Both teams had big achievements this competitive season. T1 won the Masters Bangkok tournament. Team Heretics won the VALORANT Esports World Cup 2025. Sure, they also had disappointing periods, but T1 and TH entered the Champions 2025 as big favorites.
Sept. 18 featured the final winners' matches of the Group Stage: two more teams advanced to the Playoffs with no losses in their tournament score. T1 and Team Heretics played in Group D.
T1 won their starting match versus Dragon Ranger Gaming. That wasn’t a battle to showcase the current power of the Masters Bangkok winners. The community looked forward to a proper challenge for the Korean roster.
Team Heretics faced G2 Esports, and their 2:0 win is quite meaningful. The G2 players were in the grand final in Bangkok, and they finished 4th at the Masters Toronto 2025 event. TH proved their ambition to lift the trophy at VALORANT Champions 2025 in Paris!
Stream: Watch TH vs T1 at VALORANT Champions 2025
All the esports matches from VALORANT Champions 2025 are on the official YouTube channel. You can watch the Team Heretics versus T1 stream below.
In Group C, the winners' match was between MIBR and Fnatic. It concluded the VALORANT Champions 2025 tournament day on Sept. 18.
Team Heretics versus T1: Results and overview
The winners of this VALORANT esports match advance directly to the final brackets of the Champions 2025 event. The losers should wait for their next opponent for another chance to be in the Playoffs
In this section, you’ll find all the important details on the match Team Heretics versus T1: the map scores, picked Agents, stats, and a brief recap.
Heretics 2:0 T1 — Team Heretics win the series and advance to the Playoffs of VALORANT Champions 2025
Map 1, Lotus, T1 pick | Map 2, Sunset, TH pick | Map 3, Ascent |
|---|---|---|
| TH 13:10 T1 | TH 13:11 T1 | - |
Agents
TH picks | Team Heretics | T1 | T1 picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omen (G1) Omen (G2) | Ričardas "Boo" Lukaševičius | Ham "iZu" Woo-Joo | Yoru (G1) Yoru (G2) |
| Raze (G1) Yoru (G2) | Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius | Kim "stax" Gu-taek | Fade (G1) Sova (G2) |
| Deadlock (G1) Cypher (G2) | Benjy "benjyfishy" Fish | Kim "Meteor" Tae-oh | Vyse (G1) Cypher (G2) |
| Fade (G1) Sova (G2) | Enes "RieNs" Ecirli | Yu "BuZz" Byung-chul | Neon (G1) Neon (G2) |
| Chamber (G1) Raze (G2) | Mert "Wo0t" Alkan | Kang "DH" Dong-ho | Omen (G1) Omen (G2) |
Match recap
It wasn't an easy win for Team Heretics, even if they had score advantages on both maps. Somehow, T1 woke up too late on Lotus so that they couldn’t bring their comeback train to the final destination. On Sunset, only a miracle saved TH from overtime — T1 players demonstrated absolutely amazing personal skills, but they lacked just a little bit of luck.
Map 2 was especially full of wow moments! It was a treat for all VALORANT fans!
Team Heretics win this advancement match, so they earn a spot at the Champions 2025 Playoffs.
As for T1, their opponents are decided in the elimination match of Group D: G2 Esports versus is on Sept. 20.
Map 1, Lotus
At some point, it looked like Team Heretics could totally destroy T1 on Lotus. They won an eco after a lost pistols round — to start an amazing W train on the defensive side.
T1 showed signs of life in Round 8 and performed amazing Spike plants in Rounds 11 and 13, but they were truly back only after the side switch.
Heretics won a super close second pistols round and reached the match point. It was the moment for T1 to finally wake up and deliver a series of amazing rounds. They showed how to kill a few opponents super early with ultimates and utilities — to enjoy a boost in a round. T1 | iZu won a mind-blowing 1v2 clutch in Round 19.
When it looked like we could witness an epic comeback, Team Heretics won a seemingly impossible final round. RieNs was the last one standing, and he did a brilliant rotation to the C side to plant Spike and then win a 1v2 shootout.
Map 2, Sunset
This game was a true representation of back-and-forth in VALORANT esports. The teams exchanged a series of wins, and both had real chances to succeed here.
T1 started with three amazing rounds, and then TH rushed into the action with six rounds in a row. We could witness some really amazing moments, like a Wo0t vs Meteor clash on B or BuZz destroying opponents in Round 10.
In the second pistol round, T1 performed a great rotation to A through the Mid to stop TH’s attempts to take the bombsite. On the TH side, Boo demonstrated his skills and denied a T1 clutch attempt in a 1v2 situation.
It was the second game where Team Heretics reached the match point, and T1 had to chase them. When it looked like T1 could catch their opponents at least for overtime, Heretics won an extremely chaotic round. T1 | DH killed the last three TH players in a clutch attempt, but he had no time for defuse.
Battle of VALORANT Champions
It’s always exciting to witness esports matches of strong teams. Heretics and T1 certainly belong to this category!
Heretics
Team Heretics became the Champions at the VALORANT Esports World Cup 2025 — after defeating Fnatic in the grand final. That was a somewhat unexpected success, as Heretics were only 11th–12th at the Master Toronto event.
Looking slightly back into the past, we can see Team Heretics reaching the grand final at VALORANT Champions 2024. It feels like the performance of this roster is quite a rollercoaster of emotions.
T1
The T1 players are the Champions of VALORANT Masters Bangkok 2025. It’s the highest placement for the organization in this esports title.
The only time T1 competed in this world championship format was at VALORANT Champions 2023. The team finished 9th–12th back then.
The current roster of VALORANT T1 was formed at the end of 2024. These players also give their fans cold showers now and again. T1 couldn’t qualify for the Toronto Master event, which was a shock after such a wonderful win.
Till the end of the Group Stage at VALORANT Champions 2025, we can witness elimination and decider matches. One more team from each group will advance to the final brackets. The Playoffs Stage starts on Sept. 25th.
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