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Information Appears Regarding T1 Surrounding Gen.G’s EWC 2025 Championship

As we know, one of the factors increasing the appeal and competition for the Esports World Cup since its official launch last year is the “forcing teams to break their representative keys upon defeat.” After a game determines the champion, this team will have the right to select 3 keys from the remaining teams to attach to the bottom of the trophy as an indelible achievement. In 2025, Gen.G chose T1, HLE, and AL after defeating AL in the finals and claiming the championship.

However, recently, according to Gen.G’s announcement, this team cannot attach T1’s key to the bottom of the trophy because the EWC organizer’s regulations do not allow the representative key of the champion team from the previous year to become a “decorative item” for the current champion team. Nevertheless, Gen.G also admitted that this information was communicated right after the key selection was finalized, and it is a general rule of the EWC.

Thus, it can be said that T1 is not being “backgrounded” as many fans of this team had feared. However, this also sparked some controversy suggesting that the EWC organizers might be slightly “biased” towards the team deemed to have the largest fame in the EWC. The organizers did not announce this information before the EWC 2025 took place. Moreover, when they could not attach T1’s key, G2 unexpectedly became the “replacement team,” which perhaps even they were unaware of.

But in reality, this may no longer affect Gen.G or T1

In the final days of the domestic league, for most of the League of Legends community, the information has become merely “fun reading” as all attention is focused on the 2025 World Championship. Moreover, attaching keys is simply a way to increase competition for the tournament, and it probably holds no greater significance. Therefore, nothing will affect Gen.G, T1, or even G2 anymore.