League of Legends Championship Pacific 2025: Teams, schedule, and more

The stage is set for the first season of the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) in 2025. The LCP is a new top-tier regional League of Legends Esports competition in Asia-Pacific. It will be the sole pathway for regional teams to qualify for global events, bringing the best talent to the world stage.

This article offers a detailed overview of the LCP 2025 tournament set to take place on January 17, 2025.

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League of Legends Championship Pacific 2025: Everything you need to know

Below are all the details you need about the inaugural LCP 2025 event:

Teams

All League of Legends Championship Pacific 2025 (Image via Riot Games)

The eight teams participating in the first-ever League of Legends Championship Pacific 2025 tournament are:

• CTBC Flying Oyster (Partner)
• Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming (Partner)
• GAM Esports (Partner)
• Talon (Partner)
• DetonatioN FocusMe (Guest)
• MGN Vikings Esports (Guest)
• Team Secret Whales (Guest)
• The Chiefs Esports Club (Guest)

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Format

The Split will be divided into the Regular Season and Playoffs. Furthermore, the Regular Season will be divided into two phases.

Phase 1 will be the Group Stage. A team's performance from Mid Season will be used to determine seeding in the Season Finals, but the match record will be reset.

Based on seedings, teams will be divided into two groups - Contender (top 4) and Breakout (bottom 4). They will then play a Single Round-Robin Best-of-3 (BO3) to determine a first round of standings for the next phase of the Regular Season.

Phase 2 of the Regular Season will be the Group Seeding Bracket. A group reshuffle will take place. The fourth-placed team from the Contender Group and the first-placed team from the Breakout group will face off, while the third-placed team from Contender will face the second-placed team from Breakout in a single BO3 match.

Winning teams from this group breaker will join the Contender Group, while losing teams will join the Breakout Group.

Legends Championship Pacific 2025 format explained (Image via Riot Games)

Each team within each group will then compete in a Double-elimination format. All teams from the Contender Group will advance to the Season Finals Playoff, while only those with two wins from the Breakout Group will move forward.

In the Playoffs, the remaining six teams will go through a series of BO3 and BO5 matches in a double-elimination format. The top team standing will be crowned the first-ever LCP champion.

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League of Legends Championship Pacific 2025: Schedule and results

Week one schedule of LCP 2025 (Image via Riot Games)

As the first split of 2025, League of Legends Championship Pacific Season Kickoff will determine which teams qualify for First Stand, the new and first global event of the year. It will begin on January 17, 2025, and run until February 23, 2025. Below is the list of matchups for week one:

Note: we will update results and schedule as the tournament moves ahead

Week One

January 17, 2025

• CTBC Flying Oyster vs MGN Vikings Esports: 02:00 PST/05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST, 18:00 CCT
• Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming vs GAM Esports: 04:30 PST/07:30 EST, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST, 20:30 CCT

January 18, 2025

• DetonatioN FocusMe vs Team Secret Whales: 02:00 PST/05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST, 18:00 CCT
• The Chiefs Esports Club vs Talon: 04:30 PST/07:30 EST, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST, 20:30 CCT

January 19, 2025

• MGN Vikings Esports vs GAM Esports: 02:00 PST/05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST, 18:00 CCT
• Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming vs CTBC Flying Oyster: 04:30 PST/07:30 EST, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST, 20:30 CCT

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Where to watch

Fans can catch League of Legends Championship Pacific Season Kickoff action through local language broadcasts at the following links:

English

• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lolpacificen
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lolpacificen

Vietnamese

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lolesports_vn
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lolesports_vn

Traditional Chinese

• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lolesportstw
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lolesportstw

Japanese

• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/riotgamesjp
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/LoLeSportsJP