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. Its winners, Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko, Aleksa 'Queasy' Cvetkovic and Andrejs 'Merstach' Piratovs were crowned Fortnite World Champions.

Overview The 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. 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.

Although North American teams such as Peter 'Peterbot' Kata's and Miguel 'Pollo' Moreno's had often been considered favorites to win the tournament, 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.

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.

Broadcast The tournament was officially broadcast by Epic Games on Twitch and YouTube in English, Portuguese and Japanese, and exclusively on Twitch in French. The English broadcast featured the following team: RoleKnown asReal nameBroadcast host ZekeZeke MateusStage host FrankieFrankie WardCaster TheBestTacoMelissa Jacob PRJacob ArceAnalyst Kelly LinkKelly Link Leven2kDaniel MiniMinerScott VividNoah Wright Watched by over 950,000 people at its peak, the event is the most-watched Fortnite tournament since the World Cup.

Qualification Qualification took place in FNCS Majors 1–3 2025.

rowspan="2" EuropeNorth AmericaBrazilAsiaMiddle EastOceaniaCentral WestMajor 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 danath, Mace & SkitsMajor 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 & ResignzMajor 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 Oceanian 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.

Format Teams were awarded points for eliminating opponents and outliving them. Each elimination was worth 4 points. +PlacementPoints1st652nd543rd484th445th406th367th338th309th2710th2411th2112th1813th1514th1215th916th617th3 Source: Epic Games

Leaderboard

TeamDay 1Day 2TotalPrize moneyResults by matchResults by match1234567891011121. Merstach Queasy SwizzY431121161922555217460130116164115176697$450,0002. MariusCOW Pixie Vanyak3kk161416424374933623265531919062314650$300,0003. Japko panzer Setty22326523748823281511825052020139262590$225,0004. charyy IDrop Kami172873454852712431037531102211110296539$180,0005. Boltz Khanada Rapid19519121066134267455664212120120251518$135,0006. Darm Demus pixx111123267411124277354417228280250235512$90,0007. Fredoxie PabloWingu Tjino3307132633302271192661882932361032321417245511$75,0008. Malibuca P1ng Wox15225210012310310515919361511664147322481$60,0009. Chap MrSavage Rezon341904466210231188581542918334230215403$45,00010. Muz Shadow Sphinx25011522017115411198862403681010274304402$36,00011. Fazer K1nG Phzin1271082111051942401661452302451313382235401$33,00012. Cadu Stryker Tisco52223300240252311160131202920111652239399$30,00013. Cooper Curly Reet19592253184971731532242101755441227236389$27,00014. Flickzy Veno vic067204310115114301246610115304029290321137383$27,00015. Cold Peterbot Ritual20117123022329012118511514711475514191276361$24,00016. Acorn Ajerss Pollo2141601554753142195931922701415154211147342$24,00017. Bacca Parz PXMP230393301541253301472019675824242150193340$21,00018. Clix Eomzo Higgs816286837615124412422022321818020087331$21,00019. Ark Salko Sxhool9926214319618397186263280851994163127313$18,00020. FoCuS Mikson Upl72235270162136281118280122108123230109146264$18,00021. 5aald FKS Hero145187164147260220122321330202288628178200$15,00022. Chico Hris TaySon213320320963113201613303113300303043302018123. Aminished Braydz Visxals1072701231312801911053101341830141401726617124. alex Anon Resignz310240113200161205631631021242212102719615925. Koyota Rise yuma300291173302142310473003014322222131411215926. Goofy m0untain VortexM261141193230270160382118826021717091120158$12,00027. Gabzera Scarpa WeY281310135263170651101911731411272702403914928. Buyuriru Merem wickesy27333018132023078812931631931252522636614729. Rew saad Snowy18213175280240251841702502831262601345013430. Kimkana Razl Raito2902812010273204290722522602450313133014411631. EpikWhale paper VicterV1331542403103212147227027121403333022436108$9,00032. Adapter Balor Mansour24130029225133018224241186320311113180739733. Aspect Cazi Tinka320212280290300260823032016077722907583 Source: esports.gg

Statistics All statistics take into consideration both days of the tournament.

Team +EliminationsRankTeamEliminations1 Fredoxie, PabloWingu & Tjino872 SwizzY, Merstach & Queasy613 Curly, Reet & Cooper574 Peterbot, Cold & Ritual545 Veno, Flickzy & vic051 Source: esports.gg

Individual +RankPlayerRatio1 vic01.622 Bacca1.593 Koyota1.544 Japko1.525 Ajerss1.52 +Damage to playersRankPlayerDamage1 SwizzY21,2132 Merstach15,6623 Khanada14,9264 Panzer13,7245 Vanyak3kk13,396 +EliminationsRankPlayerEliminations1 Tjino332 IDrop323 Fredoxie294 Ark275 Merstach26 +Time aliveRankPlayerTime1 SwizzY4h 52m2 Queasy4h 51m3 Pixie4h 50m4 Vanyak3kk4h 50m5 MariusCOW4h 48m +Distance traveledRankPlayerDistance1 Queasy81.7 km2 Setty76.6 km3 Wox75.6 km4 Shadow72.5 km5 Acorn71.7 km Source: Osirion

Awards Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko was unofficially crowned MVP by Competitive Fortnite Awards. +MVPPlayerResult SwizzY Queasy Vanyak3kk Merstach

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