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Overview
Prospective Participant Timeline
Team Rosters
Picks & Bans
Scoreboards
Runes
Match History
Champion Stats
Player Stats
| 2025 World Championship | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | Riot Games | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | International | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | China | |
| Start Date | 2025-??-?? | |
| End Date | 2025-??-?? | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch Full List | |
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The 2025 Season World Championship (Worlds 2025) is the conclusion of the 2025 League of Legends esports season. The tournament will be held in China.
Overview
Format
- 17 teams are invited:
- 3 from Korea
- 3 from China
- 3 from EMEA
- 3 from Americas
- 3 from Asia-Pacific
- 2 from TBD
- Stage 1 (Play-In)
- 2 teams participate
- Match is best of five
- Winner advances to Stage 2
- Stage 2 (Swiss)
- 16 teams participate
- 15 teams prequalified for Stage 2 + the qualifier of Stage 1
- Swiss-style format with five rounds
- Rematches within Swiss Stage are not permitted
- Matchups will be drawn at the end of each round
- Teams with three wins advance to Stage 3, while teams with three losses are eliminated
- Qualification and Elimination matches are best of three; all other matches are best of one
- 16 teams participate
- Stage 3 (Knockout)
- Eight qualifiers from Stage 2 participate
- Single elimination bracket
- Matches are best of five
Prize Pool
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Team |
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 1 |  TBD | ||
 2 | TBD | ||
 3-4 | TBD | ||
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| 5-8 | TBD | ||
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| 9-11 | TBD | ||
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| 12-14 | TBD | ||
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| 15-16 | TBD | ||
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| 17 | TBD |
Participants
- The MSI Champion seed will only become effective if the winning team reaches the Playoffs in their domestic last split or season.
- The second best-performing region at MSI 2025 will receive an additional seed.
- In the tables below, (Q) refers to the date on which the team qualified for Worlds, while (Seed) refers to when the team was locked into their seed. If neither is present, these happened on the same day.
| Qualified for Main Event | ||||||
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| Region | Seed | Pool | Team | Qualification Date | Qualification Path | |
| Korea | 1 | LCK 2025 Season Playoffs Champion | ||||
| 2 | LCK 2025 Season Playoffs Runner-Up | |||||
| 3 | LCK 2025 Season Playoffs 3rd Place | |||||
| China | 1 | LPL 2025 Grand Finals Champion | ||||
| 2 | LPL 2025 Championship Points | |||||
| 3 | LPL 2025 Regional Finals Winner | |||||
| EMEA | 1 | LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs Champion | ||||
| 2 | LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs Runner-Up | |||||
| 3 | LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs 3rd Place | |||||
| Americas | 1 | LTA 2025 Regional Championship Champion | ||||
| 2 | LTA 2025 Regional Championship Runner-Up | |||||
| 3 | LTA 2025 Regional Championship 3rd Place | |||||
| Asia-Pacific | 1 | LCP 2025 Season Finals Playoffs Champion | ||||
| 2 | LCP 2025 Season Finals Playoffs Runner-Up | |||||
| 3 | LCP 2025 Season Finals Playoffs 3rd Place | |||||
| World Championship | Q | Qualified from Play-In Stage | ||||
| Qualified for Play-In Stage | ||||||
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| Region | Seed | Pool | Team | Qualification Date | Qualification Path | |
| Mid-Season Invitational | 4 | 2025 Mid-Season Invitational Champion | ||||
| 4 | TBD (MSI 2025 Runner-Up Region) | |||||
Results
Play-In Stage
Play-In Match
Qualification Match
Main Event
Swiss Stage
| Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage Standings | ||||
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| Team | Series | Str | ||
| Team | Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage Round Progression | ||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | |
Knockout Stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Match Schedule
VODs & Match Links
| VODs & Match Links |
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Individual Awards
Player of the Game
| MVP Standings | ||
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| Rank | Times | Player |
Regional Distribution
Teams
- Starting in 2025, the Americas and APAC regional top-tier tournaments were unified into two new panregional leagues, each having three direct spots for the event.
Players
Media
Streams
Main Streams
Official Costreamers
English Broadcast Talent
Foreign Broadcast Talent
Announcements
2024
- June 11, LoL Esports: Building Towards A Brighter Future
- October 24, LoL Esports, OPPO Extend Global Partnership
- November 1, Looking Ahead: LoL Esports 2025
2025
- January 8, LoL Esports in 2025
Viewership Statistics
Additional Content
- Early 2025
- January 9, Host Cities for 2025 First Stand, MSI, and Worlds Revealed with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports