Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2025: Where to watch, prize pool, and more

The Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2025 is just around the corner, and it is one of the biggest competitive gaming events of the year. This time, it is being hosted at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Décines, France, and features a prize pool of over $2 million. Unlike the previous two years, the Globals have switched from duos to trios format, and the matches will be played on the Chapter 6 Season 4 map.

On that note, here’s everything you need to know about the FNCS Global Championship 2025.

Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2025: Everything you need to know

The FNCS Global Championship 2025 begins on September 6, 2025, and will be concluded the next day. The top 33 trios from around the world qualified for this event through three online FNCS Majors, each featuring hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize pools.

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All teams

Here's the full list of teams participating in the event:

5aald, FKS, Hero
Acorn, Ajerss, Pollo
Adapter, Balor, Mansour
alex, Anon, Resignz
Aminished, Braydz, Visxals
Ark, Sxhool, Salko
Aspect, Cazi, Tinka
Bacca, Parz, PXMP
Buyuriru, Merem, wickesy
Cadu, Stryker, Tisco
Chap, MrSavage, rezon ay
Clix, Eomzo, Higgs
Cold, Peterbot, Ritual
Cooper, Curly, Reet
Darm, Demus, pixx
Fazer, K1nG, Phzin
FoCuS, Mikson, Upl
Hris, TaySon, Chico
IDrop, charyy, Kami
Kimkana, Raito, Razl
Koyota, Rise, yuma
Malibuca, P1ng, Wox
Muz, Sphinx, Shadow
Rapid, Khanada, Boltz
Rew, saad, Snowy
Setty, Japko, panzer
Goofy, m0untain, VortexM
SwizzY, Queasy, Merstach
Tjino, PabloWingu, Fredoxie
Vanyak3kk, Pixie, MariusCOW
VicterV, EpikWhale, Paper
vic0, veno, Flickzy
WeY, Gabzera, Scarpa

Prize pool

Here's how the prize pool of $2,001,000 will be distributed among all the trios:

1st: $450,000
2nd: $300,000
3rd: $225,000
4th: $180,000
5th: $135,000
6th: $90,000
7th: $75,000
8th: $60,000
9th: $45,000
10th: $36,000
11th: $33,000
12th: $30,000
13th and 14th: $27,000
15th and 16th: $24,000
17th and 18th: $21,000
19th and 20th: $18,000
21st to 25th: $15,000
26th to 30th: $12,000
31st to 33rd: $9,000

Where to watch

The FNCS Global Championship 2025 will be officially broadcast in the following languages:

English: Twitch (@Fortnite, @AussieAntics, and @buckefps), YouTube (@FN_Competitive)
Portuguese: Twitch (@brasil_fortnite), YouTube (@fortnitebrasil)
Japanese: Twitch (@FortniteJP), YouTube (@FortniteJP)
French: Twitch (@leothecrack_)

That's everything you need to know about the FNCS Global Championship 2025. For more information, you may visit the official website here.

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Harshit Singh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda, with Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, and Marvel Rivals being his areas of specialization. A final-year B.Des (Visual Communication) student at Delhi Technological University, he is always eager to pursue creative endeavors. Harshit aims to deliver news and up-to-date content promptly to players around the globe. To that end, he acquires information from reliable forums and social media pages and religiously tracks the latest coverage of Fortnite — a game he has been playing since 2018. He is often found testing the new meta in-game or spectating competitive tournaments.

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