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First Stand 2025
Series First Stand
Location Seoul, South Korea
Dates Mar 10–16
Finals MVP Zeka
Prize Pool $1,000,000
Winner 
Hanwha Life Esports
Hanwha Life Esports First Stand 2025 — Overview and Format
First Stand 2025
The inaugural First Stand brought the five opening regional champions to LoL PARK in Seoul,
South Korea, from 10–16 March. Hanwha Life Esports beat 
Karmine Corp 3–1 in the final.
ChampionHanwha Life Esports
Hanwha Life EsportsRunner-upKarmine Corp
Karmine CorpMVPKim “Zeka” Geon-woo
Prize pool$1,000,000 USD
- Round robin, 10–14 March: five teams played one best-of-three against every other team; fifth place was eliminated.
- Knockout, 15–16 March: first played fourth and second played third in a single-elimination best-of-five bracket.
- Hard Fearless Draft: champions selected earlier in a series were unavailable to both teams for the rest of that series.
First Stand 2025 — Participants
- Hanwha Life Esports LCK
Hanwha Life Esports LCK
- TOP
- Zeus
- JNG
- Peanut
- MID
- Zeka (Kim Geon-woo)
- BOT
- Viper (Park Do-hyeon)
- SUP
- Delight
- COACH
- DanDy
- COACH
- Mowgli
- Top Esports LPL
Top Esports LPL
- TOP
- 369
- JNG
- Kanavi
- MID
- Creme
- BOT
- JackeyLove
- SUP
- Crisp
- COACH
- Homme
- COACH
- Ggoong
- COACH
- Ben
- Karmine Corp LEC
Karmine Corp LEC
- TOP
- Canna
- JNG
- Yike
- MID
- Vladi
- BOT
- Caliste
- SUP
- Targamas
- COACH
- Reha
- COACH
- Apples
- COACH
- Wadi
- Team Liquid Honda LTA
Team Liquid Honda LTA
- TOP
- Impact
- JNG
- UmTi
- MID
- APA (Eain Stearns)
- BOT
- Yeon (Sean Sung)
- SUP
- CoreJJ
- COACH
- Spawn (Jake Tiberi)
- COACH
- Swiffer
- COACH
- Reignover
- CTBC Flying Oyster LCP
CTBC Flying Oyster LCP
- TOP
- Rest / Driver
- JNG
- JunJia
- MID
- HongQ
- BOT
- Doggo
- SUP
- Kaiwing
- COACH
- Chawy
- COACH
- Wulala
First Stand 2025 — Round Robin
Results
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10 |  Team Liquid Honda | 2–1 | Karmine Corp |
| Mar 10 | Hanwha Life Esports | 2–0 |  Top Esports |
| Mar 11 |  CTBC Flying Oyster | 2–0 | Karmine Corp |
| Mar 11 | Team Liquid Honda | 0–2 | Top Esports |
| Mar 12 | CTBC Flying Oyster | 0–2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
| Mar 12 | Karmine Corp | 2–0 | Top Esports |
| Mar 13 | Team Liquid Honda | 0–2 | CTBC Flying Oyster |
| Mar 13 | Karmine Corp | 1–2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
| Mar 14 | CTBC Flying Oyster | 2–0 | Top Esports |
| Mar 14 | Team Liquid Honda | 1–2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
Standings
| Place | Team | Series | Games | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanwha Life Esports | 4–0 | 8–2 | Advanced |
| 2 | CTBC Flying Oyster | 3–1 | 6–2 | Advanced |
| 3 | Karmine Corp | 1–3 | 4–6 | Advanced |
| 4 | Top Esports | 1–3 | 2–6 | Advanced |
| 5 | Team Liquid Honda | 1–3 | 3–7 | Eliminated |
Karmine Corp took third on game differential; Top Esports took fourth over Team Liquid Honda on head-to-head.
First Stand 2025 — Knockout and Placements
Semifinals
Hanwha Life Esports 3
Top Esports 0
CTBC Flying Oyster 2
Karmine Corp 3
Final
Hanwha Life Esports 3
Karmine Corp 1
| Place | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $300,000 | Hanwha Life Esports |
| 2nd | $225,000 | Karmine Corp |
| 3rd–4th | $172,500 | CTBC Flying Oyster |
| 3rd–4th | $172,500 | Top Esports |
| 5th | $130,000 | Team Liquid Honda |
LoL PARK (LCK Arena)
Seoul, South Korea
33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu · Capacity 450
Seoul, South Korea
33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu · Capacity 450
Final MVP / Player of the Series
Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo
Mid ·Hanwha Life Esports
Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo
Mid ·
Hanwha Life EsportsSources
- Riot Games — First Stand 2025 Primer (official dates, venue, participants and format)
- Leaguepedia — 2025 First Stand (rosters, results, standings, placements and award)