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2025 First Stand Tournament

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2025 First Stand Tournament
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationSouth Korea
Dates10–16 March
AdministratorRiot Games
Host(s)Seoul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsHanwha Life Esports
Runner-upKarmine Corp
MVPKim "Zeka" Geon-woo
(Hanwha Life Esports)
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The 2025 First Stand Tournament was the first event of First Stand Tournament (FST) – 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 was held in South Korea from 10 to 16 March 2025.

Hanwha Life Esports of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) won the tournament by defeating League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) representatives Karmine Corp with a score 3-1 in the final, marking the organization's first international title.[1]

Qualification

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Five teams from each of the five major professional regions, namely the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), and the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP), qualified through winning their respective splits.

Qualified teams

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On 23 February 2025, Hanwha Life Esports of the LCK, CTBC Flying Oyster of the LCP, and Team Liquid of the LTA, all qualified on the same day after winning their respective splits. This was followed by Top Esports of the LPL, qualifying for the tournament on 1 March, with Karmine Corp of the LEC being the final team to advance to FST after winning the Winter Split over G2 Esports the day after, qualifying for a League of Legends international competition for the first time in the organization's history. Notably, this snaps G2 Esports' streak of qualifying for six consecutive international tournaments, dating back to the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational.

Region League Path Team
China LPL Stage 1 winner Top Esports
South Korea LCK LCK Cup champion Hanwha Life Esports
Europe LEC Winter champion Karmine Corp
Americas LTA Split 1 champion Team Liquid
Asia-Pacific LCP Qualifying Series winner CTBC Flying Oyster

Venue

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The LoL Park in Seoul, which is the main studio of the LCK, was chosen to host the tournament's inaugural edition on 1 November 2024 during the media day for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.[2]

Seoul, South Korea
LoL Park
Capacity: 450
2025 First Stand Tournament is located in South Korea
Seoul
Seoul
2025 First Stand Tournament (South Korea)

Format

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The tournament was the first international event to adapt the Fearless Draft format, where teams cannot pick a champion that they've already played in a series, even if the opposing team already picked that champion.[3] The five qualified teams were placed in a single round-robin best of 3 group; teams could which side of Summoner's Rift they want to be on for two of their series, while their opposing teams had the choice during the other two series. The top four teams then advances to the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination best of 5 bracket. The winner of the Final is crowned FST champion and gives their region's two representatives automatic advancement or byes to the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational's Bracket Stage.

