VCT 2025: Americas Kickoff
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VCT 2025: Americas Kickoff
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Patch:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Los AngelesVenue:
Riot Games Arena
Format:
Double-Elimination (Bo3) & (Bo5)
Start Date:
2025-01-16
End Date:
2025-02-08
Teams:
12
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About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Observers:
- Stats Producer:
- TBA
- Producer:
- TBA
Format[edit]
- Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
- Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5
- Click here for detailed information about Playoffs Draw
- 12 Teams are divided into 2 pools as per their placement in the last season.
- Teams that participated at Champions 2024 Seoul are seeded in Pool 1.
- Pool 1 consists of
KRÜ Esports, 
Sentinels, 
G2 Esports & 
Leviatán. - Pool 2 consists of
Evil Geniuses, 
LOUD, 
MIBR, 
100 Thieves, 
NRG, 
Cloud9, 
2GAME Esports & 
FURIA Esports.
- Pool 1 consists of
- Pool 1 gets a bye round getting into the Playoffs.
- Pool 2 plays against the same teams from the same Pool.
Prize Pool[edit]
Schedule[edit]
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Participants[edit]
- 1 August 7th - 100 Thieves part ways with Mikes. [1]
- 2 October 3rd - 100 Thieves part ways with bang. [2]
- 3 October 8th - 100 Thieves sign
Zander. [3] - 4 November 5th - 100 Thieves sign
frenya and 
rudi as an assistant coaches. [4]
- 1 October 4th - Evil Geniuses part ways with
jawgemo. [12] - 2 October 25th - Evil Geniuses part ways with Apotheon. [13]
- 3 December 20th - Evil Geniuses sign icy and yay. [14][15]
Notes
- 1 September 6th - FURIA Esports allowed
Koy to explore his options. [16] - 2 September 26th - FURIA Esports allowed
nzr to explore his options. [17] - 3 October 17th - FURIA Esports part ways with xand and Koy. [18]
- 4 November 22nd - FURIA Esports part ways with nzr. [19]
- 5 December 9th - FURIA Esports sign heat, raafa and peu, with the latter joining as a head coach. [20]
- 6 January 16th - FURIA Esports has announced five substitute roster members because Brazilian players are unable to compete in the tournament due to visa issues. [21]
- 1 September 10th - KRÜ Esports allowed heat to explore his options. [22]
- 2 November 5th - KRÜ Esports part ways with heat. [23]
- 3 November 6th - KRÜ Esports sign
adverso and Mazino. [24]
- 1 August 29th - Leviatán part ways with juv3nile. [25]
- 2 September 3rd - Leviatán allowed Mazino to explore his options. [26]
- 3 October 7th - Leviatán part ways with Mazino. [27]
- 4 October 11th - Leviatán sign Demon1. [28]
- 5 November 27th - Leviatán part ways with aspas. [29]
- 6 December 7th - Leviatán sign
nataNk. [30] - 7 December 13th - Leviatán sign
Desmo as an assistant coach. [31]
- 1 August 9th - LOUD part ways with peu. [32]
- 2 September 5th - LOUD allowed Saadhak to explore his options. [33]
- 3 October 16th - LOUD part ways with Less. [34]
- 4 November 16th - LOUD sign dgzin and v1nNy. [35]
- 5 November 16th - LOUD sign mat as an assistant coach and promote stk to a head coach position. [36][37]
- 6 January 15th - LOUD sign lukxo. [38]
- 1 July 15th - NRG part ways with Chet, Victor and vladk0r. [44][45]
- 2 July 16th - NRG part ways with yeboislays. [46]
- 3 September 3rd - NRG allowed crashies to explore his options. [47]
- 4 October 8th - NRG part ways with crashies. [48]
- 5 October 9th - NRG part ways with Demon1. [49]
- 6 October 10th - NRG part ways with Tanizhq and sign mada, Verno and
bonkar as a head coach. [50][51][52] - 7 October 22nd - NRG sign Strong as an assistant coach. [53]
- 1 September 7th - Sentinels part ways with DrewSpark. [54]
- 2 September 14th - Sentinels part ways with TenZ. [55]
- 3 September 15th - Sentinels part ways with Sacy. [56]
- 4 October 7th - Sentinels sign bang and N4RRATE. [57][58]
- 5 October 8th - Sentinels part ways with curry. [59]
- 6 October 18th - Sentinels sign GUNTER as an assistant coach. [60]
- 1 September 26th - G2 Esports part ways with icy. [61]
- 2 October 7th - G2 Esports sign jawgemo. [62]
- 1 November 11th - 2GAME Esports sign gobera. [63]
Results[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
0
2
0
2
January 18, 2025 - 14:00 PST
| Map Veto | ||
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 | Start Map Veto | |
| Pearl | BAN | Fracture |
| Split | PICK | Haven |
| Lotus | BAN | Abyss |
| DECIDER | Bind | DECIDER |
0
2
0
2
January 16, 2025 - 16:45 PST
| Map Veto | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start Map Veto |  | |
