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The ''League of Legends'' World Championships has gained tremendous success and popularity, making it among the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments (surpassing even worldwide sports events), as well as the most watched video game in the world. Its success has led global eSports scenes to become prominent and widely seen as a potential Olympics event, already being included as a medal event in [[2022 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Alex|title=More People Watched ''League of Legends'' Than The NBA Finals|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/06/more-people-watched-league-of-legends-than-the-nba-finals/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Top Games by Esports and Total Viewing Hours on Twitch|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/new-twitch-rankings-top-games-esports-total-viewing-hours/|work=Newzoo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gaming numbers top NBA Finals, World Series|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-leagueoflegends-141201/league-legends-championships-watched-more-people-nba-finals-world-series-clinchers|work=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Here's why '''League of Legends''' video game rules eSports|url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/29/league-of-legends-video-game-championship/|work=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Joon Ian|title=Competitive video gaming is going to the 2022 Asian Games, but it’s been a medal sport for a decade|url=https://qz.com/963274/esports-are-going-to-the-2022-asian-games-baba-but-its-already-been-a-medal-sport-in-asia-for-a-decade/|work=Quartz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Maddy|title=Esports Will Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games|url=http://compete.kotaku.com/esports-will-become-a-medal-event-at-the-2022-asian-gam-1794431163|work=Compete}}</ref>
The ''League of Legends'' World Championships has gained tremendous success and popularity, making it among the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments (surpassing even worldwide sports events), as well as the most watched video game in the world. Its success has led global eSports scenes to become prominent and widely seen as a potential Olympics event, already being included as a medal event in [[2022 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Alex|title=More People Watched ''League of Legends'' Than The NBA Finals|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/06/more-people-watched-league-of-legends-than-the-nba-finals/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Top Games by Esports and Total Viewing Hours on Twitch|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/new-twitch-rankings-top-games-esports-total-viewing-hours/|work=Newzoo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gaming numbers top NBA Finals, World Series|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-leagueoflegends-141201/league-legends-championships-watched-more-people-nba-finals-world-series-clinchers|work=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Here's why '''League of Legends''' video game rules eSports|url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/29/league-of-legends-video-game-championship/|work=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Joon Ian|title=Competitive video gaming is going to the 2022 Asian Games, but it’s been a medal sport for a decade|url=https://qz.com/963274/esports-are-going-to-the-2022-asian-games-baba-but-its-already-been-a-medal-sport-in-asia-for-a-decade/|work=Quartz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Maddy|title=Esports Will Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games|url=http://compete.kotaku.com/esports-will-become-a-medal-event-at-the-2022-asian-gam-1794431163|work=Compete}}</ref>


The tournament is known to rotate its venues across different major countries and regions each year, particularly in [[East Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[Southeast Asia]]. South Korea's [[SK Telecom T1]] currently holds the highest record of wins, with three world championship wins (2013, 2015, and 2016).<ref>{{cite news|title=LoL Esports|url=http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|work=www.lolesports.com}}</ref>
The tournament is known to rotate its venues across different major countries and regions yearly, particularly in [[East Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[Southeast Asia]]. South Korea's [[SK Telecom T1]] currently holds the highest record of wins, with three world championship wins (2013, 2015, and 2016).<ref>{{cite news|title=LoL Esports|url=http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|work=www.lolesports.com}}</ref>


== Trophy ==
== Trophy ==

Revision as of 16:29, 10 November 2018

For the most recent tournament, see 2018 League of Legends World Championship.
League of Legends World Championship
Tournament information
LocationRotating locations
Month playedOctober-November
Established2011
Number of
tournaments
8
AdministratorRiot Games
FormatRound-robin (group stage)
Single-elimination (bracket stage)
Teams8 (2011), 12 (2012), 14 (2013), 16 (2014–2016), 24 (2017–)
WebsiteOfficial website
Current champion
Invictus Gaming

The League of Legends World Championship is the annually professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. Teams compete for the champion title, the 70 pounds (32 kg) Summoner's Cup, and a US$1 million championship prize.[1] In 2018, the world championship became the most watched eSports event in history, reaching a peak of over 200 million concurrent viewers (watching at the same time). It surpasses the viewership of the 2017 world championship, as well as the peak viewership of numerous worldwide sporting events including Super Bowl.[2][3][4] The tournament's opening ceremony received extraordinary attention, with over 90 million concurrent viewers tuning in for the performances, while being hyped up across social media. An augmented reality K-pop group, K/DA was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon and Miyeon from (G)I-dle's, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of the finals. K/DA topped global music charts after the initial release of their debut song "Pop/Stars", receiving considerable attention online and raking in one of the fastest viewership records for its music video on Youtube.[5][6][7]

LA 2024, which is overseeing the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics was inspired by the growing success of League of Legends World Championship and is considering to plan and include eSports in the Olympic Games if they win the bid. Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA 2024, suggested using technology used in certain segments of League of Legends Worlds such as augmented reality and virtual reality to make the Olympics more accessible to a younger demographic.

