Bilibili Gaming, T1 stay alive at World Championship

Bilibili Gaming and T1 swept their Swiss Stage matches Friday to stay alive at the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship in Beijing.

Competing in best-of-three Round 4 Low Matches between 1-2 teams, Bilibili Gaming eliminated Keyd Stars and T1 sent 100 Thieves home from the competition.

Bilibili Gaming won in 30 minutes on blue and 44 minutes on red, while T1 posted 42- and 30-minute wins on red.

Teams need three wins to reach the Knockout Stage, while teams with three losses are eliminated.

Gen.G Esports, G2 Esports, Hanwha Life, KT Rolster and Anyone's Legend already have made the Knockout Stage, a single-elimination bracket starting Tuesday where all matches are best-of-five. The champion of the Nov. 9 grand final will earn $1 million, with $800,000 going to the runner-up.

The final three spots will be determined on Saturday in best-of-three Round 5 Matches between teams with 2-2 records:

--CTBC Flying Oyster vs. FlyQuest

--Top Esports vs. Bilibili Gaming

--KOI vs. T1

World Championships 2025 prize pool:

1. $1 million

2. $800,000

3-4. $400,000

5-8. $300,000

9-11. $175,000

12-14. $125,000 -- Secret Whales, Keyd Stars, 100 Thieves

15-16. $112,500 -- Fnatic, PSG Talon

17. $75,000 -- Invictus Gaming

--Field Level Media