The first week of Stage 1 in VCT China 2025 is over, with
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #8
Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
,
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
Jieni7
Zhang Juntai (张君泰)
, and
Wolves Esports
Wolves Esports
China
Rank #3
SiuFatBB
Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
Spring
Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
Juicy
Tyler James Aeria
starting their regular season playing strong. Every team in the region played one match this week, and while most teams remained as strong as they looked in their Kickoff tournament, the regional tournament during Masters Bangkok gave all teams some experience heading into Stage 1.
Here is a quick rundown on how all the matches went in week one of VCT China 2025 Stage 1:
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Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming China Rank #4 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) 2-1 Xi Lai Gaming
Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #5 Viva Lifan Ran (冉立凡) Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) YOU Yip Man Ho
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Trace Esports
Trace Esports China Rank #2 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) heybay Ho Shun Hei Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞) 2-1 All Gamers
All Gamers China Rank #20 player Kaiwen Yang (楊凱文) XiYiJi Luo Sen (罗森) Lsn Li Sinan (李思南) deLb Delbert Tanoto HanChe Huang Jingxuan (黄敬轩) K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪)
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Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #6 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Cangshu Zheng Yujun (手郑宇峻) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) 2-0 Nova Esports
Nova Esports China Rank #7 o0o0o Ye Xiaodong (叶晓东) OBONE Chen Yijie (陈怡洁) CB Wang Qingchuan (王庆川) Ezeir Zhao Zejun (赵泽骏) GuanG Guang Honglin (光洪霖)
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TYLOO
TYLOO China Rank #24 5CM Ding Xuanpeng (丁宣鹏) waituu Xu Yinze (许寅泽) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) slowly Kelun Sun (孙科伦) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) 0-2 EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰)
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Wolves Esports
Wolves Esports China Rank #3 SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) Juicy Tyler James Aeria 2-0 JDG Esports
JDG Esports China Rank #12 stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵)
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FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #8 Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) 2-0 Titan Esports Club
Titan Esports Club China Rank #21 Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) Dynamite Zhao Zihao (赵梓浩) B1ack Li Songtai (李松泰) Abo Han Bohao (韩博皓) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching (陈振庆) Coco Ding Dajian (丁达建)
Only two of the first six games went the distance, with four sweeps in the other matches. EDward Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, and Trace Esports all won their expected matchups to start their Stage 1 run well, but Wolves' first win in VCT 2025 over JDG could have some further regional consequences.
JDG's weakness recently has been Wolves. In the China Evolution Series tournament during Masters Bangkok, Wolves swept JDG 2-0 on the way to a grand final loss to Nova Esports. Then, weeks later, Wolves swept JDG for the second time in 2025.
Juicy wins a thrifty to help Wolves defeat JDG.Juicy was a star in week one, playing only Yoru but ending with 44 kills and 280 ACS in Stage 1 to help Wolves start hot in the regular season. Other stars in week one include ZmjjKK , who remains one of the best Duelists alive, as well as Kai , who helped Trace secure a close 2-1 series win.
Another result of note was Nova Esports losing to Dragon Ranger Gaming. While both DRG and Nova have always been competitive teams regionally, Nova won the CES tournament dominantly over Wolves but wasn't able to keep that form up in week one of VCT China 2025 Stage 1.
With the first week done, FPX, EDG, and DRG lead Group Alpha with a win each, while Wolves Esports, Trace Esports, and Bilibili Gaming lead Group Omega.
The week two matches for VCT China 2025 Stage 1 are: