Fortnite teams must duke it out in the first main event of The Milk Cup 2025 circuit, where a $300,000 prize pool is up for grabs across qualifiers and the championship!
The Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event, which is a women's Fortnite tournament created by Gonna Need Milk, kicks off today. This circuit features top Fortnite duos duking it out for a share of the $300,000 USD prize pool awarded across all three qualifiers and the LAN finals. Read on for everything to know about the 2025 Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event!
The Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event
After competing in an open qualifier, only the 50 Fortnite teams made it to today's Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event. Starting at 4 p.m. PT or 7 p.m. ET, these duos will face off in a custom lobby across six matches. Only 15 teams will advance to the championship happening in the fall. Meanwhile, only the top 25 teams will get a piece of this tournament's prize pool.
The Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event points
Points will be awarded based on placement, with first place earning 9 points, second through fifth place receiving 4 points, and sixth through 25th place getting 2 points. Each elimination will be worth 1 point. In case of a tie, the tiebreakers will be decided in the following order: total points, total Victory Royales, average eliminations, average placement per match, and total seconds survived across all matches.
The Milk Cup Qualifier 1 Main Event prize pool
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The Milk Cup livestream
Here is the livestream for the Fortnite esports action via Gonna Need Milk's official Twitch channel. The livestream is also embedded below.
The Milk Cup Finals 2025
After this tournament, there will be two more qualifiers and main events. Everything will lead up to The Milk Cup LAN Championship 2025, also known as The Milk Cup Finals 2025, happening in the fall. This event will feature 50 teams and six matches in total.
At the time of publishing this article, exact details for the 2025 Milk Cup LAN Championship haven't been revealed yet. However, last year's finale made history as the first all-women Fortnite LAN held at the Los Angeles Convention Center alongside Comic Con. The 2024 event also set a record with 2.7 million stream views while marking a new chapter for women in esports.
Fortnite: The Milk Cup is here to stay
Jennifer Grubb, the senior marketing manager at MilkPEP, was one of the executives that made the circuit possible in the first place. In an interview with esports.gg, she said that MilkPEP aims for long-term involvement in the gaming and esports space. This is done by having a consistent presence and a year-after-year activation.
"We don't want to be one of those brands that comes into gaming, makes a splash, and then leaves," Grubb told esports.gg. "We want to be a consistent presence because that's what we've seen our audience wants."
With The Milk Cup Winter Split 2024 that followed after and The Milk Cup 2025's tournaments, it's clear that MilkPEP is committed to this endeavor.
That's all for now. Which duo will take home the gold and earn a spot in The Milk Cup Finals 2025? Only time will tell. Stick around on esports.gg for more Fortnite news and updates.
