LoL Worlds 2025 schedule, teams, and results

The League of Legends World Championship returns to China this year from Oct. 14 to Nov. 9. With 17 elite teams from regions including Korea, China, the Americas, EMEA, and Pacific, the best teams in the world will face each other for the ultimate glory.

All the qualified teams have already secured their places at Worlds 2025. The international tournament continues with the popular Fearless format. This hub includes the complete schedule and results for each day of the event. Make sure to keep this page bookmarked as the tournament unfolds.

Worlds 2025 scores and schedule

Worlds 2025 has arguably one of the star-studded play-ins fans have seen in a while. Faker’s T1 faces the veteran squad of IG in a do-or-die matchup to secure their place at the tournament or face a premature end to their campaign. 

Play-ins Knockouts

Oct. 14 (3am CT): T1 3-1 Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming has been eliminated.

Swiss Stage

Once we have the final team from the Play-in Knockouts, they will come to the Beijing Smart Esports Center, which is hosting the World Championship for the first time. The Swiss Stage includes 16 teams. While winning will improve teams’ knockout chances, losing will make it tougher with each match. These matches are best of one until the teams play a decider for qualification or elimination, which will be best of three.

After every round, a draw will take place to determine each team’s next opponent, keeping things interesting for fans and players alike.

Oct. 15

12am CT: Vivo Keyd Stars 0-1 Team Secret Whales 1am CT: CTBC Flying Oyster 1-0 Fnatic 2am CT: KT Rolster 1-0 Movistar KOI 3am CT: Bilibili Gaming 0-1 100 Thieves 4am CT: FlyQuest 0-1 T1 5am CT: Hanwha Life Esports 0-1 Anyone’s Legend 6am CT: G2 Esports 0-1 Top Esports 7am CT: Gen.G 1-0 PSG Talon

Oct. 16

12am CT: Vivo Keyd Stars 0-1 FlyQuest 1am CT: KT Rolster 1-0 Team Secret Whales 2am CT: Movistar KOI 0-1 G2 Esports 3am CT: Top Esports 1-0 100 Thieves 4am CT: T1 0-1 CTBC Flying Oyster 5am CT: Anyone’s Legend 1-0 Gen.G 6am CT: Bilibili Gaming 1-0 Fnatic 7am CT: PSG Talon 0-1 Hanwha Life Esports

Oct. 17

3am CT: KT Rolster vs Top Esports 6am CT: CTBC Flying Oyster vs Anyone’s Legend

Oct. 18

3am CT: FlyQuest vs Team Secret Whales 4am CT: Gen.G vs T1 5am CT: G2 Esports vs Bilibili Gaming 6am CT: Hanwha Life Esports vs 100 Thieves

Oct. 19

3am CT: Movistar KOI vs Fnatic 6am CT: Vivo Keyd Stars vs PSG Talon

Oct. 22

3am CT: TBD vs TBD 6am CT: TBD vs TBD

Oct. 23

3am CT: TBD vs TBD 6am CT: TBD vs TBD

Oct. 24

3am CT: TBD vs TBD 6am CT: TBD vs TBD

Oct. 25

12am CT: TBD vs TBD 3am CT: TBD vs TBD 6am CT: TBD vs TBD

Knockouts

The Worlds 2025 knockouts will take place at the iconic Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. The matches will now be single-elimination, best-of-five matches. The loser will be eliminated from the event with no second chances. For the first time, the quarterfinals will proceed directly into the semifinals, testing the teams’ resilience to push their way to the finals. 

Quarterfinals

Oct. 28 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD Oct. 29 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD Oct. 30 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD Oct. 31 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD

Semifinals

Nov. 1 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD Nov. 2 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD

Finals 

The Worlds 2025 finals take place after a solid week’s break after the semifinals at the Dong’an Lake Sports Park Multifunctional Gymnasium in Chengdu. The winner will etch their name in history forever.

Nov. 9 (2am CT): TBD vs TBD

We’ll update the scores and teams as they get revealed during the tournament.