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PlayVS Cup 2025 Schedule

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The 2025 PlayVS Cup will be a single-elimination tournament for the champions of the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 leagues. Winners of the following titles will be invited to compete in the PlayVS Cup. The PlayVS Cup is an optional end-of-season tournament operated by PlayVS.

The PlayVS Cup and its offered game titles are not affiliated with the NFHS or State Associations.

Game Titles

  • Chess

  • Fortnite: Zone Wars

  • Hearthstone

  • Madden NFL 25

  • Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

  • NBA® 2K25

  • Overwatch 2

  • Rocket League

  • Splatoon™ 3

  • Street Fighter 6

  • Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

  • VALORANT

PlayVS will contact first-place winners from all Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 leagues of these titles with information on how to register their teams for the event. Invitations are sent out on the following dates:

  • Fall winner invitations will start to go out the week of March 24, 2025

  • Spring winner invitations will start to go out the week of April 28, 2025

  • The registration deadline for those invited: May 9, 2025

If you have not received your invitation, please contact Support.

If winners do not accept their invite, runner-ups will be contacted as needed during the week of May 5th, 2025. Runner-ups will only be invited based on bracket availability and health.

Tournament Schedule

This will be a single-elimination tournament, with all PlayVS Cup teams randomly placed into a single-elimination bracket for their title.

Match Start Time (All Matches)

  • 5:00 PM Eastern

  • 4:00 PM Central

  • 3:00 PM Mountain

  • 2:00 PM Pacific

Due to the nature of a national tournament, keep in mind that your opponent may be in a very different time zone. If the original start time requires a reschedule, we encourage all participants to work together to find the optimal time to play.

Bracket Schedule

All brackets will be created and shared once registration has closed.

Date: May 19, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Madden NFL 25

Top 32

Rocket League

Top 64

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

Top 64

Date: May 20, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Fortnite Zone Wars

Top 32

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

Top 64

NBA® 2K25

Top 32

Splatoon™ 3

Top 32

Date: May 21, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Madden NFL 25

Top 16

Rocket League

Top 32

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

Top 32

Date: May 22, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Chess

Top 16

Fortnite Zone Wars

Top 16

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

Top 32

NBA® 2K25

Top 16

Splatoon™ 3

Top 16

Street Fighter 6

Top 16

VALORANT

Top 16

Date: May 23, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Madden NFL 25

Top 8

Overwatch 2

Top 16

Rocket League

Top 16

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

Top 16

Date: May 27, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Chess

Top 8

Hearthstone

Top 8

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

Top 16

NBA® 2K25

Top 8

Street Fighter 6

Top 8

VALORANT

Top 8

Date: May 28, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Fortnite Zone Wars

Top 8

Madden NFL 25

Top 4

Overwatch 2

Top 8

Rocket League

Top 8

Splatoon™ 3

Top 8

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

Top 8

Date: May 29, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Chess

Top 4

Hearthstone

Top 4

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

Top 8

NBA® 2K25

Top 4

Street Fighter 6

Top 4

VALORANT

Top 4

Date: May 30, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Fortnite Zone Wars

Top 4

Overwatch 2

Top 4

Rocket League

Top 4

Splatoon™ 3

Top 4

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate

Top 4

Date: June 2, 2025

Game Title

Bracket

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe

Top 4


Finals Broadcasts

The PlayVS Cup Finals will occur on Thursday June 4-5, 2025.

We will be broadcasting the final match of each PlayVS Cup bracket from the PlayVS Twitch Channel!

Broadcast Times

Date: June 4, 2025

Game Title

Time

VALORANT

  • 1:00 PM ET

  • 10:00 AM PT

Street Fighter 6

  • 3:00 PM ET

  • 12:00 PM PT

Overwatch

  • 4:00 PM ET

  • 1:00 PM PT

Madden NFL 25

  • 5:30 PM ET

  • 2:30 PM PT

Date: June 5, 2025

Game Title

Time

Splatoon™ 3

  • 1:00 PM ET

  • 10:00 AM PT

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate East

  • 2:00 PM ET

  • 11:00 AM PT

Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate West

  • 3:30 PM ET

  • 12:30 PM PT

Rocket League

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Finals Non-Broadcasts

Date: June 4, 2025

Game Title

Time

NBA® 2K25

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe East

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe West

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Date: June 5, 2025

Game Title

Time

Chess

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Fortnite Zone Wars

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT

Hearthstone

  • 5:00 PM ET

  • 2:00 PM PT


East - West Splits

All teams are split according to the images below. These are based on best practices suggested for regions for national competitions with East-West splits. Regional league participants are decided based on their team state location.

States listed in grey can be in either league based on their bracket health. Teams will not be able to swap sides once enrolled in the PlayVS Cup.

PlayVS Cup East

PlayVS Cup West

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