T1, CFO and High Esports clinch final Worlds 2025 quarterfinal spots

CTBC Flying Oyster, High Esports and T1 have made it by way of the League of Legends World Championship 2025 Swiss Stage, securing the final three spots within the quarterfinals.

For FlyQuest, Bilibili Gaming and Movistar KOI, defeat meant elimination and the top of their Worlds 2025 run.

Each match carried do-or-die stakes. With margins razor-thin, the ultimate day of the Swiss Stage delivered one of the intense and aggressive showdowns of the match to date.

The primary recreation was delayed barely on account of two early technical pauses, however followers didn’t have to attend lengthy. FlyQuest regarded extra proactive, buying and selling picks within the facet lanes and constructing a small gold lead. It managed extra map house, and the match tempo suited its model. Nonetheless, CFO answered by way of higher macro, pulling down outer towers and holding the gold distinction slim, even when FlyQuest pushed forward.

CFO caught FLY close to Baron and immediately flipped the sport, wiping out the LTA first seed, claiming Baron, and pushing ahead. Chiu ‘Doggo‘ Tzu-Chuan, specifically, led the cost with big injury on Corki. The map opened broad, inhibitors fell, FlyQuest scrambled to defend, and CTBC Flying Oyster dictated each combat. Even FlyQuest’s late Baron at 35 minutes in couldn’t cease the inevitable from occurring, and, after the longest recreation of Worlds to date, CFO ended the sport after 45 minutes.

Opposite to the opening recreation of the collection, the second was one-sided from the primary minute. CFO snowballed early kills into a fast gold hole, and it unfold its benefit throughout the lanes with clear rotations and fixed strain. FlyQuest tried to stabilise by securing targets and kills, however each try didn’t gradual CFO down.

A decisive combat close to Atakhan sealed the collection, with Doggo tearing by way of the FLY line-up. Securing an ace, CTBC Flying Oyster marched ahead and ended the match with out hesitation. CTBC Flying Oyster made historical past, while FlyQuest suffered a disappointing exit.

Each LPL groups got here to Worlds with excessive expectations, however on the final day of the Swiss Stage, just one might transfer on.

High Esports got here out swinging with Search engine optimization ‘Kanavi‘ Jin-hyeok giving his facet a lead with strategic ganks within the bot lane. Nonetheless, as soon as Bilibili Gaming (BLG) discovered the proper angle to have interaction the whole lot modified quick. BLG’s Ornn and Neeko combo turned each combat right into a catastrophe for High Esports.

As recreation one reached the late recreation, BLG’s teamfighting was merely cleaner, and the staff gained a number of skirmishes, broke open the mid lane, and secured the Baron to strengthen strain on lanes. High Esports was all the time a step late defending its base, and BLG ended the map confidently.

The second recreation, nevertheless, advised a really totally different story. 

High Esports drafted a a lot stronger teamfight comp and performed with conviction from the primary jiffy. With the again towards the wall, High Esports managed impartial targets, tightened its rotations, and by no means allowed Bilibili Gaming to seek out its signature flanks. When fights lastly broke out, High Esports all the time regarded higher positioned to win it.

After a clear ultimate push by way of mid lane, High Esports tied the collection with out giving BLG a lot of an opportunity to come back again. 

One final teamfight to steal the Cloud Soul was all High Esports Wanted to wipe out BLG and qualify for Worlds Playoffs. Regardless of being one of many favorite groups to win the match, Bilibili Gaming’s Worlds 2025 run ended right here.

Movistar KOI (MKOI) entered the Rift as the ultimate LEC consultant, aiming to drag off a miracle towards the reigning World Champions. Nonetheless, while T1 may falter regionally and in BO1s, these collection at Worlds are their consolation zone.

However, MKOI claimed First Blood on Mun ‘Oner‘ Hyeon-ju, and it appears the LEC representatives discovered an excellent footing. Alex ‘Myrwn‘ Pastor Villarejo hunted down Lee ‘Gumayusi‘ Min-hyeong twice within the facet lane, and MKOI constructed a small gold lead. However even when it regarded like MKOI was within the lead, T1 by no means faltered and traded again kills and targets, holding its first win inside attain.

It was solely a matter of time earlier than T1 leveraged Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok’s Azir to realize management of the Rift. As MKOI pressured a messy follow-up combat that backfired utterly, T1 snowballed. The reigning World Champions claimed Baron, stacked targets, and crushed the Nexus with full authority to take recreation one.

Even when the second recreation gave the impression to be extra aggressive, the consequence didn’t change. Virtually each minute of the early recreation resulted in a kill — 14 kills in 14 minutes. Whereas MKOI have been proactively discovering the proper angles to have interaction T1, the LCK staff finally pressured Herald mid, strengthening its lead within the second recreation of the collection. 

But MKOI didn’t concede, and at 21 minutes, the LEC consultant almost aced T1 and regarded able to flip the match. Nonetheless, T1 managed the lanes, pressured strain in every single place, and the groups’ priorities throughout fights led T1 to win combat after combat. With the LCK staff controlling the Rift, MKOI was pressured to defend and look ahead to a possibility to strike again.

The sport thus dragged right into a tense late-game stand-off. However as soon as MKOI tried one final gamble on Elder, T1 teleported into MKOI’s base and ended the match by way of a clear backdoor.

Movistar KOI was eradicated from Worlds 2025. In the meantime, T1, the reigning world champions, marched on to the quarterfinals.

All matches will likely be performed subsequent week, beginning on October twenty eighth, 2025 at 7am BST. All matches will likely be streamed dwell on League of Legends’ official esports Twitch and YouTube channels, alongside accepted co-streamers.

The Quarterfinals matches are as follows: