T1 defeat Invictus Gaming to qualify for the Swiss Stage at League of Legends Worlds 2025

T1 have lastly punched their ticket to the Swiss Stage, whereas Invictus Gaming bow out early from the competitors.

The League of Legends (LoL) World Championship 2025 has kicked off in Beijing with a uncommon high-stakes conflict between two storied groups.

Featuring seven World Championships and three Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) champions between the 2 rosters, LoL Champions Korea (LCK) fourth seed and LoL’s most adorned staff, T1, confronted off towards LoL Pro League (LPL) fourth seed, Invictus Gaming (IG), in a best-of-five collection with qualification to the Swiss Stage on the road. In the top, it was T1 who survived, after defeating IG 3-1.

Here’s how T1 defeated Invictus Gaming

In the primary sport, each T1 and IG have been on equal footing from the laning part till the midgame. However, T1 have been capable of cleverly maneuvre their solution to slowly constructing a lead and stealing aims from IG. 

Eventually, the South Korean powerhouse got here out on prime, permitting them to overpower IG and destroy the Nexus after a 34- minute encounter and a 15-9 kill lead.

In the second sport, IG fought again, incomes a cushty lead via the midgame via aggressive performs and scrappy staff fights. IG have been capable of snowball their lead and dominate the map, giving T1 no room for a comeback. 

After a 37-minute encounter and a 14,000 gold lead, IG destroyed T1’s Nexus to win the second sport.

In the third sport, T1 reset and seized management early, relentlessly pressuring IG throughout the map. Yet, IG refused to fold, clawing again with clutch goal steals to stall the gold hole and capitalising on Chen “GALA” Wei‘s Smolder for key kills.

Despite IG’s resilience, T1 stayed composed and methodical, shutting down each try at a comeback, with Lee “Gumayusi” Min-hyeong raking in loads of kills of the staff. After a gruelling 35-minute showdown that ended 27–11 in kills, T1 smashed IG’s Nexus to assert Game 3 and transfer to match level.

The fourth sport opened on even footing, with IG edging out an early gold lead, with nice performs from Kang “TheShy” Seung-Iok. But as soon as the fights broke out, T1 shortly turned the tides—dominating each skirmish and staff battle, with Moon “Oner” Hyeon-joon arising clutch again and again whereas someway staying alive via the chaos.

From there, the South Korean giants took full management of the Rift, constructing an insurmountable gold lead and crushing IG’s hopes of a comeback. After a livid 27-minute brawl that ended 27–13 in kills, T1 shattered IG’s Nexus to shut out the fourth sport and safe the collection victory.

With their win T1 transfer on to the Swiss Stage the place they may be a part of fifteen different groups in a quest to lift the Summoner’s Cup. Meanwhile, Invictus Gaming bow out of the competitors in seventeenth place, taking residence US$75,000 in comfort.