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* If teams have same win–loss record at the end of play-in groups, [[tie-breaker]] matches are played. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.
* If teams have same win–loss record at the end of play-in groups, [[tie-breaker]] matches are played. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.
* The top team automatically qualifies for the Main Event, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receive a bye to match 2. The bottom team is eliminated.
* The top team automatically qualifies for the Main Event, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receive a bye to match 2. The bottom team is eliminated.
The play-in group draw was conducted by G2 Esports Jungle player Jankos (Marcin Jankowski) at 12 noon local time on September 22.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=LoL Worlds 2021 Group Draw Results |url=https://earlygame.com/lol/lol-worlds-2021-group-draw |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=EarlyGame |language=en}}</ref>

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* Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
* Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
* If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, tiebreaker matches are played for first or second place. If more than 2 teams, tiebreaker placement is based on the combined times of teams' victorious games.
* If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, tiebreaker matches are played for first or second place. If more than 2 teams, tiebreaker placement is based on the combined times of teams' victorious games.
* Top two teams will advance to Knockout Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.
* Top two teams will advance to Knockout Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.The group stage draw was conducted by G2 Esports Jungle player Jankos (Marcin Jankowski) on September 22.<ref name=":1" />


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Revision as of 02:59, 4 October 2022

League of Legends World Championship
2021
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location Iceland
DatesOctober 5–November 6
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
10 team single round-robin play-in stage
16 team double round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)Laugardalshöll (Reykjavík)
Teams22
Final positions
Champion Edward Gaming
(1st title)
Runner-up DWG KIA
3rd place Gen.G
T1
Tournament statistics
AttendancePeak viewership: 73,860,742[1]
MVP Lee "Scout" Ye-chan (Edward Gaming)
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the eleventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 5 October to 6 November in Reykjavík, Iceland.[2] Twenty two teams from 11 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia with ten of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage. Edward Gaming of the LPL (China) won the overall tournament after beating DWG KIA of the LCK (South Korea) 3–2 on 6 November 2021.

"Burn It All Down" was the tournament's theme song, put together by PVRIS, while Denzel Curry, CIFIKA, Besomorph, and Wang Yibo from Uniq, produced their own respective remix versions of "Burn It All Down".[3][4]

Impact of coronavirus on the tournament

The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, once again affected the scheduled multi-city hosting format that was most recently present for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. On June 16, Riot Games originally announced the dates and locations of the event, with the event taking place in Shanghai, Qingdao, Wuhan, Chengdu, and the finals taking place in Shenzhen.[5][6] However, due to travel complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Riot Games announced Reykjavík, Iceland (where the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational had been hosted), as the new host city for the event.[7]

Due to complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, two teams from the VCS (Vietnam) were once again unable to participate in the tournament.[8]

Like the 2020 event, the tournament did not feature a live audience as result of the pandemic.[9]

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) received an additional spot in the group stage, totaling up to four representatives each for their respective region. The qualification format for North America (LCS) changed to a one-season-per-year system, with the seeding decided by the cumulative scoreboard from the whole season and the results from their respective championship series.

Due to Vietnam (VCS) being unable to field teams for the event, the third seed from Europe (LEC) received direct entry into the group stage.[10]

Top 4 regions in 2021 Mid-Season Invitational (LPL, LCK, LEC, PCS) are seeded to pool 1 in the main event's group stage for the summer champion.

