Riot Games has published the full match schedule for VCT Pacific Stage 2, and the competitive calendar is packed. Group stage play runs from July 15 to August 10, 2025, with the core slate of best-of-three matches concentrated between July 18 and August 8.

The teams suiting up for the run include RRQ, Full Sense, NS, GEN.G, and ZETA DIVISION. A $250,000 prize pool sits at the center of it all.

What the schedule actually looks like

The format is best-of-three throughout the group stage. Venues are spread across Seoul, keeping the action centralized in one of esports’ most enthusiastic live-audience cities.

Before Stage 2 got underway, teams also navigated the VCT Pacific Last Chance Qualifier, which ran July 7 through July 10. That event served as the final on-ramp for teams trying to secure their Stage 2 position.

The bigger picture for VCT Pacific

This Stage 2 announcement lands against a backdrop of structural change for the league. Riot Games has confirmed it will reduce the number of partnered teams in VCT Pacific from ten to eight beginning in 2027.

What to watch for investors and esports stakeholders

VCT Pacific operates as a straight competitive league with no current integration of crypto, NFTs, or blockchain-based components, based on all available official announcements from Riot Games. The tournament is running on prize pools, sponsorships, broadcast rights, and ticket sales.

The $250,000 prize pool is meaningful at the regional level but modest relative to the global Valorant ecosystem, where Champions-level events carry significantly larger purses. Circuit points from Stage 2 will influence which teams earn pathways to global events later in the year.