The League of Legends World Championships has gained tremendous success and popularity, making it among the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments (surpassing even worldwide sports events), as well as the most watched video game in the world. Its success has led global eSports scenes to become prominent and widely seen as a potential Olympics event, already being included as a medal event in 2022 Asian Games.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

The tournament is known to rotate its venues across different major countries and regions yearly, particularly in East Asia, Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. South Korea's SK Telecom T1 currently holds the highest record of wins, with three world championship wins (2013, 2015, and 2016).[14]

Trophy

Riot Games, which owns League of Legends, commissioned the winner's trophy known as the Summoner’s Cup. Riot specified that it should weigh 70 pounds, though the actual weight of the finished cup was reduced so it would not be too heavy to lift in victory. MacTavish, having already created the Season Two World Championship Cup in 2012, crafted the winners' trophy for the 2014 games.[15]

Overview

Result

Year Finals location Final Semi-finals
Champion Score Runner-up
2011 Sweden Jönköping Fnatic 2 1 against All authority Team SoloMid
2012 United States Los Angeles Taipei Assassins 3 1 Azubu Frost Counter Logic Gaming Europe Moscow Five
2013 United States Los Angeles SK Telecom T1 3 0 Royal Club Fnatic NaJin Black Sword
2014 South Korea Seoul Samsung Galaxy White 3 1 Star Horn Royal Club OMG Samsung Galaxy Blue
2015 Germany Berlin SK Telecom T1 3 1 KOO Tigers Fnatic Origen
2016 United States Los Angeles SK Telecom T1 3 2 Samsung Galaxy H2k-Gaming ROX Tigers
2017 China Beijing Samsung Galaxy 3 0 SK Telecom T1 Royal Never Give Up Team WE
2018 South Korea Incheon Invictus Gaming 3 0 Fnatic G2 Esports United States Cloud9
2019 France Paris TBD - - TBD TBD TBD
2020 China TBD TBD - - TBD TBD TBD
2021 United StatesCanada TBD TBD - - TBD TBD TBD

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runner-up 3rd-4th
SK Telecom T1 3 (2013, 2015, 2016) 1 (2017)
Samsung Galaxy (SSG/White/Blue) 2 (2014, 2017) 1 (2016) 1 (2014)
Fnatic 1 (2011) 1 (2018) 2 (2013, 2015)
Taipei Assassins 1 (2012)
Invictus Gaming 1 (2018)
Royal Club/Star Horn Royal Club/Royal Never Give Up 2 (2013, 2014) 1 (2017)
KOO Tigers/ROX Tigers 1 (2015) 1 (2016)
against All authority 1 (2011)
Azubu Frost 1 (2012)
Team SoloMid 1 (2011)
Counter Logic Gaming Europe 1 (2012)
Moscow Five 1 (2012)
NaJin Black Sword 1 (2013)
OMG 1 (2014)
Origen 1 (2015)
H2k-Gaming 1 (2016)
Team WE 1 (2017)
Cloud9 1 (2018)
G2 eSports 1 (2018)

Regions reaching the top four

(*): Region has 2 teams finished at 3rd-4th place in this year.

Team Titles Runner-up 3rd-4th
South Korea - LCK 5 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) 4 (2012 2015 2016 2017) 3 (2013, 2014, 2016)
China - LPL 1 (2018) 2 (2013, 2014) 3 (2014, 2017*)
Europe - EU LCS 1 (2011) 2 (2011, 2018) 7 (2012*, 2013, 2015*, 2016, 2018)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau - LMS 1 (2012)
North America - NA LCS 2 (2011, 2018)
CIS/Russia - LCL 1 (2012[A])
Notes
  1. ^ Moscow 5 qualified 2012 Worlds as a representative of Europe region (EU LCS). Now CIS/Russia is separated of Europe and become an independent region that has own league (LCL).