Region League Path Team ID Pool
Starting in the main event's group stage
China LPL Summer Champion China Edward Gaming EDG 1
Most Championship Points China FunPlus Phoenix FPX 2
Regional Finals Winner China Royal Never Give Up RNG 3
Europe LEC Summer Champion Europe MAD Lions MAD 1
Summer Runner-Up Europe Fnatic FNC 2
Summer 3rd Place Europe Rogue RGE 3
South Korea LCK Summer Champion South Korea DWG KIA DK 1
Most Championship Points South Korea Gen.G GEN 2
Regional Finals Winner South Korea T1 T1 3
North America LCS Summer Champion United States 100 Thieves 100 2
Summer Runner-Up United States Team Liquid TL 3
TW/HK/MO/SEA PCS Summer Champion Hong Kong PSG Talon PSG 1
Starting in the play-in stage
China LPL Regional Finals Runner-Up China LNG Esports LNG 1
South Korea LCK Regional Finals Runner-Up South Korea Hanwha Life Esports HLE
North America LCS Summer 3rd Place United States Cloud9 C9
TW/HK/MO/SEA PCS Summer Runner-Up Taiwan Beyond Gaming BYG
CIS LCL Summer Champion Russia Unicorns of Love UOL 2
Latin America LLA Costa Rica Infinity Esports INF
Turkey TCL Turkey Galatasaray Esports GS
Brazil CBLOL Brazil RED Canids RED
Japan LJL Japan DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Oceania LCO Australia PEACE PCE

