League of Legends World Championship

The League of Legends World Championship 2012 at the Galen Center .

The League of Legends World Championship 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

Transfer of the League of Legends Worlds.

The tournament was held for the first time in 2011 as part of the DreamHack in Sweden, with a total prize money of almost 100,000 US $. Eight teams from three continents took part, who had previously qualified through regional preliminary decisions.

For the second edition, the tournament prize money rose to US $ 2 million, temporarily replacing The International (in Dota 2 ) as the highest endowed e-sports tournament of all time. The venue was Los Angeles , where 8,000 spectators attended the final. At peak times, more than a million viewers followed the action via live stream .

In 2013 the final took place in the sold out Staples Center . The final was watched by more than 8 million viewers worldwide.

In 2014, Asia hosted the tournament for the first time. In the final, with 11 million viewers at its peak, the local heroes Samsung Galaxy White won in the sold-out Seoul World Cup stadium .

In 2015 the World Championship took place in Europe. At its peak, 14 million viewers saw the final, a total of 36 million viewers tuned in.

In 2016 the final of the World Championship was held again in the Staples Center, the audience numbers increased to 14.7 million at the top, or to 43 million in total.

In 2018, for the first time since South Korean teams took part in the World Cup, there was no South Korean team in the final.

Overview

year	Venue (s)	Prize money	World Champion		2nd place	3rd / 4th space
2011 (Season 1)	Jonkoping ( DreamHack )	$ 100,000	Fnatic	2: 1	against All Authority	Epik Gamer Team SoloMid
2012 (Season 2)	los Angeles	$ 2,000,000	Taipei assassins	3: 1	Apprentice frost	CLG Europe Moscow Five
2013 (Season 3)	los Angeles	$ 2,050,000	SK Telecom T1	3-0	Royal Club Huang Zu	Fnatic NaJin Black Sword
2014 (Season 4)	Taipei , Singapore Busan , Seoul	$ 2,130,000	Samsung Galaxy White	3: 1	StarHorn Royal Club	OMG Samsung Galaxy Blue
2015 (Season 5)	Paris , London Brussels , Berlin	$ 2,130,000	SK Telecom T1	3: 1	KOO Tigers	Fnatic Origen
2016 (Season 6)	San Francisco , Chicago New York , Los Angeles	$ 5,070,000	SK Telecom T1	3: 2	Samsung Galaxy	ROX Tigers H2k Gaming
2017 (Season 7)	Wuhan , Guangzhou Shanghai , Beijing	$ 4,596,578	Samsung Galaxy	3-0	SK Telecom T1	Royal Never Give Up Team WE
2018 (Season 8)	Seoul , Busan Gwangju , Incheon	$ 6,450,000	Invictus Gaming	3-0	Fnatic	Cloud 9 G2 Esports
2019 (Season 9)	Berlin , Madrid , Paris	$ 2,250,000	FunPlus Phoenix	3-0	G2 esports	SK Telecom T1 Invictus Gaming

Records

The trophy at the 2013 Worlds.

2015 Worlds Final.

Status: after 2018

• Most participations (team): 7
  • Team SoloMid (2011-2017)
  • Fnatic (2011, 2013–2015, 2017–2019)
  • Cloud9 (2013-2019)

• Most participations (players): 7
  • Peter Peng (double lift)
  • Zachary Scuderi (Sneaky)

• Most tournament victories (team): 3
  • SK Telecom T1 (2013, 2015, 2016)

• Most tournament wins (players): 3
  • Lee Sang-hyeok (Faker)
  • Bae Seong-woong (Bengi)

• Most defeats in the final (team): 2
  • Royal Club (2013, 2014)

• Most defeats in the final (players): 2
  • Jian Zi-Hao (Uzi)
  • Paul Boyer (SOAZ)
  • Rasmus Winther (Caps)

Tournament details

2011 (Season 1)

