The first global event of the 2025 League of Legends season is almost here, and fans are excited to see how it fares. The First Stand 2025 will see the winners of the top five regional leagues duke it out for a substantial prize pool and early season bragging rights.
First Stand 2025 tournament page at Esports Charts
Introduced as the new third international LoL event that will be held at the start of the season, the First Stand 2025 will be a week-long affair that pits the world's best teams against each other. The teams' results here will also be used to determine the seedings for the Mid-Season Invitational 2025, which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
First Stand 2025 venue and dates
The first cross-regional competition of the annual League of Legends esports calendar will be held at the LoL Park in Seoul, South Korea. It will begin on March 10 and run for almost a week, until March 16.
First Stand 2025 teams
- CTBC Flying Oyster: LCP Split 1 2025
- Hanwha Life Esports: LCK Cup 2025
- Karmine Corp: LEC Winter 2025
- Team Liquid: LTA Cross-Conference
- Top Esports: LPL Split 1 2025
The absence of T1 is sure to affect the viewership dynamics of the debut edition of this LoL tournament. The two-time reigning world champion has not had the best of starts to the year, with the fast-rising Hanwha Life Esports taking advantage of the sluggishness of both T1 and Gen.G Esports to book its ticket to a second straight global championship.
Nevertheless, Karmine Corp's presence is sure to bring in extra attention from French viewers. The team, co-owned by star French streamer Kamel "Kamet0" Kebir, has already taken the language's stats to new heights, as seen from its win at the LEC Winter 2025, which made it the most popular tournament among French League of Legends fans.
First Stand 2025 livestreams
Broadcasts of this competition can be watched in multiple languages on the official channels of the organizers, as seen below:
- lolesports.com
- Official English stream by Riot Games (Twitch, YouTube)
- Official Korean stream on YouTube, CHZZK, SOOP Korea
- Official French stream on Twitch
- Official Spanish stream on Twitch
- Official Vietnamese stream on YouTube
As always, there will be official co-streamer channels that will be covering the action, including superstar names like Caedrel and IWDominate. Fans who want to watch the games along with their favourite content creators can check out the schedules on their official pages and plan their days accordingly.
Moreover, viewers will earn Drops for watching the action live on the official lol esports website. The rewards include esports capsules and emotes, with audiences also likely to earn prizes for watching the livestreams of co-casters on services like Twitch and Kick.
First Stand 2025 prize pool and format
The First Stand 2025 will carry a total prize purse of 1 million USD, with the winner slated to receive $300,000. The second-placed side will take home $225,000, while the third and fourth-placed teams will become richer by $172,500.
For the format, League of Legends' newest international competition will follow a fairly simple structure. The first Round Robin Stage will see the five teams battle each other multiple times in best-of-three outings over five days (March 10 to 14), then moving onto the Knockout round.
The Knockout Stage will follow a straightforward single-elimination format, with the top four from the Round Robin Stage doing battle in best-of-five games on March 15 and 16. The much-discussed Fearless Draft system will also be implemented for the first time at this tournament, with champions not allowed to be selected more than once across a series.
Interestingly, the winning region will earn a second bye into the bracket stage of the MSI 2025.
The line-up of participants is pretty strong at the first-ever First Stand tournament, although the absence of sides like T1 could affect the viewership dynamics, especially among Korean viewers. Nevertheless, LoL's first global event this year is bound to attract healthy interest from fans around the world and maintain the decent run of the competitions held so far in 2025.
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