VCT Americas Kickoff 2025: Final results, Schedule, 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, 2025, through February 8, 2025, 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.

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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)

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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.

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VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 schedule and live results

2025 VCT Americas Kickoff bracket (Image via Riot Games)

Below is the full schedule of VCT Americas Kickoff:

Upper Round 1 (January 16-17, 2025)

• Evil Geniuses vs LOUD (0-2): Split (12-14); Pearl (10-13)
• MIBR vs 100 Thieves (0-2): Lotus (4-13); Bind (9-13)
• 2Game Esports vs FURIA (0-2): Haven (7-13); Lotus (5-13)
• NRG Esports vs Cloud9 (0-2): Fracture (12-14); Lotus (10-13)

Upper Round 2 (January 18-19, 2025)

• KRU Esports vs LOUD (0-2): Haven (7-13); Split (10-13)
• Sentinels vs 100 Thieves (2-1): Split (4-13); Bind (13-9); Pearl (13-9)
• Leviatan vs FURIA (2-0): Haven (13-8); Split (13-6)
• G2 Esports vs Cloud9 (2-0): Lotus (13-6); Abyss (13-8)

Lower Round 1 (January 23-24, 2025)

• FURIA vs Evil Geniuses (0-2): Abyss (7-13); Fracture (7-13)
• Cloud9 vs MIBR (1-2): Lotus (13-7); Abyss (10-13); Pearl (7-13)
• 100 Thieves vs NRG Esports (1-2): Lotus (14-12); Pearl (9-13); Bind (9-13)
• KRU Esports vs 2Game Esports (2-0): Abyss (13-3); Split (13-2)

Upper Semifinals (January 31, 2025)

• LOUD vs Sentinels (2-1): Lotus (13-11); Pearl (11-13); Split (9-13)
• G2 Esports vs Leviatan (2-0): Pearl (13-5); Fracture (13-9)

Lower Round 2 (February 1, 2025)

• Evil Geniuses vs MIBR (0-2): Abyss (10-13); Split (3-13)
• NRG Esports vs KRU Esports (1-2): Abyss (8-13); Haven (13-10); Bind (7-13)

Lower Quarterfinals (February 2, 2025)

• Leviatan vs MIBR (1-2): Lotus (13-7); Pearl (9-13); Split (12-14)
• LOUD vs KRU Esports (0-2): Bind (5-13); Haven (11-13)

Upper Finals (February 6, 2025)

• Sentinels vs G2 Esports (0-2): Abyss (7-13); Pearl (7-13)

Lower Semifinals (February 6, 2025)

• MIBR vs KRU Esports (2-1): Bind (8-13); Abyss (13-8); Split (13-11)

Lower Finals (February 7, 2025)

• Sentinels vs MIBR (3-1): Lotus (13-7); Abyss (13-5); Pearl (19-21); Split (13-7)

Grand Finals (February 8, 2025)

• G2 Esports vs Sentinels (3-2): Split (4-13); Pearl (13-8); Abyss (9-13); Fracture (13-5); Haven (13-10)

Note: G2 Esports wins VCT Americas Kickoff 2025 and qualifies for Masters Bangkok along with Sentinels, who finished second.

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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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Check out our other VCT 2025 coverage:

• VCT China Kickoff 2025
• VCT EMEA Kickoff 2025
• VCT Pacific Kickoff 2025