The VCT Pacific season begins with Kickoff on January 16.
The 2025 VALORANT competitive season is fast approaching. The season is slated to begin in mid-January, with each season starting with a Kickoff event — and the Pacific region’s teams won’t want to miss out on a top two finish, as spots at the “home” VCT Masters Bangkok await.
Here’s everything you need to know about VCT Pacific Kickoff 2025: full schedule, results, prizes, and more.
VCT Pacific Kickoff 2025 format and teams
The above teams (plus Nongshim RedForce as Ascension champs) will attend Kickoff 2025. (Image via Riot Games)
The VCT Kickoff series is VALORANT’s regional preseason event. VCT partner teams, together with the reigning Ascension winner, will battle for a spot at the first big VALORANT event of 2025, VCT Masters Bangkok.
The 12 teams will be sorted into the upper half of a double elimination bracket. From there, teams will play out the bracket with the final two guaranteeing spots in Thailand. The lower bracket final and grand final will be best-of-five, the rest of the bracket best-of-three.
To refresh, here’s a look at each team and roster attending VCT Pacific Kickoff 2025.
| Partner Team | |||||
| DetonatioN FocusMe | Meiy | Akame | Art | gyen | Jinboong |
| DRX | MaKo | Flashback | free1ng | HYUNMIN | Athan |
| Gen.G | t3xture | Karon | Munchkin | yoman | Foxy9 |
| Global Esports | kellyS | Kr1stal | PapiChulo | patrickWHO | UdoTan |
| Paper Rex | d4v41 | f0rsakeN | mindfreak | Jinggg | something |
| Rex Regum Qeon | xffero | Estrella | Jemkin | monyet | Kush |
| T1 | iZu | stax | Sylvan | Meteor | BuZz |
| TALON | Crws | JitboyS | ban | Governor | Primmie |
| Team Secret | JessieVash | Jremy | Invy | 2GE | Wild0reoo |
| ZETA DIVISION | Dep | SugarZ3ro | CLZ | SyouTa | Xdll |
| Ascension 2024 | |||||
| Nongshim RedForce | Dambi | Francis | Ivy | margaret | Persia |
| Replacement Invite | |||||
| BOOM Esports | BerserX | famouz | Shiro | NcSlasher | dos9 |
VCT Pacific Kickoff 2025 schedule and results
All match times are in SGT UTC+8 (Singapore).
- 4pm: Nongshim RedForce 2-1 BOOM
- 7pm: Paper Rex 2-0 ZETA DIVISION
- 7pm: Global Esports 0-2 DetonatioN
- 4pm: Nongshim RedForce 2-1 RRQ
- 7pm: Paper Rex 0-2 DetonatioN
- 4pm: Talon 2-1 Nongshim RedForce
- 7pm: Gen.G 2-0 DetonatioN
Standings
Here are the standings and prizes for VCT Kickoff 2025:
| 1st | VCT Masters Bangkok, 3 VCT Pacific Points | TBD |
| 2nd | VCT Masters Bangkok, 2 VCT Pacific Points | TBD |
| 3rd | 1 VCT Pacific Point | TBD |
| 4th | 1 VCT Pacific Point | TALON |
| 5th-6th | – | Nongshim RedForce DetonatioN FocusMe |
| 7th-8th | – | Rex Regum Qeon Paper Rex |
| 9th-12th | – | BOOM Esports Team Secret Global Esports ZETA DIVISION |
