{"id":3453,"date":"2025-07-25T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/league-of-legends-world-championship-returns-to-china-as-esports-sector-grows\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:18:37","slug":"league-of-legends-world-championship-returns-to-china-as-esports-sector-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/league-of-legends-world-championship-returns-to-china-as-esports-sector-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"League of Legends world championship returns to China as esports sector grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"14.410256410256\">The annual professional competition, also known as the Worlds, will kick off in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Beijing<\/span> from October 14 and then move to <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shanghai<\/span> for the quarter-final and semi-final rounds from October 28 to November 2, according to US video game developer and tournament organiser Riot Games, a subsidiary of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Tencent Holdings<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.3333333333333\">The 2025 Worlds final will take place on November 9 in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chengdu<\/span>, capital of southwestern Sichuan province.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This year&rsquo;s competition will see 17 teams vie for prize money and the Summoner&rsquo;s Cup, the trophy awarded to the Worlds final winner.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"11.182795698925\">Edward Gaming, a professional esports team based in Shanghai, was the last Chinese group to hoist the Summoner&rsquo;s Cup when they <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">won the 2021 Worlds<\/span> in Reykjavik, the capital of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Iceland<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-gy323d e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Holding the 2025 Worlds in China reflected the strides made on the mainland esports sector, which has become big business, as clubs financed by the country&rsquo;s young tycoons made an impact in the global arena.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Members of the Edward Gaming esports team from Shanghai hoist the Summoner&rsquo;s Cup after winning the 2021 League of Legends World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland. 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