Eastern European Trio Wins Global Championship of Fortnite Champion Series 2025

The trio of Swizzy, Queasy and Merstach won the Global Championship of the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) 2025, securing three Victory Royales and accumulating 61 eliminations over 12 games.

Appearing on Sept. 7, 2025, at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Décines, France, the FNCS 2025 Global Championship featured a trios format, with 33 top teams from around the world competing for a $2,001,000 prize pool.

The winners, Egor “Swizzy” Luciko (Russia), Aleksa “Queasy” Cvetkovic (Serbia) and Andrejs “Merstach” Piratovs (Latvia), who are currently playing for Gentle Mates, Twisted Minds and Gentle Mates, respectively, claimed $450,000 for first place.

FNCS 2025 became the 19th season of the Fortnite Champion Series. It introduced changes to the qualifier system while continuing with the major format from 2023 and 2024. Instead of qualifiers with upper and lower brackets, in 2025, the play-in stage led into the group stage, which qualified 33 teams for the regional finals. At the regional tournaments, the best players qualified for the international tournament.

Second place, with a prize of $300,000, was claimed by Vanyak3kk, Pixie and MariusCOW, while third place, with a prize of $225,000, was taken by the trio of Setty, Japko and Panzer, followed by IDrop, Charyy and Kami, who claimed $180,000 for fourth place.

The other trios also claimed winnings proportional to their respective places, with amounts ranging from $135,000 for fifth place down to $9,000 for 33rd place.