Logo of Fnatic , winner of the Season 1 World Championship

• Date: 18. – 20. June 2011
• Venue: DreamHack , Jönköping
• Total cash prize: $ 100,000
• Participants: 8 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 1 × Singapore, 1 × Philippines)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	Fnatic	$ 50,000	xPeke	Cyanide	Shushei	LamiaZealot	Mellisan
2.	against All Authority	$ 25,000	SOAZ	Linak	MoMa	YellOwStaR	kujaa
3.	Team SoloMid	$ 10,000	TheRainMan	TheOddOne	Reginald	Chaox	Xpecial
4th	Epic Gamer	$ 7,000	Westrice	Dan Dinh	Salce	Dyrus	Double lift
5.	Counter Logic Gaming	$ 3,500	HotshotGG	Saintvicious	Bigfatlp	Chauster	Element number
6th	Team Gamed! De	$ 2,000	Kev1n	Cylor	Reyk	CandyPanda	Nyph
7th / 8th	Xan	$ 1,000	Vech	Radeon6870	Axion	d4rkness	iNtrigueD
	Team Pacific		wormy	there	iddo	vy	gibo

2012 (Season 2)

Logo of the Taipei Assassins , Season 2 World Championship winners

The second edition of the tournament was accompanied by a significant increase in the total prize money and an expansion from eight to twelve teams. In addition to European, North American and Southeast Asian teams, this time there were also teams from China and South Korea, which are world leaders in other esports disciplines (especially South Korea in StarCraft ).

The tournament winner and thus the recipient of the prize money of one million US dollars was somewhat surprisingly the team of the Taipei Assassins , which previously only played one tournament outside of Asia. The favorites in the run-up were Moscow Five , who had won the European qualification and the ESL Intel Extreme Masters (Season VI) endowed with 100,000 US dollars , and Azubu Frost as the winner of the South Korean OGN tournament Azubu, which was endowed with around 130,000 US dollars The Champions Summer . Last year's defending champion, Fnatic, failed to qualify as fourth-placed European team.

There were technical problems during the last quarter-finals, so the decision could only be made a week later than originally planned.

• Date: 4th – 13th centuries October 2012
• Venue: Los Angeles
• Total cash prize: $ 2,000,000
• Participants: 12 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 2 × South Korea, 2 × China, 1 × Southeast Asia, 1 × Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macao)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	Taipei assassins	$ 1,000,000	Stanley	Lilballz	Toyz	shake	MiSTakE
2.	Apprentice frost	$ 250,000	Shy	CloudTemplar	RapidStar	Woong	MadLife
3rd / 4th	Counter Logic Gaming EU	$ 150,000	Wickd	Snoopeh	Frogs	Yellowpete	Crepo
	Moscow Five		Darien	Diamondprox	Alex I	Genya	GoSu Pepper
5th-8th	Invictus Gaming	$ 75,000	PDD	illusion	Zz1tai	Kid	XiaoXiao
	NaJin Sword		MaKNooN	Watch	SSONG	PraY	Cain
	Team SoloMid		Dyrus	TheOddOne	Reginald	Chaox	Xpecial
	Team WE		CaoMei	ClearLove	Misaya	Weixiao	Fzzf
9/10	Counter Logic Gaming Prime	$ 50,000	Voyboy	HotshotGG	Bigfatlp	Double lift	Chauster
	Saigon Jokers		QTV	Violet	NIXWATER	Archie	June
11./12.	SK Gaming	$ 25,000	Kev1n	Araneae	Ocelote	YellOwStaR	Nyph
	Team Dignitas		Crumbzz	IWillDominate	Scarra	Imaqtpie	Patoy

2013 (Season 3)

Logo of SK Telecom T1 , Season 3 World Championship winner

For the third edition of the tournament, the field of participants was increased to 14. The prize money was almost unchanged at $ 2,050,000.

Again, the reigning defending champion was unable to qualify, but Season 1 winner Fnatic (now with a lineup that has changed to three positions compared to 2011) qualified and later made it to the semi-finals.

The final was held in the sold-out Staples Center (otherwise a venue for NBA basketball games). There, the South Korean team SK Telecom T1 defeated the Chinese team Royal Club Huang Zu 3-0.

A total of 32 million viewers during the entire tournament and 8.5 million viewers at the top during the final watched the tournament.