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Teams Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
China (LPL)
China Edward Gaming China Flandre
(Li Xuanjun) 		China Jiejie
(Zhao Lijie) 		South Korea Scout
(Lee Ye-chan) 		South Korea Viper
(Park Do-hyeon) 		China Meiko
(Tian Ye) 		China Maokai
(Yang Jisong)
Taiwan JunJia
(Yu Chun-Chia)
China FunPlus Phoenix South Korea Nuguri
(Jang Ha-gwon) 		China Tian
(Gao Tianliang) 		South Korea Doinb
(Kim Tae-sang) 		China Lwx
(Lin Weixiang) 		China Crisp
(Liu Qingsong) 		Taiwan Steak
(Chou Lu-Hsi)
China xiaolaohu
(Ping Xiaohu)
China Royal Never Give Up China Xiaohu
(Li Yuanhao) 		China Wei
(Yan Yangwei) 		China Cryin
(Yuan Chengwei) 		China GALA
(Chen Wei) 		China Ming
(Shi Senming) 		Hong Kong Tabe
(Wong Pak Kan)
China Yuekai
(Zhang Yuekai) 		Taiwan Poppy
(Chang Po-Hao)
China LNG Esports China Ale
(Hu Jiale) 		South Korea Tarzan
(Lee Seung-yong) 		China icon
(Xie Tianyu) 		China Light
(Wang Guangyu) 		China Iwandy
(Liao Dingyang) 		China YiL
(Wang Liangyi)
South Korea Rather
(Shin Hyeong-seop)
Europe (LEC)
Europe MAD Lions Turkey Armut
(İrfan Berk Tükek) 		Spain Elyoya
(Javier Prades Batalla) 		Czech Republic Humanoid
(Marek Brázda) 		Czech Republic Carzzy
(Matyáš Orság) 		Germany Kaiser
(Norman Kaiser) 		United Kingdom Mac
(James MacCormack)
Europe Fnatic France Adam
(Adam Maanane) 		Belgium Bwipo
(Gabriël Rau) 		Belgium Nisqy
(Yasin Dinçer) 		Germany Bean
(Louis Schmitz) 		Bulgaria Hylissang
(Zdravets Galabov) 		Sweden YamatoCannon
(Jakob Mebdi)
Germany Upset
(Elias Lipp) 		United Kingdom Shaves
(Kevin Tolman)
Europe Rogue Romania Odoamne
(Andrei Pascu) 		Poland Inspired
(Kacper Słoma) 		Sweden Larssen
(Emil Larsson) 		France Hans sama
(Steven Liv) 		Poland Trymbi
(Adrian Trybus) 		United Kingdom fredy122
(Simon Payne)
Germany Blueknight
(Nico Jannet)
South Korea (LCK)
South Korea DWG KIA South Korea Khan
(Kim Dong-ha) 		South Korea Canyon
(Kim Geon-bu) 		South Korea ShowMaker
(Heo Su) 		South Korea Ghost
(Jang Yong-jun) 		South Korea BeryL
(Cho Geon-hee) 		South Korea kkOma
(Kim Jeong-gyun)
South Korea Rahel
(Cho Min-seong) 		South Korea PoohManDu
(Lee Jeong-hyeon)
South Korea Gen.G South Korea Rascal
(Kim Kwang-hee) 		South Korea Clid
(Kim Tae-min) 		South Korea Bdd
(Gwak Bo-seong) 		South Korea Ruler
(Park Jae-hyeok) 		South Korea Life
(Kim Jeong-min) 		South Korea oDin
(Ju Yeong-dal)
South Korea Burdol
(Noh Tae-yoon)
South Korea T1 South Korea Canna
(Kim Chang-dong) 		South Korea Oner
(Moon Hyeon-joon) 		South Korea Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok) 		South Korea Gumayusi
(Lee Min-hyeong) 		South Korea Keria
(Ryu Min-seok) 		South Korea Stardust
(Son Seok-hee)
South Korea Cuzz
(Moon Woo-chan) 		South Korea Teddy
(Park Jin-seong) 		South Korea Moment
(Kim Ji-hwan)
South Korea Hanwha Life Esports South Korea Morgan
(Park Gi-tae) 		South Korea Willer
(Kim Jeong-hyeon) 		South Korea Chovy
(Jeong Ji-hoon) 		South Korea Deft
(Kim Hyuk-kyu) 		South Korea Vsta
(Oh Hyo-seong) 		South Korea Kezman
(Son Dae-young)
North America (LCS)
United States 100 Thieves South Korea Ssumday
(Kim Chan-ho) 		Turkey Closer
(Can Çelik) 		Germany Abbedagge
(Felix Braun) 		Australia FBI
(Ian Victor Huang) 		South Korea huhi
(Choi Jae-hyun) 		South Korea Reapered
(Bok Han-gyu)
United States Kenvi
(Shane Kenneth)
United States Team Liquid United Kingdom Alphari
(Barney Morris) 		Denmark Santorin
(Lucas Larsen) 		Denmark Jensen
(Nicolaj Jensen) 		United States Tactical
(Edward Ra) 		South Korea CoreJJ
(Jo Yong-in) 		Denmark Kold
(Jonas Andersen)
United States Jenkins
(Thomas Tran)
United States Cloud9 Australia Fudge
(Ibrahim Allami) 		United States Blaber
(Robert Huang) 		Croatia Perkz
(Luka Perković) 		Denmark Zven
(Jesper Svenningsen) 		Canada Vulcan
(Philippe Laflamme) 		Spain Mithy
(Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez)
South Korea Reignover
(Kim Yeu-jin)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/SEA (PCS)
Hong Kong PSG Talon Taiwan Hanabi
(Su Chia-Hsiang) 		South Korea River
(Kim Dong-woo) 		Taiwan Maple
(Huang Yi-Tang) 		Hong Kong Unified
(Wong Chun Kit) 		Hong Kong Kaiwing
(Ling Kai Wing) 		South Korea Helper
(Kwon Yeong-jae)
Hong Kong Kartis
(Wong Ka Lok)
Taiwan Beyond Gaming Taiwan PK
(Hsieh Yu-Ting) 		Taiwan HuSha
(Huang Zi-Wei) 		Taiwan Maoan (suspended)
(Chien Mao-An) 		Taiwan Doggo
(Chiu Tzu-Chuan) 		Taiwan Kino
(Chu Wu Hsin-Jung) 		Taiwan Benny
(Lien Hsiu-Chi)
Taiwan Liang
(Wu Liang-Te) 		Taiwan PK
(Hsieh Yu-Ting) 		Taiwan Wulala
(Liu Sheng-Wei)
Brazil (CBLOL)
Brazil RED Canids Brazil Guigo
(Guilherme Ruiz) 		Brazil Aegis
(Gabriel Vinicius Saes) 		Brazil Grevthar
(Daniel Xavier) 		Brazil TitaN
(Alexandre Lima) 		Brazil Jojo
(Gabriel Dzelme) 		Brazil Coelho
(Coelho Rabaiolli)
Brazil Avenger
(Adriano Perassoli)
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL)
Russia Unicorns of Love Russia BOSS
(Vladislav Fomin) 		Russia AHaHaCiK
(Kirill Skvortsov) 		Russia Nomanz
(Lev Yakshin) 		Ukraine Argonavt
(Andrey Yakovlev) 		Russia SaNTaS
(Aleksandr Lifashin) 		Germany Sheepy
(Fabian Mallant)
Japan (LJL)
Japan DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Evi
(Shunsuke Murase) 		South Korea Steal
(Moon Geon-yeong) 		South Korea Aria
(Lee Ga-eul) 		Japan Yutapon
(Yuta Sugiura) 		South Korea Gaeng
(Yang Gwang-woo) 		South Korea Yang
(Yang Gwang-pyo)
Japan Ceros
(Kyohei Yoshida) 		Japan Kazu
(Kazuta Suzuki)
Latin America (LLA)
Costa Rica Infinity Esports Uruguay Buggax
(Mateo Zamora) 		Peru SolidSnake
(Diego Vallejo Trujillo) 		Chile cody
(Cristian Yampara) 		Argentina WhiteLotus
(Matías Musso) 		Argentina Ackerman
(Gabriel Aparicio) 		Brazil Von
(Gabriel Barbosa)
Oceania (LCO)
Australia PEACE Hungary Vizicsacsi
(Tamás Kiss)[11] 		Australia Babip
(Leo Romer) 		Australia Tally
(James Shute) 		Hong Kong Violet
(Vincent Wong) 		Australia Aladoric
(Ryan Richardson) 		China Coach Daniel
(Shiao Cheng)
Australia Lived
(Tristan Fulcher) 		Australia Halo
(James Giacoumakis)
Turkey (TCL)
Turkey Galatasaray Esports South Korea Crazy
(Kim Jae-hee) 		Turkey Mojito
(Berk Kocaman) 		Sweden Bolulu
(Onur Can Demirol) 		South Korea Alive
(Noh Jin-wook) 		Turkey Zergsting
(Onur Ünalan) 		South Korea Irean
(Heo Yeong-cheol)

