Paris is set to vibrate to the rhythm of globaleSport! The Valorant Champions Tour 2025, the international tournament for Riot Games' famous Valorant FPS, is coming to the Paris region for a much-anticipated edition for the eSport community. The group stages and brackets will be held at the Arènes de l'Agora in Évry-Courcouronnes from September 12 to 29, 2025, before the semi-finals and grand final scheduled at theAccor Arena in Paris from October 3 to 5, 2025. Sixteen of the best international Valorant teams will compete for the title in this fifth edition, confirming Paris as one of the essentialesport capitals.
Since its creation in 2021, the Valorant Champions Tour has already explored several continents, with previous editions held in Berlin, Istanbul, Los Angeles and Seoul. For this return to Europe, Riot Games has chosen the French capital to mark the game's fifth anniversary. And it's a choice that confirms Paris as one of today's hottest esport capitals!
The tournament, meanwhile, will follow the usual format, bringing together the top four teams from each of the regional leagues: Americas, EMEA, Pacific and China. These teams will be selected on the basis of performances in the season's segments, as well as points accumulated in the standings. A chance to see someesport in the capital! Ready to support your favorite team?
We took a look at the tournament during the qualifying phase. And the atmosphere was stadium-like! It's like the games in Rome, only better! To follow the games, giant screens are set up everywhere, allowing visitors to see the game in real time, with the added bonus of being close to the esport teams. Because that's the whole point of coming to see a competition in real time: to see the players in their element, glued to their chairs, eyes fixed on the screen, keyboard in hand.
Competitions that also prove that players are true sportsmen and women... And it's here, too, that we can see with our own eyes the technical nature of their game, both in terms of their mastery of gameplay (the systematic headshots... next to that, we're all little players...) and in terms of the team strategy put in place.
In short, we spent a good afternoon watching the pros play Valorant... And that's saying a lot! And if you want to go and see them play, it's a good thing you did: there are still tickets available for the group matches on weekdays and weekends, and a few for the semi-finals too... You'd be a fool to miss out!
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Dates and Opening Time
From September 12, 2025 to September 29, 2025
Location
Evry Arena
Rue Eugène Thomas
91000 Evry
Access
RER D "Evry-Courcouronnes" stop
Booking
www.axs.com
