Valorant Champions 2025 Paris: Prize pool, format, teams, and more

Valorant Champions 2025 Paris kicked off on September 12, 2025. This S-tier tournament, organized by Riot Games, draws more views than any other Valorant tournament in the world. Fans will witness 16 teams battle one another for the top prize and the Champions 2025 trophy. After the Group Stage, two teams from each of the four regions will make it to the Playoffs starting on September 25.

This article will go over the prize pool, format, and teams of Valorant Champions 2025 Paris, along with some other key details.

Valorant Champions 2025 Paris guide

Position	Prize	Team
1st	$1,000,000	TBD
2nd	$400,000	TBD
3rd	$250,000	TBD
4th	$130,000	TBD
5th-6th	$85,000	TBD
7th-8th	$50,000	TBD
9th-12th	$30,000	TBD
13th-16th	$20,000	TBD

The total prize pool of Valorant Champions 2025 Paris stands at $2,250,000 USD. As can be seen from the table, it will be distributed among all the participating teams based on their standing at the very end. The top prize is a staggering amount of $1,000,000.

Apart from this, a VCT Champions 2025 Paris bracelet will also be awarded to the MVP of the tournament. This MVP bracelet will likely be similar to the one given to Paper Rex's f0rsakeN after the team secured their very first international trophy at Valorant Masters Toronto 2025.

Valorant Champions 2025: Format and schedule

Valorant Champions 2025 Paris will follow the regular format, where teams must go through the Group Stage to make it to the Playoffs. In the Group Stage, all 16 Valorant teams will play in four double-elimination format groups where all matches are best-of-three.

At the end of the Group Stage, the top two teams from each of the four groups will make it to the Playoffs, where they will once again compete in a double-elimination bracket. All matches will be best-of-three except for the Lower Final and Grand Final. These two matches will be best-of-five.

The Group Stage kicked off on September 12 and will end on September 23, 2025. Afterwards, the Playoffs will begin on September 25, and on the last day of the tournament, the Grand Finals will be played on October 6, 2025.

Also read: 5 players to look out for at Valorant Champions 2025

Valorant Champions 2025: Qualified teams

As mentioned earlier, 16 teams will grace the stage of Valorant Champions Paris. Here are all the teams along with their current rosters:

Team	Qualification	Roster
G2 Esports	Americas Qualifiers	JonahP, trent, valyn, leaf, jawgemo
NRG	Americas Qualifiers	Ethan, s0m, mada, brawk, skuba
Sentinels	Americas Points	zekken, johnqt, Zellsis, bang, N4RRATE
MIBR	Americas Points	artziN, xenom, cortezia, Verno, aspas
Bilibili Gaming	China Qualifiers	whzy, Knight, Levius, nephh, rushia
Dragon Ranger Gaming	China Qualifiers	Nicc, SpiritZ1, Flex1n, Akeman, Demon1 (sub)
EDward Gaming	China Points	CHICHOO, nobody, ZmjjKK, Smoggy, Jieni7
XLG Esports	China Points	Rarga, happywei, coconut, Viva, NoMan
Team Liquid	EMEA Qualifiers	nAts, keiko, kamo, paTiTek, trexx
GIANTX	EMEA Qualifiers	Cloud, westside, Flickless, ara, GRUBINHO
FNATIC	EMEA Points	Boaster, Alfajer, Chronicle, kaajak, crashies
Team Heretics	EMEA Points	Boo, benjyfishy, MiniBoo, RieNs, wo0t
Paper Rex	Pacific Qualifiers	f0rsakeN, d4v41, something, Jinggg, PatMen
Rex Regum Qeon	Pacific Qualifiers	xffero, Jemkin, monyet, Kushy, crazyguy
T1	Pacific Points	iZu, stax, Meteor, BuZz, DH
DRX	Pacific Points	MaKo, free1ng, HYUNMIN, BeYN, Flashback

These are all the teams that made it to Champions 2025 Paris. The tournament is ongoing as of the time of writing. Let us discuss how you can watch the broadcast live.

Valorant Champions 2025: Where to watch

To watch the tournament unfold live, you can check the official Valorant channels on YouTube as well as Twitch. All matches begin between 6 am PT/ 7 am ET/ 1 pm UTC and 9 am PT/ 10 am ET/ 4 pm UTC.

Here are the links to the official channels:

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