The groups for VCT EMEA have been rearranged ahead of Stage 2. Three pairs of teams from Group Alpha and Group Omega switched sides, switching up the groups for league play to end the regional season. Unlike in 2024, group stage results for each stage are now independent from one another, meaning teams get a clean slate in their hopes of qualifying for Champions 2025 through Stage 2.

The groups are as follows:

Group Alpha

• Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #3 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #6 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan MAGNUM Martin Penkov
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #13 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
• Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #11 Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner CyvOph Clement Millard Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso
• GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #106 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George
• Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #166 Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Minny Patrik Hušek kamyk Maks Rychlewski

Group Omega

• Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #9 penny Erik Penny paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak Serial Maikls Zdanovs
• FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder
• Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #31 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat
• Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #15 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek
• KOI KOI Europe Rank #253 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho baddyG Kamil Graniczka MONSTEERR Ondřej Petrů Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson
• Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #25 MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan

For the draw, teams were placed into three different pools, with the first and second seed teams in the first pool, the third and fourth seed teams in the second pool, and the fifth and sixth seed teams in the third pool. One pairing was selected from each pool, which designated which pair switched groups. The second seed was picked from the first pool, meaning Stage 1 champions FNATIC and BBL Esports switch groups. The third seed was picked from the second pool, meaning Natus Vincere and FUT Esports switch groups. Finally, the sixth seed was picked from the third pool, meaning Apeks and Gentle Mates switch.

The VCT EMEA Stage 2 groups.

Seedings for the draw were based purely on group stage results, and the newly mixed groups make for some fun matchups. While the Stage 1 grand finalists are split into separate groups, Group Alpha is now stacked with the likes of Team Heretics, BBL Esports, FUT Esports, and Team Vitality. The draw also preserved the region's Turkish derby between FUT and BBL. Meanwhile, Group Omega is headlined by Team Liquid and FNATIC, two of the region's three Masters Toronto representatives.

Stage 2 is set to begin in July.