Season 1

Main article: League of Legends Season 1 World Championship

The Season 1 Championship[16] in June 2011, held at Dreamhack Summer 2011 in Sweden, featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool.[17] 8 teams from North America, Southeast Asia and Europe participated in the championship.[18] Over 1.6 million viewers watched the streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,000 simultaneous viewers in the final matches.[19]

Top Three

Place Team Players[20] Prize money
ID Name
1st Fnatic

Spain xPeke
Poland Shushei
Finland CyanideFI
Germany LaMiaZeaLoT
Germany Mellisan

Enrique Cedeño Martinez
Maciej Ratuszniak
Lauri Happonen
Manuel Mildenberger
Peter Meisrimel

$50,000
2nd against All authority

France sOAZ
France Linak
Germany MoMa
France YellOwStaR
France Kujaa

Paul Boyer
Damien Lorthios
Maik Wallus
Bora Kim
Jerome Negretti

$25,000
3rd Team SoloMid

United States TheRainMan
Canada TheOddOne
United States Reginald
Canada Chaox
United States Xpecial

Christian Kahmann
Brian Wyllie
Andy Dinh
Shan Huang
Alex Chu

$10,000

Season 2

Main article: League of Legends: Season 2 World Championship
A group picture of the Taipei Assassins, the champions of season 2.

After Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this $5 million, $2 million went to Riot's partners including the IGN Pro League and other major esports associations. Another $2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final $1 million went to other organizers who applied to Riot to host independent League of Legends tournaments.[21]

The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the US$5 million season. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at the time at US$2 million, with US$1 million going to the champions. The group stage, quarter-final, and semi-final matches took place between October 4 and 6. The grand final took place a week after, on October 13 in the University of Southern California's Galen Center in front of 10,000 fans, and were broadcast in 13 different languages.[22] In the grand final, Taiwan's professional team Taipei Assassins triumphed over South Korea's Azubu Frost 3-to-1 and claimed the US$1 million in prize money.[23]

Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers during the grand final, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched esports event in history at the time.[24]

Top Four

Place Team Players[25] Prize money
ID Name
1st Taipei Assassins

Taiwan Stanley
Taiwan Lilballz
Hong Kong Toyz
Taiwan bebe
Taiwan MiSTakE

Wang June-tsan
Alex Sung Kuan-po
Kurtis Lau Wai Kin
Cheng Bo-wei
Chen Hui-chung

$1,000,000
2nd Azubu Frost

South Korea Shy
South Korea CloudTemplar
South Korea RapidStar
South Korea Woong
South Korea MadLife

Park Sang-myeon
Lee Hyun-woo
Jung Min-sung
Jang Gun-woong
Hong Min-gi

$250,000
3rd–4th Counter Logic Gaming Europe

Denmark Wickd
United Kingdom Snoopeh
Denmark Froggen
Germany yellowpete
Belgium Krepo

Mike Petersen
Stephen Ellis
Henrik Hansen
Peter Wüppen
Mitch Voorspoels

$150,000
Moscow Five

Russia Darien
Russia Diamondprox
Russia Alex Ich
Russia Genja
Armenia GoSu Pepper

Evgeny Mazaev
Danil Reshetnikov
Alexey Ichetovkin
Evgeny Andryushin
Edward Abgaryan

Season 3

Main article: League of Legends: Season 3 World Championship
A group picture of SK Telecom T1, the champions of season 3.

The Season 3 World Championship was held in late 2013 in Los Angeles, California. 14 teams from North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and one of the emerging League of Legends territories measured up at the World Playoffs after having qualified through their regional competitions.[26] The grand final were held in the Staples Center on October 4, 2013, where Korean team SK Telecom T1 defeated the Chinese team Royal Club,[27] granting them the title of the Season 3 world champions, the Summoner’s Cup and the $1 million prize.

The Season 3 World Championship grand final broadcast on October 4 was watched by 32 million people with a peak concurrent viewership of 8.5 million.[28] The numbers once again beat the previous records for esports viewership.

