As confirmed by Esports KOI founder Ibai Llanos, MAD Lions will officially change its name to KOI in 2025. Accordingly, KOI will be the official name of the League of Legends team in the 2025 season instead of MAD Lions KOI like this year.

MAD Lions is one of Europe's major Esports organizations. The organization was founded in 2017 and its headquarters are located in Spain. This team also participated in the Spanish League of Legends SuperLiga before joining the LEC in 2018. The organization's owner, OverActive Media, merged MAD Lions and Splyce, and also won the main position. this formula. 

MAD Lions will change its name to KOI in the 2025 season - Photo: Riot Games

Meanwhile, KOI also participated in the LEC in 2022 when it cooperated with Rogue to attend the tournament. However, after only 1 year, KOI and Rogue ended their cooperation in November 2023, the KOI team returned to its old name Rogue. OverActive Media then acquired Movistar Riders and KOI, deciding to merge all the teams under a single brand later this year.

At the end of the 2024 season, MAD Lions KOI is expected to unify on a single brand, KOI, next season. This team just received a bitter defeat at the 2024 World Finals when they passed the Play-in round early but received a 0-3 result in the Swiss round, being one of the first two teams eliminated alongside paiN Gaming.

In the history of playing in the LEC, MAD Lions have won 3 championships in Spring, Summer 2021 and Spring 2023. This is also one of the few teams to win more than once during the period of G2 Esports' dominance. up to the present time. However, this team's performance at international tournaments is not good as they are continuously eliminated early, at both the World Finals and MSI.