The most important League of Legends championship is approaching

The championship will be held from October 14 to November 9, 2025, and will consist of 4 stages:

STAGE 1: Play-In Stage (October 14, 2025)

Venue: Beijing Smart Esports Center, Beijing

Participants: 2 teams

• Teams are determined based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI 2025) and the distribution of slots among regions.
• The match is held in the Best-of-5 format (up to three wins).

Result: . The winner goes to the Swiss Stage

STAGE 2: Swiss Stage (October 15 - 25, 2025)

Venue: Beijing Smart Esports Center, Beijing

Participants: 16 teams (15 directly qualified + 1 Play-In winner).

• Five-round Swiss system.
• In each round, teams play Best-of-3 against opponents with the same results.
• Repeated matches are not possible (rematch protection).
• A team with 3 wins advances to the Knockout Stage.
• A team with 3 losses is eliminated.

Result: 8 strongest teams remain out of 16

STAGE 3: Knockout Stage (October 28 – November 2, 2025)

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai

Participants: 8 best teams from the Swiss Stage.

• Single-elimination bracket (Olympic system).
• Each series is played in the Best-of-5 format.
• Quarter-finals → semi-finals → final.

Result: 2 finalist teams advance to the Grand Final.

STAGE 4: Grand Final (November 9, 2025)

Venue: Dong’an Lake Sports Park Multifunctional Gymnasium, Chengdu.

Participants: 2 teams that advance to the finals

• Best-of-5 series.
• Fearless Draft is used: a team cannot select a champion that they have already used in the series.

Participants of the tournament:

Automatic participants

- Gen.G Esports (LCK #1)

- T1 (LCK #2)

- Anyone's Legend (LPL #1)

- Bilibili Gaming (LPL #2)

Participants of the group stage (MSI 5-12 places + additional slots):

- G2 Esports (LEC #1)

- Movistar KOI (LEC #2)

- FlyQuest (LTA North #1)

- FURIA (LTA South #1)

- CTBC Flying Oyster (LCP #1)

- GAM Esports (LCP #2)

- Hanwha Life Esports (LCK)

- Cloud9 (LTA)

Prize pool:

1st place: $1,000,000 (50% of the total pool);

2nd place: $400,000 (20% of the total pool);

3rd place: $250,000 (12.5% of the total fund);

4th place: $150,000 (7.5% of the total fund);

5th-8th places: $50,000 each (10% of the total fund);

9th-12th places: $25,000 each (5% of the total fund).