• Date: September 16 - October 4, 2013
• Venue: Staples Center , Los Angeles
• Total cash prize: $ 2,050,000
• Participants: 14 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × South Korea, 2 × China, 1 × Southeast Asia, 1 × Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macao, 1 × International Wildcard)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	SK Telecom T1	$ 1,000,000	Impact	Bengi	Faker	Piglet	Poohmandu
2.	Royal Club Huang Zu	$ 250,000	GoDlike	Lucky	Wh1t3zZ	Uzi	Tab
3rd / 4th	Fnatic	$ 150,000	SOAZ	Cyanide	xPeke	push	YellOwStaR
	NaJin Black Sword		Expession	Watch	Nagne	PraY	Cain
5th-8th	Gamania Bears	$ 75,000	steak	Winds	Maple	NL	SwordArt
	Gambit Gaming		Darien	Diamondprox	Alex I	Genya	Voidle
	OMG		Gogoing	LoveLin	Cool	san	bigpomelo
	Cloud9		Balls	Meteos	Shark	Sneaky	LemonNation
9/10	Lemondogs	$ 45,000	Zorozero	dexter1	Nukeduck	Tabzz	Mithy
	Samsung Galaxy Ozone		Looper	Dandy	dade	imp	Mata
11./12.	Team SoloMid	$ 30,000	Dyrus	TheOddOne	Reginald	WildTurtle	Xpecial
	Team Vulcun		Sycho Sid	Xmithie	mancloud	Zuna	Bloodwater
13./14.	GamingGear.eu	$ 25,000	Nbs	Alunir	Mazzerin	DeadlyBrother	Inspirro
	Mineski		Snoy	Kaigu	Yume	Exo	Tgee

2014 (Season 4)

Logo of Samsung Galaxy White, 2014 World Championship winner

With the fourth edition of the tournament, there was again an expansion to 16 teams. The preliminary rounds were held in Taipei and Singapore , while the games were played in South Korea ( Busan and Seoul ) from the quarterfinals onwards. The final took place in the Seoul World Cup Stadium . Again the reigning world champion, SK Telecom T1 K, could not qualify, but the world champions from the first and second seasons, Fnatic and Taipei Assassins .

The final was watched by up to 11.2 million viewers at the same time (two and a half million more than last year). The number of unique viewers decreased slightly compared to 2013 to 27 million.

Samsung Galaxy White won the final with a 3-1 victory over the Chinese team StarHorn Royal Club. Their AD Carry "Uzi" was the first player ever to make it into the final twice.

• Date: September 18 - October 19, 2014
• Venue: Taipei , Singapore , Busan , Seoul World Cup Stadium , Seoul
• Total cash prize: $ 2,130,000
• Participants: 16 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × South Korea, 3 × China, 2 × Southeast Asia, 2 × International Wildcard)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	Samsung Galaxy White	$ 1,000,000	Looper	Dandy	PawN	imp	Mata
2.	StarHorn Royal Club	$ 250,000	cola	insec	corn	Uzi	zero
3rd / 4th	OMG	$ 150,000	Gogoing	LoveLing	Cool	San	Cloud
	Samsung Galaxy Blue		Acorn	Spirit	dade	Deft	Heart
5th-8th	NaJin White Shield	$ 75,000	Save	Watch	Ggoong	Zefa	gorilla
	EDward Gaming		Koro1	Clearlove	U	NaMei	FZZF
	Cloud9		Balls	Meteos	Shark	Sneaky	LemonNation
	Team SoloMid		Dyrus	Amazing	Bjergsen	WildTurtle	Lustboy
9-11	ahq e-sports club	$ 45,000	Prydz	Naz	westdoor	GarnetDevil	GreenTea
	Alliance		Wickd	Shook	Frogs	Tabbz	Nyph
	SK Gaming		fredy122	Svenskeren	Jesiz	CandyPanda	nRated
12-13	Fnatic	$ 35,000	SOAZ	Cyanide	xPeke	Rekkles	YellOwStaR
	LMQ		ackerman	NoName	XiaoWeiXiao	Vasili	Mor
14.-16.	Dark passage	$ 25,000	fabFabulous	Crystal	Naru	HolyPhoenix	Touch
	KaBuM! e-Sports		LEP	Danagorn	TinOwns	Minerva	dans
	Taipei assassins		Achie	Winds	Morning	shake	Jay

2015 (Season 5)

SK Telecom T1 with the trophy after winning the final in Berlin against the KOO Tigers .

