T1, CFO and Top Esports clinch last Worlds 2025 quarterfinal spots

CTBC Flying Oyster, Prime Esports and T1 have made it by means of the League of Legends World Championship 2025 Swiss Stage, securing the final three spots within the quarterfinals.

For FlyQuest, Bilibili Gaming and Movistar KOI, defeat meant elimination and the tip of their Worlds 2025 run.

Each match carried do-or-die stakes. With margins razor-thin, the ultimate day of the Swiss Stage delivered probably the most intense and aggressive showdowns of the event thus far.

FlyQuest went on stage because the final hope for the Americas, and it was arguably the favorite to win. Nevertheless, CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) confirmed as soon as once more that it might beat any staff, and it needed to take its area to the playoffs for the primary time since 2015.

The primary sport was delayed barely resulting from two early technical pauses, however followers didn’t have to attend lengthy. FlyQuest seemed extra proactive, buying and selling picks within the aspect lanes and constructing a small gold lead. It managed extra map house, and the match tempo suited its type. Nevertheless, CFO answered by means of higher macro, pulling down outer towers and preserving the gold distinction slim, even when FlyQuest pushed forward.

Proper when FlyQuest appeared able to snowball, every thing collapsed.

CFO caught FLY close to Baron and immediately flipped the sport, wiping out the LTA first seed, claiming Baron, and pushing ahead. Chiu ‘Doggo‘ Tzu-Chuan, specifically, led the cost with enormous harm on Corki. The map opened huge, inhibitors fell, FlyQuest scrambled to defend, and CTBC Flying Oyster dictated each battle. Even FlyQuest’s late Baron at 35 minutes in couldn’t cease the inevitable from taking place, and, after the longest sport of Worlds thus far, CFO ended the sport after 45 minutes.

Opposite to the opening sport of the sequence, the second was one-sided from the primary minute. CFO snowballed early kills into a fast gold hole, and it unfold its benefit throughout the lanes with clear rotations and fixed strain. FlyQuest tried to stabilise by securing goals and kills, however each try did not sluggish CFO down.

A decisive battle close to Atakhan sealed the sequence, with Doggo tearing by means of the FLY line-up. Securing an ace, CTBC Flying Oyster marched ahead and ended the match with out hesitation. CTBC Flying Oyster made historical past, while FlyQuest suffered a disappointing exit.

Each LPL groups got here to Worlds with excessive expectations, however on the final day of the Swiss Stage, just one might transfer on.

Prime Esports got here out swinging with Search engine optimisation ‘Kanavi‘ Jin-hyeok giving his aspect a lead with strategic ganks within the bot lane. Nevertheless, as soon as Bilibili Gaming (BLG) discovered the appropriate angle to have interaction every thing modified quick. BLG’s Ornn and Neeko combo turned each battle right into a catastrophe for Prime Esports.

As sport one reached the late sport, BLG’s teamfighting was merely cleaner, and the staff gained a number of skirmishes, broke open the mid lane, and secured the Baron to bolster strain on lanes. Prime Esports was at all times a step late defending its base, and BLG ended the map confidently.

The second sport, nonetheless, advised a really totally different story. 

Prime Esports drafted a a lot stronger teamfight comp and performed with conviction from the primary couple of minutes. With the again in opposition to the wall, Prime Esports managed impartial goals, tightened its rotations, and by no means allowed Bilibili Gaming to search out its signature flanks. When fights lastly broke out, Prime Esports at all times seemed higher positioned to win it.

After a clear remaining push by means of mid lane, Prime Esports tied the sequence with out giving BLG a lot of an opportunity to return again. 

With every thing on the road, BLG made a change and swapped Zhao ‘Shad0w’ Zhi-Qiang out for Yang ‘Beichuan’ Ling within the remaining sport of the qualifying sequence. Nevertheless it didn’t assist the staff to stabilise, and the sport shortly was chaos.

There was fixed motion throughout each lane. Actually, the third sport of the sequence between Prime Esports and BLG recorded essentially the most kills of Worlds 2025 thus far. Each groups stored buying and selling blows, and neither discovered a transparent lead for almost all of the sport — till Prime Esports scaled and took the Baron.

One final teamfight to steal the Cloud Soul was all Prime Esports Wanted to wipe out BLG and qualify for Worlds Playoffs. Regardless of being one of many favorite groups to win the event, Bilibili Gaming’s Worlds 2025 run ended right here.

Movistar KOI (MKOI) entered the Rift as the ultimate LEC consultant, aiming to tug off a miracle in opposition to the reigning World Champions. Nevertheless, while T1 would possibly falter regionally and in BO1s, these sequence at Worlds are their consolation zone.

Nonetheless, MKOI claimed First Blood on Mun ‘Oner‘ Hyeon-ju, and it appears the LEC representatives discovered a very good footing. Alex ‘Myrwn‘ Pastor Villarejo hunted down Lee ‘Gumayusi‘ Min-hyeong twice within the aspect lane, and MKOI constructed a small gold lead. However even when it seemed like MKOI was within the lead, T1 by no means faltered and traded again kills and goals, preserving its first win inside attain.

It was solely a matter of time earlier than T1 leveraged Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok’s Azir to achieve management of the Rift. As MKOI compelled a messy follow-up battle that backfired fully, T1 snowballed. The reigning World Champions claimed Baron, stacked goals, and crushed the Nexus with full authority to take sport one.

Even when the second sport gave the impression to be extra aggressive, the consequence didn’t change. Nearly each minute of the early sport resulted in a kill — 14 kills in 14 minutes. Whereas MKOI had been proactively discovering the appropriate angles to have interaction T1, the LCK staff finally compelled Herald mid, strengthening its lead within the second sport of the sequence. 

But MKOI didn’t concede, and at 21 minutes, the LEC consultant practically aced T1 and seemed able to flip the match. Nevertheless, T1 managed the lanes, compelled strain all over the place, and the groups’ priorities throughout fights led T1 to win battle after battle. With the LCK staff controlling the Rift, MKOI was compelled to defend and look forward to a possibility to strike again.

The sport thus dragged right into a tense late-game stand-off. However as soon as MKOI tried one final gamble on Elder, T1 teleported into MKOI’s base and ended the match by means of a clear backdoor.

Movistar KOI was eradicated from Worlds 2025. In the meantime, T1, the reigning world champions, marched on to the quarterfinals.

Following the conclusion of the Swiss Stage, solely eight groups have moved ahead to the League of Legends Worlds 2025 Knockout Stage.

All matches might be performed subsequent week, beginning on October twenty eighth, 2025 at 7am BST. All matches might be streamed reside on League of Legends’ official esports Twitch and YouTube channels, alongside accepted co-streamers.

The Quarterfinals matches are as follows: