First Stand (2025) is the upcoming first event of First Stand – a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games at the conclusion of the first of three splits in the current competitive calendar of the game's professional esports scene.
Seoul was chosen to host the tournament's inaugural edition on 1 November 2024 during the media day for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
[1] The tournament will be the first international event to adapt the Fearless Draft format, where teams cannot pick a champion that they've already played in a series.
The top four teams then advance to the knockout stage, which is a single-elimination best of 5 bracket.
The winner of the Final is crowned First Stand champion and gives their region's two representatives automatic advancement or byes to the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational's Bracket Stage.