In spring 2015 it was announced that the 2015 World Cup will take place in Europe. The venue for the group matches was Paris , the quarter and semi-finals were held in London and Brussels , respectively , before the final took place in the Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin at the end of October . The tickets were completely sold out after just a few minutes. The group stage began on October 1, 2015, and the final took place on October 31. In the final, SK Telecom T1 from South Korea won 3-1 over KOO Tigers , also from South Korea.

The final had a total of 36 million viewers (9 million more than in the previous year) and 14 million at the top.

• Date: 1. – 31. October 2015
• Venue: Paris (group stage), London (quarter-finals), Brussels (semi-finals), Mercedes-Benz Arena , Berlin (final)
• Total cash prize: $ 2,130,000
• Participants: 16 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × China, 3 × South Korea, 2 × Southeast Asia, 2 × International Wildcard)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	SK Telecom T1	$ 1,000,000	MaRin	bengi	Faker	Bang	wolf
2.	KOO Tigers	$ 250,000	Smeb	Hojin	kurO	PraY	Gorilla
3rd / 4th	Fnatic	$ 150,000	Huni	ReignOver	Febiven	Rekkles	YellOwStaR
	Origen		SOAZ	Amazing	xPeke	Niels	Mithy
5th-8th	ahq e-sports club	$ 75,000	Ziv	Mountain	Westdoor	ON	Albis
	EDward Gaming		Koro1	Clearlove	PawN	Deft	meiko
	Flash Wolves		steak	Karsa	Maple	NL	SwordArt
	KT Rolster		ssumday	Score	Nagne	Arrow	Piccaboo
9-11	Cloud9	$ 45,000	Balls	Shark	Incarnati0n	Sneaky	LemonNation
	H2k gaming		Odoamne	loulex	Ryu	Hjarnan	kaSing
	LGD Gaming		Acorn	TBQ	GODV	imp	Pyl
12-13	Counter Logic Gaming	$ 35,000	ZionSpartan	Xmithie	Pobelter	Double lift	Aphromoo
	paiN Gaming		Mylon	SirT	Kami	brTT	Dioud
14.-16.	Bangkok Titans	$ 25,000	WarL0cK	007x	G4	Lloyd	Moss
	Invictus Gaming		Zzitai	Cocoa	Rookie	Kid	Kitties
	Team SoloMid		Dyrus	Santorini	Bjergsen	WildTurtle	Lustboy

2016 (Season 6)

The League of Legends World Cup took place in the United States in 2016. The prize money was increased from just over $ 2 million to $ 5,070,000 through the sale of the "Skins and Wards" World Championships. For the first time, last year's winner, in this case SK Telecom T1 , was able to win the tournament again. One of the biggest surprises was the Russian-Ukrainian wildcard team Albus NoX Luna, which was the first wildcard team to survive the group phase and thus move into the knockout phase.

The tournament, which lasted over a month, was watched by 43 million people in 2016. The highest number of simultaneous viewers was only increased to 14.7 million in 2016.

• Date: September 30th - October 30th, 2016
• Venue: San Francisco (group stage), Chicago (quarter-finals), New York (semi-finals) , Los Angeles (final)
• Total cash prize: $ 5,800,700
• Participants: 16 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × China, 3 × South Korea, 2 × Southeast Asia, 2 × International Wildcard)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	SK Telecom T1	$ 2,028,000	Duke	bengi	Faker	Bang	wolf
2.	Samsung Galaxy	$ 760,500	CuVee	ambition	Crown	Ruler	CoreJJ
3rd / 4th	ROX Tigers	$ 380,250	Smeb	Peanut	kurO	PraY	Gorilla
	H2k gaming		Odoamne	Jankos	Ryu	FORG1VEN	VandeR
5th-8th	Albus NoX Luna	$ 202,800	Smurf	PvPStejos	Kira	aMiracle	Likkrit
	EDward Gaming		Mouse	ClearLove	PawN	Deft	meiko
	Royal Never Give Up		Looper	mlxg	Xiaohu	Uzi	Mata
	Cloud9		Impact	Meteos	Jensen	Sneaky	Smoothie
9-12	Counter Logic Gaming	$ 114,000	Darshan	Xmithie	HuHi	Stixxay	Aphromoo
	I May		AmazingJ	Avoidless	Athena	Jinjiao	Road
	ahq e-sports club		Ziv	Mountain	Westdoor	On	Albis
	Team SoloMid		Hauntzer	Svenskeren	Bjergsen	Double lift	Biofrost
13-16	G2 esports	$ 63,000	Expect	trick	PerkZ	Zven	Mithy
	INTZ e-Sports		Yang	Revolta	tockers	nicaO	Jockster
	Splyce		wonder	Trashy	Sencux	Kobbe	Mikyx
	Flash Wolves		MMD	Karsa	Maple	NL	SwordArt

