Hanwha Life Esports improved to 2-0 on Wednesday with a sweep of CTBC Flying Oyster in the round-robin stage of the 2025 First Stand Tournament in Seoul, South Korea.
Five teams are competing this week in Riot Games’ $1 million League of Legends event, with the winner of Sunday’s grand final taking home $300,000. Following the single round-robin stage (best-of-three matches), the top four teams will move to the knockout stage (best of five).
South Korea’s Woo-je “Zeus” Choi was named the MVP after helping HLE defeat CTBC Flying Oyster in 24 minutes on blue and 28 minutes on red.
Also Wednesday, Karmine Corp posted a 2-0 sweep against Top Esports. Martin “Yike” Sundelin of Sweden and Peru was named MVP for KC after a pair of 32- and 31-minute victories on red.
Thursday’s schedule:
–Team Liquid vs. CTBC Flying Oyster
–Karmine Corp vs. Hanwha Life Esports
Round-robin stage standings (with overall record and map record):
1. Hanwha Life Esports, 2-0, 4-0
2. CTBC Flying Oyster, 1-1, 2-2
3. Team Liquid, 1-1, 2-3
4. Karmine Corp, 1-2, 3-4
5. Top Esports, 1-2, 2-4
2025 First Stand prize pool:
1. TBD, $300,000
2. TBD, $225,000
3-4. TBD, TBD, $172,500
5. TBD, $130,000
–Field Level Media
