MSI 2025’s bracket stage is ongoing, and its third day will see T1 play CFO. With T1 coming out of an inconsistent LCK split and CFO having an impressive LCP split, it’s likely to be a close match despite the gap in odds.
| Match | T1 vs CTBC Flying Oyster – MSI 2025 |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | July 3, 2025, at 8 pm ET |
| Top pick | T1 to win, over 3.5 maps |
| Betting favorite | T1 |
Every team in the ongoing MSI 2025 event has worked hard to make it to the tournament. While some breezed through the other teams in their regions, others had to struggle to barely make the cut. CFO and T1 stand on opposite sides of that spectrum, and they’ll now meet on the big stage to see which team progresses and which one goes down to the lower bracket.
Betting tip: While T1 is the favorite to win thanks to the team’s many achievements and proven individual talent, CFO has real upset potential thanks to its consistency, and the odds being overwhelmingly stacked against CFO could lead to a great return.
T1 has some of the strongest individual players in pro LoL, including Faker, Oner, Gumayusi, and Keria. All four players have performed extraordinarily well in th epast, and the team owes much of its success to the mid-jungle and ADC-support synergies. However, the team has stumbled quite a bit recently. Its match against HLE in the Road to MSI event saw every player step up and dominate their mirrored opposition, but that performance isn’t the norm for T1 these days.
Faker and Oner stand as the two players who have consistently performed best. Doran may have dominated his lane against Zeus in the HLE match, which was an amazing feat, but the many times he has thrown a game this year still can’t be ignored. The good news for T1 is that Gumayusi’s performance has seen major improvement recently, and winning the bot lane will significantly help T1’s chances of coming out on top here.
CFO’s last big tournament was First Stand 2025, where it performed well in the Round Robin stage, beating out teams including Top Esports and Karmine Corp. CFO’s bot lane is extremely strong and consistent, with the two players showing up in every match. This isn’t to say they’re alone in this, as HongQ is also strong in the mid lane and has a way of shutting down his lane opponent, eliminating a prime win condition for opposition in doing so.
Despite CFO still being a relatively unknown team that doesn’t have as much international experience as some other sides at MSI, it has the fundamentals down. A good example is its LCP match against GAM, where CFO’s macro plays won them the match in landslide fashion. Having the same level-headedness and sticking to the strategy will give the team a good chance to win against the recently shaky T1.
| T1 | CTBC Flying Oyster |
|---|---|
| Doran – Top | Rest – Top |
| Oner – Jungle | JunJia – Jungle |
| Faker – Mid | HongQ – Mid |
| Gumayusi – ADC | Doggo – ADC |
| Keria – Support | Kaiwing – Support |
| Metric | T1 | CFO | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map winrate | 63% | 81.8% | CFO |
| First blood | 51% | 62.1% | CFO |
| First Tower | 53.1% | 79.3% | CFO |
CTBC Flying Oyster and T1 haven’t ever faced off, so this will be the first time the two teams meet on the big stage.
T1 has had a shaky couple of matches of late, though it’s coming off an extremely impressive sweep over Hanwha Life Esports.
CFO’s recent match history has been close to flawless, with the team not having lost a single match since the First Stand tournament ended despite close calls with GAM.
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| T1 to win | 1.09 |
| CFO to win | 6.64 |
| Total maps over 3.5 | 1.67 |
Lines pulled from GG.BET at 8:34 am ET on July 2, 2025.
Despite the individual talent T1’s players hold, the team has been shaky at best in 2025. With some of the most dominating matches and worst throws both becoming commonplace for T1, the team may fold against the more consistent CFO. The LCP representative has shown great resilience, including coming back from a 0-2 score against TALON in the run-up to MSI, and it wouldn’t be farfetched to assume CFO may actually be the favorite here despite its lower odds. CFO is a lesser-known team, but that doesn’t mean it can’t come out on top.
Our T1 vs CFO prediction: CFO as the match winner 3-2.
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