2017 (Season 7)

Royal Never Give Up against 1907 Fenerbahçe in the group stage.

The 2017 League of Legends World Cup was held in China. For the first time 24 teams took part, with a third phase - the "play-in" phase, in which 12 teams competed against each other, 4 of which were able to qualify for the group phase - before the group phase, which consisted of 16 teams, was added .

In 2017 there was a new attendance record of 80 million individual viewers and over 380 million individual viewers during the course of the tournament.

• Date: September 23 - November 4, 2017
• Venue: Wuhan (play-in phase, group phase), Guangzhou (quarter-finals), Shanghai (semi-finals), Beijing (finals)
• Total cash prize: $ 4,946,970
• Participants: 24 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × China, 3 × South Korea, 3 × Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau, 2 × Southeast Asia, 1 × Brazil, 1 × CIS, 1 × Japan, 1 × Latin America North, 1 × Latin America South, 1 × Oceania, 1 × Turkey)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	Samsung Galaxy	$ 1,855,114	CuVee	ambition	Crown	Ruler	Core JJ
2.	SK Telecom T1	$ 667,841	Huni	Peanut	Faker	Bang	wolf
3rd / 4th	Royal Never Give Up	$ 346,288	letme	Mlxg	xiaohu	Uzi	Ming
	Team WE		957	Condi	xiye	Mystic	Ben
5th-8th	Misfits Gaming	$ 197,879	Alphari	Maxlore	PowerOfEvil	Hans Sama	IgNar
	Fnatic		SOAZ	Broxah	Caps	Rekkles	Jesiz
	Longzhu Gaming		khan	Cuzz	Vol	PraY	Gorilla
	Cloud9		Impact	Contractz	Jensen	Sneaky	Smoothie
9-11	G2 esports	$ 111,307	Expect	trick	Perk	Zven	Mithy
	GIGABYTE Marines		Archie	Levi	Optimus	No way	Sya
	Team SoloMid		Hauntzer	Svenskeren	Bjergsen	Double lift	Biofrost
12-13	EDward Gaming	$ 86,571	Mouse	ClearLove	Scout	iBoy	Meiko
	ahq e-sports club		Ziv	Mountain	Chawy	On	Albis
14.-16.	1907 Fenerbahçe	$ 61,837	Thaldrin	Crash	Frozen	padden	Japone
	Flash Wolves		MMD	Karsa	Maple	Betty	SwordArt
	Immortals		Flame	Xmithie	Pobelter	Cody Sun	Olleh
17th to 20th	Young generation	$ 37,102	NhocTy	Venus	Naul	BigKoro	palette
	Hong Kong Attitude		Riris	GodKwai	M1ssion	Unified	Kaiwing
	Team oNe eSports		VVvert	4LaN	Marf	Absolutely	RedBert
	Lyon Gaming		Jirall	Oddie	Seiya	WhiteLotus	Genthix
21.-24.	Gambit Esports	$ 24,735	PvPStejos	Diamondprox	Kira	Blasting	Edward
	Dire Wolves		Chippies	Shernfire	Phantasies	k1ng	Destiny
	Rampage		Evi	Tussle	Ramune	YutoriMoyasi	Dara
	Kaos Latin Gamers		MANTARRAYA	Tierwulf	Plugo	fix	Slow

2018 (Season 8)

The World Cup came back to Korea in 2018. 24 teams took part again and the tournament was divided into a play-in phase, a group phase and a knockout phase. The 2018 tournament was marked by surprises after the last Korean team failed in the quarter-finals and a European team made it to the final for the first time since 2011. Invictus Gaming defeated Fnatic 3-0 in the final, making it the first Chinese world champion.

