MSI 2025 - the international tournament of League of Legends, the tradition between the two spring and summer tournaments of the season - will start on June 27 in Vancouver, Canada. The strongest teams in the world will compete not only for $ 2,000,000 but also for a direct capacity at Worlds 2025. The tournament will end on July 12.

The tournament will have the participation of 10 teams-each large area (Korea, China, Emea, America, Asia-Pacific region) with two teams. They were divided into two stages: six teams went straight to Bracket Stage, and four teams started from the play-in.

Bracket Stage teams:

These teams will start from the main stage of MSI 2025:

Gen.G (LCK Road to MSI 2025 #1)
T1 (second class LCK Road to MSI 2025 #2)
Anyone's Legend (Champion LPL Split 2 2025)
CTBC Flying Oyster (LCP Mid Season #1)
Movistar Koi (Champion Lec Spring 2025 #1)
Flyquest (LTA North 2025 Split 2 #1)

Play-in Stage teams:

These teams will play in the play-in phase to win two places into Bracket Stage:

Bilibili Gaming (second class LPL Split 2 2025)
G2 Esports (second class Lec Spring 2025)
GAM ESPORTS (second class LCP Mid Season 2025)
Furia Esports (LTA South 2025 Split 2)

Competition format
Play-in Stage:
4 teams
Dual
All matches - best of 5
The two best teams entered Bracket Stage

Bracket Stage:
8 teams (6 direct teams + 2 teams from play-in)
Dual
All matches - best of 5
The champion team won the Worlds 2025 (provided that the playoff round in their area)

The second largest area will have one more (fourth) at Worlds 2025
MSI 2025 promises to be extremely tense, because for the first time after a long time we will see new faces in the brightest candidate group. Can genes protect the title? Or T1 will surprise the world again? We will know soon - the tournament starts on June 27 in Vancouver!