VALORANT Champions Paris 2025 Full Schedule: Dates, Venues, and Key Details Revealed

VALORANT Champions Paris 2025 is actually gonna be the final tournament for the whole year’s VCT events. The best 16 teams are gonna be in it, all coming from various regions through different qualification routes. Riot Games is behind the event as usual. It’s supposed to be from 12th September to 5th October, though some people online may say different dates.

There’s this huge $2.25 million prize money, which makes it a big deal obviously. Teams got their chance by collecting Championship Points or if they won their respective regional stages. It’s the biggest stage for VALORANT again this year.

VALORANT Champions Paris 2025 Full Schedule & Where It’s Happening

Group Stage (Sept 12–22)

This round is gonna be hosted at Les Arènes de Grand Paris Sud, which isn’t that big, but works fine.

• The 16 teams gets divided into 4 groups.
• The format is GSL double elimination, Bo3 for all.
• 2 teams from each group makes it to next round.

Bracket Stage (Sept 25–29)

Same venue is used again.

• Top 8 goes into this.
• Matches stay Bo3, with Lower Bracket Final being Bo5.

Finals Weekend (Oct 3–5)

Then it moves to Accor Arena, which is really big — over 20,000 seats.

• Oct 3: Upper Final
• Oct 4: Lower Final (Bo5)
• Oct 5: Grand Final (also Bo5)
  This is when they find the champion for 2025.

Even though some dates was showing Sept 13 to Oct 6 before, but official page mentioned Sept 12 to Oct 5, so that should be the one.

Tickets Info & Attendance

Riot has a process now where people need to verify their accounts if they want a ticket.

• A Riot account made before April 1, 2025, with one VALORANT match
• Verification opened from May 30 to June 15
• Then ticket sale goes like:
  • July 9 for MasterCard users
  • July 10 for everybody else
    Verified players will get an access code and link in July by email or so.

Qualification & How It Works

16 teams are picked through their performance. 4 from each region — EMEA, Pacific, China, and Americas — are chosen either by winning stages or through points.

It’s same format as earlier years:

• Group matches, then Bracket matches, and Finals at the end
• Matches mostly Bo3, some Bo5 later

 Why It’s Important

It’s the biggest event for VALORANT in 2025. The top squads from around the globe come here to fight for the biggest title. It’s not just a game, it’s a statement of who’s the best of the best this year. Paris hosting it just makes it more iconic.