VALORANT Champions 2024 is currently taking place in Seoul, South Korea – the last official tournament of the season. With this, there is a lot of speculation about next year. It looks like the forthcoming format has been leaked, and the location of the 2 VCT Masters event and VALORANT Champions 2025 has been revealed. In this article, let us take a look at the new format and what fans can expect from VCT in 2025
International VCT Tournaments in 2025 To Take place in Bangkok, Toronto, and Paris
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There are only a few days before the VALORANT Champions 2024 finals. EDward Gaming, LEVIATAN, Sentinels, and Team Heretics being the top four teams at the event. A few hours ago, it did look like one of the official VALORANT accounts from Southeast Asia had leaked a video on the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour format. In this video, Leo Faria and Anna Donlon, the head of VALORANT Studios, discuss the new venues for all the upcoming international tournaments.
Similar to VCT 2024, there will be 2 VCT Masters events next year. The first VCT Masters event is slated to take place in Bangkok, Thailand. It is scheduled to take place in February 2025. The last time a VCT event was hosted in the region was during the VCT Pacific Ascension 2023.
The second VCT Masters event will happen in Toronto, Canada in June 2025. Finally, VALORANT Champions 2025 descend into Paris, France. Instead of taking place in August like this year, it will happen in September.
The VALORANT Champions Tour 2025 Schedule
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The first event to take place in VCT is the VCT Kickoff tournament. It will take place between January and February in each of the 4 VCT leagues. Unlike this year, the game will be hosted in a double-elimination bracket. The teams that finished in the top 4 of their respective regions in 2024 will receive a bye within the tournament.
Following the double bracket tournament, the top 2 teams will qualify for VCT Masters Bangkok. After the completion of VCT Masters Bangkok, each of the four leagues will have their respective VCT Stage One tournament. The top 3 teams of each VCT League from this event will qualify for VCT Masters Toronto.
Following VCT Masters Toronto, the VCT Stage Two event will take place within the VCT Leagues. The top 4 teams from each league will qualify for VALORANT Champions 2025 Paris. Following VALORANT Champions 2025, each region will host its respective VCT Ascension tournament and VCT Game Changers Championship.
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