Venue

Reykjavík was the city chosen to host the competition. All matches were played at Laugardalshöll without spectators.[2]

Reykjavík, Iceland
Laugardalshöll

Play-in stage

Play-in groups

  • Date and time: October 5–7, began at 11:00 UTC.
  • Ten teams are drawn into two groups, with five teams in each group.
  • Single round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have same win–loss record at the end of play-in groups, tie-breaker matches are played. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.
  • The top team automatically qualifies for the Main Event, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receive a bye to match 2. The bottom team is eliminated.

The play-in group draw was conducted by G2 Esports Jungle player Jankos (Marcin Jankowski) at 12 noon local time on September 22.[12]

Group A

# Team ~ LNG HLE PCE RED INF W L
1 LNG Esports LNG ~ W W W W 4 0
2 Hanwha Life Esports HLE L ~ W W W 3 1
3 PEACE PCE L L ~ W W 2 2
4 RED Canids RED L L L ~ W 1 3
5 Infinity Esports INF L L L L ~ 0 4
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Oct 5 1 HLE L W LNG
2 INF L W RED
3 LNG W L PCE
4 HLE W L INF
Oct 6 5 PCE L W HLE
6 RED L W LNG
7 INF L W PCE
8 RED L W HLE
Oct 7 9 LNG W L INF
10 PCE W L RED

Group B

# Team ~ DFM C9 GS BYG UOL W L TB
1 DetonatioN FocusMe DFM ~ L W W W 3 1 W
2 Cloud9 C9 W ~ W W L 3 1 L
3 Galatasaray Esports GS L L ~ W W 2 2
4 Beyond Gaming BYG L L L ~ W 1 3 W
5 Unicorns of Love UOL L W L L ~ 1 3 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Oct 5 1 UOL L W DFM
2 GS W L BYG
3 DFM L W C9
4 UOL L W GS
Oct 6 5 BYG L W C9
6 GS L W DFM
7 BYG W L UOL
8 C9 W L GS
Oct 7 9 DFM W L BYG
10 C9 L W UOL
TB-4th UOL L W BYG
TB-1st DFM W L C9

Play-in knockouts

  • Date and time: October 8–9
  • King of the hill format with two branch. The 3rd-place teams from the group stage facing 4th-place teams from the same group in match 1. Winner will play against with the 2nd-place team from other group in match 2.
  • Single-elimination. All matches are best-of-five.
  • The upper-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the lower-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
  • The winners of the match 2 in each branch advances to the main event group stage.

