VALORANT Champions 2025 playoff bracket set

The VALORANT Champions Paris playoff bracket is set, and there are no soft draws.

Fnatic and DRX will open the playoffs before Paper Rex lock horns with G2 Esports on Thursday. Team Heretics and MIBR will clash in the first match on Friday before NRG take on GIANTX in the last quarterfinal.

The double-elimination gauntlet begins on September 25 at Les Arènes before finals weekend at Accor Arena on October 4-5.

Before the playoffs draw was completed, two more spots had to be filled.

G2 Esports and MIBR grabbed the last two tickets with emphatic 2-0 decider wins that turned a tense group finale into a statement.

G2 swept T1 to flip the script on their VALORANT Masters Bangkok loss, stabilizing on Lotus and Corrode behind cleaner calling and late-round discipline.

A pistol-and-bonus start set the Lotus tone before an 8-4 half carried into a 13-9 close.

On Corrode — once a wobble — G2 looked composed. Trent “trent” Cairns’ clutch pistols, Alexander “jawgemo” Mor’s entry pace, and Nathan “leaf” Orf’s mechanics layered over Jacob “valyn” Batio’s steadier mid-round calls to seal a 13-8 map win and the series.

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MIBR’s rout of Rex Regum Qeon was even more decisive.

The Brazilians went 4-0 in pistols and converted every anti-eco, effectively banking eight rounds across two maps before adaptations could bite.

On Corrode, their double-Initiator information game walked them onto sites at will, producing plants in every attacking round and a 9-3 half en route to a 13-5 victory.

Abyss followed the same script. Pistol wins into anti-bonus turned into a 3-0 lead, with Erick “aspas” Santos dictating space with the Operator, Eduardo “xenom” Soeiro posting a standout rating, and Arthur “artzin” Araujo’s utility smoothing entries and retakes for another 13-5 win.

Those wins supercharge two marquee quarterfinals.

Paper Rex vs G2 reads like a finals preview — PRX’s fearless acceleration against a G2 side rediscovering defensive poise and clutch stability.

Heretics vs MIBR is the bracket’s intrigue play, with Heretics’ structure and recent pedigree versus MIBR’s momentum and star power.

Meanwhile, Fnatic and DRX renew a precision-driven rivalry, and NRG vs GIANTX is the sleeper packed with high-IQ mid-rounding.

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VALORANT Champions quarterfinals

Below you will find each of the VALORANT Champions quarterfinals, with odds courtesy of the top esports betting sites.

• Fnatic (-138.89 with BetOnline) vs DRX (+100 with SportsBetting) | September 25 @ 3pm CEST
• Paper Rex (-138.89 with BetOnline) vs G2 Esports (+100 with BetOnline) | September 25 @ 6pm CEST
• Team Heretics (-188.68 with BetOnline) vs DRX (+137 with SportsBetting) | September 26 @ 3pm CEST
• NRG (-200 with BetOnline) vs GIANTX (+150 with BetOnline) | September 26 @ 6pm CEST