• Date: October 1st - November 3rd, 2018
• Venue: Seoul (play-in phase), Busan (group phase, quarter-finals), Gwangju (semi-finals), Incheon (finals)
• Total cash prize: $ 6,450,000
• Participants: 24 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × China, 3 × South Korea, 3 × Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau, 1 × Vietnam, 1 × Southeast Asia, 1 × Brazil, 1 × CIS, 1 × Japan, 1 × Latin America North, 1 × Latin America South, 1 × Oceania, 1 × Turkey)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	Invictus Gaming	$ 2,418,750	TheShy	Ning	Rookie	JackeyLove	Baolan
2.	Fnatic	$ 870,750	Bwipo	Broxah	Caps	Rekkles	Hylissang
3rd / 4th	G2 esports	$ 451,500	wonder	Jankos	PerkZ	Hjärnan	Wadid
	Cloud9		Licorice	Svenskeren	Jensen	Sneaky	Zeyzal
5th-8th	Royal Never Give Up	$ 258,000	LetMe	Karsa	Xiaohu	Uzi	Ming
	KT Rolster		Smeb	Score	Ucal	Deft	Mata
	Afreeca Freecs		Kiin	Spirit	kurO	Chandler	TusiN
	Edward Gaming		Ray	Clearlove	Scout	iBoy	Meiko
9-12	Team vitality	$ 145,125	Cabochard	Kikis	Jiizuké	Attila	Jactroll
	Flash Wolves		Hanabi	Moojin	Maple	Betty	SwordArt
	Team Liquid		Impact	Xmithie	Pobelter	Double lift	Olleh
	100 Thieves		Ssumday	AnDa	Ryu	Rikara	aphromoo
13-16	Gen.G	$ 80,625	CuVee	ambition	Crown	Ruler	CoreJJ
	Phong Vũ Buffalo		Zeros	Melodias	Naul	BigKoro	palette
	G-REX		PK	Empt2y	Candy	Stitch	Koala bear
	MAD team		Liang	Kongyue	Uniboy	Breeze	K
17th to 20th	Gambit Esports	$ 48,375	PvPStejos	Diamondprox	Kira	Lodik	Edward
	SuperMassive eSports		fabFabulous	Stomaged	GBM	time pressure	SnowFlower
	Infinity eSports		Relic	SolidSnake	Cotopaco	Renyu	Arce
	Detonation FocusMe		Evi	steal	Ceros	Yutapon	viviD
21.-24.	KaBuM! e-Sports	$ 32,250	Zantins	ranger	dyNquedo	titanium	Riyev
	Dire Wolves		BioPanther	Shernfire	Triple	k1ng	Cupcake
	Ascension Gaming		Rockky	Lloyd	G4	Niksar	Rich
	Kaos Latin Gamers		Nate	Tierwulf	Plugo	fix	Slow

2019 (Season 9)

The 2019 World Cup took place in Europe. 24 teams took part and the tournament was divided into a play-in phase, a group phase and a knockout phase. According to the Esports Charts , the semi-final match between SK Telecom T1 and G2 Esports is the most-watched Esports game with almost four million viewers (exclusive viewers on TV and from China). In the final, the Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix prevailed 3-0 against the European team G2 .

• Date: October 2 - November 10, 2019
• Venue: Berlin (play-in phase, group phase), Madrid (quarter-finals, semi-finals), Paris (finals)
• Total prize money: a minimum of $ 2,250,000
• Participants: 24 (3 × North America, 3 × Europe, 3 × China, 3 × South Korea, 3 × Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau, 2 × Vietnam, 1 × CIS, 1 × Brazil, 1x Southeast Asia, 1 × Latin America, 1x Japan, 1 × Oceania, 1 × Turkey)