Branch A2-B3-B4

Match 1 Match 2
A2 Hanwha Life Esports 3
B3 Galatasaray Esports 2 B4 Beyond Gaming 0
B4 Beyond Gaming 3
Match 1
  • Date: October 8, 11:00 UTC
Seed Team ID Result
B3 Galatasaray Esports GS 2
B4 Beyond Gaming BYG 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 GS W L BYG
2 GS W L BYG
3 GS L W BYG
4 BYG W L GS
5 GS L W BYG
Match 2
  • Date: October 9, 11:00 UTC
Seed Team ID Result
A2 Hanwha Life Esports HLE 3
B4 Beyond Gaming BYG 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 BYG L W HLE
2 HLE W L BYG
3 HLE W L BYG
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Branch B2-A3-A4

Match 1 Match 2
B2 Cloud9 3
A3 PEACE 3 A3 PEACE 0
A4 RED Canids 2
Match 1
  • Date: October 8, 16:00 UTC
Seed Team ID Result
A3 PEACE PCE 3
A4 RED Canids RED 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 PCE L W RED
2 PCE W L RED
3 RED L W PCE
4 PCE L W RED
5 RED L W PCE
Match 2
  • Date: October 9, 16:00 UTC
Seed Team ID Result
B2 Cloud9 C9 3
A3 PEACE PCE 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 PCE L W C9
2 PCE L W C9
3 C9 W L PCE
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Group stage

  • Date and time: October 11–18, began at 11:00 UTC.
  • Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, tiebreaker matches are played for first or second place. If more than 2 teams, tiebreaker placement is based on the combined times of teams' victorious games.
  • Top two teams will advance to Knockout Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.The group stage draw was conducted by G2 Esports Jungle player Jankos (Marcin Jankowski) on September 22.[12]

Group A

# Team ~ DK C9 RGE FPX W L TB1 TB2
1 DWG KIA DK ~ 2–0 2–0 2–0 6 0
2 Cloud9 C9 0–2 ~ 1–1 1–1 2 4 W
3 Rogue RGE 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1 2 4 W L
4 FunPlus Phoenix FPX 0–2 1–1 1–1 ~ 2 4 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
11 Oct 1 DK W L FPX
2 RGE W L C9
12 Oct 3 RGE L W DK
4 C9 L W FPX
13 Oct 5 FPX W L RGE
6 DK W L C9
15 Oct 7 FPX L W DK
8 C9 W L RGE
9 FPX L W C9
10 DK W L RGE
11 RGE W L FPX
12 C9 L W DK
TB1 FPX L W RGE
TB2 C9 W L RGE

Cloud9, FunPlus Phoenix and Rogue were in a three-way-tie for second place at the end of the group stage. Because all three teams had a tied record (1–1) with the other two, placement in the subsequent tiebreaker matches was determined by the combined game time of each team's wins. Cloud9 was awarded a bye to the second tiebreaker match for having the shortest total game time.

Group B

# Team ~ T1 EDG 100 DFM W L
1 T1 T1 ~ 1–1 2–0 2–0 5 1
2 Edward Gaming EDG 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 2
3 100 Thieves 100 0–2 1–1 ~ 2–0 3 3
4 DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 0–2 0–2 0–2 ~ 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
11 Oct 1 T1 W L DFM
2 EDG W L 100
12 Oct 3 T1 L W EDG
4 DFM L W 100
13 Oct 5 EDG W L DFM
6 100 L W T1
16 Oct 7 DFM L W EDG
8 T1 W L 100
9 EDG L W T1
10 100 W L DFM
11 DFM L W T1
12 100 W L EDG

