VCL 2025 - North America: Stage 1

VCL 2025 - North America: Stage 1

ACE VALORANT CHALLENGERS NA 2025 is the VALORANT Challengers tournament for North America starting in 2025. This new league sees a new tournament organizer Liga ACE Esports take over the reigns from Knights Arena. The league consists of 16 teams, 10 invited teams from Challengers 2024, 1 VCT Academy team and 5 slots from Qualifiers.
29th Jan, 2025 - 28th Mar, 2025
N/A
16
North AmericaNorth America
Swiss Stage
#
Team
G
W
D
L
MD
RD
P
1
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
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Playoffs

Upper Bracket S/F
Upper Bracket Final
Grand Final
Lower Bracket 1/4
Lower Bracket 2/4
Lower Bracket 3/4
Lower Bracket Final

Prize Distribution

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th-6th
7th-8th
9th-10th
11th-13th
14th-15thRelegation
16thRelegation

format

Groups
16-team Swiss System format
All matches are Bo3
Teams that reach 4 wins advance to Playoffs
Teams that reach 4 losses are eliminated
Teams with a Swiss Score of 0-4 and 1-4 are relegated
Playoffs
8-team Double-Elimination bracket
Teams are seeded based on the Swiss Stage results
All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5

Map Pool

Ascent
Bind
Fracture
Haven
Lotus
Pearl
Split

VALORANT Challengers 2025

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