VCT 2025 Season – Riot Reveals the Details
As the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour 2025 season inches closer, Riot Games has come out with a press release detailing the upcoming season. In this short post, we’re discussing the most essential details for the VCT 2025 season.
VCT 2025 Season – Four Regions
With a new team being promoted to each of the main regions, Riot Games has revealed the 2025 VCT Teams available for esports betting accordingly:
| VCT Partner Region | Teams |
|---|---|
| Americas | 100 Thieves, 2GAME Esports, Cloud9, Evil Geniuses, FURIA Esports, G2 Esports, KRU Esports, LOUD, Leviatan, MIBR, NRG, Sentinels |
| China | All Gamers, Bilibili Gaming, Dragon Ranger, EDward Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, JD Gaming, Nova Esports, TYLOO, Titan Esports Club, Trace Esports, Wolves Esports, XLG Esports |
| EMEA | Apeks, BBL Esports, FUT Esports, Fnatic, GIANTX, Gentle Mates, KOI, Karmine Corp, Natus Vincere, Team Heretics, Team Liquid, Team Vitality |
| Pacific | BOOM Esports, DRX, DetonatioN FocusMe, Gen.G Esports, Global Esports, Nongshim RedForce, Paper Rex, Rex Regum Qeon, T1, TALON, Team Secret, ZETA DIVISION |
Moreover, all of the international leagues start with the Kickoff tournaments on the following dates:
- VCT CN – January 11th
- VCT EMEA – January 15th
- VCT Americas – January 16th
- VCT Pacific – January 18th
Each Kickoff tournament features a double elimination bracket with teams starting in the Upper Bracket depending on their standings from last season. Any team making it to a Grand Final earns a spot at Masters Bangkok with likely interesting esports odds.
Meanwhile, teams earn spots at the remaining tournaments during the International Leagues while earning Championship Points.
Championship Points – Matches Matter
The major shift Riot Games is trying to implement is adding stakes to every match this season and making VALORANT one of the best esports games.
Most importantly, this involves abandoning the round-robin format where each team faces every other team once. Opting for a hybrid groups stage with a round-robin, Riot’s decision will help add excitement at every point in the season.
In addition, every region will now expand to 8 teams at the Playoffs to add more thrill.
And then there’s the new Championship Points system to add more weight to every single match as outlined in the above graphic. Indeed, this fixes the problem from last season where teams would perform well but not earn any Championship Points at all.
When it comes to VALORANT, Riot Games continues to make respectable decisions – we look forward to the coming season.