Group C

# Team ~ RNG HLE PSG FNC W L TB
1 Royal Never Give Up RNG ~ 1–1 2–0 1–1 4 2 W
2 Hanwha Life Esports HLE 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 2 L
3 PSG Talon PSG 0–2 1–1 ~ 2–0 3 3
4 Fnatic FNC 1–1 0–2 0–2 ~ 1 5
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
11 Oct 1 RNG W L PSG
2 HLE W L FNC
12 Oct 3 PSG W L HLE
4 FNC L W RNG
13 Oct 5 RNG W L HLE
6 PSG W L FNC
17 Oct 7 HLE W L PSG
8 RNG L W FNC
9 PSG L W RNG
10 FNC L W HLE
11 HLE W L RNG
12 FNC L W PSG
TB HLE L W RNG


Group D

# Team ~ GEN MAD TL LNG W L TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Gen.G GEN ~ 1–1 1–1 1–1 3 3 W W
2 MAD Lions MAD 1–1 ~ 1–1 1–1 3 3 W L
3 Team Liquid TL 1–1 1–1 ~ 1–1 3 3 L
3 LNG Esports LNG 1–1 1–1 1–1 ~ 3 3 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
11 Oct 1 LNG L W GEN
2 TL W L MAD
12 Oct 3 GEN L W MAD
4 TL L W LNG
13 Oct 5 MAD L W LNG
6 TL L W GEN
18 Oct 7 GEN W L MAD
8 LNG L W TL
9 GEN L W LNG
10 MAD W L TL
11 TL W L GEN
12 LNG L W MAD
TB1 GEN W L TL
TB2 MAD W L LNG
TB3 GEN W L MAD

All four teams in Group D were tied at the end of the group stage due to each team having a tied record (1–1) with the other three. The bracket of the subsequent tiebreaker matches was determined by the combined game time of each team's wins, with LNG Esports (shortest total time) facing MAD Lions (longest total time) and Team Liquid facing Gen.G in the first two matches. The losers were eliminated, while the winners qualified for the knockout stage and faced each other to decide the first and second place teams of the group.

Knockout stage

  • Date and time: 22 October–6 November, time for all matches 12:00 UTC.
  • Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
  • The first-place team chooses the side for the first games, loser of the previous game chooses the side for the next game.
  • Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1 Royal Never Give Up 2
B2 Edward Gaming 3
Edward Gaming 3
Gen.G 2
D1 Gen.G 3
A2 Cloud9 0
Edward Gaming 3
DWG KIA 2
B1 T1 3
C2 Hanwha Life Esports 0
T1 2
DWG KIA 3
A1 DWG KIA 3
D2 MAD Lions 0

Quarter-finals

  • The winner(s) will advance to the semi-finals.

Match 1

  • Date: 22 October
Seed Team ID Result
B1 T1 T1 3
C2 Hanwha Life Esports HLE 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 T1 W L HLE
2 HLE L W T1
3 HLE L W T1
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Match 2

  • Date: 23 October
Seed Team ID Result
C1 Royal Never Give Up RNG 2
B2 Edward Gaming EDG 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 EDG L W RNG
2 EDG W L RNG
3 RNG L W EDG
4 EDG L W RNG
5 EDG W L RNG

Match 3

  • Date: 24 October
Seed Team ID Result
A1 DWG KIA DK 3
D2 MAD Lions MAD 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 DK W L MAD
2 MAD L W DK
3 MAD L W DK
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Match 4

  • Date: 25 October
Seed Team ID Result
D1 Gen.G GEN 3
A2 Cloud9 C9 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 GEN W L C9
2 C9 L W GEN
3 C9 L W GEN
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Semi-finals

  • The winner(s) advanced to the Finals.

