Esports World Cup is the largest Esports event in the world, first held in 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a total bonus of up to $ 60 million. League of Legends also appeared in the first season with 8 participating teams from 4 areas of LCK, LPL, LEC, LCS (LTA currently). In the first season, T1 became the champion after defeating the top eSports with a score of 3-1.
This year, the Organizing Committee of Esports World Cup 2025 announced that it would increase the number of teams participating in League of Legends to 12 teams. The participating teams are directly invited based on the results of the second season in 2025. In particular, the Americas (LTA) will have 3 competitions, 2 capacity of North America (LTA North) and 1 capacity from South America (LTA South). In addition, the champion in 2024 – T1 was invited directly this year. Accordingly, the competition rate of T1 based on the results of the LCK selection round will be transferred to the third team, Hanwha Life Esports.
List of 12 teams participating in Esports World Cup 2025 – League of Legends:
– LCK: Geng, T1, Hanwha Life Esports
– LPL: Anyone's Legend, Bilibili Gaming
– LCP: CTBC Flying Oyster, Gam Esports
– LEC: MKOI, G2 ESPORTS
– LTA: Flyquest, Cloud9 (LTA North), Furia (LTA South)
In terms of formula, the Esports World Cup 2025 – League of Legends alliance ratings based on the results of MSI 2025. Accordingly, the 4 best teams at MSI 2025 will be in the play -off round. The remaining 8 teams were divided into two tables, competing for the branch – branch lost Bo1 to identify 4 teams to continue. The Play-off round will apply the same format in 2024, 8 teams are divided into 4 pairs of knockout players until they find the champion. All matches are delineated by the BO3, except for the final will be the Bo5.
The bonus of the 2025 Esports World Cup – League of Legends will be doubled compared to 2024, from $ 1 million to $ 2 million. Besides the bonus, the teams will receive additional bonus points for competitive organizations at the Club Championship. Last year, the championship of T1 helped the organization win 1,000 points, contributing greatly to help the organization to reach 5 finals, receiving an additional up to 1.25 million USD.
