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Controller current.svg First Stand (2025)
Game League of Legends
FoundedMarch 10, 2025;45 days' time (March 10, 2025)
Administrator Riot Games
No. of teams5 teams (2025)
Venue(s)Rotating locations (inaugural location: Seoul)
QualificationRegional leagues (list)
Related
competitions		 Mid-Season Invitational, World Championship
Official website lolesports.com

First Stand is an annual League of Legends international tournament hosted by Riot Games at the conclusion of the first of three splits of the game's professional esports scene. It is the third international tournament under the new split structure and competitive calendar by Riot Games since 2025. [1] [2]

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History

2025

On 11 June 2024, Riot Games announced the creation of a new split structure and competitive calendar for the League of Legends esports scene, including a three-split calendar similar to that of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) to be applied to all major regions and the creation of a new international tournament to conclude the first split. [1] During the media day for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom on 1 November 2024, Riot Games announced that the new international tournament would be named "First Stand," with the inaugural edition set to take place from 10 to 16 March 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. [3]

2026

In a development update video published by Riot Games to begin the 2025 competitive season, Riot Games announced that First Stand 2026 would take place in Brazil. It will be the first international League of Legends competition to be hosted in Latin America. [4]

2027

The same video that announced the hosts of the 2026 edition of the tournament also confirmed that First Stand in 2027 will be hosted in Southeast Asia, which will be the first time an international League of Legends tournament will be hosted in the region since Vietnam's hosting of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. [4]

Format and Qualification

The tournament features five qualified teams, particularly the winners of the first competitive split from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), and the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP). Each of the five teams will face each other in a best-of series.

The following is a breakdown of the qualified teams per region:

In each series played in the tournament, the "Fearless Draft" format is implemented. Fearless Draft pertains to a draft format in League of Legends popularized by China's LoL Development League where teams cannot pick a champion that they've already played in a series. For instance, when one team picks a champion in any stage of the series, they and their opponents may not pick said champion for the succeeding games. Hence, for every game of a best-of series, there will be ten additional bans, narrowing teams' champion pools. [5]

Results

Year-by-year

YearLocationFinalNo.
ChampionScoreRunner-up
2025 Seoul 5
2026 TBA, Brazil5
2027 TBA, Southeast Asia5

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  2. ↑ "Looking Ahead: LoL Esports 2025". lolesports.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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