The 2025 FNCS Global Championship was a Fortnite Battle Royale tournament held in Lyon-Décines, France, on September 6–7, 2025. The tournament was the third FNCS Global Championship and the culmination of the 2025 Fortnite Championship Series, the premier Fortnite Battle Royale competitive circuit. It was held at the LDLC Arena and featured a $2,001,000 prize pool.[1] Its winners, Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko, Aleksa 'Queasy' Cvetkovic and Andrejs 'Merstach' Piratovs were crowned Fortnite World Champions.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lyon, France |
| Dates | September 6, 2025–September 7, 2025 |
| Venue | LDLC Arena |
| Participants | 99; 33 trios |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | SwizzY, Queasy & Merstach |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most Victory Royales | SwizzY, Queasy & Merstach (3 wins) |
| Most eliminations | Fredoxie, PabloWingu & Tjino (87 eliminations) |
| Prize pool | $2,001,000 |
Overview
editThe tournament's eventual winners Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko, Aleksa 'Queasy' Cvetkovic and Andrejs 'Merstach' Piratovs qualified through placing fifth in the FNCS Major 2. With Cvetkovic as in-game leader, the trio ended day 1 of the Global Championship with a 185-point lead, much thanks to winning three straight games. Conversely, the trio struggled on day 2, only earning 176 points, but were still able to win the tournament, their cushion having shrunk to only 47 points.[2] Cvetkovic had previously placed 2nd at the FNCS Invitational 2022 and the 2024 Globals; Luciko had been kicked from the 2023 Globals and saw his teammate unable to attend the 2024 Globals due to visa issues; Piratovs had previously been relatively unsuccessful at LAN events, never placing higher than 15th. The victory improved Cvetkovic's standings in terms of most consistent LAN player of all time, and best IGL of all time.[3][4]
Although North American teams such as Peter 'Peterbot' Kata's and Miguel 'Pollo' Moreno's had often been considered favorites to win the tournament,[5] Europe proved the dominant region with eight trios inside the top 10, to North America's two. Polish, Russian and Scandinavian players were especially successful at the event.[6]
The French audience was especially vocal, booing players such as Peter 'Peterbot' Kata, Michał 'Kami' Kamiński and Iwo 'Setty' Zając while cheering for players representing French esports organization Gentle Mates, including winners Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko and Andrejs 'Merstach' Piratovs.[2][6]
Broadcast
editThe tournament was officially broadcast by Epic Games on Twitch and YouTube in English, Portuguese and Japanese, and exclusively on Twitch in French.[7] The English broadcast featured the following team:[8]
| Role | Known as | Real name |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcast host |  Zeke |
Zeke Mateus |
| Stage host |  Frankie |
Frankie Ward |
| Caster | TheBestTaco |
Melissa |
| Jacob PR |
Jacob Arce | |
| Analyst | Kelly Link |
Kelly Link |
| Leven2k |
Daniel | |
| MiniMiner |
Scott | |
| Vivid |
Noah Wright |
Watched by over 950,000 people at its peak, the event is the most-watched Fortnite tournament since the World Cup.[6]
Qualification
editQualification took place in FNCS Majors 1–3 2025.
Region Tournament |
Europe | North America | Brazil | Asia | Middle East | Oceania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | West | ||||||
| Major 1 (February 2025) |
 vic0, Veno &  Flickzy P1ng,  Wox &  Malibuca |
 Acorn, Ajerss &  Pollo Peterbot, Cold & Ritual |
Bacca, Parz & PXMP |
 Fazer, K1nG &  Phzin |
 Koyota, Rise & Yuma |
 5aald,  FKS & Hero |
 |
| Major 2 (April 2025) |
Vanyak3kk, Pixie &  MariusCOW Fredoxie, PabloWingu & Tjino Pixx, Darm & Demus SwizzY,  Queasy &  Merstach Chico,  Hris &  TaySon |
Clix, Higgs & Eomzo Cooper, Curly & Reet Visxals, Braydz & Aminished |
Ark, Sxhool & Salko |
Cadu, Stryker & Tisco |
Kimkana, Raito & Razl |
Rew, saad &  Snowy |
Alex, Anon & Resignz |
| Major 3 (August 2025) |
Setty, Japko & Panzer FoCuS, Mikson &  Upl Kami,  IDrop & charyy Chap, MrSavage & Rezon |
Rapid, Khanada & Boltz Muz, Shadow & Sphinx |
EpikWhale,  Paper & VicterV |
Gabzera, Scarpy & WeY |
Buyuriru, Merem & wickesy |
Adapter, Balor & Mansour |
Aspect, Cazi & Tinka |
Team Changes
editOceanian Major 1 winners danath, Mace and Skits were disqualified because of the latter being banned. Their qualification spot was reallocated to Major 3. In Major 3, third placed trio Verman, Solvey and favoq were also disqualified as Skits had been playing on one of their accounts; their qualification spot was rolled down to fourth placed trio VortexM, m0untain and Goofy.[9]
Format
editTeams were awarded points for eliminating opponents and outliving them. Each elimination was worth 4 points.
