2025 season format

Does anyone know how it will work and where have they seen how it will work?

Kickoff
▪️ 12 Teams - Double Elimination Bracket
▪️ Top 2 Teams will qualify for Masters Bangkok

Stage 1
▪️ Top 3 teams qualify for Masters Toronto

Stage 2
▪️ No longer carry over records from Stage 1
▪️ 4 teams from each league qualify for Champions

kick off with double elim - 2 teams per region, I think somewhere in february
split 1 - 3 teams to Toronto
split 2 - separate from split 1, 4 teams to champs

Zaphkiel [#2]

Kickoff
▪️ 12 Teams - Double Elimination Bracket
▪️ Top 2 Teams will qualify for Masters Bangkok

Stage 1
▪️ Top 3 teams qualify for Masters Toronto

Stage 2
▪️ No longer carry over records from Stage 1
▪️ 4 teams from each league qualify for Champions

Was that in the instagram leak? Pretty good format tbh.

"Some changes to the 2025 format:

• Kickoff will now be a 12 team double elim bracket starting in January (top 2 qual to Masters Bangkok)
• Stage 2 will no longer carry over records from Stage 1, so only the top Stage 2 teams will be in playoffs to qualify for Champions Paris"

Source: Willminder, Twitter

Zaphkiel [#2]

Kickoff
▪️ 12 Teams - Double Elimination Bracket
▪️ Top 2 Teams will qualify for Masters Bangkok

Stage 1
▪️ Top 3 teams qualify for Masters Toronto

Stage 2
▪️ No longer carry over records from Stage 1
▪️ 4 teams from each league qualify for Champions

"Stage 2
▪️ No longer carry over records from Stage 1"

Finally they fixed it. They always listen to VLR, I'm glad they read all of our shit.

nooomy [#5]

"Some changes to the 2025 format:

• Kickoff will now be a 12 team double elim bracket starting in January (top 2 qual to Masters Bangkok)
• Stage 2 will no longer carry over records from Stage 1, so only the top Stage 2 teams will be in playoffs to qualify for Champions Paris"

Source: Willminder, Twitter

Good.

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCT/2025 here you go

ImMine_ [#8]

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCT/2025 here you go

Thanks, it says it was announced today with a youutube video but I cant find a video anywhere.

ImMine_ [#8]

https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCT/2025 here you go

They removed the shitty ass circuit points for 2025?

IceRapt0r1 [#9]

Thanks, it says it was announced today with a youutube video but I cant find a video anywhere.

it was in a, now deleted, instagram video with Leo Faria and supercakes from the official indonesian val esports account

Demon1_The_GOAT [#10]

They removed the shitty ass circuit points for 2025?

Its not known yet thats why its not listed

DuD5K1S [#11]

it was in a, now deleted, instagram video with Leo Faria and supercakes from the official indonesian val esports account

Oh ok, thanks for letting me know!

no circuit points is cool in theory but if it's still just 2 groups then its eh

realistically, the players get paid enough to do 2 x 12 round robin in a year ngl

This years format wasn't a mile off,
To have a proper regional champion, matches against every team in the league have to count, so stage 1 carrying to stage 2 was correct,

The points system helped reward teams that played well over the whole season, people hate that Sen qualified but they didn't actually get any points for the matches they won in kick off, if they had, they would have qualified earlier and easier for champs,

The main issue with this year was some teams went into stage 2 with little hope of qualifying for Champs, so maybe the answer is just bring back an LCQ, or have more teams qualify for the playoffs after stage 2 ends,

Could easily drop the kick off event ay the start of the season and bring back the LCQ after masters 2,

Or even after masters 2, split the regional league into 2, top teams play for regional champs, top 3 qualify for world champs,
bottom teams play an LCQ format, the winner either goes to Champs or plays off against the 4th best team for the final place in world champs.