Which teams have qualified for MSI 2025?

League of Legends’ Mid-Season Invitational 2025 is quick approaching, with 10 groups collaborating within the yr’s second worldwide showdown. Set to start later this month, MSI will play a key position in figuring out World Championship 2025 qualification paths.

Held in a double-stage format, the match will start with a Play-In Stage that includes 4 groups in a best-of-five, double-elimination bracket. Two of them will advance to the Bracket Stage, the place they’ll be part of six different pre-qualified groups and can compete in a best-of-five, double-elimination bracket.

Except for lifting the MSI trophy and profitable a yet-to-be-announced prize cash, the winner will safe a spot at Worlds 2025—granted they attain the summer season playoffs of their home league.

However that’s not all — MSI final result can even decide which region gains an extra fourth seed at Worlds this yr. And with the modifications to some main areas—LTA and LCP—this might change into a robust card to play within the race in direction of claiming the Summoner’s Cup for anybody moreover LPL and LCK. 

Regardless of Korea’s contenders for this MSI not being locked in simply but, it’s anticipated that these groups will change into the groups to beat throughout the match — not simply because the area has been dominating worldwide phases since MSI 2023, but in addition due to the best way it picks its representatives.

The LCK has its personal Highway to MSI, a mini-tournament—which features because the Cut up 2 playoff spherical—the place the area’s prime six groups face off to find out who will get to go. Even Gen.G’s pristine 18-0 common season scoreboard ‘solely’ secured them the suitable to play twice for a spot at MSI.

For LCK, the MSI representatives would be the winner of the higher bracket closing and closing qualification match of the area’s Highway to MSI. The primary will both be the undefeated Gen.G or the First Stand winners, Hanwha Life Esports. Their match will likely be held on June thirteenth, with the loser dealing with both T1 or KT two days later, on June fifteenth, for the ultimate ticket to MSI. 

The LPL will ship two groups to MSI, and their qualification course of is easy. Whoever reaches the LPL Cut up 2 Grand Ultimate will signify the area within the worldwide match. 

Anybody’s Legend shocked followers by qualifying on June ninth and locking its seed on June 14th, defeating Bilibili Gaming 3-2 within the Playoffs’ higher bracket closing. This marks back-to-back finals for AL, whose calculated teamfighting and improved early recreation helped them break by a troublesome area to emerge as dominant.

As for the opposite staff going to MSI, the LPL will both ship Bilibili, Invictus Gaming, or Staff WE. 

One might say that EMEA’s Second Cut up end result shocked and excited each the area’s and worldwide followers. Movistar KOI claimed its first LEC title after a decisive win over G2 Esports. Whereas each groups will participate on this yr’s MSI, just one might doubtlessly repeat the area’s efficiency throughout MSI 2019. 

KOI’s mix of disciplined early ganks by Elyoya and explosive late-game staff fights earned the squad the highest LEC seed, that means it’ll instantly play in MSI’s bracket stage, making them an unpredictable opponent.

G2 should climb to there by way of the Play-In Stage, however are nonetheless thought-about the area’s favorite as a consequence of its expertise and prowess throughout worldwide tournaments. Its principally veteran roster and versatile drafting nonetheless make them a harmful risk for any staff throughout all areas.

But most eyes will nonetheless be on KOI and its mid laner, now that Joseph ‘Jojopyun’ Pyun turned the primary North American participant to win championships in each NA and EU, and he’ll compete on dwelling soil in Canada.

Because of their Cut up 2 dominance, LTA North has a direct spot into the Bracket Stage, whereas the LTA South representatives should begin within the Play-Ins stage. 

Each spots will likely be crammed on June fifteenth, throughout every convention’s Grand Ultimate, although Ache Gaming from LTA South and FlyQuest from LTA Noth are the favourites anticipated to fill them. 

CTBC Flying Oyster and GAM Esports will signify LCP at this yr’s MSI. CFO locked its first seed because of its regular laning and sharp shotcalling. But it surely’ll be onerous to take the highlight away from GAM, who locked in its MSI spot after defeating PSG Talon in what many may say is a historic win. The staff’s aggressive early recreation and signature jungle roaming—thanks captain đỗ Duy ‘Levi’ Khánh—stay its largest weapons.

Yearly’s MSI is all the time a must-watch for League followers because it offers them an outline of the state of the areas on the midway level of the yr. Nonetheless MSI 2025 might change into greater than that. Adjustments in regional codecs and time to adapt to Fearless Draft might have equilibrated the scales, and for the primary time in years we might have an MSI champion coming from exterior the LCK or LPL—or proof of simply how large the hole between East and West is.