Top Four

Place Team Players[29] Prize money
ID Name
1st SK Telecom T1

South Korea Impact
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Piglet
South Korea PoohManDu

Jung Eon-yeong
Bae Seong-ung
Lee Sang-hyeok
Chae Gwang-jin
Lee Jeong-hyeon

$1,000,000
2nd Royal Club

China GoDlike
China Lucky
Hong Kong Wh1t3zZ
China Uzi
Hong Kong Tabe

Xiao Wang
Liu Junjie
Lo Pun Wai
Jian Zihao
Wong Pak Kan

$250,000
3rd–4th Fnatic

France sOAZ
Finland Cyanide
Spain xPeke
Estonia puszu
France YellOwStaR

Paul Boyer
Lauri Happonen
Enrique Cedeño Martinez
Johannes Uibos
Bora Kim

$150,000
NaJin Black Sword

South Korea Expession
South Korea watch
South Korea Nagne
South Korea PraY
South Korea Cain

Koo Bon-taek
Cho Jae-geol
Kim Sang-moon
Kim Jong-in
Jang Nu-ri

Season 4

Main article: 2014 League of Legends World Championship

The 2014 World Championship featured 16 teams competing for a $2.13 million prize pool, with 14 teams qualifying from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan/SEA) and two international wildcard teams.

The group stage began September 18 in Taipei and concluded September 28 in Singapore with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage.[30] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea, and concluded on October 19 with the grand final hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,[31][32] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.[33][34][35]

American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,[36] and performed live on the grand final stage in South Korea.[37] All games were made available for free via live streaming.[38]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand final was watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.[39][40]

Top Four

Name and player ID in fat letters refers to the player who got the final MVP.This is same in the tournaments below.

Place Team Players[33][34][35] Prize money
ID Name
1st Samsung White

South Korea Looper
South Korea DanDy
South Korea PawN
South Korea imp
South Korea Mata

Jang Hyeong-seok
Choi In-kyu
Heo Won-seok
Gu Seung-bin
Cho Se-hyeong

$1,000,000
2nd Star Horn Royal Club

China Cola
South Korea inSec
China corn
China Uzi
South Korea Zero

Jiang Nan
Choi In-seok
Lei Wen
Jian Zihao
Yoon Kyung-sup

$250,000
3rd–4th OMG

China Gogoing
China LoveLing
China cool
China san
China Cloud

Gao Diping
Yin Le
Yu Jiajun
Guo Junliang
Hu Zhenwei

$150,000
Samsung Blue

South Korea Acorn
South Korea Spirit
South Korea dade
South Korea Deft
South Korea Heart

Choi Cheon-ju
Lee Da-yoon
Bae Eo-jin
Kim Hyuk-kyu
Lee Gwan-hyung

Season 5

Main article: 2015 League of Legends World Championship

After the 2014 season, Riot Games introduced a number of changes to competitive League of Legends. The number of teams in the League Championship Series was increased from 8 to 10 in both the North America and Europe regions.[41] A second Riot Games official international tournament was announced, the Mid-Season Invitational, which took place in May 2015, and featured a single team from each major region and one international wildcard.[42] Additionally, starting from 2015, all teams are required to field a head coach in their competitive matches, who will stay on stage and speak with the team via voice-chat in the pick-ban phase of the game. This change makes the head coach an officially recognized member of the team.[43]

The 2015 World Championship concluded the 2015 season, and was held at several venues across Europe in October 2015. Like the 2014 World Championship, the 2015 World Championship was a multi-city, multi-country event.[44]

2015 Worlds was won by SK Telecom T1, their second title, as they won the 2013 Worlds too. SKT Top laner Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-Hwan was named the tournament most valuable player (MVP).

The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers.[45]

Top Four

Place Team Players[46] Prize money
ID Name
1st SK Telecom T1

South Korea MaRin
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea kkOma (Coach)
South Korea Easyhoon (Substitute)

Jang Gyeong-hwan
Bae Seong-woong
Lee Sang-hyeok
Bae Jun-sik
Lee Jae-wan
Kim Jeong-gyun
Lee Ji-hoon

$1,000,000
2nd KOO Tigers

South Korea Smeb
South Korea Hojin
South Korea Kuro
South Korea PraY
South Korea GorillA
South Korea NoFe (Coach)

Song Kyung-ho
Lee Ho-jin
Lee Seo-haeng
Kim Jong-in
Kang Beom-hyeon
Jeong No-chul

$250,000
3rd–4th Fnatic

South Korea Huni
South Korea Reignover
Netherlands Febiven
Sweden Rekkles
France YellOwStaR
Spain Deilor (Coach)

Heo Seung-hoon
Kim Yeu-jin
Fabian Diepstraten
Martin Larsson
Bora Kim
Louis Sevilla

$150,000
Origen

France sOAZ
Germany Amazing
Spain xPeke
Denmark Niels
Spain Mithy
United States Hermit (Coach)

Paul Boyer
Maurice Stückenschneider
Enrique Cedeño Martínez
Jesper Svenningsen
Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez
Tadayoshi Littleton

Season 6

Main article: 2016 League of Legends World Championship

The various stages of the 2016 Worlds were held throughout the United States in Chicago, San Francisco, New York City, and the finals in Los Angeles.

