International Competition Valorant Game Chaingers Championship and SOOP Valorant League to be held consecutively in Korea
Nov 23, 2025
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'Now Valorant!'
Along with the 'League of Legends', international competitions of 'Valorant', which is considered one of Riot Games' two major e-sports events, will be held in Korea one after another.
First of all, the '2025 Valorant Game Changer Championship' opened at LoL Park in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 20th and will be held until the 30th. It is the first competition to be held in Asia that encompasses the diversity of the e-sports community and provides an opportunity and stage for women who enjoy 'Valorant' e-sports to play.
A total of 10 teams challenged. In the Pacific region, South Korea's Nine Tails participated as the runner-up, and Zipto GC (Xipto GC) participated in the competition as the winning team. In the Americas region, four teams participated, including Shopify Revelion Gold, the winner of the North American Stage 2, Team Liquid Brazil, the winner of Brazil, the KRU Blades as a representative of Latin America, and MIBR GC, which passed the final selection of the Americas.
In EMEA, three teams, G2 Gozen, Carmine Cope GC, and Giant X GC, who won many circuit points as EMEA Stage 3 winners, were selected as China's representative, with Nova Esports GC, which won CN Stage 2.
In the opening match held on the 20th, Nova Esports defeated South Korea's Nine Tails 2-0, followed by MIBR defeating Giant X 2-1. Carmine Kov and Shopify Revelion, G2 and Team Liquid Brazil were named in the semifinals of the winner's group through the match on the 21st and 22nd. Nine Tails will try to compete in the upper round through lower group matches. On the 28th, the finals and the semifinals of the lower group will be held, the final of the lower group on the 29th, and the final on the 30th.
Riot Games operates LoL Park as a VAL Park with the theme of 『Valorant" while the competition schedule is in progress, and various events such as experiential programs related to games and influencer matches will be held. In addition, fan signings of Korean teams from the Valorant Champions Tour Pacific League, including Nongshim Red Force, T1, DRX, and Gen.G, will be held at the site.
Meanwhile, on December 2nd, the e-sports league 'SVL (SOOP Valorant League) 2025', which checks its power ahead of the opening of the regular season, will open at the Sangam SOOP Coliseum in Seoul until the 7th. A total of eight teams, including Korea's DRX, Gen.G, and T1, as well as Fnatic, RRQ, Jetta Division, Full Sense, and SLT Esports, will participate.
The opening match on the 2nd will begin with a showdown between the Champions Paris runner-up Fnatic and Full Sense, who joined through the preliminary round. In the same Group A match between T1 and Zeta will be played.
The participating teams will decide the top two teams in the group by a double elimination method that eliminates if they lose twice, and from the semifinals, they will be held by a single elimination method. All games except the final will be played in the best-of-three series, and the final will determine the winning team with the best-of-five series. Ticket sales began on the 20th at the ticket link, and all rounds will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
