2025 LEC season

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2025 LEC season
League LEC
Sport League of Legends
Duration
  • 18 January – 2 March (Winter)
  • 29 March – 8 June (Spring)
  • 2 August – 28 September (Summer)
Number of teams10
Winter
Champions Karmine Corp
  Runners-up G2 Esports
Season MVPVladimiros "Vladi" Kourtidis
(Karmine Corp)
Spring
Champions Movistar KOI
  Runners-upG2 Esports
Season MVPElias "Upset" Lipp
(Fnatic)
Summer
LEC seasons
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The 2025 LEC season is the ongoing 13th season of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the video game League of Legends . It is the first LEC season under the new three-split structure and competitive calendar introduced the game's developer Riot Games starting with the 2025 competitive season. [1] As with previous years, the 2025 season is divided into three splits, Winter, Spring, and Summer — retaining its current split structure while removing Season Finals after two seasons. [2]

Contents

League changes

As the LEC already had a three-split structure prior to Riot Games' announcement of a new split structure and competitive calendar for League of Legends esports beginning with the 2025 competitive season, the LEC only made minimal changes to its structure but made each split's format different. In addition, from 2025 onwards, the Season Finals would not be held and championship points would not determine a qualifier to the League of Legends World Championship. [3]

Teams

One team change occurred heading into the 2025 season. Following a triple merger between KOI, Movistar Riders, and MAD Lions on 4 January 2024, MAD Lions KOI would be renamed to "Movistar KOI." [4] The name change took effect at the beginning of the 2025 LEC season.

On 13 June 2025, it was announced that Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI) had acquired Rogue's slot in the LEC. [5] The team will make its league debut during the Summer Split.

Patches

The LEC is playing on the live patch for the first time in its history, making the second domestic region to adapt it after the now-defunct League Championship Series (LCS), which is now part of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas.

Fearless Draft

As part of the initial changes to the 2025 competitive calendar, the Winter Split implemented the "Fearless Draft" format into the LEC. The format, which was popularized by China's LoL Development League, meant that teams could not pick a champion that they've already played in a series, even if the champion was picked by the opposing team. On 16 March 2025, prior to the final of the 2025 First Stand Tournament (which featured LEC team Karmine Corp), Riot Games announced that Fearless Draft would continue to be used for the rest of the 2025 season, including the LEC's Spring and Summer Splits and international tournaments. [6]

Winter

The Winter Split regular season began on 18 January and lasted until the Winter Split Finals on 2 March. [7]

Format

Across three (3) weeks, all ten (10) competed in a single-round robin tournament where all matches were played in best-of-ones. The top eight (8) teams qualified to the playoffs, where an eight-team Double-elimination tournament bracket format was applied. Matches in the first two upper and lower rounds were contested in best-of-threes, while subsequent matches until the finals were played in best-of-fives. The winner of the Winter Split represented the LEC as its lone representative at the 2025 First Stand Tournament. [3]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 Fnatic 981.889Advance to playoffs
2 Karmine Corp 963.667
3 G2 Esports 963.667
4 Movistar KOI 963.667
5 Team Vitality 954.556
6 GIANTX 954.556
7Team BDS945.444
8Team Heretics936.333
9 SK Gaming 918.111
10 Rogue 918.111
Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2025. Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs

Upper quarterfinalsUpper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
15 February
1Fnatic2
17 February
8Team Heretics0
1Fnatic0
15 February
3G2 Esports2
3G2 Esports2
24 February
6GIANTX0
3G2 Esports3
16 February
2Karmine Corp1
4Movistar KOI2
17 February
7Team BDS0
4Movistar KOI0
16 February
2Karmine Corp2
2Karmine Corp22 March
5Team Vitality03G2 Esports0
2Karmine Corp3
Lower round 1Lower quarterfinalsLower semifinalsLower final
23 February
22 February1Fnatic21 March
5Team Vitality17Team BDS128 February2Karmine Corp3
7Team BDS21Fnatic31Fnatic2
23 February4Movistar KOI1
22 February4Movistar KOI2
6GIANTX26GIANTX0
8Team Heretics1

Source: LoL Esports

Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Finals MVPVladi Karmine Corp

Spring

Format

The Spring Split featured the same ten (10) competing teams from the previous split. It was a single-round robin tournament where all matches were played in best-of-threes. Unlike the previous season, only the top six (6) teams advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs were contested in a Double-elimination tournament bracket, where the top (4) teams in the standings being seeded in the upper round and the next two (2) teams in the lower round. All matches were played in best-of-fives. The finalists of the Spring Split qualified for the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational. [3]