The Groups of teams were decided through a live Group Draw Show on September 10. The games were played on the 6.18 patch of the game with Yorick disabled and Aurelion Sol was disabled for days 1-3. There were 16 teams and 4 groups that consisted of 4 teams. The group stage was Bo1 and the top two teams from each groups would advance to the Knockout Stage. The Knockout Stage was Bo5 and the #1 vs #2 teams from each group would face each other in the bracket. The total prize pool was $6,700,000 USD and it was spread among the teams. The first place (SK Telecom T1) took $2,680,000, the second team (Samsung Galaxy) took $1,005,000, the third place (ROX Tigers) took $502,500. The rest of the prize pool was distributed among the 5th-16th places.[47]

The Staples Center in Los Angeles as used for the 2016 League of Legends World Championship finals

SKT won 3-2 vs. Samsung Galaxy in the 2016 World Championship Finals, with Faker winning the MVP award, and along with teammate Bengi captured their third world championship in four seasons (2013, 2015, 2016), cementing SKT's legacy as the most dominant League of Legends team in the world.[48]

The finals were watched by 43 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million viewers, breaking 2015's finals' viewer records.

Top Four

Place Team Players[49] Prize money
ID Name
1st SK Telecom T1

South Korea Duke
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea kkOma (Coach)
South Korea Blank (Substitute)

Lee Ho-seong
Bae Seong-woong
Lee Sang-hyeok
Bae Jun-sik
Lee Jae-wan
Kim Jeong-gyun
Kang Sun-gu

$2,680,000
2nd Samsung Galaxy

South Korea CuVee
South Korea Ambition
South Korea Crown
South Korea Ruler
South Korea CoreJJ
South Korea Edgar (Coach)
South Korea Wraith (Substitute)

Lee Sung-jin
Kang Chan-yong
Lee Min-ho
Park Jae-hyeok
Jo Yon-gin
Choi Woo-bum
Kwon Ji-min

$1,005,000
3rd–4th H2k-Gaming

Romania Odoamne
Poland Jankos
South Korea Ryu
Greece FORG1VEN
Poland Vander
United States Pr0lly (Coach)
Czech Republic Freeze (Substitute)

Andrei Pascu
Marcin Jankowski
Yoo Sang-wook
Konstantinos-Napoleon Tzortziou
Oskar Bogdan
Neil Hammad
Aleš Kněžínek

$502,500
ROX Tigers

South Korea Smeb
South Korea Peanut
South Korea Kuro
South Korea PraY
South Korea GorillA
South Korea NoFe (Coach)
South Korea Cry (Substitute)

Song Kyung-ho
Han Wang-ho
Lee Seo-haeng
Kim Jong-in
Kang Beom-hyeon
Jeong No-chul
Hae Seong-min

Season 7

Main article: 2017 League of Legends World Championship

The 2017 League of Legends World Championship series started in September 2017, and concluded in November 2017. It was held in 4 different locations throughout China: Wuhan (Play-In and Groups), Guangzhou (Quarterfinals), Shanghai (Semifinals), and Beijing (Finals).[50] It was played on patch 7.18, with the newest champion Ornn being disabled. Patch 7.18 is slightly older than patches 7.19 and 7.20, which are the new standard for online matches during the September - November period. The most notable difference being the stronger Ardent Censer support meta with patch 7.18.

A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament: 3 teams from South Korea, China, North America, Europe and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau; 1 team from Brazil, Latin America North, Latin America South, Japan, Oceania, Turkey, Southeast Asia and CIS/Russia; and 1 team from the Wildcard region with the highest rank finish at the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational (GPL in Southeast Asia, due to Gigabyte Marines from Vietnam prevailing there, and Vietnam received 1 more slot for VCSA's second seed to participate GPL 2017 summer split).

