VALORANT Champions 2025 playoffs bracket revealed

Bryan Francis Published September 22, 2025

The VALORANT Champions group stage has finally come to an end. Teams like EDward Gaming, Team Liquid, and T1 have been eliminated from the tournament. The top eight teams have been confirmed for the playoff stages. Following the match between MIBR and RRQ, the playoffs draw took place. In this draw, the upcoming fixtures of the playoffs became known. In this article, we take a look at the VALORANT Champions 2025 playoffs fixtures.

Group stage concluded – Image credits: @ValorantEsports on X

VALORANT Champions 2025 playoffs brackets are finally out

Following the final game between MIBR and RRQ, the hosts of VALORANT Champions 2025 presented the playoffs draw. From each group, the first seed and second seed teams were drawn. Teams from the same group would not be placed in the same bracket of the upper bracket format. The playoffs phase of the event will be in a double-bracket format. All games, except for the grand finals and lower bracket finals, will be a best-of-three series. The grand finals and lower brackets finals will be a best-of-five series.

Playoffs brackets – Image credits: @ValorantEsports on X

At the beginning of the draw, the first seed from the group teams was drawn. FNATIC and Paper Rex were placed in the phase section of the bracket. Team Heretics and NRG were placed on the other side of the bracket.

Below is the confirmed list of all first-round matches of the VALORANT Champions 2025 playoffs:

• FNATIC vs DRX
• Paper Rex vs G2 Esports
• Team Heretics vs MIBR
• NRG vs GiantX

Matches to watch out for

The match that everyone has their eyes on is G2 Esports and Paper Rex. Paper Rex are the champions of VCT Pacific Stage Two and VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025. On the other hand, G2 Esports completed the three-peat in VCT Americas.

The last time these two teams faced off was during the previous masters tournament. Since then, both these team have won their regional VCT Stage Two tournaments. It will be interesting to see two of the favourites of the tournament face off against each other.

Another game to keep an eye on is between Team Heretics and MIBR. Aspas has been in red-hot form, having the highest K/D ratio of any player in the group stage (1.69). Team Heretics are the current champions of the Esports World Cup VALORANT Championship. This team has defeated the likes of T1 and G2 Esports already during this tournament. While they were the runner-ups during VALORANT Champions 2024, they are the underdogs during this event.

With a prize pool of $2.25 million on the line, let’s see which team will be crowned as the winner of VALORANT Champions 2025.