LTA 2025 Championship preview: Teams, schedule, predictions, and more

Luke Warr Published September 11, 2025

The North and South teams that performed best in the recent LTA split will now battle it out for a chance to qualify for the 2025 Worlds Championship through the LTA 2025 Championship event.

Despite the controversies the regional tournament faced this year, a few teams are still here after proving themselves in the 2025 LTA season. From FlyQuest to 100 Thieves, these teams that successfully showcased their skills have one final playoff standing between them and this year’s League of Legends World Championship. Our preview will bring you up to date on everything to do with the 2025 LTA Championship and its format, teams, schedule, and prize pool, as well as our best predictions for the tournament.

All competing LTA 2025 Championship teams

Six teams are competing in the 2025 LTA Championship. Those teams include:

• FlyQuest
• 100 Thieves
• Shopify Rebellion
• Keyd Stars
• RED Canids
• paiN Gaming

FlyQuest, Shopify Rebellion, and 100 Thieves are the favorites to win the inaugural LTA Championship. There’s a clear separation between the six sides present at this event, as North American teams are generally considered to be much stronger than their South American counterparts. It’s no surprise that the three LTA North teams are considered clear favorites ahead of their LTA South counterparts.

• FlyQuest in particular has stood out with its international performance this year, looking competitive versus the world’s top team, Gen.G, while also managing to cleanly defeat international contenders like G2 Esports.
• Shopify Rebellion and 100 Thieves are more surprising names, besting out favored NA opponents including Cloud9 and Team Liquid. But it’s no fluke that these two sides are represented here. Shopify Rebellion, in particular, has looked promising as the year has progressed.

Although RED Canids and paiN Gaming haven’t shown enough to suggest they’re likely to cause upsets, Vivo Keyd Stars may be different.

• Keyd Stars performed excellently in the last LTA South split and could be a potential dark horse of the 2025 LTA Championship, especially considering the team has already qualified for Worlds and can experiment more this time around, playing more freely.

It’s also worth noting that FlyQuest will go into its match with Keyd Stars with a major disadvantage because of Bwipo’s absence due to suspension, and FQ may underperform given the sudden and unexpected, albeit temporary, roster disruption.

LTA 2025 Championship format

• The LTA 2025 Championship will be played through a double-elimination playoff bracket
• Every match in the tournament will be a best-of-five series, which means the first team to win three games wins the match

FlyQuest and Keyd Stars have already qualified for Worlds. Because of this, these two teams will start in the upper bracket final, ensuring they both fall within the top three in the final standings. This means there’s realistically only one more spot left for Worlds 2025, and the other four teams will want to give it their all to qualify.

Vivo Keyd Stars (Facebook)

LTA 2025 Championship dates and schedule

The first match of the 2025 LTA Championship will start on September 13, 2025, at 4 PM EST / 10 PM CET.

One match will be played every Saturday and Sunday until the tournament concludes. The grand final of the 2025 LTA Championship will start on September 28, at 4 PM EST / 10 PM CET.

Lower bracket semifinal (September 14-15)

• 100 Thieves vs paiN Gaming
• RED Canids vs Shopify Rebellion

Upper bracket final (September 22)

• FlyQuest vs Vivo Keyd Stars

Lower Bracket semifinal (September 23)

• 100 Thieves vs RED Canids

Lower Bracket final (September 27)

• Keyd Stars (3.33) vs 100 Thieves (1.3)

League of Legends odds as of September 24, 2025, 3:31 am.

Grand final (September 28)

The winner of the upper bracket final will battle the winner of the lower bracket final in the grand final on September 28, concluding the event.

LTA 2025 Championship prize pool

Each team competing in the tournament will receive prize money based on their final standing, but only the top three will qualify for Worlds. As mentioned, by FlyQuest and Keyd Stars are already qualified by virtue of their being slotted in the upper bracket final, meaning there’s only one qualification spot remaining for the other four competing teams to fight over.

LTA 2025 Championship betting tips and predictions

While most are likely banking on the last LTA North split’s winner FlyQuest to win the LTA Championship, it may be smarter to bet on the team underperforming.

The upper bracket final will see FlyQuest take on Keyd Stars, and those looking for a potential high-value LoL betting pick may want to side with the South American team as the underdog to cause an upset with Bwipo missing for the LTA North champions.

There’s a real chance that 100 Thieves will be the other team to make it to the grand final, with its recent showings inspiring confidence that the team is riding high after the addition of veteran top laner Dhokla. A run all the way to the championship final wouldn’t be a surprise, and the odds for such a run are reasonable.