Riot Video games has unveiled particulars of the format getting used on the League of Legends World Championship 2025.
This yr’s version of the season-ending match can be cut up into three phases and options Fearless Draft.
Worlds 2025 Format Defined
Worlds 2025 begins with the Play-In stage that options the fourth seeds from the highest two performing areas. The LCK’s T1 and the LPL’s Invictus Gaming will compete in a single-elimination best-of-five collection to find out which one advances to the Swiss stage.
Happening in Beijing, China, the Swiss stage sees 16 groups competing throughout 5 rounds to find out which of them qualify for the Knockout stage. Groups that rating three wins advance to the following stage, whereas groups that lose three matches are eradicated.
The primary spherical of matches can be determined by the seeding of every staff. Groups from the identical area is not going to be drawn towards one another. From the second spherical, groups that performed one another in spherical one is not going to face off once more, however groups from the identical area will be drawn collectively.
The primary two rounds of the Swiss stage can be a best-of-one collection, whereas rounds three, 4, and 5 can be best-of-three.
Groups that qualify for the Knockout Stage will compete in a single-elimination best-of-five bracket. These with a 3-0 file from the Swiss stage will compete towards a staff with a 3-2 file within the first spherical. The remaining groups can be matched no matter their file.
From the Knockout stage, the 2 remaining groups will head to Chengdu to compete within the Grand Remaining, the place a best-of-five collection will decide this yr’s League of Legends World Champion.
Forward of the occasion, ESI’s Worlds 2025 preview takes a more in-depth take a look at the occasion, together with particulars on the groups competing and the way followers can tune into the motion.
