Bilibili Gaming earns first regional title at Stage 2 grand finals

The grand finals for the VCT China 2025 Stage 2 playoffs are over, with

Bilibili Gaming

Bilibili Gaming

China
Rank #1

whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)








Levius
Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中)








rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)








nephh
Marcus Tan








Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)

successful their first regional title 3-1 over

Dragon Ranger Gaming

Dragon Ranger Gaming

China
Rank #4

Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)








vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov








Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)








Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)








SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)

. After shedding a comparatively one-sided closing in Stage 1, BLG fought again in opposition to the opposite regional Ascension group to earn a trophy heading into Champions Paris.

It all began on Sunset, and if somebody had been to only watch map one, they’d have a really completely different view of how the collection went. DRG had two map bans and the primary map decide, selecting Sunset and operating their now staple double Duelist with

Akeman
on Neon and

SpiritZ1
on Yoru. After successful the pistol and changing the bonus in opposition to the assault facet from BLG operating a double Initiator composition, DRG had been completely dominant.

vo0kashu
wins a 1v2 clutch to transform the primary bonus spherical on Sunset. (Clip through Project Horizon)

BLG was in a position to get two spherical wins on their assault, however Akeman dropped a 17/6/2 half on Neon to guide DRG to a 10-2 half. Even when DRG moved to their assault facet, they gained pistol and transformed the bonus to speedrun map one 13-2 and earned a fast map one victory.

Bilibili wanted to bounce again on their map decide: Haven. DRG determined to stay with double Duelist, however moved vo0kashu on Iso whereas Akeman performed Cypher. BLG ran a extra normal solo Duelist comp with double Initiator, with a deal with organising whzy on Neon. When BLG gained the primary pistol, the group constructed an analogous run to what DRG did to begin the collection. This time, it was the Neon from

whzy
that stood out, however it was extra of a complete group effort statistically as BLG reached the half up 9-3. DRG was in a position to win the second half pistol and convert the bonus, however as quickly as BLG obtained their first defensive spherical win, the momentum carried BLG to a Haven 13-8 win.

BLG efficiently erased the robust loss on Sunset to win Haven, and now they needed to try to proceed that kind on Corrode. DRG ran a composition that consisted of Gekko, Cypher, Yoru, Omen, and Clove, whereas BLG ran Omen, Sova, Deadlock, Viper, and Neon. BLG gained the primary pistol however had been unable to transform the bonus, which DRG took to construct an early lead. Great moments from whzy and

Knight
had been countered by some sensible performs from SpiritZ1 and

Nicc
, resulting in a 6-6 tie on the half. However, BLG gained their second pistol, placing the group in an incredible place to win the map. It wasn’t with out some worries, however BLG was in a position to cease DRG from getting a lead within the second half, securing Corrode 13-10 and attending to collection level.

Lotus was map three, with DRG going again to double Duelist and solo smokes, whereas BLG opted for double Controller with Vyse and Raze. The many various long-range angles on Lotus have all the time been higher suited to double Controller compositions, and it confirmed within the BLG pistol win and dominance on retakes to finish the primary half up 8-4. Where whzy and Knight led the cost on earlier maps,

rushia
was unlocked on Viper as he ended the primary half with a 14/6/6 statline.

rushia will get 4 kills to finish the primary half on Lotus. (Clip through Project Horizon)

DRG fought again to begin the second half of Lotus, successful pistol and changing the bonus, however BLG was resilient to win rounds afterward to maintain a small lead. Then, it was over, as BLG gained 13-9 and accomplished the grand finals win 3-1, incomes their first regional title as champions of VCT China 2025 Stage 2.

The star of the collection was rushia, who was constant all through the collection to help whzy and Knight, after which stepped up on Lotus to shut the collection out. He ended the collection with a lobby-leading 1.13 match ranking and 80% KAST, alongside 205 ACS, 133 ADR, and a constructive 7 first kills to six first deaths.

With this win, not solely have BLG gained their title as DRG completed in second, however VCT China has their official seeding for Champions Paris. BLG has the highest seed after their spectacular regional performances in 2025, whereas DRG earned the second seed after advancing to the finals within the Stage 2 playoffs.

As for the ultimate two groups,

EDward Gaming

EDward Gaming

China
Rank #2

ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)








no person
Wang Senxu (王森旭)








CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)








Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)








Jieni7
Zhang Juntai (张君泰)

and

Xi Lai Gaming

Xi Lai Gaming

China
Rank #3

Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)








NoMan
James Man








Rarga
Arthur Churyumov








happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)








coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)

, EDG earned the third seed resulting from a one-point lead in Championship Points over XLG. The groups earned equal factors within the Stage 2 playoffs, however the factors EDG earned from each Kickoff and Masters Bangkok edged them forward of XLG, who stepped up regionally however struggled at Masters Toronto.

Additionally, with each Chinese Ascension groups qualifying for Champions Paris, the group that finishes larger within the closing VCT competitors of 2025 will retain its slot in 2026. The decrease group must compete within the Ascension event quickly after Champs to try to requalify for VCT 2026.