Group Stage

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Hanwha Life Esports 4 4 0 1.000 Advance to playoffs
2 CTBC Flying Oyster 4 3 1 .750
3 Karmine Corp 4 1 3 .250
4 Top Esports 4 1 3 .250
5 Team Liquid 4 1 3 .250
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2025. Source: LoL Esports
Match 1 10 March Team Liquid 2 – 1 Karmine Corp Seoul, South Korea
17:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 20
Turrets: 8
Gold: 61.3K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Game 1
32:01
TL leads series 1-0 		Kills: 2
Turrets: 3
Gold: 50.6K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Kills: 5
Turrets: 1
Gold: 36.6K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 2
23:20
Series tied 1-1 		Kills: 20
Turrets: 9
Gold: 47.9K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Kills: 19
Turrets: 10
Gold: 68.1K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3 		Game 3
34:25
TL wins series 2-1 		Kills: 3
Turrets: 1
Gold: 53.3K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Match 2 10 March Hanwha Life Esports 2 – 0 Top Esports Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 16
Turrets: 8
Gold: 55.9K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 2
Game 1
28:59
HLE leads series 1-0 		Kills: 7
Turrets: 2
Gold: 48.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Kills: 21
Turrets: 8
Gold: 62K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3 		Game 2
31:33
HLE wins series 2-0 		Kills: 6
Turrets: 2
Gold: 50.6K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Match 3 11 March CTBC Flying Oyster 2 – 0 Karmine Corp Seoul, South Korea
17:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 15
Turrets: 10
Gold: 57.8K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Game 1
29:54
CFO leads series 1-0 		Kills: 7
Turrets: 2
Gold: 49.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Kills: 22
Turrets: 11
Gold: 69.3K
Baron: 2
Dragons: 2 		Game 2
33:53
CFO wins series 2-0 		Kills: 9
Turrets: 3
Gold: 58.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Match 4 11 March Team Liquid 0 – 2 Top Esports Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 11
Turrets: 1
Gold: 50.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 1
31:04
TES leads series 1-0 		Kills: 25
Turrets: 8
Gold: 64.5K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 2
Kills: 7
Turrets: 1
Gold: 42.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0 		Game 2
27:15
TES wins series 2-0 		Kills: 23
Turrets: 10
Gold: 55.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Match 5 12 March CTBC Flying Oyster 0 – 2 Hanwha Life Esports Seoul, South Korea
17:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 4
Turrets: 1
Gold: 37.1K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Game 1
23:58
HLE leads series 1-0 		Kills: 19
Turrets: 9
Gold: 49.3K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 3
Kills: 11
Turrets: 1
Gold: 47.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0 		Game 2
27:50
HLE wins series 2-0 		Kills: 22
Turrets: 8
Gold: 60.2K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Match 6 12 March Karmine Corp 2 – 0 Top Esports Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 33
Turrets: 9
Gold: 66.5K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 5
Game 1
31:53
KC leads series 1-0 		Kills: 16
Turrets: 4
Gold: 59.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Kills: 18
Turrets: 10
Gold: 62.3K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3 		Game 2
31:06
KC wins series 2-0 		Kills: 5
Turrets: 3
Gold: 52.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Match 7 13 March Team Liquid 0 – 2 CTBC Flying Oyster Seoul, South Korea
17:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 5
Turrets: 3
Gold: 47.7K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Game 1
29:14
CFO leads series 1-0 		Kills: 13
Turrets: 7
Gold: 54.7K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Kills: 9
Turrets: 2
Gold: 54K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1 		Game 2
33:06
CFO wins series 2-0 		Kills: 20
Turrets: 10
Gold: 67K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
Match 8 13 March Karmine Corp 1 – 2 Hanwha Life Esports Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 11
Turrets: 3
Gold: 60.3K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Game 1
35:24
HLE leads series 1-0 		Kills: 20
Turrets: 10
Gold: 70.5K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
Kills: 24
Turrets: 9
Gold: 84.8K
Baron: 2
Dragons: 2
Game 2
41:16
Series tied 1-1 		Kills: 23
Turrets: 10
Gold: 78.8K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Kills: 10
Turrets: 1
Gold: 51.1K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2 		Game 3
30:15
HLE wins series 2-1 		Kills: 20
Turrets: 10
Gold: 62.4K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 2
Match 9 14 March CTBC Flying Oyster 2 – 0 Top Esports Seoul, South Korea
17:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 19
Turrets: 10
Gold: 56.3K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Game 1
29:17
CFO leads series 1-0 		Kills: 3
Turrets: 2
Gold: 47.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 3
Kills: 21
Turrets: 8
Gold: 62.6K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3 		Game 2
31:36
CFO wins series 2-0 		Kills: 12
Turrets: 2
Gold: 53.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Match 10 14 March Team Liquid 1 – 2 Hanwha Life Esports Seoul, South Korea
20:00 (UTC+9)     LoL Park
Kills: 13
Turrets: 2
Gold: 46.1K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 1
27:34
HLE leads series 1-0 		Kills: 22
Turrets: 7
Gold: 59.3K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 2
Kills: 20
Turrets: 7
Gold: 63.9K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 5
Game 2
34:28
Series tied 1-1 		Kills: 13
Turrets: 5
Gold: 63.1K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 0
Kills: 3
Turrets: 1
Gold: 41K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2 		Game 3
27:36
HLE wins series 2-1 		Kills: 25
Turrets: 10
Gold: 57K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 1


Tiebreakers

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  • Tiebreakers are based on the number of games won, but not necessarily series won.
  • Karmine Corp was placed third by winning three games (1-2 vs Team Liquid; 2-0 vs Top Esports)
  • Top Esports was placed fourth by winning two games (2-0) against Team Liquid.
  • Team Liquid also won two games, but were eliminated due to three losses incurred (2-1 vs Karmine Corp, 0-2 vs Top Esports), and due to head-to-head matches against Top Esports and Karmine Corp.

