VCT Masters 2025 Toronto: Participating Teams, Schedule, Format, and More
VCT Masters 2025 heads to Toronto with 12 top Valorant teams, a $1 million prize pool, and intense global competition. Here’s everything you need to know about teams, schedule, format, and where to watch.
The hype for Valorant esports is once again growing as the VCT Masters 2025 approaches. This time, the tournament goes to Toronto, Canada, a huge milestone for the North American scene. The tournament will take place at the Enercare Centre, and with a $1 million prize pool to be won, it's likely to attract huge viewership and fan turnout in equal measure.
VCT Masters Toronto: Participating Teams
In total, 12 teams will be competing in this global tournament, fighting it out to establish who is best before Valorant Champions 2025. Eight teams have qualified for the moment so far, but there are more to come after the conclusion of the last regional qualifiers.
Direct Playoff Seeds (advance straight to Playoffs):
- G2 Esports (VCT Americas Stage 1)
- XLG Esports (VCT China Stage 1)
Swiss Stage Teams:
- Sentinels (VCT Americas Stage 1)
- Bilibili Gaming (VCT China Stage 1)
- MIBR (VCT Americas Stage 1)
Preliminary Teams:
- Gen.G Esports (VCT Pacific Stage 1)
- RRQ (VCT Pacific Stage 1)
Schedule and Format
Swiss Stage
The competition will kick off with the Swiss Stage from June 7 to June 11, 2025. This would be the stage where eight teams play the Swiss System, being paired against each other depending on their standing of second and third in their respective international leagues. Theoretically, the first round would set a second-placed team in one area against a third-placed team in another.
All games during this round will be Best-of-3. The top four teams will proceed to the Playoffs at the end of it, while the other four will be eliminated from the tournament.
Playoffs
The Playoffs will run from June 13 to June 22, 2025. The double-elimination bracket will host a total of eight teams, half of which will come from the Swiss Stage and half will be directly seeded.
The majority of the matches will be Best-of-3, but the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final will turn the heat up with a Best-of-5 encounter.
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Where to Watch?
If you're looking to catch VCT Masters Toronto, the entire tournament will be streamed on the official VALORANT Champions Tour channels on both YouTube and Twitch. In addition to the official broadcast, Riot has also partnered with a variety of popular content creators to host watch-along streams.
