FNCS 2025 format and schedule explained – prize pot and how to qualify for each Major

THE Fortnite Championship Series, oregon FNCS, is gearing up for its archetypal Major for 2025, arsenic the play-ins are starting today.

FNCS 2025 comes with a revamped format based connected divisional cups, followed by Majors passim the year, each consisting of 4 stages.

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the FNCS 2025 format and schedule.

We look into the prize pot, format starting with the wide operation of the FNCS Majors and however to suffice for each.

FNCS 2025 prize pot

The FNCS 2025 is bringing a staggering prize excavation of $8million this year, distributed crossed each Major events successful each portion and the Global Championship.

That’s up by astir fractional a cardinal from past year’s variation of Fortnite’s apical esports tournament.

Is FNCS Trios oregon Duos successful 2025?

This year, the FNCS is being played successful Trios, a alteration from past year’s Duos format.

Trios means that determination are 99 players connected the Battle Royale representation astatine the commencement of a match, playing successful 33 teams of 3 players each.

FNCS 2025 format: Major Play-Ins and Group Stage

Each FNCS Major consists of Play-In Stage, Group Stage, Last Chance Qualifier, and the Major Finals.

During the Play-In Stage, players who person reached Division 1 successful the Divisional Cups of their respective portion tin squad up successful trios to vie for a spot successful the Group Stage.

Play-Ins instrumentality spot implicit 2 days, during which teams play 10 matches each time with a cumulative leaderboard

The apical trios connected the leaderboard beforehand to the Group Stage.

For the Europe (EU) and North America Central (NAC) regions, that’s the apical 99 teams, and for each different regions - the apical 66 trios.

During the Group Stage, teams are divided into groups of 33 teams, that’s 3 groups successful EU and NAC, and 2 groups for the different regions.

Five matches are played successful each group, and the squad that earns the Victory Royale successful each radical lucifer qualifies instantly for the Major Finals.

Then, the best-performing teams successful each radical besides qualify, the apical 5 successful EU and NAC, and the apical 10 successful different regions.

FNCS 2025 Last Chance Qualifiers

All players who person not qualified for the Major Finals by this stage, volition get a past accidental to gain a spot astatine the FNCS Major.

The Last Chance Qualifier is unfastened to each players from Divisions 1, 2, and 3, and the champion teams volition participate the Last Chance Lobby.

The Victory Royale winners of each Last Chance Lobby lucifer suffice for the Major Finals, and determination volition beryllium 3 matches per region.

The Last Chance Qualifier for Major 1 volition instrumentality spot connected February 12 and 13, 2025.

FNCS 2025 Major Finals

Each Major ends with the Major Finals implicit 2 days, with six matches played each day, with the apical trio successful each portion crowned arsenic the Major champions.

The Major champions triumph a stock of the FNCS prize excavation and volition beryllium capable to wield the Blade of Champions pickaxe in-game during the adjacent season.

The Major Finals oregon Major 1 are scheduled for February 15 and 16, 2025.

FNCS 2025 Majors schedule

Here's each the dates for each of the 3 majors of FNCS 2025.

The majors volition beryllium followed by the Fortnite Global Championship, the nonstop docket for which volition beryllium announced aboriginal this year.

FNCS 2025 Major 1

• Play-Ins: January 29-30
• Group Stage: February 2-9
• Last Chance Qualifier: February 12-13
• Major Finals: February 15-16

FNCS 2025 Major 2

• Play-Ins: April 9-10
• Group Stage: April 13-20
• Last Chance Qualifier: April 23-24
• Major Finals: April 26-27

FNCS 2025 Major 3

• Play-Ins: July 16-17
• Group Stage: July 20-27
• Last Chance Qualifier: July 30-31
• Major Finals: August 2-3

How to ticker the FNCS 2025

While the Divisional Cups are not broadcast, Fortnite's authoritative channels volition beryllium showing FNCS 2025 matches.

Here's wherever you tin ticker FNCS 2025:

• Fortnite Competitive English Feed
• Fortnite Twitch channel
• Fortnite Competitive YouTube channel
• Fortnite Competitive TikTok account

Fortnite Global Championship 2025

Each portion is sending its apical teams from each FNCS Major to the Fortnite Global Championship 2025, which volition instrumentality spot successful the 2nd fractional of this year.

After Major 1, Europe and North America Central are sending 2 trios each.

The remainder of the regions, North America West, Brazil, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, are sending 1 team, their Major champions.

Here’s a afloat breakdown of the fig of teams that volition suffice from each portion aft each 3 Majors conclude:

• Europe: 11 teams
• North America Central: 7 teams
• North America West: 3
• Brazil: 3 teams
• Asia: 3 teams
• Middle East: teams
• Oceania: 3 teams

If a trio that has already qualified finishes successful a qualifying spot again, past the adjacent squad connected the Major leaderboard that hasn’t already qualified volition gain the spot.

How to suffice for an FNCS Major successful 2025

Qualifying for the FNCS 2025 starts with the FNCS Trial, which you and your teammates tin unlock by reaching Gold fertile oregon higher successful Battle Royale, Zero Build, and Reloaded Ranked modes.

The FNCS Trial is simply a azygous Trios tourney session, which took spot connected December 7, 2024, for Season 1.

The apical 200 trios from the FNCS Trial are past placed successful FNCS Division 1, the adjacent 600 spell into FNCS Division 2, and the remainder of the teams - successful FNCS Division 3.

The Divison 3 Cup is besides unfastened again to immoderate trios that person reached Gold successful Ranked.

Each Division Cup consists of 2 days of play, and teams person to implicit 10 matches per day.

The apical teams from Divisions 3 and 2 ascent up successful the part above, portion Division 1 teams vie for a spot successful the Division 1 Cup Finals which gives currency prizes.

The Divisional Cups for this play ended connected January 25, 2025, and players who person reached Division 1 are eligible for the FNCS Major Play-In Stage, which starts today, January 29, 2025.

In aboriginal seasons, determination volition beryllium nary FNCS Trial, and players volition commencement based connected their champion placement successful Divisional Cups crossed the seasons.

New Gold oregon higher Ranked players volition past person to commencement successful Division 3 and triumph their mode up.

The dates for the adjacent Divisional Cups are yet to beryllium announced.

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