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Sourav Banik

VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025: Schedule, teams, format, prize pool, more

VALORANT Masters Toronto will begin in June and is the second major tournament featuring teams qualified from all over the globe.

The winners from the four regions will advance directly to the Playoffs, while the second and third-placed teams will first have to go through the Swiss Stage. Here’s everything you need to know about its schedule, all qualified teams, format, prize pool, and more.

VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 start and end dates

VALORANT Masters Toronto takes place from June 7 to 22, 2025. The Swiss Stage will take place from June 7 to 11, while the Playoffs will be held from June 13 to 22.

VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 schedule
Image by Riot Games

The Swiss Stage will be interesting to watch, as only four out of the eight teams will proceed to the Playoffs and join the winners of Americas, China, EMEA, and Pacific Stage 1.

All teams qualified for VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025

A total of 12 teams have qualified for VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025:

  • G2 Esports (Americas Stage 1 winner)
  • Xi Lai Gaming (China Stage 1 winner)
  • FNATIC (EMEA Stage 1 winner)
  • Rex Regum Qeon (Pacific Stage 1 winner)
  • Sentinels (Americas Stage 1 runner-up)
  • MIBR (Americas Stage 1 third place)
  • Bilibili Gaming (China Stage 1 runner-up)
  • Wolves Esports (China Stage 1 third place)
  • Gen.G (Pacific Stage 1 runner-up)
  • Paper Rex (Pacific Stage 1 third place)
  • Team Heretics (EMEA Stage 1 runner-up)
  • Team Liquid (EMEA Stage 1 third place)

VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 format

Coming to the format of the Masters Toronto, the tournament will first hold the Swiss Stage, where the runner-ups and third-placed teams will face off each other in three rounds.

Round 1

June 7: Team Heretics (TH) goes against Paper Rex (PRX), while Bilibili Gaming (BLG) goes against Team Liquid (TL).

June 8: Sentinels (SEN) will go against Wolves Esports (WOL), while Gen.G (GEN) goes against MIBR.

The winners of these two days will play Round 2 High Matches on June 9, whereas the losing teams will play the Round 2 Low Matches on June 10. The losing teams from Round 2 get eliminated.

The Round 3 Matches will start on June 11. Four winning teams from Round 2 will compete to get a higher seed in the Playoffs. All matches are Best of 3.

an image of the Playoffs brackets in Valorant Masters Toronto 2025
The Playoffs take place from June 13 to 22. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Playoffs

The Playoffs will have an Upper and Lower bracket system.

All matches, excluding the Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final, are Best of 3. The Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Best of 5.

VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 prize pool

Here’s the full VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 prize pool distribution:

Place or Position Prize Circuit Points
1st $350,000 7 VCT Points
2nd $200,000 5 VCT Points
3rd $125,000 4 VCT Points
4th $75,000 3 VCT Points
5th – 6th $50,000 2 VCT Points
7th – 8th $35,000
9th – 10th $25,000
11th – 12th $15,000

How to watch VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025

Like always, you can catch all the action live from VALORANT’s official Twitch channel. Tune in during the match timings, and you will find some of your favorite streamers co-streaming the tournament along with their viewers.

Once VALORANT Masters Toronto concludes, all teams will return to compete in Stage 2 of their respective regions, starting from July 12.


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