Everything you need to know about the League of Legends world championship
The League of Legends world championship is already underway. The crème de la crème of the world of videogames will play epic online battles in three of the most attractive cities in Western Europe. If you want to discover the rest of the details of the prestigious LoL tournament.
The most important tournament of all
The League of Legends world championship has been growing over the years to become a totally global eSports tournament. Every fall, thousands of brave LoL supporters stick to their screens and enjoy all the action of the battle to reach the final prize, which is disputed by 24 elite teams for a month.
The championship is the decisive moment and the climax of the qualifying phase, which, for a year, has offered games as exciting and fascinating as the final itself. Regardless of the expectations you have regarding the LoL world championship, you can rest easy: the flood of emotions, both joy and frustration, witty comments and passionate battles on all fronts are assured. The competitiveness is enormous, but only one team will deserve to lift the trophy and get the cash prize.
The world championship calendar
This year's edition of the League of Legends championship, organized by Riot Games, takes place in three major European cities. The first three phases of the tournament are the following: the preliminary group stage (already finished), the qualifiers (October 7 and 8) and the group stage, which has been divided into two parts and will take place from 12 to 15 and from October 17 to 20. These phases of the tournament will be held in two locations in Berlin, the LEC Studio and the Verti Music Hall.
Once the group phase ends, the championship will be relocated to Madrid. The Spanish capital will house the quarterfinals and the semifinals, which are scheduled to be held at the Palacio de Vistalegre between October 25 and 27 (the quarterfinals) and November 2 and 3 (the semifinals). The grand finale will be on November 10 in Paris, at the luxurious Accor Hotels Arena, which has a capacity for about 20,000 spectators.
The composition of the groups
In the initial phase of the tournament, the teams are divided into four groups. They are the following:
- Group A: Cloud 9, G2 Esports, Griffin and one more team to be confirmed.
- Group B: GAM Esports, FunPlus Phoenix, CTBC J Team and one more team to be confirmed.
- Group C: SK Telecom T1, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up and one more team to be confirmed.
- Group D: ahq e-Sports Club, Team Liquid, Invictus Gaming and one more team to be confirmed.
In the preliminary phase groups, different teams face the format of four groups and three teams:
- Group A (preliminary phase): MAMMOTH, Clutch Gaming, Unicorns of Love
- Group B (preliminary phase): Splyce, Isurus Gaming, DetonatioN FocusMe
- Group C (preliminary phase): MEGA Esports, Lowkey Esports, Hong Kong Attitude
- Group D (preliminary phase): Flamengo eSports, DAMWON Gaming, Royal Youth
The system of all the games played in these phases will be a two-round all against all, and one victory will be enough to qualify for the knockout phase, in which the teams will play the best of five games. All games will be streamed through YouTube and Twitch.
The Spanish team G2 Esports can be considered this year's favorite, as they have dominated their opponents during the regular season. In addition, we should not rule out SK Telecom T1, which are the current champions. In any case, these two teams will have to face Royal Never Give Up (a Chinese team led by ADC Uzi), Fnatic, Cloud 9 and Team Liquid. All of them will try that the favorites are not made with the trophy.
