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The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) 2025 Global Championship has wrapped up in Lyon-Décines, France, with Aleksa ‘Queasy’ Cvetkovic, Egor ‘SwizzY’ Luciko, and Andrejs ‘Merstach’ Piratovs walking away as the new world champions.

The European trio battled through two days of competition against 32 other teams, coming out on top with 697 points to secure the trophy and a hefty $450,000 grand prize.

How They Won It

Running from 6–7 September, the Grand Finals put players through 12 games where consistency proved more valuable than chaos. Queasy, SwizzY and Merstach dominated early, winning three of the first four matches and notching up 16 eliminations in game three alone. Even when their momentum slowed in the mid-games, they kept themselves safely inside the top 10.

The closing matches tested their endurance, as they failed to finish higher than 11th from game nine onwards. Still, the points they had banked earlier were enough to keep them clear of the chasing pack, ultimately securing first place and the FNCS 2025 Global Championship title.

It was an impressive turnaround considering the trio had only qualified through a fifth-place finish at the FNCS 2025 Major 2 Europe Grand Finals. Their victory also came as a surprise to many fans, especially with well-known names like Clix finishing as low as 18th.

Redemption From 2024

This result marks a huge improvement for all three players compared to last year’s Global Championship. SwizzY finished 10th in 2024 alongside Japko, Queasy narrowly missed out on the title as runner-up with Th0masHD, and Merstach came in 32nd. This year, they proved that hard work, teamwork, and smart decision-making can flip the script entirely.

Meanwhile, former champions Peter ‘Peterbot’ Kata and Miguel ‘Pollo’ Moreno couldn’t find the same success, with their teams placing 15th and 16th.

FNCS 2025 Breaks Viewership Records

It wasn’t just the players who scored big in Lyon. The FNCS 2025 Global Championship became the most-watched Fortnite esports event since the 2019 World Cup Finals. According to Esports Charts, the tournament peaked at 954,473 viewers, with an average of 690,831 watching throughout the weekend. In total, fans logged more than 7.5 million hours of watch time across nearly 11 hours of airtime.

Game 12 in particular drew massive attention, going down as the most popular Fortnite series of the year in terms of peak viewership.

Why This Win Matters

For Fortnite’s competitive scene, this year’s Global Championship highlighted the importance of calculated play over risky gambles. The champions succeeded not by forcing fights but by reading zones, conserving materials, and keeping their rotations clean. Their discipline has set a new benchmark for trios going forward, showing that consistent strategies can win out on the biggest stage.

As Fortnite esports continues to prove its staying power, events like the FNCS Global Championship give players, teams, and sponsors confidence that battle royale competition can thrive at the highest level.

With record-breaking viewership and a dramatic title run, FNCS 2025 will be remembered as a turning point for both the trio of Queasy, SwizzY and Merstach, and the competitive future of Fortnite.