First stand tournament 2025: schedule, format, teams, drops

LOL Park sets the international stage.

Updated on March 3, 12:21 p.m. (GMT+8): Updated qualified teams.

The 2025 League of Legends Esports season ignites with the first tournament of the first place tournament, the first international tournament of the year.

This high-stakes competition shows top regional teams that compete in the middle of the season the first stand Trophy and decisive sowing advantages.

First tournament 2025 topic

The first stand tournament 2025 topic is “Yours for taking. “”

“Forge a new way to victory; Regardless of whether it is brute -force, elite -mental, sheer creativity or skillful mechanics. This is their chance to find the joy of invention and to show the world and themselves what they have, ”explained Riot Games.

First status tournament data and schedule

The first place tournament 2025 takes place March 10th to 16th In LOL Park in Seoul, Korea.

First place tournament 2025 stage	DATE	TIME
Round Robin Bühne	March 10th to 14th	5 p.m. KST | 16 pm GMT+8 | 1 o'clock PT | 9 a.m. CET
Knockout level	March 15th	1 p.m. KST | 12 p.m. GMT+8 | March 14, 9 p.m. PT, 5 a.m. CET
final	March 16	5 p.m. KST | 16 pm GMT+8 | 1 o'clock PT | 9 a.m. CET

First tournament 2025 format

The first tournament unfolds in two phases.

Round robin level

The teams collided in a round-robin stage for the first time and play each other team in a best-of-throat series (BO3).

In order to maintain impartiality, the side selection for the first game of each series is assigned by chance. This ensures a balanced distribution, whereby each team page selection grants priority in two of its series and at the same time the other two randomly left, Riot said.

After completing the round robin, the team will be eliminated in fifth place, and the four best teams are going into the subsequent KO level.

Knockout level

The four best rated teams from this phase then go to a knockout clip with a single elimination and fight in best-of-five games (BO5) to determine the ultimate champion.

The top seed from the round-robin stage collapses with the fourth seed, while the second and third seeds fight in the other semi-finals.

The winners of these games perform on March 16 for a crucial championship game in which the first status stand champion is determined.

Fearless design format

After each game, every champion played by both teams is removed from the selection options on both sides for the rest of the series.

In addition to the standard bans from 10 before the game, this fearless ban on ban works and ensures that a constantly changing strategic landscape ensures.

• Game 1: 10 standard bans
• Game 2: 20 bans in total (10 standard bans + 10 Fearless Bans)
• Game 3: 30 bans in total (10 standard bans + 20 Fearless bans)
• Game 4: 40 bans in total (10 standard bans + 30 Fearless Bans)
• Game 5: 50 bans in total (10 standard bans + 40 Fearless bans)

The teams qualified for the First Stand tournament 2025

The teams qualified for the first as of 2025	REGION
Top -Esports	LPL
Hanwha Life Esports	Lk
Karmine Corp	LEC
Team Liquid Honda	LTA
CTBC Flying Oyster	LCP

On which patch is the first stand tournament played?

The first tournament is played on LOL Patch 25.5.

How to get stream drops during the first place tournament

Live view on lolessports.com with your riot -id grants access to exclusive drops.

Pentakills and Baron steal a 2025 eSports capsule. In the Knockout stage, every full five player series guarantees the same coveted reward.

Ensure the limited branded emote “I'm fumbling”.

Where can you see the first stand

Riot Games Official Twitch Channel, YouTube Channel, LOL Esports website and official co-streamer channels.

Read more: League of Legends Patch 25.5 Notes Preview – 8 Champions Nerfed in preparation for the first stand