2017 League of Legends World Championship

The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the seventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from September 23 – November 4, 2017, in cities across China. 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.

League of Legends World Championship
2017
Tournament information
LocationChina
DatesSeptember 23–November 4
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
12 team double round-robin Play-in Stage
16 team double round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket[1]
Venue(s)
4 (in 4 host cities)
Teams24
Purse$4,596,591[2]
Final positions
ChampionSamsung Galaxy
Runner-upSK Telecom T1
MVPPark "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (Samsung Galaxy)

The finals featured a rematch of last year's competitors, and in 2017, Samsung Galaxy secured their second championship win after defeating the three-time world champion SK Telecom T1, with a 3–0 sweep in a best of five final series. Samsung has previously won the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the AD carry of Samsung, was named the MVP of the tournament for his outstanding performances.[3]

Against The Current and Jay Chou collaborated with Riot Games to produce two exclusive songs titled "Legends Never Die" and "Hero" respectively for the tournament, while Alan Walker also produced his own remix of "Legends Never Die".

The 2017 Worlds has been widely praised for its ceremonial performances,[4][5] while receiving attention worldwide due to the high quality of the tournament, its multiple dramatic and emotional series,[6][7][8][9] and SK Telecom T1's tributary moments.[10] The finals gained a solid following of 60 million unique viewers, breaking 2016's viewer record.[11] A donation of US$2.35 million was also raised through the sales of Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe skin, reaching out to different charities and receiving commendations.[12]

Teams and qualifications

Based on the results of MSI and the World Championship in the previous two years, all teams from South Korea (LCK) were seeded directly into the group stage and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) received an extra seed. With the ranking of the 2017 Mid Season Invitational, Southeast Asia (GPL) received a group stage seed for the summer champion team and one more slot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up team, and the North American (NA LCS) summer split champion team was seeded to Pool 2 due to not qualifying for the top 4 at the MSI.

Region League Path Start in Pool Teams ID
China LPL Summer Champion Group stage 1 China Edward Gaming EDG
Championship Points 2 China Royal Never Give Up RNG
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 China Team WE WE
Europe EU LCS Summer Champion Group stage 1 Europe G2 Esports G2
Championship Points 2 Europe Misfits Gaming MSF
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Europe Fnatic FNC
North America NA LCS Summer Champion Group stage 2 United States Team SoloMid TSM
Championship Points United States Immortals IMT
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 United States Cloud9 C9
South Korea LCK Summer Champion Group stage 1 South Korea Longzhu Gaming LZ
Championship Points 2 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT
Regional Finals South Korea Samsung Galaxy SSG
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau		 LMS Summer Champion Group stage 1 Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Championship Points 2 Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA
Vietnam
►Southeast Asia		 VCS►GPL Summer Champion Group stage 2 Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Summer Runner-up Play-in stage 4 Vietnam Young Generation YG
Brazil CBLOL Summer Champion Brazil Team oNe Esports ONE
CIS LCL Russia Gambit Esports GMB
Turkey TCL Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe FB
Japan LJL 5 Japan Rampage RPG
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN
Latin America South CLS Chile Kaos Latin Gamers KLG
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves DW

Venues

Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing were the four cities chosen to host the competition.[13]

 China
Wuhan, Hubei Guangzhou, Guangdong
Play-in Stage & Main Group Stage Quarterfinals
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium Guangzhou Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 10,000
Sep 23 – Oct 15 Oct 19 – Oct 22
Shanghai Beijing
Semifinals Finals
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Beijing National Stadium
Capacity: 18,200 Capacity: 91,000
Oct 28 – Oct 29 Nov 4

Play-in stage

Group A
# Team ~ WE LYN GMB W L
1China Team WE WE ~2–02–040
2Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN 0–2~2–022
3Russia Gambit Esports GMB 0–20–2~04

Group B
# Team ~ C9 ONE DW W L TB
1United States Cloud9 C9 ~2–02–040
2Brazil Team oNe Esports ONE 0–2~1–113 W
3Australia Dire Wolves DW 0–21–1~13 L

Group C
# Team ~ FNC YG KLG W L
1Europe Fnatic FNC ~1–12–031
2Vietnam Young Generation YG 1–1~1–122
3Chile Kaos Latin Gamers KLG 0–21–1~13

Group D
# Team ~ FB HKA RPG W L TB
1Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe FB ~1–12–031 W
2Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA 1–1~2–031 L
3Japan Rampage RPG 0–20–2~04

Elimination
Match 1
   
China Team WE 3
Vietnam Young Generation 0
Match 2
   
United States Cloud9 3
Mexico Lyon Gaming 0
Match 3
   
Europe Fnatic 3
Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude 0
Match 4
   
Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe 3
Brazil Team oNe Esports 1

Group stage

Group A
# Team ~ SKT C9 AHQ EDG W L
1South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT ~2–01–12–051
2United States Cloud9 C9 0–2~2–01–133
3Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 1–10–2~1–124
3China EDward Gaming EDG 0–21–11–1 ~24

Group B
# Team LZ FNC GAM IMT W L TB1 TB2
1South Korea Longzhu Gaming LZ —2–02–02–060
2Europe Fnatic FNC 0–2—1–11–124W W
3Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM 0–21–1—1–124 L
4United States Immortals IMT 0–21–11–1—24L

Due to the same record, (2W-4L) and the same head-to-head record vs each other, (1–1), FNC, GAM and IMT had to play in 2 matches of tie-breakers. GAM was received a bye to TB2 because of the shortest winning time. FNC and IMT played in TB1 match, and the winner (FNC) played against GAM in TB2 to decide the 2nd-place team.

