LCK 3rd to 5th rounds divided into Legend and Rise groups, MSI and opens on the 23rd

Jul 02, 2025

LCK 3rd to 5th rounds divided into Legend and Rise groups, MSI and opens on the 23rd





With LCK's regular league being divided into two groups for the first time in its 14-year history, rounds 3 to 5 will be held from the 23rd after completing MSI.

Through the first and second rounds, the top five teams were divided into the Legendary Group and the bottom five teams were divided into the Rise Group. Gen.G, Hanwha Life e-Sports, T1, Nongshim Red Force, and KT Rollstar belong to the Legend Group, while BNK Pierx, OK Savings Bank Brion, DRX, and DN Freaks are located in the Rise Group.




In the third to fifth rounds, five teams from each group will face off. The teams that finished first and second in the Legend Group will go straight to the second round of the playoffs, while the third and fourth places will go to the first round of the playoffs. Four teams, including 5th place in the Legend Group and 1st to 3rd place in the Rise Group, play-ins, while 4th to 5th place in the Rise Group will not be able to participate in the postseason and end the year.

The play-in, the start of the postseason, takes place Sept. 3-7. The four teams will be held in a double elimination manner, and the top group winners and the final group winners will qualify for the LCK Playoffs.

The LCK season playoffs will be played in a double elimination method of six teams. The two teams that passed the play-in will face the third to fourth places of the Legend Group in the first round, and the winning team will face the first to second places of the Legend Group in the second round. Even if you lose in the first round, you will be given another chance, and if you lose two, you will be eliminated. The first game of the playoffs will be held on September 10, and the final final match to determine the LCK champion of the 2025 season will be held on September 28.




The LCK season playoff, which is conducted in a double elimination method, replaces the existing LoL World Championship representative selection match. The team that wins the final championship in the playoffs will compete in the world championship as the No. 1 seed, with the runner-up seed being the No. 2 seed, and the team that failed to advance to the finals will be the No. 3 seed. Since the MSI winner and the region with the second best performance will be given additional qualifications for the LOL World Cup, LCK can be given up to four tickets depending on the MSI performance that began on the 2nd. In this case, they will play in the LOL World Cup up to fourth place in the playoffs.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.