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VALORANT Masters Bangkok<\/strong> is the first international event of the 2025 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), the top echelon of Riot Games\u2019 tactical shooter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
Spanning almost two weeks from February 20th to March 2nd, eight of VCT\u2019s best-performing teams from all regions will compete for its $500,000 (~\u00a3404,400) prize pool, with the winner taking home $250,000 (~\u00a3202,200).<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
Now that the four VCT Kickoff events (Pacific<\/a>, China<\/a>, EMEA <\/a>and Americas<\/a>) have declared their champions and representatives, here\u2019s everything you need to know ahead of VALORANT Masters Bangkok 2025.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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- VALORANT Masters Bangkok 2025 drops: all rewards and how to get them<\/a><\/li>\n
- G2 Esports crowned 2025 VCT Americas Kickoff champions<\/a><\/li>\n
- Team Vitality wins IEM Katowice and VCT EMEA Kickoff in the same weekend<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \n
This year\u2019s event is hosted at the UOB LIVE<\/strong> in Bangkok, Thailand, making it the first Masters event for the Southeast Asian country. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThis is going to be the eighth Masters competition since its inception in 2021 and the third time in the last three years that it takes place in Asia after Tokyo 2023 and Shanghai 2024.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nOverall, the VCT hasn\u2019t made major changes to its calendar in 2025. However, its schedule has been slightly shifted, meaning that VALORANT\u2019s first Masters event is occurring two weeks earlier than last year\u2019s Masters Madrid, which took place in March.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nVCT Masters Bangkok Schedule, Format and Drops<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Image credit: Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n \n \nDuring the tournament’s first week, the eight participating teams will compete in a Swiss Stage bracket with all matches being best-of-three (BO3).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nTeams need to record two wins to advance to the Playoffs, with two losses eliminating an organisation from the tournament. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nFollowing the Swiss Stage, the four remaining teams will advance to the Playoffs to compete in a double-elimination bracket. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe Grand Final will take place on Sunday, March 2nd and will be a best-of-five (B05) series. Moreover, a show match will take place before the finals in a bid to hype up the crowd.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nSwiss Stage:<\/strong> February 20th – February 24th (2AM PST \/ 10 AM BST start time)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nPlayoffs <\/strong>: February 27th (2AM PST \/ 10 AM BST start time)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nUpper Finals \/ Lower Semis<\/strong>: February 28th (2AM PST \/ 10 AM BST start time)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nLower Finals<\/strong>: March 1st (2AM PST \/ 10 AM BST start time)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nGrand Finals + Show match<\/strong>: March 2nd (2AM PST \/ 10 AM BST start time)<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nBy viewing the tournament on Twitch<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>, fans will be able to earn two in-game drops<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nWatching from February 27th to March 1st will earn fans the \u2018Crispy\u2019 title. Meanwhile, watching the finals on March 2nd will reward fans with the Tuktuk spray.\u00a0The spray features Wingman giving Clove, Jett, Harbor, and Gekko a ride on the iconic three-wheeler that is common on the streets of Bangkok<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nVCT Masters Bangkok Teams and Rosters<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThis international event features the eight best teams from each region of play: Americas, China, EMEA and Pacific. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n48 rosters in total competed in the four Kickoff events \u2014 10 partner teams per region and promoted Ascension organisations. For this event, one team in particular proved that it is possible to climb the competitive ladder in VALORANT despite limited promotion opportunities. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nAlongside the prize pool, VALORANT Master Bangkok also provides a crucial opportunity to earn Championship Points.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nRewarded to the top four teams, depending on their placement, Championship points have been given a higher priority in 2025<\/a>. Two teams from each region will qualify for Champions Paris in 2025 through Championship Points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n1st Place:<\/strong> 5 Championship Points<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n2nd Place:<\/strong> 3 Championship Points<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n3rd Place: <\/strong>2 Championship Points<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n4th Place:<\/strong> 1 Championship Point<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe Journey to VALORANT Masters Bangkok 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe first two teams to qualify for Master Bangkok came from VCT China with Trace Esports<\/a> and eventual Kickoff winner, EDward Gaming<\/a>, securing a place in the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nTrace Esports, the first team that qualified for the international event, were strong performers in the competition, even knocking EDward Gaming to the loser bracket.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nHowever, EDward Gaming, still riding the momentum from being crowned 2024 VALORANT world champions, enacted revenge by beating Trace 3-1 in the final. Zheng \u2018ZmjjKK\u2019<\/strong> Yongkang from EDward Gaming racked up the most kills in the tournament with 313 eliminations using Neon, Jett and Raze, the latter of which is an agent that is defining the meta at the moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nIn VCT Pacific, DRX <\/strong>qualified as the first seed after beating T1 in the Grand Finals 3-2.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nBoth teams had very comparable performances in the Pacific Kickoff. Moreover, both of its clashes in the tournament (the Upper Bracket Final and the Grand Final) went to the very last game with DRX securing both wins by a thin margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nT1 <\/strong>was a favourite to take home the Kickoff trophy following a strong showing of results in the offseason and during the event. DRX\u2019s performance, meanwhile, caused quite a surprise. The team comfortably defeated fellow Korean organisations Nongshim RedForce and Gen.G before sending T1 to the lower bracket and beating the organisation again in the final in two close series.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nikita ‘trexx’ Cherednichenko. Image Credit Team Vitality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n \n \nG2 Esports <\/strong>reigned supreme over the Americas Kickoff event with a dominant performance that saw the team dropping a total of two games, both of which were in the grand final. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe team has become the first-ever Ascension side to win a VCT title after missing the mark twice in the VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 and Stage 2. The second roster to qualify for the Masters Bangkok was the team G2 dropped those games to: fan-favourite Sentinels<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe team struggled a little during the tournament but put on a solid performance making Sentinels valid contenders for the next international. G2 Esports and Sentinels will now have to face off against Trace Esports and DRX, respectively at the Masters in Bangkok.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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