Five editions, five different winners. Here is every team that has lifted the VALORANT Champions trophy, from Berlin in 2021 to the 2026 final in Shanghai.
VALORANT Champions is the final event of every VCT season and the tournament that decides the world champion. Since the first edition in Berlin in 2021, no team has managed to win it twice, and the title has gone to teams from EMEA, the Americas and China.
The 2026 edition is being played in Shanghai, with the grand final scheduled for Sunday, 18 October, at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. This list will be updated with the new world champion after the final.
Valorant Champions winners at a glance
| Year | Host city | Winner | Grand final | Prize pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  Berlin |  Acend | 3-2 vs  Gambit Esports | $1,000,000 |
| 2022 |  Istanbul |  LOUD | 3-1 vs  OpTic Gaming | $1,000,000 |
| 2023 |  Los Angeles |  Evil Geniuses | 3-1 vs  Paper Rex | $2,250,000 |
| 2024 |  Seoul |  EDward Gaming | 3-2 vs  Team Heretics | $2,250,000 |
| 2025 |  Paris |  NRG | 3-2 vs  Fnatic | $2,250,000 |
| 2026 |  Shanghai | To be decided on 18 October | $2,250,000 |
2021: Acend win the first world title in Berlin
The first VALORANT Champions was played in Berlin in December 2021. Acend met Gambit Esports in the grand final on 12 December and came back from 2-1 down to win the series 3-2.
Gambit took Breeze 13-11 before Acend answered on Ascent 13-7. Gambit then won Fracture 13-3, but Acend took Icebox 14-12 after overtime and closed out the title with a 13-8 win on Split.
- Roster:
BONECOLD, cNed, 
Kiles, 
starxo, zeek - Coach:
Nbs - Grand final: Breeze 11-13, Ascent 13-7, Fracture 3-13, Icebox 14-12, Split 13-8
2022: LOUD bring the trophy to Brazil
Champions 2022 moved to Istanbul, and the grand final on 18 September was an all-Americas meeting between LOUD and OpTic Gaming. LOUD won 3-1 to become the first Brazilian world champions in VALORANT.
Two of LOUD’s three map wins went beyond regulation. LOUD took Ascent 15-13 and Breeze 16-14, with OpTic’s only map coming on Bind, before LOUD finished the series with a 13-5 win on Haven.
- Roster:
aspas, Less, pANcada, 
Saadhak, Sacy - Coach: bzkA
- Grand final: Ascent 15-13, Bind 6-13, Breeze 16-14, Haven 13-5
2023: Evil Geniuses win at home in Los Angeles
Champions 2023 was the first edition under the franchised VCT system and the first with a $2,250,000 prize pool. The final weekend was played at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, where Evil Geniuses beat Paper Rex 3-1 on 26 August.
EG won Split 13-10, dropped Ascent 11-13, and then took control with a 13-5 win on Bind before closing out the title 13-10 on Lotus.
- Roster: Boostio, C0M, Demon1, Ethan, jawgemo
- Coach: potter
- Grand final: Split 13-10, Ascent 11-13, Bind 13-5, Lotus 13-10
2024: EDward Gaming become China’s first world champions
In Seoul, EDward Gaming beat Team Heretics 3-2 in the grand final on 25 August 2024 and became the first team from the China region to win VALORANT Champions.
The series swung back and forth. Heretics won Haven 13-6, EDG replied on Sunset 13-4 and Lotus 13-9, and Heretics forced a decider with a 13-11 win on Bind. EDG won the deciding map, Abyss, 13-9.
- Roster: CHICHOO, nobody,
S1Mon, Smoggy, ZmjjKK - Coach: Muggle
- Grand final: Haven 6-13, Sunset 13-4, Lotus 13-9, Bind 11-13, Abyss 13-9
2025: NRG hold off Fnatic in Paris
The 2025 final at the Accor Arena in Paris on 5 October looked like it would be one-sided. NRG won Corrode 13-3 and Lotus 13-6 to lead Fnatic 2-0, but Fnatic took Abyss 15-13 after overtime and Ascent 13-8 to force a fifth map. NRG won Sunset 13-5 to claim the title.
The win made Ethan the first player to win VALORANT Champions twice, after his 2023 title with Evil Geniuses.
- Roster: brawk, Ethan,
mada, s0m, skuba - Coach:
bonkar - Grand final: Corrode 13-3, Lotus 13-6, Abyss 13-15, Ascent 8-13, Sunset 13-5
2026: a new champion will be crowned in Shanghai
NRG’s title defence ended in the lower bracket, so 2026 will produce a sixth different world champion. Four teams are left going into the final weekend:
Team Vitality- LOUD
100 Thieves
G2 Esports
LOUD are the only one of the four to have won the title before. A win on Sunday would make them the first organization to become world champion twice.
