Valve Releases Crucial Regional Standings Update for 2025 Season Invitations

Valve has released a significant monthly update to its Regional Standings, which will determine invitations to several tier-one tournaments in the first half of the 2025 season.

Key Tournaments and Invitation Criteria

The updated standings will be used to allocate invitations for upcoming major events, including:

BLAST Open Lisbon (March 19-30)

• 12 spots awarded via Global VRS for the main event
• 16 spots via NA/SA/Asia/EU regional qualifiers

PGL Bucharest (April 5-13)

• 12 spots by Global VRS for the main event
• 24 spots by NA/SA/EU regional qualifiers, plus additional spots from sub-regional Asia qualifiers

YaLLa Compass Qatar (April 15-20)

• 6 teams qualified via Global VRS for the main event
• 12 teams via Global VRS for the closed qualifier

IEM Melbourne (April 21-27)

• 2 spots via Europe VRS
• 2 spots via Americas VRS
• 2 spots via Asia VRS
• 10 spots via Global VRS

IEM Dallas (May 19-25)

• 5 spots via Europe VRS for the main event
• 1 spot via NA VRS
• 1 spot via SA VRS
• 1 spot via Asia VRS
• 10 spots via Europe VRS for EU closed qualifier
• 2 spots each via NA, SA, and Asia VRS for their respective closed qualifiers

Note: Invitations will be determined in the order of European, then Americas, then Asia, and finally Global, as per ESL's rulebook.

Current Global Standings (Top 30)

As of the latest update, the top 30 teams in the Global VRS rankings are:

1. Spirit – 1,968 points (Europe)
2. G2 – 1,912 points (Europe)
3. The MongolZ – 1,879 points (Asia)
4. Vitality – 1,821 points (Europe)
5. FaZe – 1,805 points (Europe)
6. Natus Vincere – 1,755 points (Europe)
7. Eternal Fire – 1,687 points (Europe)
8. MOUZ – 1,652 points (Europe)
9. Falcons – 1,645 points (Europe)
10. Liquid – 1,603 points (Americas, NA & Asia)
11. FURIA – 1,535 points (Americas, SA)
12. Virtus.pro – 1,505 points (Europe)
13. GamerLegion – 1,504 points (Europe)
14. 3DMAX – 1,487 points (Europe)
15. Astralis – 1,468 points (Europe)
16. paiN – 1,445 points (Americas, SA)
17. MIBR – 1,393 points (Americas, SA)
18. BIG – 1,350 points (Europe)
19. Wildcard – 1,350 points (Americas, NA & Europe)
20. HEROIC – 1,278 points (Europe)
21. FlyQuest – 1,259 points (Asia)
22. Complexity – 1,226 points (Americas, NA)
23. Nexus – 1,220 points (Europe)
24. FURIA fe – 1,196 points (Americas, SA)
25. BetBoom – 1,195 points (Europe)
26. Imperial fe – 1,189 points (Europe)
27. ATOX – 1,185 points (Asia)
28. SAW – 1,183 points (Europe)
29. NAVI Javelins – 1,168 points (Europe)*
30. Nemiga – 1,165 points (Europe)

Note: NAVI Javelins' core roster no longer exists.

Invitation Adjustments

The complete standings, both globally and regionally, are available on Valve’s GitHub page.

If a team falls below the theoretical cut-off for an invitation, it does not necessarily mean they will be excluded. Some teams may decline their invitations, as seen with PGL Cluj-Napoca, where only half of the top 10 teams accepted their invites. In such cases, the next highest-ranked eligible team in the corresponding VRS will receive the invitation.