at Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud in Évry-Courcouronnes, while the final matches were held at Accor Arena in Paris.[3]
Sixteen teams, including eight teams (seed 1/2) that finished in the top two of Stage 2, and eight teams (seed 3/4) that were out of top two but had most Championship Points in season of all three International Leagues (Americas, EMEA, Pacific) and China League, qualified for the global crowning event of the circuit.[4][5]
The seed 1 team of each group was drawn against the seed 2 team of a different group in Upper Quarterfinals. Teams from same group were not drawn in same bracket until the Upper Final.
All matches were best-of-three, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were best-of-five.
Riot Games announced that the prize pool for Champions 2025 would remain the same as the last two editions. The total prize pool was US$2,250,000, and the winner of Champions received US$1,000,000.[5]
Before the start of the Grand Final, Valorant's 29th agent and seventh Sentinel, Veto, was revealed. He would eventually be available to play two days after the conclusion of the tournament.
