VCT Americas Kickoff 2025: Schedule, teams, format, and more

VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 will be the first S-tier tournament in the region, and will mark the beginning of the 2025 season of the Valorant Champions Tour. It will last from January 16, 2024, through February 8, 2024, and will be played on LAN at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles, USA. The teams that finish in the top two positions will represent the region at Masters Bangkok.

This article covers everything you need to know about the schedule, teams, and format of VCT Americas Kickoff 2025.

VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 teams

All teams in VCT 2025 (Image via Riot Games)

The following teams will take part in the VCT Americas Kickoff 2025:

100 Thieves
Cloud9
Evil Geniuses
FURIA Esports
KRU Esports
Leviatan
LOUD
MIBR
NRG Esports
Sentinels
G2 Esports (Ascension 2023)
2GAME Esports (Ascension 2024)

VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 format

The 2025 VCT Americas Kickoff will follow a 12-team double-elimination bracket. The four teams that made it to Champions 2024 — Sentinels, Leviatan, G2 Esports, and KRU Esports — will play directly in the upper bracket round two.

All matches in the tournament, except the Lower Final and the Grand Final, will be best-of-three. The remaining two series will be best-of-five. As mentioned previously, the top two teams from the tournament will qualify for Masters Bangkok.

VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 schedule

2025 VCT Americas Kickoff bracket (Image via Riot Games)

The dates of the matches are yet to be revealed, and this part of the article will be updated when Riot Games announces them. Here are the matches we know of, as of this writing:

Upper Round 1

M1 - Evil Geniuses vs LOUD
M2 - MIBR vs 100 Thieves
M3 - NRG Esports vs Cloud9
M4 - 2Game Esports vs FURIA

Lower Round 1

M5 - TBD
M6 - TBD
M7 - TBD
M8 - TBD

Upper Round 2

M9 - KRU Esports vs Winner of M1
M10 -Sentinels vs Winner of M2
M11 - G2 Esports vs Winner of M3
M12 - Leviatan vs Winner of M4

Lower Round 2

M13 - TBD
M14 - TBD

Upper Round 3

M15 - TBD
M16 - TBD

Lower Round 3

M17 - TBD
M18 - TBD

Upper Final

M19 - TBD

Lower Round 4

M20 - TBD

Lower Final

M21 - TBD

Grand Final

M22 - TBD

Where to watch VCT Americas Kickoff in 2025

You can catch all the action from the 2025 Americas Kickoff tournament live on the following channels:

VCT Americas Twitch
VCT Americas YouTube

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