LPL Split 1 2025 will be the first season of the year of the Chinese League of Legends. According to the LPL announcement, the tournament officially started from January 12 with 16 teams attending, less than the previous season because Rare Atom no longer attended the LPL from the next season.
After Anyone's Legend won 3-1 against the Top Esports in the Demacia Cup 2024, the LPL Organizing Committee conducted a drawing of the table for the first stage of Split 1 year 2025.
Group A:
– Top esports
– Anyone's legend
– LGD Gaming
– Team We
Table B:
– Weibo Gaming
– JD Gaming
– OMG
– Ultra Prime
Table C:
– Bilibili Gaming
– LNG ESPORTS
– Thundertalk Gaming
– Edward Gaming
Table D:
– Ninjas in pyjamas
– Funplus phoenix
– Invictus Gaming
– Royal Never Give Up
The teams will compete in a circle with two teams in the top of the table will win the right to continue. However, the difference of the tournament compared to the previous season is related to the competition format. Accordingly, all matches right from the group stage will be delineated by the Bo5.
In addition, the teams also apply the new ban/option format as “Hard Fearless Draft”, in which the generals will only be selected once by the teams during that series. The choice of the matches in the first game was also decided by the 1V1 match between the two sides.
In the play-off round, the top 4 teams will play from the upper branch to 4 second teams starting from the lower branch. The teams will continue to compete in the victory – branch to find the champion of the tournament, and are representatives of the Chinese region to attend the First Stand 2025, the new international tournament of the League of Legends.