space	team	Prize money	player
			Top lane	Jungle	Mid lane	AD Carry	Support
1.	FunPlus Phoenix	$ 834,375	GimGoon	Tian	Doinb	Lwx	Crisp
2.	G2 esports	$ 300,375	wonder	Jankos	Caps	Perk	Mikyx
3rd / 4th	SK Telecom T1	$ 155,750	khan	Clid	Faker	Teddy	Effort
	Invictus Gaming		TheShy	Ning	Rookie	JackeyLove	Baolan
5th-8th	Griffin	$ 89,000	Sword	Tarzan	Chovy	viper	Lehends
	Fnatic		Bwipo	Broxah	Nemesis	Rekkles	Hylissang
	Splyce		Vizicsacsi	Xerxe	Humanoid	Kobbe	Norskeren
	DAMWON Gaming		Nuguri	Canyon	ShowMaker	Nuclear	BeryL
9-12	J team	$ 50,062.50	rest	Hana	FoFo	Lilv	Koala bear
	Cloud9		Licorice	Svenskeren	Nisqy	Sneaky	Zeyzal
	Royal Never Give Up		Langx	Karsa	Xiaohu	Uzi	Ming
	Team Liquid		Impact	Xmithie	Jensen	Double lift	CoreJJ
13-16	GAM Esports	$ 27,812.50	Zeros	Levi	Kiaya	Interest	Slay
	HK attitude		3z	Crash	M1ssion	Unified	Kaiwing
	Clutch gaming		Huni	lira	Damonte	Cody Sun	Vulcan
	ahq eSports Club		Ziv	Alex	Rainbow	Wako	Ysera
17th to 20th	Unicorns of Love	$ 16,687.50	BOSS	AHaHaCiK	Nomanz	Innaxe	Edward
	Lowkey esports		Hani	DNK	Artifact	Celebrity	Venus
	Isurus Gaming		Bugax	Oddie	Seiya	Warangelus	Slow
	Royal Youth		poverty	Closer	Cyeol	pilot	Tolerant
21.-24.	Mammoth	$ 11,125	Fudge	Babip	Triple	k1ng	Destiny
	Flamengo eSports		Robo	Shrimp	Goku	brTT	Luci
	Detonation FocusMe		Evi	steal	Ceros	Yutapon	Gaeng
	MEGA esports		Rockky	Lloyd	G4	DeuL	Pop

2020 (Season 10)

The 2020 World Cup is expected to take place in China. The final will be held at the Shanghai Stadium .

In July 2020, Riot Games announced that the 2020 World Cup will be held exclusively in Shanghai. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic , travel during the tournament should be avoided as far as possible. In addition, the organizers should have a better overview of the tournament. The World Cup will start on September 25th and end on October 31st.

2021 (Season 11)

In July 2020, Riot Games announced that the World Cup will again take place in China in 2021.

2022 (Season 12)

With the double award of the 2020 and 2021 world championships to China, Riot Games further announced that the season 12 (2022) world championship will take place in North America. North America was originally supposed to host the 2021 World Cup.

Web links

Commons : League of Legends World Championship  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Remarks

