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The 2025 LPL season is the currently ongoing 13th season of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), a Chinese professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. It is the first LPL season under the new three-split structure and competitive calendar introduced by the game's developer Riot Games starting with the 2025 competitive ...
As of 2025, there are 5 regional professional leagues for League of Legends around the world. For the First Stand Tournament after the first split of season, each region allocated 1 spot each, total 5 teams compete. For the Mid-Season Invitational after second split of season, each region allocated 2 spots each, total 10 teams compete.
The winning team of the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational will earn an automatic slot in the tournament provided it reaches the playoffs of its region's third split, [a] while the second-best region in the said tournament will also earn another slot. One best-of-5 play-in match will be held before the Swiss stage between two teams. [11]
Top ten teams advance to playoffs All matches are best-of-five; Teams entering Game 7 and 8 have a second chance before being eliminated. Ninth place team competes Eighth team from the regular season in Game 1. Tenth place team competes Seventh team from the regular season in Game 2. Winner of Game 1 competes with Fifth place team in Game 3.
The second split has the eight teams in each conference compete against their conference opponents in a double round-robin group stage, with all games being best-of-one. The top 6 teams per conference compete in a double-elimination best-of-five bracket, with the top two teams earning a bye to the winner's semi-finals.
The top team from the playoffs will be crowned the LCP Champion, with the top (3) teams earning qualification to the 2025 League of Legends World Championship. [7] If an LCP team finishes as a finalist at minimum at MSI 2025, it will have an additional fourth slot in the tournament.
First Stand (2025) is the upcoming first event of First Stand – a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games at the conclusion of the first of three splits in the current competitive calendar of the game's professional esports scene. The inaugural tournament will be held in South Korea from 10 to 16 March 2025.
On 11 June 2024, Riot Games announced the creation of a new split structure and competitive calendar for the League of Legends esports scene, including a three-split calendar similar to that of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) to be applied to all major regions and the creation of a new international tournament to conclude the first split. [1]