MSI in 2026 and LOL World Cup in 2027 will be held in Korea, and will be held again after four years, respectively
Jan 09, 2025
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Unlike previous years, Riot Games has revealed the venue for the international competition in advance by 2027. According to the report, MSI and LOL World Cups will be held on a yearly basis in Korea following the First Stand Tournament, an international competition to be established this year. In Korea, the 2023 LOL World Cup was held following the 2022 MSI. International competitions are held alternately in four countries or regions where e-sports are hot, popular, and capable of hosting them, including Korea, China, Europe, and the Americas.
Next year's First Stand will be held in Brazil and the LOL World Cup will be held in North America. In 2027, the first stand will be held in Southeast Asia and the MSI will be held in Europe.
First of all, the first stand tournament at LCK Arena in Jongno-gu, Seoul, will be attended by the top-ranked teams in split 1 performance in each region from March 10-16. As a representative of LCK, the winning team of the LCK Cup, which will be held from the 15th, will participate.
The first stand, which will be held in a peerless draft, is expected to provide fans with new attractions. The region of the winning team on the first stand will secure an additional direct ticket to the 2025 MSI Tournament Stage.
The first stand consists of two stages. It is the best-of-three round robin stage', which will host the best-of-three single-round match in a round robin manner, and the best-of-five tournament stage', in which the top four teams are seeded and advanced. There is no draw process and it takes place in a concise and intuitive form where all teams start at the round robin stage.
In the round robin stage, each team will play a best-of-three single-round match against all the other teams. The first set of camp selection for each match will be pre-determined at random, with all teams receiving camp selection benefits in two matches and not in the other two. When the stage is finished, the fifth-place team will be eliminated and the top four teams will advance to the tournament stage.
The top four teams in the round robin stage will be in fourth place depending on their performance, and the second place will be in third place and the best-of-five single elimination. The winning team advances to the final and determines the first stand champion in the final.
Meanwhile, this year's MSI will be held in Vancouver, Canada from June 27 to July 12. It is the first time in eight years that a LoL e-sports live event has been held in Canada since 2017.
Two teams from each of the five regions will compete for the MSI championship, and the two regions with the best performance will be given the right to play in the World Championship. This year's MSI will be held under slightly different conditions than before, and the details will be revealed later, while all matches in the tournament will be held in the best-of-five series.
In addition, this year's LOL World Cup will be held in China. The play-in stage and the Swiss stage will be held in Beijing, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be held in Shanghai, and the final final will be held in Chengdu. The World Championship features 17 teams. Three slots will be allocated for each region, and one more slot will be allocated to the region of the team that finished second at the 2025 MSI and one more slot to the region that produced the 2025 MSI champion.
Fans who watch regular games in each regional top flight and major international tournaments such as First Stand, MSI, and World Championship live can get a random drop. Drops are definitively provided when situations such as pentakil or baron steele occur in the first division or tournament. In addition, LoL esports capsules containing limited emotional expressions, icons, and captives can be found throughout the year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
