On March 16, the first international tournament in 2025 of the professional League of Legends ended. In the final, the representative of LCK Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) won 3-1 against Karmine Corp (KC) of LEC, thereby winning the championship. Thus, HLE won the first international title in history, and won an additional capacity to the Bracket round for the Korean region at the upcoming MSI 2025.
At the end of the match, the information published by Esports Charts officially: The match between Hanwha Life Esports reached 1.1 million viewers at the highest time. The parameters are synthesized from all international broadcasting channels, not including Chinese direct platforms.
General statistics from this news site pointed out, the final also owns the highest view of the First Stand 2025 tournament. In the 5 matches that own the highest views, KC – HLE appeared twice – the final final and the match in the group stage. In the second position, it also participated in LEC's representative, against CTBC Flying Oyster in the semi -finals, the remaining two matches in the Top 5 have HLE against the top Esports (semi -finals) and Team Liquid (5th group stage).
Regarding other indicators, although only broadcast for 35 hours, First Stand 2025 has collected a total of more than 500,000 average viewers and 18 million hours. Impressive numbers of views have made great contributions from the French fan community, when the KC team from France has entered the final.
Despite being the first time, First Stand 2025 still achieved a very impressive view of views. The success of this tournament will be the “motivation” to help Riot Games aim to organize events in the coming years, with 2026 in Brazil and 2027 in Southeast Asia.
