Regional-Based E-Sports Competition 2025 Korea's E-Sports League will open on the 23rd
May 15, 2025
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The '2025 Korea Esports League' (KEL) is a region-based esports league that was launched for the first time this year. The association emphasized that it aims to provide a stage for local e-sports athletes to develop their capabilities, while also covering strengthening competitiveness in the e-sports region, fostering professional manpower, and job creation.
Offline competitions will be held in Busan, Gwangju, Gyeongnam, and Daejeon in cooperation with local e-sports stadiums, and will promote local cultural enjoyment and revitalization of the local economy in connection with local tourism resources. In addition, the same event as the international competition will be used as a standard for selecting national teams in the future, and the school's e-sports base will be strengthened in connection with the middle and high school competitions and the national youth sports competition.
2025 KEL will be operated in three categories: 'Battleground Mobile'(Krafton), 'Eternal Return'(Nimble New Run), and 'FC Mobile'(Nexon Korea), with a total of 14 regional teams participating. Participating areas are Busan Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, Gyeonggi-do Province, Gangwon State, Chungcheongnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City, Seongnam City, Gyeonggi-do, Yangju City, and Jecheon City, Chungcheongbuk-do. A total of 16 teams, including 9 regional teams, 3 partner teams, and 4 amateur teams, will compete in the 'Battleground Mobile' event, and 12 and 8 regional teams will compete in the 'Eternal Return' and 'FC Mobile' events, respectively.
The games are run both online and offline. Battlegrounds Mobile' and FC Mobile' will play their opening games at the Busan Esports Stadium from the 24th to the 25th, respectively. After that, the final round of 'Battleground Mobile' will be held at Daejeon Esports Stadium from August 30 to 31, and the final round of 'FC Mobile' will be held at Busan Esports Stadium from August 10. Eternal Return' will be included in the Super Week schedule and will begin at the KINTEX site in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, where the game exhibition '2025 Play Expo' will be held on the 23rd, and the final round will be held on September 19 in Seoul and the second day at Daejeon Esports Stadium on October 11.
The total prize money is 100 million won, and 'Battleground Mobile'30 million won, 'Eternal Return'50 million won, and 'FC Mobile'20 million won will be given for each event. The first team or athletes in each event will be awarded the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award, the Korea Creative Content Agency Award will be given to the second place, and the Korea e-Sports Association Award will be given to the third place. In addition, the 'Battleground Mobile' team will be given points needed to compete in the 'Battleground Mobile Global Championship (PMGC)', and the 'Eternal Return' team will be given additional cash prizes for domestic sales of the Season 7 Esports Support Package. The top two finishers in the final round of the 'FC Mobile' qualify for the 'FC Professional Champions Cup' South Korea in the second half of this year. The game will be broadcast live on KEL's official Naver Zizik, SOOP, and YouTube.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
