Hanwha Life Esports improves to 2-0 at First Stand

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