T1 is a step away from the quarterfinals. The draw luck was also on T1's side

Oct 25, 2025

T1 is a step away from the quarterfinals. The draw luck was also on T1's side



T1 is a step away from the quarterfinals. The draw luck was also on T1's side


T1, the last runner of LCK (Korea), further increased his chances of advancing to the quarterfinals of the LOL World Cup. It was T1's responsibility until the match draw.

T1 defeated LTA's 100 Cives 2-0 in the fourth round of the '2025 League of Legends World Championship" (Roll's Cup) Swiss Stage (round of 16) at Beijing Smart e-Sports Center on the 24th, marking its second win (two losses) and advancing to the quarterfinals in the final fifth round.




If KT Rolster, Gen.G, and Hanwha Life e-Sports win the fifth round by the last T1, while KT Rolster, Gen.G. and Hanwha Life e-Sports have already advanced to the quarterfinals, all four teams will advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in three years since 2022, further increasing their chances of winning the 10th time in history.

In addition, in the match draw held after the match, T1 got closer to Shanghai, where the quarterfinals will be held, even taking the luck of meeting relatively weak LEC (Europe) Movistar Koy to avoid LPL (China) Billibilli and TES. On the other hand, in China, the home ground, Billy and TES faced off, resulting in the worst lottery result in only one team reaching the quarterfinals.

T1 easily beat LTA's flyquest in the first round of the Swiss stage, but lost consecutive games to CFO and Gen.G in the second and third rounds, which dampened its overall momentum. However, after maintaining the lineup for nearly a week, he recovered his strong performance against multiple premise in the match against the 100 Cves, raising expectations not only for advancing to the quarterfinals but also for subsequent games.




The remaining three teams will be determined in the final fifth round on the 25th, with three LCK teams, one AL team in the LPL, and five LEC's Maengju G2 e-sports on a first-come, first-served basis. T1, Movistar, Billibilli and TES, as well as CFO and Flyquest, will each play a guillotine match of the best-of-three series.

In particular, China aimed to recapture the championship for the first time in four years since 2021 at the LOL World Cup at home for the first time in a long time, but only two teams reached the quarterfinals, which is a very unlikely situation. On the other hand, the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, which are rarely at the top due to the two major mountain ranges of Korea and China, also advanced two teams to the quarterfinals for the first time in four years since 2021, and benefited from the Swiss stage system, which added not only the skills but also the luck of the match draw.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.