T1 has won the Valorant Masters Bangkok tournament after beating G2 Esports in the grand final 3-2. The win sees them crowned as the first major international champions of the 2025 season, and nets them some important VCT points.
Valorant Masters Bangkok featured the eight top Valorant teams from around the world competing on LAN for the first time this season. With a fair few changes to the game over recent weeks and the offseason changes in the pro scene, this was the first real look we got at international play in 2025, and it did not disappoint.
Both G2 and T1 provided some great entertainment throughout the competition. Both lost one match in the Swiss stage, giving them tougher matchups in the opening round of the playoffs. However, G2 turned into a different beast after their loss, not dropping a single map after their 2-1 loss to EDward Gaming until the grand final. T1 on the other hand, lost in both the Swiss stage and the opening round of the playoffs, but then went on an impressive lower bracket run to reach the final.
The grand final kicked off shortly after new Valorant agent Waylay was revealed, who is already proving a little controversial. But once the action got underway for the final it was back to business as usual, with the two teams getting started on Lotus. It was G2 who took the first blood, comfortably winning 13-5 in what was a pretty dominant performance to kick off the final.
Next things went to Haven, and it was a little more even between the two sides right from the off. At the half it was 6-6, but things started to get scrappy in the second half, with some wild rounds that could have gone either way. In the end, it was T1 who took control of the second half, and ended up winning 13-9, with G2 faltering for the first time since the second round of matches in the Swiss stage.
On Abyss, things got off to an unexpected start. Despite being G2’s map pick, T1 got off to a 6-0 start before G2 managed to put a round on the map, but the American roster managed to pull it back to 8-4 in the half, avoiding total disaster. As we reached the end of the map, the two teams were neck and neck, tied at 11-11, creating a nail-biting end to map three. In the end, it was G2 who moved onto championship point with an impressive 13-11 win.
With G2 on championship point, the teams headed to Split. Despite losing the opening two rounds, G2 looked ridiculously good here, taking seven consecutive rounds before T1 could put another on the board. A massive ace clutch from Kim “Meteor” Tae-o gave T1 a chance of a comeback, with the half ending 8-4 in G2’s favour, and T1 kept their momentum going in the second half. They evened it up to 8-8 quickly, before extending to a surprising 10-8 lead and eventually taking the map to overtime, where they won 15-13 to force a map five.
The final map was Pearl, and after being so close to winning the championship, G2 looked like a defeated team to start the map. T1 took a 5-1 lead early on, before G2 started to fight back, however the half still end 8-4 in the Korean team’s favour. G2 managed to fight back to 9-9, setting up for a tense end to one of the best Valorant finals ever. The even footing continued, with the final map of the best of five going to overtime. Eventually the map would end 16-14 to T1, giving them a hard fought win and of course, the Valorant Masters Bangkok trophy.
The win sees T1 take home the Valorant Masters Bangkok trophy, five VCT points that should help them qualify for Champions later in the year, and the first place prize of $250,000, which isn’t a bad payout. G2 gets three VCT points and $100,000 for second, while EDward Gaming took third and $65,000 and Team Vitality walks away with $35,000 for fourth.