| Fracture | BAN | Abyss |
| Lotus | PICK | Bind |
| Split | BAN | Pearl |
| DECIDER | Haven | DECIDER |
0
2
0
2
January 17, 2025 - 16:10 PST
| Map Veto | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start Map Veto | | |
| Abyss | BAN | Haven |
| Fracture | PICK | Lotus |
| Pearl | BAN | Split |
| DECIDER | Bind | DECIDER |
2
0
2
0
January 19, 2025 - 14:00 PST
| Map Veto | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start Map Veto | |
| Bind | BAN | Abyss |
| Split | PICK | Haven |
| Lotus | BAN | Pearl |
| DECIDER | Fracture | DECIDER |
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
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| 1 | United States | 31 / 65 (48%) | add3r, Asuna, bang, bdog, Boostio, C0M, Cryocells, Demon1, Derrek, Ethan, icy, jakee, jawgemo, leaf, mitch, N4RRATE, NaturE, neT, OXY, s0m, stellar, supamen, tex, trent, v1c, valyn, Verno, Xeppaa, yay, zekken, Zellsis |
| 2 | Brazil | 19 / 65 (29%) | artziN, aspas, cauanzin, cortezia, dgzin, gobera, havoc, heat, khalil, lz, mwzera, pANcada, pryze, raafa, silentzz, tuyz, v1nNy, xenom, zap |
| 3 | Canada | 6 / 65 (9%) | eeiu, FNS, JonahP, mada, penny, Zander |
| 3 | Chile | 6 / 65 (9%) | adverso, keznitdeuS, kiNgg, Mazino, Melser, Shyy |
| 5 | Argentina | 1 / 65 (2%) | nzr |
| 5 | France | 1 / 65 (2%) | nataNk |
| 5 |  Morocco | 1 / 65 (2%) | johnqt |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 100 Thieves (2024-08-07). "Goodbyes are never easy, this one is no exception".
- ↑ 100 Thieves (2024-10-03). "Thank you for everything, @bangzerra".
- ↑ 100 Thieves (2024-10-08). "Locked and Reloaded".
- ↑ 100 Thieves (2024-11-05). "The finishing touch".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-08-10). "An update on the Cloud9 VALORANT Roster".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-10-07). "Today we officially announce the departures of @vanityxz and @runiVL from the Cloud9 VALORANT roster.".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-10-08). "Meet the 2025 Cloud9 VALORANT Roster".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-12-02). "Our statement on Rossy's departure from the Cloud9 VALORANT team".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-12-02). "Welcome back @mitchfps".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-12-11). "Cloud9 VALORANT Roster Update".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2024-12-19). "Sometimes you just need to see the full picture".
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (2024-10-04). "After two incredible years with the dawg, today we say goodbye to @jawgemo".
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (2024-10-25). "@ApothVal is off to his next journey.".
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (2024-12-20). "We're welcoming back @icyJL!".
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (2024-12-20). "El Diablo's home. Welcome to EG, @yay.".
- ↑ Koy (2024-09-06). "Salve Pessoal, a Furia está com outros planos para a temporada 2025 e me liberou para ouvir novas oportunidades " [Hi everyone, Furia has other plans for the 2025 season and has freed me up to listen to new opportunities] (in
Portuguese).
- ↑ nzr (2024-09-26). "Sigo bajo contrato con @FURIA, pero se me liberó para escuchar propuestas para la próxima temporada " [I'm still under contract with @FURIA, but I'm free to listen to proposals for the next season.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2024-10-17). "Hoje a #FURIAVAL se despede do @xandfps e do @Koyfps em sua line-up e staff ativa. " [Today #FURIAVAL says goodbye to @xandfps and @Koyfps in its line-up and active staff.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2024-11-22). "Hoje nos despedimos do nosso manito @Nozwer! " [Today we say goodbye to our little man @Nozwer!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2024-12-09). "Que demora hein " [What a delay huh] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2025-01-16). "The Super Subs we need for tomorrow's #VCTAmericas Kickoff".
- ↑ heat (2024-09-10). "I’m open to explore new opportunities as a Restricted F/A".
- ↑ KRÜ Esports (2024-11-05). "Hoy nos toca despedir a @heatfps después de una año juntos " [Today we say goodbye to @heatfps after a year together] (in
Spanish).
- ↑ KRÜ Esports (2024-11-06). "NUESTROS REPRESENTANTES PARA #VCTAmericas " [OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR #VCTAmericas] (in Spanish).
- ↑ juv3nile (2024-08-29). "Post Champs Free Agent. LFT coaching any region".