| Placement | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 65 |
| 2nd | 54 |
| 3rd | 48 |
| 4th | 44 |
| 5th | 40 |
| 6th | 36 |
| 7th | 33 |
| 8th | 30 |
| 9th | 27 |
| 10th | 24 |
| 11th | 21 |
| 12th | 18 |
| 13th | 15 |
| 14th | 12 |
| 15th | 9 |
| 16th | 6 |
| 17th | 3 |
Source: Epic Games
Leaderboard
edit| Pos | Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Total | Prize money | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results by match | Pts | Results by match | Pts | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | P | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Merstach Queasy SwizzY |
4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 521 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 176 | 697 | $450,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | MariusCOW Pixie Vanyak3kk |
16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 336 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 314 | 650 | $300,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Japko panzer Setty |
22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 328 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 262 | 590 | $225,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | charyy IDrop Kami |
17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 243 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 296 | 539 | $180,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Boltz Khanada Rapid |
1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 267 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 251 | 518 | $135,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Darm Demus pixx |
11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 277 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 235 | 512 | $90,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Fredoxie PabloWingu Tjino |
33 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 266 | 18 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 245 | 511 | $75,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Malibuca P1ng Wox |
15 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 159 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 322 | 481 | $60,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Chap MrSavage Rezon |
3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 188 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 215 | 403 | $45,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Muz Shadow Sphinx |
25 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 98 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 304 | 402 | $36,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Fazer K1nG Phzin |
12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 166 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 235 | 401 | $33,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 12. | Cadu Stryker Tisco |
5 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 160 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 239 | 399 | $30,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 13. | Cooper Curly Reet |
19 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 153 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 236 | 389 | $27,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 14. | Flickzy Veno vic0 |
6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 246 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 137 | 383 | $27,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 15. | Cold Peterbot Ritual |
20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 276 | 361 | $24,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 16. | Acorn Ajerss Pollo |
21 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 195 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 147 | 342 | $24,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 17. | Bacca Parz PXMP |
23 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 193 | 340 | $21,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 18. | Clix Eomzo Higgs |
8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 244 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 87 | 331 | $21,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 19. | Ark Salko Sxhool |
9 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 186 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 127 | 313 | $18,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 20. | FoCuS Mikson Upl |
7 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 118 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 146 | 264 | $18,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 21. | 5aald FKS Hero |
14 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 122 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 78 | 200 | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 22. | Chico Hris TaySon |
2 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 161 | 33 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 181 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. | Aminished Braydz Visxals |
10 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 105 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 66 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24. | alex Anon Resignz |
31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 96 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. | Koyota Rise yuma |
30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 47 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 112 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26. | Goofy m0untain VortexM |
26 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 120 | 158 | $12,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 27. | Gabzera Scarpa WeY |
28 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 110 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 149 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28. | Buyuriru Merem wickesy |
27 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 66 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||
| 29. | Rew saad Snowy |
18 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 134 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30. | Kimkana Razl Raito |
29 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 72 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31. | EpikWhale paper VicterV |
13 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 72 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 108 | $9,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 32. | Adapter Balor Mansour |
24 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 73 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33. | Aspect Cazi Tinka |
32 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 75 | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
Source: esports.gg
Statistics
editAll statistics take into consideration both days of the tournament.
Team
editIndividual
edit| Rank | Player | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | vic0 |
1.62 |
| 2 | Bacca |
1.59 |
| 3 | Koyota |
1.54 |
| 4 | Japko |
1.52 |
| 5 | Ajerss |
1.52 |
| Rank | Player | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SwizzY |
21,213 |
| 2 | Merstach |
15,662 |
| 3 | Khanada |
14,926 |
| 4 | Panzer |
13,724 |
| 5 | Vanyak3kk |
13,396 |
| Rank | Player | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tjino |
33 |
| 2 | IDrop |
32 |
| 3 | Fredoxie |
29 |
| 4 | Ark |
27 |
| 5 | Merstach |
26 |
| Rank | Player | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SwizzY |
4h 52m |
| 2 | Queasy |
4h 51m |
| 3 | Pixie |
4h 50m |
| 4 | Vanyak3kk |
4h 50m |
| 5 | MariusCOW |
4h 48m |
| Rank | Player | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queasy |
81.7 km |
| 2 | Setty |
76.6 km |
| 3 | Wox |
75.6 km |
| 4 | Shadow |
72.5 km |
| 5 | Acorn |
71.7 km |
Source: Osirion
Awards
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