The Play-in MSI 2025 round closed at dawn on June 30 with the two teams over this round, Bilibili Gaming and G2 Esports. These two teams will be with 6 other names, Geng, Anyone's Legend, MKOI, T1, Flyquest and CTBC Flying Oyster played at the branching round of MSI 2025 from July 2 to July.
MSI 2025 branch schedule:
July 2:
– 7h: geng vs g2 eSports
July 3:
– 7h: anyone's legend vs flyquest
July 4:
– 2h: mkoi vs bilibili gaming
– 7h: CTBC Flying Oyster vs T1
July 5:
– 2h: Branch lost round 1 (Battle 1)
– 7h: Branch of winning round 2 (match 1)
July 6:
– 2 hours: The branch lost round 1 (match 2)
– 7h: Branch of winning 2 (match 2)
July 8:
– 7h: branch losing round 2 (match 1)
July 9:
– 7am: The branch lost round 2 (match 2)
July 10:
– 7h: The final of the Thang branch
July 11:
– 7h: Semifinals lost
July 12:
– 7am: Losing branch final
July 13:
– 7am: Total final
In the branching round, 8 teams will be divided into 4 seed groups, based on the draw to determine the pair in the first round. The teams from the same area will not be able to confront in the first match. In terms of formula, the team will continue to play in the formula of the winning branch – the branch lost until the champion. All matches of MSI 2025 will determine the results with the Bo5, with the ban/selection of Fearless Draft.
This year, Riot Games announced 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.
