The second week of the 2025 Esports World Cup will characteristic the League of Legends match at Esports Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 12 groups competing for a share of the $2 million prize pool.
T1 are in search of to efficiently defend their title, however shall be doing so in a brand new format. Decrease seeds will start play in a qualification group stage on Wednesday and Thursday earlier than the single-elimination bracket is about. The playoffs start Friday, with the grand closing scheduled for Sunday.
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok leads the T1 workforce that’s coming off a run to the ultimate on the Mid-Season Invitational. The title was received by powerhouse Gen.G., who are actually 23-0 in 2025. The third massive Korean menace within the match is Hanwha Life Esports, who received the inaugural First Stand match earlier this yr.
The largest problem to the three Korean groups might come from LPL workforce Anybody’s Legend, which is competing underneath the banner of AG.AL for the EWC in collaboration with fellow Chinese language group All Players.
Different notable groups within the competitors embrace CTBC Flying Oyster, which begins the match in opposition to HLE on Wednesday, plus FlyQuest, Bilibili Gaming, Cloud9, G2 Esports, FURIA, KOI and GAM Esports.
LoL is a part of the Membership Championship that may award $7 million to the successful workforce. Gen.G. is seeking to construct upon their third-place end in VALORANT and fourth-place displaying in Apex Legends in the course of the first week of the 2025 EWC.
–Subject Degree Media
