Gen.G will face G2 Esports while Anyone's Legend will face T1 at the semifinals.

The competition at the 2025 Esports World Cup for League of Legends (LoL) is heating up as the Quarterfinals have just concluded. After eight teams went head-to-head in a best-of-three, only four teams remain:  Gen.G, T1, Anyone's Legend, and G2 Esports.

G2 were the only team who qualified into the Playoffs by surviving the Group Stage. G2 easily took down FURIA Esportsand FlyQuest in Group A to be the first team to qualify out of Group A. Meanwhile, Gen.G, T1, and Anyone’s Legend all came as direct invites into the Playoffs. 

Here’s how the matches at the Quarterfinals went:

Gen.G swept FlyQuest 2-0

Gen.G easily swept FlyQuest 2-0 at the quarterfinals.

The back-to-back MSI champions were dominant in their first game at EWC, easily dominating the the laning phase of the first game. Despite Gen.G, mounting an early gold and kill lead, FlyQuest wouldn’t give up and found ways to catch Gen.G in team fights until the late game and catch up with their opponents. However, it was a crucial fight at the Baron pit that sealed the deal, with Gen.G destroyed FlyQuest and taking the Baron buff for themselves. After a 31-minute encounter, Gen.G destroyed the FlyQuest Nexus to win the first game. 

In the second game, both teams kept up to pace with each other once again until the late game, where Gen.G were able to find a way to finally gain a gold gap after chasing the North American team in the river. As their gold lead finally started to scale, Gen.G took control of the entire map and cut off any opportunities for comeback for FlyQuest. And after a 30-minute brawl, Gen.G took down FlyQuest’s Nexus to win the second game and the series.

G2 Esports outplay Bilibili Gaming 2-1

G2 were able to defeat BLG in a close series 2-1.

In the first game, both teams were able to trade kills and map objectives evenly, leaving only at least a thousand gold lead on either side. However, Bilibili Gamingwere able to steal the Baron and  pick of G2 in a chase down the mid lane. Once again they found G2 in the mid lane in a second team fight, gaining a six thousand gold lead in the process and allowing them to take the Baron. And after a 36-minute encounter, BLG took down BLG’s Nexus to win the first game.

G2 fought back in the second game, completely dominating the map and finding picks agains BLG until the mid game. BLG, however are a team that doesn’t easily back down, and found a few wins in skirmishes. In the fight for the Baron, G2 were more careful and made sure BLG were unable to turn the tides in their favour. With the Baron buff on their backs, G2 destroyed BLG’s base in 32 minutes.

The third game was similar, with BLG keeping G2’s gold gap to a minimum with wins of their own across the map.  After a few wins in the mid lane, G2  ran away with a sizeable gold lead, eventually end the game after destroying BLG’s Nexus to win the third game, and the series, 2-1.

Anyone’s Legend defeat Hanwha Life Esports 2-1

Anyone's Legend survive the matchup against Hanwha Life Esports 2-1.

In the first game, AL and Hanwha Life Esportswere even until a fight at the Dragon pit erupted and went in AL’s favour. AL continued to pick off HLE on every turn, and in all teams fights. In just 25 minutes, AL were able to destroy HLE’s base to win the first game with a 13,000 gold lead and a 24-7 kill lead.

HLE bounced back in the second game, keeping up with AL by going for map objectives and smaller wins, even stealing the Dragon from AL, and then the Baron Nashor. With lane priority, HLE comfortably went back to claim another Dragona and take down AL’s turrets. A final fight at the Dragon pit swung in HLE’s favour, allowing them to take down AL and march down the enemy’s base to destroy the Nexus in a 38-minute battle, to win the second game.

With both teams at matchpoint, the third game was quick, but teams traded blows equally. However, just one team fight catapulted AL to an advantage after overpowering HLE in the bottom lane. And after 29-minutes, AL destroyed HLE’s base to win the third game and the series 2-1.

T1 crush Movistar KOI 2-1

T1 remained dominant at the quarterfinals.

T1 were dominant in the first game, bullying Movistar KOIthroughout the match and gaining complete control of the map. MKOI fought back but it only resulted in more casualties, allowing T1 to grow a 12,000 gold lead. And after a 28-minute siege, T1 destroyed MKOI’s Nexus to win the first game.

It felt like MKOI woke up in the second game, and were able to fight back and gain a small gold lead with more coordinated team fights this time around, and punishing T1’s aggression. It looked T1 were about to take their bottom lane, but MKOI were able to defend, and turn the tides in a skirmish the mid lane. And after 29-minutes, MKOI destroyed T1’s Nexus to win the second game.

In game three, T1 went extra aggressive in the laning phase, and purposedly found picks where they could to gain a slight gold advantage. But MKOI held on, never allowing the South Korean powerhouse to run away with a huge gold lead. But T1’s team fighting this time proved to be much better, as they started bullying MKOI from objectives in the late game.  And in just 27 minutes, T1 won the third game and the series 2-1.

With their win, Gen.G, G2, AL, and T1 move forward to the semifinals, where Gen.G will take on G2 and T1 will face off with AL. 

Meanwhile, FlyQuest, BLG, HLE and MKOI bow out of the competition in 5th to 8th place, taking home US$110,000 in consolation.