2025 League of Legends World Championship final
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The 2025 League of Legends World Championship Final was a League of Legends (LoL) esports series on 9 November 2025 at the Dong'an Lake Sports Park Multifunctional Gymnasium in Chengdu, China between KT Rolster and T1. It marked the fifteenth final of a LoL World Championship and the first championship series to take place under the new three-split structure and competitive calendar for the game's esports ecosystem implemented by the game's developer Riot Games since 2025. Both T1 and KT were two of four representatives from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) at the tournament, the others being Gen.G and Hanwha Life Esports. It was T1's fourth consecutive finals appearance since the 2022 final, while it was KT's World Championship finals debut. The series was a best of five and was the first World Championship final to feature the Fearless Draft format, after it was implemented by Riot Games for the rest of the 2025 competitive calendar as a result of "overwhelming" positive feedback during the first split and the 2025 First Stand Tournament, and the first China-hosted World Championship final in an indoor arena as the previous two editions of the event held in the country were held in stadiums – 2017 at the Beijing National Stadium, and 2020 at the Pudong Football Stadium. T1 won the series, 3–2, mounting a comeback of two consecutive victories after facing a 1–2 series deficit after three games - winning their sixth World Championship and becoming the first team in tournament history to win three consecutive world titles. It was also the LCK's fourth consecutive World Championship victory and sixth straight international title dating back to the 2023 World Championship. Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong earned Most Valuable Player honors, becoming the first attack damage carry (ADC) player to win the award since Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, when the latter won the honor for Samsung Galaxy during the 2017 World Championship also held in China. Meanwhile, the victory marked the sixth world championship for Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, the first international title for top-laner Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon, and the second consecutive time a fourth-seed won the tournament after last year's T1 roster.