The first stage of MSI 2025-the play-in round ends on the morning of June 30 with the 3-2 victory of G2 Esports against the Esports GAM. Thus, the reigning runner -up LEC will join Bilibili Gaming to enter the branch. In addition, the 6 teams in the branches are Geng, Anyone's Legend, MKOI, T1, Flyquest and CTBC Flying Oyster.
In the branching round, 8 teams will be divided based on the seed rank. MSI 2025 has announced the seeds are divided as follows:
– Level 1: Seed No. 1 in LCK (Geng) and LEC (MKOI)
– Level 2: Seed No. 1 in LCP (CTBC Flying Oyster) and LPL (Anyone's Legend)
– Level 3: Seed No. 1 in LTA (Flyquest) and No. 2 seed LCK (T1)
– Level 4: Two teams overcome the Bilibili Gaming and G2 Esports)
As a rule, the first level team will meet the fourth team, the second team meets the third team, in addition to the teams in the same area without the same branch. After the victory of G2 Esports, the first pair of branches will be:
– Geng vs G2 Esports
– Anyone's Legend vs Flyquest
– CTBC Flying Oyster vs T1
– Mkoi vs Bilibili Gaming
In terms of formula, the teams will play Double Elimination (branches – branches). All teams will start in the winning branch, the first 4 teams will lose to the losing branch. After that, the teams will play in turn, the defeating team will automatically be removed from the tournament. The matches are delineated by the Bo5 until the champion is found.
This year, Riot Games is also “more generous” when announcing a bonus of 2 million USD, 8 times higher than last year. The MSI 2025 champion besides the $ 500,000 bonus will receive tickets directly to the 2025 World Final, if they win the right to participate in the play-off round in the third season in the 2025 region of the regional tournament.
