T1 defeated Invictus Gaming 3-1 in a play-in match Tuesday to clinch a spot within the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship.
Taking part in in Beijing, T1 punched their ticket to the Swiss Stage of the 16-team event that can crown a $1 million champion on Nov. 9.
T1 opened with a 34-minute win on purple earlier than Invictus Gaming evened the match with a 38-minute victory on blue. T1 took the best-of-five match with a 35-minute win on blue and a 27-minute triumph on purple.
South Korean jungler Mun “Oner” Hyeon-jun delivered an MVP efficiency for T1, ending with a 21/12/44 ratio of kills, deaths and assists.
Invictus Gaming earned $75,000 in comfort because the occasion’s Seventeenth-place finisher.
The Swiss Stage begins Wednesday with a five-round format. Groups want three wins to succeed in the Knockout Stage, whereas groups with three losses will likely be eradicated. All matches are best-of-one aside from elimination and development matches, that are best-of-three.
Eight groups will make the Knockout Stage, a single-elimination bracket beginning Oct. 28 the place all matches are best-of-five.
Wednesday’s Spherical 1 schedule:
Keyd Stars vs. Secret Whales
CTBC Flying Oyster vs. Fnatic
KT Rolster vs. KOI
Bilibili Gaming vs. 100 Thieves
Flyquest vs. T1
Hanwha Life vs. Anybody’s Legend
G2 Esports vs. Prime Esports
Gen.G Esports vs. PSG Talon
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