Overview
- T1 prevailed 3–2 in a best-of-five that went the distance, with the series lasting nearly five hours.
- The win completes consecutive titles in 2023, 2024, and 2025 and lifts T1's all-time Worlds total to six.
- Nearly 40,000 fans packed the arena in Chengdu for the finale, adding to the event's electric atmosphere.
- The showdown revived the long-running South Korean "telecom rivalry" between the two organizations.
- Chinese teams had already been eliminated by South Korean sides earlier in the tournament.