Champions just kicked off, but the VCT season won’t be over until our ascending teams claim their spots in the VCT Pacific league for next year!

VCT Ascension Pacific returns on 14 - 26 October where 10 teams from all over Asia Pacific will meet in Bangkok, Thailand to fight for 2 slots in our international league. They will also be fighting for a share of the USD 100,000 prize pool.

Read on to find out all about the tournament!

QUALIFIED TEAMS

10 teams have qualified from APAC, including Nongshim RedForce and BOOM Esports who will be fighting to keep their spots in VCT Pacific. Both teams are able to attend Ascension as they have either made Stage 2 Playoffs in VCT Pacific or finished in the top 8 of the 2025 Championship Points standings.

Qualified teams are as follows:

VCT Pacific

• BOOM Esports

• Nongshim RedForce

Southeast Asia

• Motiv Esports

• NAOS 

• FULL SENSE

• Team NKT

Japan

• RIDDLE ORDER

Korea

• SLT Seongnam

South Asia

• Velocity Gaming

Oceania

• E-KING

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

The tournament will kick off with teams split into 2 groups based on their previous regional competitive performance. As there are two teams from VCT Pacific returning to defend their slot, they will be placed into separate groups.  During this group stage, teams will fight through a series of single round robin, best-of-3 matches within their own group.

6 teams will make it through Group Stage and proceed to Playoffs where they will compete in a modified double elimination bracket. The top 2 seeds from each group will be placed into the upper bracket while the 3rd seeds will be placed into the lower bracket. Matches at this stage will also be structured as best-of-3. 

With 2 slots available in VCT Pacific for 2026, the upper and lower bracket finals of Playoffs will act as qualification matches that will determine which teams ascend. These 2 matches will be structured as best-of-5s.

SCHEDULE

Ascension Pacific will unfold over 12 intense days of competition. The tournament dates are as follows:

• Group Stage: 14 - 21 Oct

• Playoffs: 22 - 26 Oct

  • Upper bracket final: 25 Oct

  • Lower bracket final: 26 Oct

Matches will begin at 14:00 GMT+7 / 15:00 GMT+8 / 16:00 GMT+9 every day.

Match schedules are subject to change, please check valorantesports.com for the latest schedules.

TICKETING

Fans are welcome to watch the final qualification matches on 24, 25 and 26 October live at Imperial Samrong Convention Hall. 

Address:

• 999 Sukhumvit Rd, Samrong Nuea, Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan 10270, Thailand

Early bird tickets will be available on 20 September, with general ticket sales opening on 23 September.

Tickets will be available at this Ticketmelon URL. Or can you search “VALORANT Ascension Pacific 2025” and follow the instructions.

WHERE TO WATCH

Brought to you by Acer, Intel and BenQ, fans can catch the Ascension Pacific action through local language broadcasts at the following links:

English

• SOOP: VALORANT_EN

• Twitch: VALORANT Pacific

• YouTube: VCT Pacific

Korean

• YouTube: VCT KR

• SOOP: VALORANT공식

• Chzzk: 발로란트 코리아

Japanese

• Twitch: VALORANT JP

• YouTube: VALORANT JP

Philippines

• YouTube: VALORANT Esports PH

• Twitch: VALORANT PH

Bahasa Indonesia

• SOOP: VALORANT_ID

• Twitch: VALORANT ID

• YouTube: VALORANT Esports Indonesia

• TikTok: VALORANT Esports Indonesia

Thai

• SOOP: VALORANT_TH

• Twitch: VALORANT TH

• YouTube: VALORANTesportsTH

• TikTok: VALORANT Esports Thailand

Vietnamese

• YouTube: VALORANTesportsVN

• TikTok: VALORANT Esports Vietnam

Mandarin

• Twitch: VALORANT TW

• YouTube: VALORANTesportsTW

Hindi

• YouTube: VALORANTinsa