VALORANT Champions Paris Group Draw Results

All 16 teams are locked in for VALORANT Champions Tour 2025 - Valorant Champions, as the best teams from around the world are set to compete for the title of the world's best VALORANT team. Here is everything you need to know about the Champions Paris groups and their initial seed distributions following the Group Draw Show.

All 16 teams will be placed into groups of four, where the top two teams of each group will advance into a double-elimination playoff bracket. Each team was assigned a seed based on its regional placement. VCT Stage 2 Grand Finalists will be seeded into the top two pool seeds, while the remaining seeds will be determined through Championship Points accumulated throughout the season.

First Seeded VCT Teams

• G2 Esports (Americas)
• Team Liquid (EMEA)
• Paper Rex (Pacific)
• Bilibili Gaming (China)

Second-Seeded VCT Teams

• NRG (Americas)
• Dragon Ranger Gaming (China)
• Rex Regum Qeon (Pacific)
• GIANTX (EMEA)

Third-Seeded VCT Teams

• Sentinels (Americas)
• Fnatic (EMEA)
• EDward Gaming (China)
• T1 (Pacific)

Fourth-Seeded VCT Teams

• MIBR (Americas)
• DRX (Pacific)
• XLG Esports (China)
• Team Heretics (EMEA)

VALORANT Champions Paris Group Draw

Each group had one member from each of the various seeds from the table above. This means that each of the groups will be comprised of one team per region.

Here are all four groups going into VALORANT Champions Paris, alongside the order in which they have been seeded into their groups.

Each group listed will be in the order of their respective seed in the group. Ie. Paper Rex are first seed in Group A while XLG is the fourth-seed in Group A.

Group A

• Paper Rex
• GIANTX
• Sentinels
• XLG

Group B

• BLG
• RRQ
• Fnatic
• MIBR

Group C

• TL
• NRG
• EDG
• DRX

Group D

• G2
• Dragon Ranger Gaming
• T1
• Heretics

How balanced are the groups at Champions Paris?

Off a first glance, many of the groups are relatively even and it is one of the few instances in group draw history where there is no apparent group of death going into VALORANT Champions. However, despite all four groups being even, there are a few standout storylines.

One of the biggest storylines is happening in Group D where the possibility of a VALORANT Masters Bangkok Grand Final rematch between G2 Esports and T1 is on the docket. Additionally, Group B is another fun group as both RRQ and Fnatic, previous first seeds at VALORANT Masters Toronto, will be paired up with China's first seed Bilibili Gaming, who are returning for their third consecutive Champions. Add in MIBR who have 2022 World Champion aspas by their side and you have an extremely unpredictable group as they head to Paris, France.

XLG and Dragon Ranger Gaming fighting to avoid Ascension

Another fun scenario happens between two Chinese teams, XLG and Dragon Ranger Gaming, who are both still fighting for their guaranteed spot in the VCT 2026 season and avoiding Ascension. While these teams will not be facing each other in the group stage, they will be preying on the other teams downfall as the team who places worse at VALORANT Champions Paris will have to go through the Ascension tournament.

VALORANT Champions Paris will take place from September 13, 2025, to October 5, 2025. There, two teams will compete on the stage in Paris, France, where one team will become the next VALORANT World Champion. For now, VALORANT players should be sure to check out our interviews and other pieces leading up to VALORANT Champions Paris

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