1. ↑ The LMQ team qualified via the North American LCS , but consists entirely of Chinese players
2. ↑ OMG used "DaDa7" (Fang Hong-Ri) on the support position in the group stage, which was exchanged for "Cloud" (Hu Zhen-Wei) from the quarterfinals.
3. ↑ the player "Svenskeren" (Dennis Johnsen) was banned for the first three group games due to unprofessional behavior in the run-up to the tournament. The German player "Gilius" (Berk Demir) replaced him.
4. ↑ SK Telecom T1 used both "Faker" (Lee Sang-hyeok) and "Easyhoon" (Lee Ji-hoon) in the midlane position.
5. ↑ EDward Gaming started in the group phase "AmazingJ" (Shek Wai-Ho) and in the quarterfinals "Koro1" (Tong Yang) on ​​the top plane position.
6. ↑ The Flash Wolves used the South Korean player "KKramer" (Ha Jong-hun) in the first group phase game and "NL" (Hsiung Wen-An) in all other games in the AD carry position.
7. ↑ LGD Gaming put both "Flame" (Lee Ho-Jong) and "Acorn" (Choi Cheon-ju) on top plane position in the group stage.
8. ↑ Invictus Gaming used both "Kid" (Ge Yan) and "Time" (Tang Jin-Tai) in the AD carry position in the group stage.
9. ↑ SK Telecom T1 used both "bengi" and "Blank" on the jungle position.
10. ↑ Samsung Galaxy partially used "Wraith" for "CoreJJ" during the group phase.
11. ↑ EDward Gaming started in the group stage "Mouse" and in the quarterfinals "Koro1" on the top plane position, because "Mouse" had to return to his home country for personal reasons.
12. ↑ EDward Gaming used both "PawN" and "Scout" on the midlane position.
13. ↑ Since "Road" was banned for a game, "BaeMe" was used for him, which then played in the jungle instead of "Avoidless".
14. ↑ ahq e-Sports Club used "Chawy" in a group stage game for "Westdoor".
15. ↑ Samsung Galaxy used both "Ambition" and "Haru" on the jungle position.
16. ↑ SK Telecom T1 used both “Peanut” and “Blank” on the jungle position.
17. ↑ Longzhu Gaming used both "Khan" and "Rascal" on top plane position.
18. ↑ GIGABYTE Marines used both "Sya" and "Nevan" in the support position.
19. ↑ ahq deployed both "Chawy" and "Westdoor" on the midlane position.
20. ↑ Invictus Gaming deployed both "TheShy" and "Duke" on the toplane position.
21. ↑ Fnatic used both "Bwipo" and "soAZ" on the top plane position.
22. ↑ Royal Never Give Up used both "Karsa" and "Mlxg" on the jungle position.
23. ↑ In 2 of 14 games, SK Telecom T1 replaced "Effort" with "Mata". These were a quarter-final and a semi-final.
24. ↑ Invictus Gaming replaced "Ning" with "Leyan" in 3 of 14 games .
25. ↑ Both "Svenskeren" and "Blaber" were used in 3 games each
26. ↑ In the last group game "Sneaky" was replaced by "Deftly".
27. ↑ In the first round game "Hieu3" was used instead of "Slay".
28. ↑ In a play-in match, "MnM" was used instead of "Unified".
29. ↑ ahq eSports Club used "Apex" instead of "Rainbow" in a game.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} League of Legends Season Two Championship ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. riotgames.com 
2. ↑ ^{a b} One World Championship, 32 million viewers na.leagueoflegends.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} League of Legends 2014 World Championship Viewer Numbers (Infograph). Retrieved September 13, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Riot Games Announces Season One Championship Details ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 367 kB) riotgames.com 
5. ↑ tournaments.leagueoflegends.com: Season Two World Championship ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ ^{a b} Riot Season 2 World Championship Tournament Preview ign.com
7. ↑ ^{a b} Season 2 World Championship Preview sk-gaming.com
8. ↑ ^{a b} Recap: Season 2 EU Regional Finals in2lol.com
9. ↑ Trainee The Champions Summer 2012 - Grand Finals sk-gaming.com
10. ↑ tournaments.leagueoflegends.com: World Playoffs Semifinal Matches Postponed ( Memento from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ League of Legends Finals Sells Out LA's Staples Center In An Hour forbes.com
12. ↑ standings / bracket ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. euw.lolesports 
13. ^ World Championship coming to the Staples Center lolesports.com
14. ↑ Worlds Heads to Europe for October 2015. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 5, 2015 ; accessed on September 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ LOL Esports - Timeline Photos | Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015 . 
16. ↑ LoL Esports | Watch Live. In: worlds.lolesports.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015 . 
17. ↑ League of Legends - World Cup start: First group stage, information & stream - GameStar. Retrieved October 1, 2015 . 
18. ↑ The viewership of the 2015 League of Legends World Championship toppled Riot's expectations ( en-US ) Retrieved December 10, 2015.
19. ^ Everything you need to know about the 2015 World Championship | LoL Esports. In: 2015.euw.lolesports.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015 . 
20. ↑ What is the 2017 World Championship? In: LoL eSports . ( lolesports.com [accessed September 30, 2017]).
21. ↑ Record Prize Money at the Worlds 2018. Summoners Inn, accessed January 19, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Esports Charts on Twitter , November 3, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019.
23. ↑ 2020 Season World Championship. Retrieved December 16, 2019 . 
24. ↑ ^{a b c} Dot Esports: Riot to host Worlds 2020 entirely in Shanghai, may have audience in stadium. In: Dot Esports. August 1, 2020, Retrieved August 14, 2020 (American English).