Riot Games revealed on June 18 that the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational will take place at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum from June 27 through July 12. As the second international League of Legends event of the year, MSI offers teams not only a mid-season performance benchmark but also an opportunity to secure extra berths for the year’s World Championship.

Ten teams—two each from Korea’s LCK, Europe’s LEC, China’s LPL, the Americas’ LLA, and the Asia-Pacific’s PCS—will compete. The LCK’s Gen.G and T1 enter at the bracket stage after Korea claimed the First Stand title. The remaining eight squads begin in the play-in round:

• LEC: Movistar Riders and G2 Esports
• LPL: Anyone’s Legend and Bilibili Gaming
• LLA: FlyQuest and FURIA Esports
• PCS: CTBC Flying Oyster and GAM Esports

Play-in matches run June 27–29, with the two survivors advancing to join the main bracket. Riot has assigned bracket tiers to balance competition: Gen.G and Movistar Riders lead tier one; CTBC Flying Oyster and Anyone’s Legend fill tier two; FlyQuest and T1 occupy tier three; and the play-in qualifiers slot into tier four. To prevent an all-Korean semifinal, Gen.G shares one side with FlyQuest, while Movistar Riders and T1 are placed opposite.

The MSI champion will earn a direct berth to the World Championship, and the top two regions in Vancouver will each gain an additional slot. This year’s official MSI skin is Soul Blossom Hwei, offered alongside border and chroma sets, with a share of proceeds distributed to participating teams. After the finals, a Winner’s Icon and emote will join the lineup.

For the first time at MSI, AWS is sponsoring a God of Predictions feature, rewarding fans for forecasting match outcomes with emotes, capsules and, for top predictors, the Soul Blossom Hwei skin and all MSI releases. Separate viewer drops tied to in-stream highlights will introduce exclusive emotes during the finals. New partners Coinbase and Secretlab will offer Hextech chest giveaways, World Championship ticket raffles, and special chair discounts. MSI marks the midpoint in Riot’s expanded global calendar, bridging First Stand in March and the World Championship this autumn.