A brief guide to the FNCS 2025 Major 1 Grand Finals

The FNCS (Fornite Champions Series) Major 1 Grand Finals is the first Major tournament of the 2025 Fortnite esports circuit.

Held online, the competition will see 33 teams competing across seven regions for varying amounts of prize money. Teams will vie for the opportunity to qualify for Fortnite’s world championship in Lyon, France.

Ahead of the action starting, here’s everything there is to know about the FNCS 2025 Major 1 Grand Finals.

For 2025, the FNCS has adopted a new qualification system for its Major tournaments and its season-ending world championships.

Teams competed in five weeks of Divisional Cups to qualify for the Major 1 Group Stage. Organisations then participated in the event for a chance to qualify for the Grand Finals taking place from February 15th, 2025, to February 16th, 2025.

For teams that failed to qualify for the Group Stage, there is also a Last Chance Qualifier which is open to all players in Divisions 1, 2 and 3. In total, there will be three Majors, each gaining qualification for the FNCS Global Championship.

For Major 1 specifically, the top two teams Europe and North America Cerntal will secure a place at the World Championship from September 6th to September 7th.

In total, there are seven regions that form the FNCS:

For Major 1, Europe has the largest prize pool of $816,000 (~£648,857). Meanwhile, North America Central has a $562,500 (~£447,243) prize pool, North America West and Brazil have $180,000 (~£143,102) prize pools, while Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania have a prize pool of $90,000 (~£71,546).

Aside from Europe and North America Central, only the winner of their respective Major 1 events will receive an invite to the FNCS Global Championship.

Across the two days, all 33 competing teams from their region will drop into 12 matches with six games taking place each day.

Scoring is determined by the number of eliminations scored and placement earned during a match.

The top teams with the highest scores at the end of the two days will book a place at the World Championship.

With several teams in with a chance of being the last one standing, there are many notable names viewers should keep an eye on over the two days of matches.

After winning Group 1 in Europe, Oxalys Bunch are one of the top trios in the region alongside the likes of FOKUS CLAN, FLC Clan and Guild Esports.

For North America Central, the Mexican team of Hybrid Sport won Group 1 for the region with the trio of Bucke, Okis and Kraez winning Group 3.

Compared to Europe, North America has several individual players representing esports organisations rather than an entire team. Brazil, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania and NA West only had two groups of teams battling for qualification to the Major, as opposed to three in NA Central and Europe.

For North America West, it was the team of Summit, Creep and Dom that walked out victorious in Group 2. Meanwhile, Xpon, Resypical and Krimz were victorious in Group 1.

Other notable names include Brazil’s trio of Nutifps, Renato, Asia’s Night, Zerokun, Larkpex and DayDus, Middle East’s Hellonsteam, Vysi, and P5EK and the team of Jxsn, Mana, and Phazgod competing in the Oceania tournament.

The 2025 edition of the FNCS Major 1 Grand Final will be shown on Fortnite’s official Twitch and YouTube channels.

The opening tournament of this year’s FNCS will aim to build on a successful end to 2024’s Global Championship which garnered peak viewing figures of 809,000.