All six territories will host matches

Defending Cricket West Indies (CWI) First-Class Champions Guyana Harpy Eagles will contest four games at the Providence Stadium when the 2025 Regional Four-Day tournament bowls off on January 29.
Guyana will aim for its 14th title and eighth in nine years when they battle Barbados at Providence in the opening round, where the only South America team in the tournament, face CCC from February 5-8 before playing the West Indies Academy from February 12-15

The Guyana Harpy Eagles will play their first three games at home before the team travel to Jamaica for their fourth match from March 5-8.
The Guyanese return home to clash with the Windward Islands from March 12-15 for their final match at home.

Guyana will then depart for Antigua where they oppose the Leeward Islands from April 2-5 before playing their seventh and final game in the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from April 9-12.
Since the 2014–15 season when Professional Cricket League started the teams have played each other twice in a round-robin with the team having the most points at the end of the League being awarded the Championship and the Headley/Weekes Trophy.
Guyana has won seven of the nine titles since the Franchise system was introduced with Barbados (the most successful team with 24 titles) winning the other two.

Last year five rounds were played but for the 2025 season, while still not back to a ‘double round’ format, the rounds have been increased to seven.
During the Shell Shield days era; from the inaugural tournament in 1976 to the end of the longest sponsorship for Regional in 1987, the First-Class tournament produced fierce competition and a very standard of cricket.

In December 2017, the sixth round between Guyana and the Windward Islands finished as a tie. This was the first occurrence of a tied match in first-class cricket in the West Indies.
Ironically, the only two ties in Regional 50-over cricket (which started in 1976), was between the same two teams.

Since Rohan Kanhai led Guyana to its first First-Class title in 1973, Guyana won the coveted trophy in 1975, ’87, ’93, ’98, 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18, 19’ 23 and 2024.
When Guyana, led by Leon Johnson, won title from 2015 to 2019 they equaled Jamaica’s record of five consecutive wins while Johnson, with six titles is the most successful Regional First-Class Captain in the West Indies.