Match 1

  • Date: 30 October
Team ID Result
T1 T1 2
DWG KIA DK 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 DK W L T1
2 T1 W L DK
3 DK L W T1
4 DK W L T1
5 T1 L W DK

Match 2

  • Date: 31 October
Team ID Result
Edward Gaming EDG 3
Gen.G GEN 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 EDG W L GEN
2 GEN W L EDG
3 EDG L W GEN
4 EDG W L GEN
5 GEN L W EDG

Finals

  • Date: 6 November
  • The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2021 World Champions.
Team ID Result
Edward Gaming EDG 3
DWG KIA DK 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 DK L W EDG
2 DK W L EDG
3 EDG L W DK
4 EDG W L DK
5 DK L W EDG

Ranking

Team ranking

  • (*) Not include tie-break games.
Place Region Team PG PK1 PK2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)
1st LPL Edward Gaming – – – 4–2 3–2 3–2 3–2 22% $495,000
2nd LCK DWG KIA – – – 6–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 15% $337,500
3rd–4th LCK T1 – – – 5–1 3–0 2–3 8% $180,000
LCK Gen.G* – – – 3–3 3–0 2–3
5th–8th LPL Royal Never Give Up* – – – 4–2 2–3 4.5% $101,250
LCK Hanwha Life Esports* 3–1 – 3–0 4–2 0–3
LEC MAD Lions* – – – 3–3 0–3
LCS Cloud9* 3–1 – 3–0 2–4 0–3
9th–11th LCS 100 Thieves – – – 3–3 2.5% $62,500
PCS PSG Talon – – – 3–3
LEC Rogue* – – – 2–4
12th–13th LPL LNG Esports* 4–0 – – 3–3 2.375% $53,347.50
LCS Team Liquid* – – – 3–3
14th–16th LPL FunPlus Phoenix* – – – 2–4 2.25% $56,250
LEC Fnatic – – – 1–5
LJL DetonatioN FocusMe* 3–1 – – 0–6
17th–18th LCO PEACE 2–2 3–2 0–3 1.75% $43,750
PCS Beyond Gaming* 1–3 3–2 0–3
19th–20th TCL Galatasaray Esports 2–2 2–3 1.25% $28,125
CBLOL RED Canids 1–3 2–3
21st–22nd LCL Unicorns of Love* 1–3 1% $22,500
LLA Infinity Esports 0–4
Place Region Team PG PK1 PK2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)

Regional ranking

  • The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
  • Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
  • (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.
Place Region League Teams Play-in Stage Main Event
Groups
(4 games total) 		K.O Match 1
(Best-of-five) 		K.O Match 2
(Best-of-five)
Group stage
(6 games total) 		Quarterfinals
(Best-of-five) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-five) 		Finals
(Best-of-five)
1st
China 		LPL 3G+1P 1 team
4W-0L
(100%) 		4 teams*
13W-11L
(54.17%) 		2 teams
5W-5L
(50%) 		1 team
3W-2L
(60%) 		1 team
3W-2L
(60%)
2nd
South Korea 		LCK 3G+1P 1 team
3W-1L
(75%) 		1 team
3W-0L
(100%) 		4 teams*
18W-6L
(75%) 		4 teams
9W-3L
(75%) 		3 teams
7W-8L
(46.66%) 		1 team
2W-3L
(40%)
3rd
North America 		LCS 2G+1P 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%) 		1 team
3W-0L
(100%) 		3 teams*
8W-10L
(44.44%) 		1 team
0W-3L
(0%)
4th
Europe 		LEC 3G 3 teams*
6W-12L
(33.33%) 		1 team
0W-3L
(0%)
5th
TW/HK/MO/SEA 		PCS 1G+1P 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%) 		1 team
3W–2L
(60%) 		1 team
0W-3L
(0%) 		1 team
3W-3L
(50%)
6th
Japan 		LJL 1P 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%) 		1 team
0W-6L
(0%)
7th
Oceania 		LCO 1P 1 team
2W-2L
(50%) 		1 team
3W–2L
(60%) 		1 team
0W-3L
(0%)
8th
Turkey 		TCL 1P 1 team
2W-2L
(50%) 		1 team
2W-3L
(40%)
9th
Brazil 		CBLOL 1P 1 team
1W-3L
(25%) 		1 team
2W–3L
(40%)
10th
CIS 		LCL 1P 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%)
11th
Latin America 		LLA 1P 1 team
0W-4L
(0%)

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