The stage for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship finals between SK Telecom T1 and Samsung Galaxy in the Beijing National Stadium

Samsung Galaxy reversed the previous year's result and defeated SK Telecom T1 3-0 in the 2017 World Championship Finals. Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the AD carry of Samsung, was named MVP.

The finals were watched by 60 million people, breaking 2016's finals' viewer records. The tournament is widely praised for its high quality of plays and amazing ceremonial performances, while receiving worldwide attention for its dramatic and emotional series. It is currently the most watched tournament in League of Legends' history, and is lauded as one of the best.[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]

Prize Pool: $2,350,000 (Riot) + ~$2,650,000 Fan Contribution = ~5 million as of October 7.[60]

Top Four

Place Team Players Prize money
ID Name
1st Samsung Galaxy

South Korea CuVee
South Korea Ambition
South Korea Crown
South Korea Ruler
South Korea CoreJJ
South Korea Edgar (Coach)
South Korea Haru (Substitute)

Lee Sung-jin
Kang Chan-yong
Lee Min-ho
Park Jae-hyeok
Jo Yon-gin
Choi Woo-bum
Kang Min-seung

$1,540,000
2nd SK Telecom T1

South Korea Huni
South Korea Peanut
South Korea Faker
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea kkOma (Coach)
South Korea Blank (Substitute)

Heo Seung-hoon
Han Wang-ho
Lee Sang-hyeok
Bae Jun-sik
Lee Jae-wan
Kim Jeong-gyun
Kang Sun-gu

$554,000
3rd–4th Royal Never Give Up

China Letme
China Mlxg
China Xiaohu
China Uzi
China Ming
Taiwan Firefox (Coach)
China Y1HAN (Substitute)

Yan Junze
Liu Shiyu
Li Yuanhao
Jian Zihao
Shi Senming
Huang Ting-hsiang
Hu Zhiwei

$287,000
Team WE

China 957
China Condi
China Xiye
South Korea Mystic
South Korea Ben
South Korea Homee (Coach)
South Korea Zero (Substitute)

Ke Changyu
Xiang Renjie
Su Hanwei
Jin Sung-jun
Nam Dong-hyun
Yoon Sung-young
Yoon Kyung-sup

Season 8

Main article: 2018 League of Legends World Championship

The 2018 League of Legends World Championship was the eighth world championship for League of Legends, a video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from October 1 to November 3, 2018, in cities across South Korea. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China, with twelve of those teams having to reach the group stage via a play-in round.[61] The tournament is known for having a large amount of upsets, and is considered the most unpredictable worlds in the League of Legends's history.[62][63][64] Being lauded as one of the best, the tournament is the most watched eSports event in history, reaching a peak viewership of 200 million concurrent viewers. It surpasses the viewership of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship, as well as the peak viewership of numerous worldwide sporting events including Super Bowl.[65][66][67]

Top Four

Place Team Players Prize money
ID Name
1st China Invictus Gaming

South Korea TheShy
South Korea Duke (Substitute)
China Ning
South Korea Rookie
China JackeyLove
China Baolan
South Korea Kim (coach)

Kang Seung-lok
Lee Ho-seong
Gao Zhenning
Song Eui-jin
Yu Wenbo
Wang Liuyi
Kim Jeong-soo

TBA
2nd Europe Fnatic

Belgium Bwipo
France sOAZ (Substitute)
Denmark Broxah
Denmark Caps
Sweden Rekkles
Bulgaria Hylissang
Canada Dylan (coach)

Gabriël Rau
Paul Boyer
Mads Brock-Pedersen
Rasmus Winther
Martin Larsson
Zdravets Galabov
Dylan Falco

TBA
3rd–4th Cloud9

Canada Licorice
United States Blaber
Denmark Svenskeren (Substitute)
Denmark Jensen
United States Sneaky
United States Zeyzal
South Korea Reapered (Coach)
South Korea RapidStar (Assistant Coach)

Eric Ritchie
Robert Huang
Dennis Johnsen
Nicolaj Jensen
Zachary Scuderi
Tristan Stidam
Han-gyu Bok
Min-sung Jung

TBA
G2 Esports

Denmark Wunder
Poland Jankos
Croatia Perkz
Sweden Hjarnan
South Korea Wadid
Germany GrabbZ (Coach)

Martin Hansen
Marcin Jankowski
Luka Perkovic
Petter Freyschuss
Bae-in Kim
Fabian Lohmann

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