League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational
The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (short MSI ) is an annual forming e-sports tournament, which by Riot Games - the game developers of League of Legends - is organized. League of Legends is a computer game from the MOBA genre in which two teams, each consisting of five players, compete against each other.
history
The tournament was held for the first time in 2015 and takes place in April / May at different locations. The winners of the spring split of the national or continental leagues are eligible to participate . The record winner is the SK Telecom T1 team , which, as a representative of South Korea, reached the finals in the first three editions and won two of them.
In 2018 the MSI took place in Europe for the first time; the preliminary round in the LCS Studio in Berlin and the playoffs in the Zénith in Paris .
In 2020 the MSI failed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic . Instead, Riot Games organized an online tournament with the four best teams from the LCK (South Korea) and the LPL (China). The tournament is called the Mid-Season Cup . Due to the proximity between South Korea and China as well as the internet infrastructure of both countries, Riot can regulate the latency for all players to a ping of between 30 and 40 milliseconds and thus create fairness. The Chinese team Top Esports successfully prevailed in the final with 3-1 against the reigning world champion Funplus Phoenix.
Overview
| year | Venue (s) | Prize money | Tournament winner | 2nd place | 3rd / 4th space | 5th / 6th space | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |
 Tallahassee
|
$ 200,000 |
 Edward Gaming
|
3: 2 |
 SK Telecom T1
|
 Fnatic ahq e-Sports Club
 |
Team SoloMid Beşiktaş e-Sports Club
 |
| 2016 |
Shanghai
|
$ 450,000 |
SK Telecom T1
|
3-0 |
Counter Logic Gaming
|
Flash Wolves Royal Never Give Up
|
G2 Esports SuperMassive eSports
|
| 2017 |
 São Paulo / Rio de Janeiro
|
~ $ 1,690,000 |
SK Telecom T1
|
3: 1 |
G2 esports
|
Flash Wolves Team WE
|
Team SoloMid Gigabyte Marines
 |
| 2018 |
 Berlin / Paris
|
~ $ 1,370,000 |
Royal Never Give Up
|
3: 1 |
Kingzone DragonX
|
Flash Wolves Fnatic
|
Team Liquid EVOS Esports
|
| 2019 |
Ho Chi Minh City / Hanoi / Taipei
|
at least $ 1,000,000 | 3-0 |
Team Liquid
|
SK Telecom T1 Invictus Gaming
|
Flash Wolves Phong Vu Buffalo
|
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2018 global esports event announcement leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ Replacement for MSI: Top event announced with teams from Korea and China. In: Summoner's Inn. May 13, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ 2015 Mid-Season Invitational lol.gamepedia.com
- ↑ 2016 Mid-Season Invitational lol.gamepedia.com
- ↑ 2017 Mid-Season Invitational lol.gamepedia.com
- ↑ 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .