The most notable information related to Riot Games's new international tournament. The Publisher of League of Legends has officially announced the tournament will be called “First Stand” with 5 teams attending from LPL, LCK, LCC, LCP and LTA areas. The teams selected through the first tournament of the year will play at Lol Park, Seoul, South Korea from 10-16/March to find the champion.
The second international tournament of the year will be MID-SEASON INVITALAL (MSI) taking place in Canada in July. October to attend with two representatives from each region to find the tournament champion. Like in 2024, the MSI champion will win the world final if it can pass the group stage in the seasonal tournament.
Finally, the 2025 World Championship is determined to be held in Chengdu, China and is expected to take place in October and November. The tournament will have 17 teams participating with 3 teams from each region, the MSI champion and the team from the second best achievement at MSI. The play-in round will have two teams playing Bo5 to find the last team to enter the Swiss round.
In 2025, League of Legends Esports had a lot of changes related to regions in the world. North America and South America combined into the League of Legends Championship of the Americas (LTA).
In addition, the Asia -Pacific region (including Vietnam) has agreed on a League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP). At the same time, all tournaments announced their format changes, moving to three seasons to suit the adjustment of the international tournament of Riot Games.
