BLEED Esports out of VCT Pacific 2025 due to “persistent failures”
BLEED Esports is being removed from VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Pacific 2025, Riot Games announced via a statement on October 4, 2024. The developer-publisher also announced which team will take the vacated spot.
BLEED Esports’ failure to comply
The statement by Riot Games and VALORANT Esports revealed that the decision to remove BLEED from VCT Pacific came from the organization’s “persistent operational failures.” Riot says that BLEED failed to comply with key obligations under the Team Participation Agreement, or TPA.
Regarding Riot's decision for our VCT participation: pic.twitter.com/Kda3ZipHqI
— BLEED Esports (@ggBleed) October 4, 2024
BLEED corroborated this, saying that throughout the year, they worked with Riot to “address issues related to our deliverables” but could not satisfy them.
BOOM Esports enter VCT Pacific
VCT Ascension Pacific 2024 runners-up BOOM Esports will take the freshly vacated spot in VCT Pacific 2025. The Indonesian organization came second in the recently concluded VCT Ascension Pacific 2025 after falling to South Korean team Sin Prisa Gaming in the grand final.
READ: Sin Prisa Gaming deny BOOM reverse sweep, VCT Pacific slot
According to Riot, this decision is in line with their “commitment to merit-based qualification.” With BOOM’s entrance, VCT Pacific preserves its format with 12 competing teams.
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