KT has advanced to the semifinals for the first time since its foundation! I'm going to compete with Gen.G for the final round
Oct 29, 2025
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KT Rolster reached the semifinals of the LOL World Cup for the first time since its foundation. Thanks to this, LCK (Korea) has produced a team that has advanced to the finals for six consecutive years, and is one step closer to winning its 10th championship in history.
In the quarterfinals of the '2025 League of Legends World Championship' (LoL World Cup) held at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai on the 29th, KT shut down LCP's tough opponent CFO 3-0 and confirmed its advance to the semifinals for the first time in four times of entering the LOL World Cup. In the quarterfinals of the LCK civil war at the same place the previous day, Gen.G beat Hanwha Life e-Sports 3-1 to reach the semifinals, followed by KT and one team will unconditionally reach the final in LCK as the two teams compete for the final in the semifinals. It is the sixth consecutive milestone since 2020.
KT, which was the first of the four LCK teams to confirm its advance to the quarterfinals by winning all three games in the Swiss stage (round of 16), also proved to have good momentum in this tournament. CFO was considered a strong dark horse to beat LCK's T1 at the Swiss stage, but he was not a match for KT.
KT showed excellent new and old harmony with the team's center, Kwak Bo-sung, and veteran 'Cuz'Moon Woo-chan, and even 'Peter'Jung Yoon-soo, raising sufficient expectations in the semifinal against Gen.G. The semifinals between the two teams will be held at the same place on November 1.
Now, in LCK, T1, the defending champion of the LOL World Cup and trying to win three consecutive games, will last challenge the semifinals. They will face off against LPL (China) powerhouse AL in the best-of-five series at the same venue on October 31.
T1 reached the quarterfinals with three wins and two losses on the Swiss stage, while AL, like KT, has risen lightly with all three wins, so AL is leading the way in the current momentum. However, T1 has shown a particularly strong performance in international competitions to the extent that it has never lost to a Chinese team in the previous World Cup tournament, so we can look forward to it. On the 30th, a day earlier, LPL's TES and LEC's only hope, G2 e-sports, will face off. The winners of these two quarterfinals will meet in the semifinals.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