- ↑ Mazino (2024-09-03). "My contract with Leviatan is coming to an end soon, and even if we are exploring an extension, I've also been allowed to explore all my options as a Restricted Free Agent".
- ↑ Leviatán (2024-10-07). "Te deseamos lo mejor en el futuro @Mazinofps " [We wish you all the best for the future @Mazinofps] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Leviatán (2024-10-11). "OFICIALMENTE ESTAMOS ENDEMONIADOS " [WE ARE OFFICIALLY POSSESSED] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Leviatán (2024-11-27). "Toca despedirnos de aspas, uno de los jugadores más importantes que vistió la camiseta de LEVIATÁN " [It's time to say goodbye to Aspas, one of the most important players who wore the LEVIATÁN shirt] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Leviatán (2024-12-07). "Bienvenue @nataNk1wnl " [Welcome @nataNk1wnl] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Leviatán (2024-12-13). "BIENVENIDO DESMO " [WELCOME DESMO] (in Spanish).
- ↑ peu (2024-08-09). "Não continuarei no projeto da Loud para 2025 " [I will not continue with the Loud project for 2025] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ LOUD (2024-09-05). "Hoje, em comum acordo, ajustamos o contrato do Saadhak de 2025 para 2024, deixando-o disponível para ouvir novas propostas " [Today, by mutual agreement, we adjusted Saadhak's contract from 2025 to 2024, leaving him available to listen to new proposals] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ LOUD (2024-10-16). "Hoje nos despedimos de um ídolo e campeão mundial pela LOUD. " [Today we say goodbye to an idol and world champion for LOUD.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ LOUD (2024-11-16). "O pANcada e Amigos 2.0 oficialmente está completo. " [The pANcada e Amigos 2.0 is officially complete.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ LOUD (2024-12-09). "Permaneço na LOUD. " [I'm still at LOUD.] (in Portuguesee).
- ↑ LOUD (2024-12-09). "Mat chegou agregando muito pro time " [Mat arrived adding a lot to the team] (in Portuguesee).
- ↑ LOUD (2025-01-15). "A LOUD VALORANT oficialmente está completa! " [LOUD VALORANT is officially complete!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2024-11-22). "Hoje nos despedimos oficialmente dos players, @liazzifps, @mazinfps, @Pallavlr e @richvlr. " [Today we officially said goodbye to the players, @liazzifps, @mazinfps, @Pallavlr and @richvlr.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2024-11-24). "Seja muito bem-vindo, @xenomzin " [Welcome, @xenomzin] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2024-11-25). "Sua hora chegou, @corteziafps! O #VCTAmericas 2025 te espera! " [Your time has come, @corteziafps! The #VCTAmericas 2025 awaits you!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2024-11-26). "Bienvenido, @Nozwer! " [Welcome, @Nozwer!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2024-11-27). "O MELHOR DO MUNDO É MIBR " [THE BEST IN THE WORLD IS MIBR] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ NRG (2024-07-15). "VCT Roster Update: Today, we have decided to release @victorwong and @chetsingh from the NRG VALORANT roster".
- ↑ vladk0r (2024-07-15). "LFT - any region any position".
- ↑ yeboislays (2024-07-16). "NRG has decided to part ways with me as of yesterday".
- ↑ NRG (2024-09-03). "crashies has been allowed to explore his options as an unrestricted free agent".
- ↑ NRG (2024-10-08). "Today we say farewell to @crashies as his contract with NRG expires".
- ↑ NRG (2024-10-09). "He's too good to keep on the bench, so we're giving him the chance to shine elsewhere".
- ↑ Tanizhq (2024-10-10). "Unfortuantely with this news, I am now LFT for the 2025 Season".
- ↑ NRG (2024-10-10). "NRG VALORANT 2025 ROSTER".
- ↑ NRG (2024-10-10). "Next season is about to go bonkers".
- ↑ NRG (2024-10-22). "New firepower behind the scenes".
- ↑ DrewSpark (2024-09-07). "LFT for VCT 2025".
- ↑ Sentinels (2024-09-14). "Forever the face of Valorant".
- ↑ Sentinels (2024-09-15). "The veteran heart that took us to the top, retiring as a Sentinel".
- ↑ Sentinels (2024-10-07). "Heist of the century".
- ↑ Sentinels (2024-10-07). "@N4RRATE is coming home".
- ↑ VCT Contract Updates (2024-10-08). "RAHUL "Curry" NEMANI has been removed from SENTINELS".
- ↑ Sentinels (2024-10-18). "@Gunterispenguin is our new assistant coach".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2024-09-26). "Today we part ways with the coldest man in VCT, @icyJL".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2024-10-07). "WE GOT THAT JAWG IN US".
- ↑ 2GAME Esports (2024-11-11). "bem-vindo, Gobera! " [welcome, Gobera!] (in Portuguese).
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