{"id":24428,"date":"2025-09-08T11:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=24428"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:22:37","slug":"eastern-european-trio-wins-fncs-2025-global-championship","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-08\/eastern-european-trio-wins-fncs-2025-global-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern European Trio Wins Global Championship of Fortnite Champion Series 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Eastern European Trio Wins Global Championship of Fortnite Champion Series 2025<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>The trio of Swizzy, Queasy and Merstach won the Global Championship of the <strong class=\"game\">Fortnite<\/strong> Champion Series (FNCS) 2025, securing three Victory Royales and accumulating 61 eliminations over 12 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearing on Sept. 7, 2025, at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-D\u00e9cines, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.20%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"youtube-facade__img js-activate\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ek_SbZf-AEQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" 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At the regional tournaments, the best players qualified for the international tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.20%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"youtube-facade__img js-activate\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/swR8yo5mw2I\/hqdefault.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/swR8yo5mw2I\/hqdefault.jpg 658w, https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/swR8yo5mw2I\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 659px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display:block;\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"FORTNITE GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 | DAY 2\"\n\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"youtube-facade__button js-activate\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"60\" width=\"60\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path 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