Hanwha Life eSports Becomes First Global Champion In International Competition First Stand
Mar 16, 2025
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Hanwha Life Insurance, who represented LCK (Korea), won the first international competition of this year's 'League of Legends'ESports first international competition 'First Stand 2025' at LCK Arena in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 16th, winning the international cup for the first time since its foundation with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over LEC's Carmine Cope.
Hanwha Life Insurance, which has only advanced to the quarterfinals twice in the LoL World Championship, will even set the record of winning its first global champion at this year's new first stand. Hanwha Life Insurance, which won the LCK Cup as a kick-off competition ahead of the opening of the regular league in April and won its second consecutive title on the domestic stage following last year's LCK summer season, got off to a fresh start and gained confidence and experience to challenge for the top not only in the regular league but also in this year's ongoing international competitions such as MSI and LOL World Cup.
Hanwha Life Insurance, which recruited Choi Woo-je, who led T1 to its second consecutive LOL World Cup title as an FA ahead of this season, and made 'Complete' in all positions, had already preheated its rivals, including T1, Gen.G., and Deflusser Kia, by showing tremendous support and beating them 3-2 in the playoffs after a full-set battle.
He also won all four games at the first stand group stage, and in the semifinals, he shut down the TES of Korea's best rival LPL (China) 3-0, running to the finals without much crisis.
However, Carmine Koff was also the first strong team to reach an international competition by beating the regional leader, G2 e-Sports. After a fierce slugfest in the first set, he continued to win a big victory in the one-stroke battle since the middle, breaking Hanwha Life's Nexus in about 35 minutes. Hanwha Life Insurance is a team specialized in gaining the upper hand by winning 14 consecutive games in the first set of LCK, which was defeated by Carmine Cope.
Hanwha Life Insurance, which was a bit careless and hit hard, quickly balanced itself with a simple victory in 29 minutes with an overwhelming performance that pushed unilaterally from the beginning in the second set after regaining its coolness. With this momentum, in the third set, the midliner 'Zeka'Kim Gun-woo made another complete victory in 27 minutes amid the overwhelming dominance of his upper body, including a solo kill parade and nine kills, and took the first global top by catching up to the fourth set.
Although Carmine Cope finished second, she emerged as a European team that expected further growth this season as she reached the international finals for the first time in six years and played well against Hanwha Life.
Meanwhile, Riot Games introduced the 'Peerless Draft" Banpick for the first time, which fails to utilize the champion used in the previous set, and received good responses from fans as variables increased, with many champions appearing and tactics and strategies diversifying. As a result, it will be applied to regular leagues and global competitions in all regions in the future, and many changes are expected in the game depending on whether or not they adapt.
Hanwha Life Insurance, which won the first stand overwhelmingly, and LCP (Asia-Pacific) CEO, who came in second place in the group stage along with Carmine Cope, showed this well. On the other hand, TES was completely defeated by Hanwha Life Insurance 0-3 in the semifinals following the group stage's fourth-place chin-up with a performance that did not meet expectations, and LTA's representative team Liquid, which has been recovering its competitiveness by integrating North America, Central America and Brazil, also failed to reach the semifinals with only one win in this tournament.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
