The FNCS Major 1 2025 is the biggest tournament of Chapter 6 Season 1. As a qualifier for the Global Championship, there’s been a lot to get excited about. We’ve seen some impressive use of the new weapons in Chapter 6 and it’s going to be fun to see it played in an FNCS context. While the format has been extended this year, we’re nearly reaching the Major itself with the Group Stage for the FNCS Major 1 2025 tournament continuing this weekend.
This year, the FNCS has become a larger event, now covering regular Divisional Cups that give players a different route to secure their slot. However, before we get to the actual finals with its lobbies of the top players, there’s a Play In and a group stage. It’s this round that decides which of the players will make it all the way through. How will it work and what do you need to know about the events taking place this weekend?
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FNCS Group Stage Continues This Weekend
Last weekend we saw the opening event of the finals, the NCS 2025 Major 1 Group Stage. We’re still waiting to see which teams secure their slots in the finals. With two more sessions still to play for. However, with the first session done, we now have some idea about how things are progressing. Thanks to the way the Play in works, the Group stage is at a bit of a split format.
The first group of players began their stage on February 2nd. However, Group 2 and 3 won’t starting up for a short while longer. They’ll be played over February 8-9th. That rounds out the middle stage of the event. However, with the NCS format there’s still a bit longer. We’ve got the Last Chance Qualifier still to happen before we reach the finals themselves and teams get a shot at making the Global Championship later this year.
FNCS 2025 Major 1 Schedule
We’re getting closer to the finals now, but what does the schedule look like for what’s coming next? There are still a few rounds to go before we reach the actual Major. These are the remaining dates to keep an eye on for the schedule.
- Last Chance Qualifier – 12 February
- Day 1 Finals – 15 February
- Day 2 Finals 16 February
While we’ve seen quite a bit of a change in the actual format so far this year, the finals will be returning to a more standard system. We’ll get two days of games with an ongoing leaderboard, each region playing in a different lobby. It’s mainly the qualification process which has been changed this time.
FNCS Major 1 2025 Play In
The next stage of the NCS Major 1 2025 tournament is the Play In, the stage before our Grand Finals. It’s where we separate things out and cut out the participants. Up until this point, players in all cups had the chance of rising upwards. However, this stage cuts that off. Leaving the top players in each region to compete to go to the group stage.
Players have to make the top 99 slots in Europe along with the America Central region. However, all other servers only get 66 through from the Play In. It’s taking place over just two days, 29-30th of January. However, the first of the group stages continues shortly after, on February 2nd. It’ll be this Play In that cuts of the divisions though, and limits things to the best Fortnite players for our final rosters.