2025 Esports World Cup – League of Legends

League of Legends
at the 2025 Esports World Cup
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
DatesJuly 16–20
AdministratorEsports World Cup Foundation
Supervised by ESL and sanctioned by Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
8 team GSL-style group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionGen.G
Runner-upAG.AL
MVPKim "Kiin" Gi-in (Gen.G)

The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends had a tournament at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 16 to 20, 2025. Twelve teams took part in this tournament – three from the LTA (Americas), two each from the LCK (Korea), LCP (Asia-Pacific), LEC (EMEA) and LPL (China), and the defending champions T1. Teams qualified based on their qualification for the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) through their placement within their regional leagues, with their seeding in the EWC tournament being determined by their performance at MSI.

It was the second League of Legends tournament at the EWC and the first under a three-year partnership between game developer Riot Games and the Esports World Cup Foundation until 2027 to bring League of Legends, Valorant, and Teamfight Tactics into the event.[1] Gen.G of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) would win the tournament, defeating AG.AL of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 3–2 in the final.[2][3]

Format

In the group stage, the eight teams (the six teams that finished from 5th to 10th during the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational and the two teams did not qualify for MSI) were divided into two groups of four and will compete in a GSL-style group stage double-elimination bracket, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the playoffs. All matches in the group stage were best-of-ones.

In the playoffs, the teams that qualified through the group stage joined the top four teams from MSI 2025 to compete in an eight-team single-elimination bracket. Matches in the quarter-finals and semi-finals are best-of-three; the final will be a best-of-five.[4] The teams that lost in the semifinals will compete in a third-place match. All playoff matches will be best-of-threes, but the final will be a best-of-five.

Qualification

2024 tournament winners T1 automatically qualified for the 2025 edition by virtue of being defending champions. The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), and the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) will have two representatives each, all of whom are qualified teams for MSI 2025. The League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) will have three representatives – the top two teams from the North Conference and the South Conference champions – all from Split 2.

Qualified teams

Region League Team Path MSI Result Qualified Phase
South Korea LCK T1 EWC 2024 Champions
Road to MSI Qualification Match 2 winner 		2nd Playoffs
Gen.G Road to MSI Qualification Match 1 winner 1st Playoffs
Hanwha Life Esports Road to MSI third-ranked team[a] DNQ Group stage
Asia-Pacific LCP CTBC Flying Oyster Mid-Season Qualifying Series finalists 6th Group Stage
GAM Esports 9th Group Stage
EMEA LEC G2 Esports Spring Split finalists 8th Group Stage
Movistar KOI 7th Group Stage
China LPL AG.AL[b] Stage 2 finalists 3rd Playoffs
Bilibili Gaming 4th Playoffs
Americas LTA FlyQuest LTA North Split 2 finalists 5th Group Stage
Cloud9 KIA DNQ[c] Group Stage
FURIA LTA South Split 2 champion 10th Group Stage

Draw

The results of the draw for the group stage were announced on 11 July 2025.[5]

Group A Group B
Cloud9 CTBC Flying Oyster
FlyQuest GAM Esports
FURIA Hanwha Life Esports
G2 Esports Movistar KOI

Group stage

  • Dates: 16–17 July 2025
  • Eight teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. Teams from the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Double elimination; all matches are best-of-one
  • The eight teams consisting the teams that finished 5th-8th at MSI 2025 and the third-ranked team from the LCK and the second-ranked team from the LTA North.

Group A

Initial MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
16 July, 15:00 AST
FlyQuest1
16 July, 17:00 AST
Cloud90
G2 Esports1
16 July, 14:00 ASTG2 Esports
FlyQuest0
G2 Esports1
Furia Esports0
Elimination MatchDecider Match
17 July, 13:00 AST
16 July, 19:00 ASTFuria Esports0
FlyQuest
Cloud90FlyQuest1
Furia Esports1

Group B

Initial MatchWinners MatchPlayoffs Qualified
16 July, 12:00 AST
CTBC Flying Oyster0
16 July, 16:00 AST
Hanwha Life Esports1
Hanwha Life Esports1
16 July, 13:00 ASTHanwha Life Esports
Movistar KOI0
Movistar KOI1
GAM Esports0
Elimination MatchDecider Match
17 July, 12:00 AST
16 July, 18:00 ASTMovistar KOI1
Movistar KOI
CTBC Flying Oyster1CTBC Flying Oyster0
GAM Esports0

Playoffs

  • Dates: 17–20 July 2025
  • Matchups were determined by a draw
  • Eight teams consisting of the top four teams from MSI 2025 and the four teams that qualified from the group stage
  • Single elimination; matches in quarterfinals and semifinals are best-of-threes; final is best-of-five
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
18 July, 15:00 AST
Gen.G2
19 July, 12:00 AST
FlyQuest0
Gen.G2
17 July, 17:00 AST
G2 Esports1
G2 Esports2
20 July, 19:00 AST
Bilibili Gaming1
Gen.G3
17 July, 14:00 AST
AG.AL2
Hanwha Life Esports1
19 July, 15:00 AST
AG.AL2
AG.AL2
18 July, 12:00 AST
T10
Movistar KOI1
T12

Ranking

Place Region Team Prize (%) Prize (USD)
1st LCK Gen.G 30%
2nd LPL AG.AL 16%
3rd LCK T1 11.5%
4th LEC G2 Esports 8%
5th–8th LCK Hanwha Life Esports 5.5%
LPL Bilibili Gaming
LEC Movistar KOI
LTA FlyQuest
9th–10th LCP CTBC Flying Oyster 3.75%
LTA FURIA
11th–12th LCP GAM Esports 2.5%
LTA Cloud9

Notes

  1. ^ Since T1 already qualified before winning the second qualification match of Road to MSI, Hanwha Life Esports qualified for the EWC by virtue of being the third best team, and will enter the group stage.
  2. ^ Due to the Esports World Cup requiring all divisions of a club to have unified branding for the Club Championship, Anyone's Legend will play as AG.AL during the tournament, as they are part of the Chinese organization All Gamers.
  3. ^ As only FlyQuest could qualify for MSI as LTA North champions, Cloud9 were guaranteed entry into the group stage for EWC.

References

  1. ^ Fudge, James (February 10, 2025). "Riot Games Signs Three-Year Deal with the Esports World Cup Foundation". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  2. ^ Lee Yoon-seo (July 21, 2025). "Gen.G clinches 2025 EWC championship, following MSI victory". The Korea Herald.
  3. ^ Lawrence Serafico; Duncan Proctor. "EWC 2025 Week 2 Recap: Dota, LoL, Free Fire, MWI champions claim victory". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  4. ^ DeSena, Gabby (May 17, 2025). "2025 Esports World Cup League of Legends Schedule, Format, Prize Pool". Esports Illustrated. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  5. ^ Boksner, Leo (July 11, 2025). "LoL: EWC announces Group Draw". Sheep Esports. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

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