VALORANT Champions 2025: BLG, DRG eliminated; G2, RRQ stay alive

Bilibili Gaming and Dragon Ranger Gaming exit VALORANT Champions 2025, leaving XLG Esports as VCT China’s last hope in Paris.

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by Ciaran Jackman

September 20, 2025 0

VALORANT Champions 2025 claimed two more victims on Saturday, with Bilibili Gaming (BLG) and Dragon Ranger Gaming (DRG) bowing out of the group stage.

Their departures thin China’s ranks to a single contender—XLG Esports—and reshape the stakes heading into Sunday’s decider matches.

BLG’s exit was the shock of the day.

The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) China Stage 2 champions started strong against Pacific runners-up Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ), riding clean pistols and mid control to take their map pick, Sunset, 13-7, behind a multi-frag clinic from Lu “Levius” Yinzhong.

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But RRQ steadied, tightened retakes, and flipped the series.

On Lotus, a crucial thrifty shattered BLG’s momentum, and RRQ closed 13–8.

Abyss, BLG’s first look of the event, exposed disjointed retakes and stalled executes.

Maksim “Jemkin” Batorov overpowered the server, and RRQ cruised to a 13-4 win to advance.

For BLG, another early international exit underscores a recurring issue.

Domestic dominance is yet to translate to sustained group-stage resilience or adaptation under pressure.

DRG’s 0–2 loss to G2 Esports doubles as a regional gut punch.

Lotus began with Zhang “Akeman” Haoran spearheading a 6-2 start, but a trademark G2 Stinger force-buy cracked the defense, and the VCT Americas champions sprinted away with a 13-7 victory.

Abyss followed the same arc: 6–6 at the half, then G2’s layered post-plant utility and Alexander “jawgemo” Mor’s pistol-round 1v4 clutch iced another 13-7 map win.

The defeat carries immediate consequences—because XLG have already placed higher at Champions, DRG must now defend their partnership slot at this year’s Ascension tournament, while XLG secures another VCT season.

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The takeaways are blunt for the eliminated sides.

BLG need sharper contingency plans when pistol advantages evaporate and a clearer retake identity on newer maps.

DRG must solve late-series stallouts before Ascension becomes a referendum on their partnership future.

For everyone else, Champions is narrowing to the teams that stabilize fastest when the script turns—and decider day will punish even the briefest of wobbles.