Group C
Group stage game at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium between Royal Never Give Up and 1907 Fenerbahçe
# Team ~ RNG SSG G2 FB W L
1China Royal Never Give Up RNG ~2–01–12–051
2South Korea Samsung Galaxy SSG 0–2~2–02–042
3Europe G2 Esports G2 1–10–2~2–033
4Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe FB 0–20–20–2~06

Group D
# Team ~ WE MSF TSM FW W L TB
1China Team WE WE ~2–01–12–051
2Europe Misfits Gaming MSF 0–2~1–12–033 W
3United States Team SoloMid TSM 1–11–1~1–133 L
4Taiwan Flash Wolves FW 0–20–21–1~15

Knockout stage

Bracket
The stage for the finals between SKT T1 and Samsung Galaxy in the Beijing National Stadium
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
D2 Europe Misfits Gaming 2
South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
China Royal Never Give Up 2
C1 China Royal Never Give Up 3
B2 Europe Fnatic 1
South Korea SK Telecom T1 0
South Korea Samsung Galaxy 3
D1 China Team WE 3
A2 United States Cloud9 2
China Team WE 1
South Korea Samsung Galaxy 3
B1 South Korea Longzhu Gaming 0
C2 South Korea Samsung Galaxy 3

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

Match 1
  • Date: 19 October
Seed Team ID Result
B1 Longzhu Gaming LZ 0
C2 Samsung Galaxy SSG 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 LZ L W SSG
2 LZ L W SSG
3 SSG W L LZ
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Match 2
  • Date: 20 October
Seed Team ID Result
A1 SK Telecom T1 SKT 3
D2 Misfits Gaming MSF 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 SKT W L MSF
2 MSF W L SKT
3 SKT L W MSF
4 MSF L W SKT
5 SKT W L MSF

Match 3
  • Date: 21 October
Seed Team ID Result
C1 Royal Never Give Up RNG 3
B2 Fnatic FNC 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 FNC L W RNG
2 FNC L W RNG
3 FNC W L RNG
4 RNG W L FNC
5 X – – X

Match 4
  • Date: 22 October
Seed Team ID Result
D1 Team WE WE 3
A2 Cloud9 C9 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 WE W L C9
2 C9 W L WE
3 WE L W C9
4 C9 L W WE
5 WE W L C9

Semi-finals
  • The winner(s) advanced to the Finals.

Match 1
  • Date: 28 October
Team ID Result
SK Telecom T1 SKT 3
Royal Never Give Up RNG 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 RNG W L SKT
2 SKT W L RNG
3 RNG W L SKT
4 SKT W L RNG
5 RNG L W SKT

Match 2
  • Date: 29 October
Team ID Result
Samsung Galaxy SSG 3
Team WE WE 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 WE W L SSG
2 SSG W L WE
3 WE L W SSG
4 SSG W L WE
5 X – – X

Finals
  • Date: 4 November
  • The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2017 World Champions.
Team ID Result
SK Telecom T1 SKT 0
Samsung Galaxy SSG 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 SSG W L SKT
2 SSG W L SKT
3 SSG W L SKT
4 X – – X
5 X – – X

Final standings
Final standings, 2017[14]
Places Region League Team Prize (USD)
1st South Korea LCK South Korea Samsung Galaxy $1,855,114
2nd South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 $667,841
3rd–4th China LPL China Royal Never Give Up $346,288
China LPL China Team WE
5–8th South Korea LCK South Korea Longzhu Gaming $197,879
Europe EU LCS Europe Misfits Gaming
Europe EU LCS Europe Fnatic
North America NA LCS United States Cloud9
9–11th North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid $111,307
Europe EU LCS Europe G2 Esports
Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines
12–13th China LPL China Edward Gaming $86,571
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club
14–16th TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves $61,837
North America LCS United States Immortals
Turkey TCL Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe
17–20th Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming $37,102
TW/HK/MO LMS Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude
Brazil CBLOL Brazil Team oNe Esports
Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL Vietnam Young Generation
21–24th Japan LJL Japan Rampage $24,735
Latin America South CLS Chile Kaos Latin Gamers
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves
CIS LCL Russia Gambit Esports
Total $4,946,970

League of Legends Live

League of Legends Live was held on the eve of the finals, November 3, in Beijing National Aquatics Center (or known as the Water Cube) to commemorate the tournament, featuring international artists and League of Legends community musicians. It featured performances of a wide variety of music from League of Legends, including Get Jinxed, hits from Pentakill, DJ Sona, Warsongs, Star Guardian, The Curse Of The Sad Mummy, medleys of a wide variety of Worlds and Champion themes, DJ and music producer Alan Walker, and many other tracks over the course of the 90-minute show.[15]

Reception of performances

During the opening ceremony of the finals, dancers were decked out in different masks, unified as the ground around them exploded with visual effects and colors. It was followed by Jay Chou's Worlds 2017 remix Hero performance, and a live version of Legends Never Die by Against the Current, with Chou playing the piano behind. An augmented reality dragon (modeled after the in-game Elder Drake) also flew and soared around the arena halfway through the performance, with a giant Summoner's Cup rising from the grounds of the stadium at the same time, catching the stadium's audience and global fans by surprise. The closing ceremony featured Alan Walker performing his own remix of Legends Never Die, with Chrissy Costanza on the vocals.[16] The overall performances of the ceremony received widespread praises.[4][5]

Legacy

The finals had 60 million unique viewers worldwide, breaking 2016's viewer record.[11]

League of Legends fans raised over US$2 million for three different charities (BasicNeeds, Learning Equality and the Raspberry Pi Foundation) with the sales of the "Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe" skin.[17]

The loss of SK Telecom T1 in a 0–3 defeat, as well as Faker's emotional moment is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in League of Legends' history, and noticeably caught the attention of League of Legends' fans throughout the world, with many tributes given to the team and Faker for their success.[10]

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