LEC Roadtrip

On 7 March 2025, the LEC announced the creation of the "LEC Roadtrip," where regular season matches will be held outside of the Riot Games Arena in Berlin. For the 2025 Spring Split, Movistar KOI will host four matches from 26-27 April at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain; while Karmine Corp will also host four matches from 10-11 May at the Les Arènes in Paris, France. [8]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 Karmine Corp 981.889Playoffs Upper Bracket
2 Fnatic 972.778
3 Movistar KOI 963.667
4 G2 Esports 954.556
5 GIANTX 945.444Playoffs Lower Bracket
6Team Heretics945.444
7 Team Vitality 945.444
8Team BDS936.333
9 SK Gaming 927.222
10 Rogue 927.222
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2025. Source: LoL Esports

Tiebreaker

Due to the same game record of Team Heretics and Team Vitality, a tiebreaker best-of-one match was played on 14 May between the two teams to determine the sixth seed in the playoffs, which Team Heretics won.

Playoffs

Upper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
25 May
1Karmine Corp2
26 May
3Movistar KOI3
3Movistar KOI1
24 May
4G2 Esports3
2Fnatic1
4G2 Esports38 June
4G2 Esports1
Lower quarterfinalsLower semifinalsLower final3Movistar KOI3
31 May
7 June
2Fnatic3
2 June3Movistar KOI3
5GIANTX1
2Fnatic01Karmine Corp2
1 June
1Karmine Corp3
1Karmine Corp3
6Team Heretics1

Source: LoL Esports

Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Finals MVP Elyoya Movistar KOI
Season MVPUpset Fnatic
1st All-Pro Team
Canna Karmine Corp
Yike
Vladi
UpsetFnatic
Mikyx
2nd All-Pro Team
MyrwnMovistar KOI
RazorkFnatic
JojopyunMovistar KOI
CalisteKarmine Corp
AlvaroMovistar KOI
3rd All-Pro Team
Naak Nako Team Vitality
ElyoyaMovistar KOI
Caps G2 Esports
Hans Sama
TargamasKarmine Corp

Summer

Format

All ten (10) competing teams were divided into two groups of five teams. Each team in their respective groups play other teams once in a best-of-three series match. The top two (2) teams from each group will progress to the playoffs, and the lowest-ranked teams in each group will be eliminated. Third and fourth-ranked teams in each group will play cross matches in best-of-fives to determine the final two playoff berths. Similar to the Spring Split, the playoffs will be a Double-elimination tournament bracket, where the top (4) teams in the standings being seeded in the upper round and the winners of the crossplay deciding matches in the lower round. All matches will be played in best-of-fives, with the top three (3) teams in the playoffs securing qualification for the 2025 League of Legends World Championship. [3]

The end of the Summer Split would also take place in a roadshow. [9] On 27 April 2025, the LEC announced that the Summer Split Finals will be held at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from 26-28 September. [10]

Regular Season

Cross Play Decider

Playoffs

Upper Bracket Round 1Upper Bracket FinalFinal
8 September
A1Movistar KOI
15 September
B2Fnatic
7 September
B1G2 Esports
A2Karmine Corp28 September
Lower Bracket Round 2Lower Bracket Round 3Lower Bracket Final
27 September
26 September

Source: LoL Esports

References

  1. ↑ "LoL Esports: Building Towards A Brighter Future". lolesports.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Daniels, Tom (29 October 2024). "LEC unveils expanded 2025 format". Esports Insider. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "LEC 2025 Format Explainer" (video). youtube.com. League of Legends EMEA Championship. 29 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "MAD Lions KOI y Movistar KOI: así del nuevo club de Ibai Llanos, Fernando Piquer y Adam Adamou". marca.com (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (13 June 2024). "NAVI officially enters LEC as Rogue exits League of Legends". Esports Insider. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Ciocchetti, Cecilia (16 March 2025). "Fearless Draft is here to stay: "Overwhelmingly positive feedback," says Riot's global head of LoL Esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "2025 LEC Winter Split Primer". lolesports.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Introducing LEC Roadtrip!". lolesports.com. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Tuting, Kristine (30 October 2024). "More best-of-threes and Fearless Draft — LEC looks totally different in 2025". ONE Esports. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "LEC Summer Finals 2025 heads to Madrid". LoL Esports. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
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