Knockout Stage

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  • Date and time: 15–16 March, start time at 13:00 KST (UTC+9)
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The winning region will receive two automatic byes to the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational Bracket Stage
SemifinalsFinal
15 March, 13:00 KST – Seoul
2CTBC Flying Oyster2
16 March, 17:00 KST – Seoul
3Karmine Corp3
3Karmine Corp1
15 March, 18:00 KST – Seoul
1Hanwha Life Esports3
1Hanwha Life Esports3
4Top Esports0

Semifinals

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13:00 (UTC+9) 15 March CTBC Flying Oyster 2 – 3 Karmine Corp Seoul, South Korea
    LoL Park
Kills: 3
Turrets: 4
Gold: 56.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 1
35:07
KC leads series 1-0 		Kills: 13
Turrets: 11
Gold: 71.3K
Baron: 2
Dragons: 5
Kills: 1
Turrets: 1
Gold: 41.9K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 2
28:26
KC leads series 2-0 		Kills: 24
Turrets: 11
Gold: 61.2K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
Kills: 22
Turrets: 10
Gold: 64.3K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
Game 3
31:32
KC leads series 2-1 		Kills: 12
Turrets: 2
Gold: 55.7K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Kills: 14
Turrets: 9
Gold: 57.9K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Game 4
30:13
Series tied 2-2 		Kills: 5
Turrets: 4
Gold: 50.5K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Kills: 13
Turrets: 4
Gold: 68.6K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 3 		Game 5
39:28
KC wins series 3-2 		Kills: 18
Turrets: 10
Gold: 74.1K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
18:00 (UTC+9) 15 March Hanwha Life Esports 3 – 0 Top Esports Seoul, South Korea
    LoL Park
Kills: 17
Turrets: 6
Gold: 56K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Game 1
29:13
HLE leads series 1-0 		Kills: 6
Turrets: 2
Gold: 48.9K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Kills: 38
Turrets: 10
Gold: 62.9K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 2
Game 2
28:50
HLE leads series 2-0 		Kills: 14
Turrets: 3
Gold: 48.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1
Kills: 22
Turrets: 8
Gold: 64.8K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4 		Game 3
33:55
HLE wins series 3-0 		Kills: 12
Turrets: 3
Gold: 58.1K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 1


Final

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17:00 (UTC+9) 16 March Karmine Corp 1 – 3 Hanwha Life Esports Seoul, South Korea
    LoL Park
Kills: 22
Turrets: 7
Gold: 69.6K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 3
Game 1
36:11
KC leads series 1-0 		Kills: 17
Turrets: 3
Gold: 63K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2
Kills: 2
Turrets: 0
Gold: 43.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Game 2
29:57
Series tied 1-1 		Kills: 11
Turrets: 9
Gold: 57.9K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Kills: 11
Turrets: 1
Gold: 45.2K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 0
Game 3
27:03
HLE leads series 2-1 		Kills: 28
Turrets: 10
Gold: 59.4K
Baron: 1
Dragons: 4
Kills: 10
Turrets: 0
Gold: 60.8K
Baron: 0
Dragons: 2 		Game 4
35:52
HLE wins series 3-1 		Kills: 22
Turrets: 13
Gold: 74.1K
Baron: 2
Dragons: 3


Final standings

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A base prize pool of US$1,000,000 was offered for the tournament.[4]

Place Team GS SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)
1st Hanwha Life Esports 4–0 3–0 3–1 30% $300,000
2nd Karmine Corp 1–3 3–2 1–3 22.5% $225,000
3rd–4th CTBC Flying Oyster 3–1 2–3 – 17.25% $172,500
Top Esports 1–3 0–3 –
5th Team Liquid 1–3 – – 13% $130,000
Place Team GS SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)

Marketing

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Slogan

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The tournament's official slogan, Yours For the Taking, was unveiled on 9 January 2025 alongside a format explainer video on YouTube.

Sponsorship

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Global Partners

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Impact

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Although Fearless Draft was initially intended for just the first split of the season and the First Stand Tournament, it was announced prior to the First Stand final on 16 March 2025 that it would be adopted for the rest of the 2025 competitive calendar, including the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship.[15]

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