Runners-up in Stage 1, 4th at Masters London, then out of the playoffs early and qualified on points while sitting at home. Group B: Global Esports, LOUD and EDward Gaming.
Global Esports against Vitality, then LOUD against EDward Gaming. A debutant, a superteam that stumbled, the last team in, and the only Chinese world champions.
The Pacific channel’s pick from the map the debutants won.
The official short from the series opener.
Derke, Chronicle, Jamppi, PROFEK and Sayonara, on the night the superteam played its first Champions series together.
Global Esports
Team VitalityAbyss 13–10 to Vitality, Ascent 13–9 to Global Esports, Summit 13–11 to Vitality. The superteam needed three maps against the Pacific champions and got them. Vitality meet LOUD in the winners’ match; Global Esports face EDG in the elimination match, and the five debutants are 1–3.
Four alive, one Vitality player, and the mic feed under it. Jamppi’s ace from the same series is in the archive.
LOUD against Vitality for the first spot from Group B, then FUT Esports against 100 Thieves for the first from Group A.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
Thirty-six rounds in a short.
Seventh in EMEA Stage 2. Second team through from Group B, four maps won, none lost.
The broadcast called it the longest overtime at a global VCT event since 2022. It decided a playoff spot.
The two-time champion, on the twelve extra rounds. Official short.
LOUDTeam VitalityAscent 13–7, then Summit 19–17 in overtime. Vitality are through from Group B at 2–0. LOUD drop to the Group B decider on Oct 4 against the winner of EDG vs Global Esports, one loss from the last slot closing.
LOUD came back to force overtime on Summit and twelve extra rounds followed. Vitality closed it, and the superteam is in the playoffs. The official short is the final round with the comms.
100 Thieves against G2, then Vitality against Nongshim. The winners meet in the upper bracket; the losers drop to the lower bracket with Paper Rex and T1.
Three maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
The Pacific channel, after the series.
Five first-time orgs came to Shanghai. One is left, and 100 Thieves are next.
The official short from Nongshim’s side of the series.
The Pacific channel’s pick from Haven, before the extra rounds.
Paper Rex, T1, Nongshim and 100 Thieves are in the lower bracket. Two of them go home on Oct 9.
The team that finished 7–8th in EMEA Stage 2 has not lost a series at Champions. G2 next.
The EMEA channel’s cut from Haven, the overtime map that kept the last EMEA team in the upper bracket.
Nongshim RedForceTeam VitalitySplit 13–8 to Vitality, Abyss 13–4 to Nongshim, Haven 14–12 to Vitality in overtime. Vitality are 3–0 in Shanghai and the only team outside the Americas in the upper bracket. They play G2 on Oct 10. Nongshim drop to the lower bracket against 100 Thieves on Oct 9, and the loser goes home.
LOUD against NRG, then Vitality against G2. The winners meet in the upper final on Oct 16. The losers drop to the lower bracket against 100 Thieves and T1 on Oct 11.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
The superteam that finished 7th–8th in EMEA Stage 2 has not lost a series in Shanghai.
The EMEA channel’s cut.
The same round, from the other side, in the official short.
The official short. BABYBAY had four.
G2 EsportsTeam VitalityAbyss 13–11, Split 13–4. Vitality are 4–0 in Shanghai and play LOUD in the upper final on Oct 16, which guarantees a top-three finish for a team from outside the Americas. G2 drop to the lower bracket against T1 on Oct 11, one loss from out.
LOUD against Vitality for a place in the grand final, then G2 against 100 Thieves. The loser of the second goes home; the winner plays the upper-final loser on Oct 17.
The superteam, mid-series.
The EMEA channel.
100 Thieves against Vitality for the other place in the grand final. The winner plays LOUD on Oct 18. The loser finishes 3rd.
The EMEA channel’s cut from the upper final.
The last team outside the Americas gets one more chance: 100 Thieves on Oct 17, for a place in the final.
Sixteenth into the field. Paper Rex, NRG and Vitality beaten in the upper bracket. Sunday is for the trophy.
LOUDTeam VitalityLotus 13–8 to Vitality, Summit 13–5 to LOUD, Haven 13–11 to LOUD. The sixteenth and last team into the field is in the grand final on Oct 18, LOUD’s first since they won it in Istanbul in 2022. Vitality drop to the lower final against 100 Thieves on Oct 17, one loss from out.
The EMEA channel, after Summit.
Hands in, one more time.
Cryocells said the year ended with no regrets.
Four maps, three of them to Vitality.
Four maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
LOUD against Vitality, for the title. The sixteenth and last team into the field against the last team outside the Americas. Vitality won their group meeting 2–0; LOUD won the upper final 2–1.
Vitality won 2–0 in the groups. LOUD won 2–1 in the upper final. The official short.
5–2 in Shanghai. Both losses were to the two finalists: G2 on day two of the bracket, Vitality in the lower final.
The superteam that finished 7th–8th in EMEA Stage 2 is one series from the title. Derke has won it twice with Fnatic.
The official short from match point on Summit.
Esports World Cup champions, Americas champions, 3rd at Champions. The peak ends one series short of the final.
The official short, after Summit.
100 ThievesTeam VitalitySplit 13–5 to 100 Thieves, then Lotus 13–11, Ascent 13–9 and Summit 13–10 to Vitality. 100 Thieves finish 3rd, in the arena where this core was 4th at Masters Shanghai 2024. Vitality, the last team outside the Americas, play LOUD in the grand final on Oct 18, best of five.
Six wins, one loss, and the trophy.
The official short.
Two Champions titles with Fnatic between them. The third did not come, but the superteam was two maps from it.
Open qualifiers return in 2027. The last Champions under the partnership system was won by the last team that qualified for it, in an all-Americas-against-the-world final. Four Americas teams came to the playoffs; one of them left with the trophy.
Acend, Evil Geniuses, EDward Gaming and NRG have one each. LOUD missed the last two Champions entirely, took the sixteenth seat on a 3–2 over NRG, and went 6–1 in Shanghai.
The official short from match point on Haven. The superteam that finished 7th–8th in EMEA Stage 2 finishes 2nd in the world.
The official short.
The MVP’s first post after the final. Rest in peace, mum, you deserve it.
erde, the MVP, who said after beating Paper Rex on day one of the bracket: next up NRG. Then LOUD beat NRG too.
Eighteen, on loan from KRÜ SPARK, in a grand final. The official short.
Sixteenth into the field. Paper Rex, NRG, Vitality, Vitality again. The last Champions of the franchise era goes to the last team that got in.
Team VitalityLOUDSummit 13–11 to LOUD, Lotus 13–8 to Vitality, Sunset 13–5 and Haven 13–10 to LOUD. The sixteenth and last team into the field won Champions Shanghai. It is LOUD’s second world title after Istanbul 2022, and no other org has two. erde is the MVP. Vitality finish runners-up.
The fan-storylines of VALORANT Champions Shanghai. Updated after each match day.
