VALORANT Champions 2025 final weekend in Paris with four teams

VALORANT Champions 2025 reaches its climax this weekend at the Accor Arena in Paris, where four teams — Fnatic, NRG, DRX and Paper Rex — will compete October 3 to 5 for the tournament title and a share of a $2.25 million prize pool. The winner will receive $1 million and the runner-up $400,000, organizers said, after a global 16-team event that began September 12 and narrowed to the final four over a three-week competition.

The final weekend opens October 3 with the upper bracket final between Fnatic and NRG and the lower bracket semifinal pitting DRX against Paper Rex. The lower bracket final is scheduled for October 4, and the grand final will take place October 5. Champions follows a format Riot Games described as a two-stage event: a group stage composed of four double-elimination GSL groups of four teams, with best-of-three matches and the top two advancing; and a double-elimination playoff bracket where matches are best-of-three except for the lower bracket final and grand final, which are best-of-five.

Across the tournament, 16 teams qualified via regional Stage 2 results and championship points. The event’s playoff structure has produced a compact finals schedule that...