The 2025 League of Legends Asia Invitational (ASI) will run from October 6 to 12.  Co-hosted by Huya, Douyu, and Bilibili, this inaugural tournament brings together top teams that fell short of qualifying for Worlds (the League of Legends World Championship) for a fresh round of international competition. 

All matches will be played online, with eight teams competing. Invitations go to high-ranking teams from each league—LCK, LPL, and LCP—that did not clinch a Worlds berth. The distribution is two teams from the LCP and three each from the LPL and LCK. From the 6th to the 9th, the Group Stage features three best-of-three series per day; from the 10th to the 12th, the Knockout Stage is held, with only the final played as a best-of-five. In addition, all matches will use Fearless Draft, the same drafting ruleset applied in this year’s regular season. 

The total prize pool for ASI is CNY 1,500,000 (approximately KRW 290 million). The champion takes CNY 600,000 (about KRW 120 million); the runner-up CNY 400,000 (about KRW 78 million); third place CNY 200,000 (about KRW 39 million); fourth place CNY 150,000 (about KRW 29 million); and fifth through eighth each receive CNY 37,500 (about KRW 7 million).

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.