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First Stand Tournament 2025

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The First Stand Tournament 2025 (commonly abbreviated as FST 2025) is a new and innovative global event in the League of Legends esports, launched by Riot Games to be the third major global tournament of the season (alongside the MSI and Worlds tournaments).

League of LegendsMar 10, 2025 – Mar 16, 2025Seoul, South Korea🇰🇷 South Korea$1,000,000Riot Games

Format

Tournament Format

Round Robin Stage

  • Format: Single Round-Robin.

  • Match Rules: All matches are played as Best-of-3 (Bo3) utilizing the Fearless Draft system.

  • Advancement:

    • The Top 4 teams advance to the Knockout Stage.

    • The bottom-placed team is eliminated.

Tiebreaker Hierarchy

In the event of a tie, positions will be determined using the following criteria (in order):

  1. Head-to-head match record.

  2. Total game win/loss percentage among the tied teams.

  3. Overall game win/loss percentage throughout the stage.

  4. Average game victory time among the tied teams.

  5. Overall average game victory time.

  6. Coin flip.

Knockout Stage

  • Format: Single-Elimination bracket.

  • Match Rules: All matches are played as Best-of-5 (Bo5) utilizing the Fearless Draft system.

🏆 High Stakes: The champion's home region earns a second direct bye into the Bracket Stage of MSI 2025.