2017 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) tournament, hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[1]
![]() The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location | Brazil |
Dates | 28 April–21 May |
Administrator | Riot Games |
Venue(s) | CBLOL Studio (São Paulo, Play-in stage) Jeunesse Arena (Rio de Janeiro, Main Event) |
Teams | 13 |
Final positions | |
Champions | SK Telecom T1 |
Runner-up | G2 Esports |
MVP | Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan (SK Telecom T1) |
SK Telecom T1 from South Korea successfully defended their championship from the previous year, defeating G2 Esports 3–1 in the final.
Qualified teams and roster
Qualified team
Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group stage, 2 teams from North America (NA LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) are started in Play-in round 2, and instead of the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational in 2015–2016, 8 teams from Wildcard regions are started in Play-in round 1.
Region | League | Team | ID |
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Start in Main Group stage | |||
China | LPL | ![]() |
WE |
Europe | EU LCS | ![]() |
G2 |
South Korea | LCK | ![]() |
SKT |
Start in Play-in round 2 | |||
North America | NA LCS | ![]() |
TSM |
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau | LMS | ![]() |
FW |
Start in Play-in round 1 | |||
Brazil | CBLOL | ![]() |
RED |
CIS | LCL | ![]() |
VP |
Japan | LJL | ![]() |
RPG |
Latin America North | LLN | ![]() |
LYN |
Latin America South | CLS | ![]() |
ISG |
Oceania | OPL | ![]() |
DW |
Vietnam►Southeast Asia | VCS►GPL | ![]() |
GAM |
Turkey | TCL | ![]() |
SUP |
Venues
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were the two cities chosen to host the competition.
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São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro |
Play-in Stage | Main Event |
CBLoL Studio | Jeunesse Arena |
Capacity: | Capacity: 15,430 |
Play-In Stage
Round 1
First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[2]
Draw
Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group.
Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
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Group A
# | Team | ~ | SUP | RED | DW | RPG | W | L | ||
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1 | ![]() |
SUP | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | ![]() |
RED | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | ![]() |
DW | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2 | 4 | ||
4 | ![]() |
RPG | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 1 | 5 |
Group B
# | Team | ~ | GAM | LYN | VP | ISG | W | L | ||
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1 | ![]() |
GAM | ~ | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | ![]() |
LYN | 0–2 | ~ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | ![]() |
VP | 1–1 | 0–2 | ~ | 1–1 | 2 | 4 | ||
4 | ![]() |
ISG | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 1 | 5 |
Round 2
Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.
Round 2 | |||
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Round 3
GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3–1. GPL of Southeast Asia gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage for Summer Split Runner-up at 2017 World Championship.[3]
Round 3 | ||||
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Group stage
# | Team | ~ | SKT | WE | G2 | FW | TSM | GAM | W | L | ||
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1 | ![]() |
SKT | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8 | 2 | ||
2 | ![]() |
WE | 1–1 | ~ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7 | 3 | ||
3 | ![]() |
G2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4 | 6 | ||
4 | ![]() |
FW | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4 | 6 | ||
5 | ![]() |
TSM | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 4 | 6 | ||
6 | ![]() |
GAM | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 3 | 7 |
4th-place tie-break Match | ||||
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- Notes
- After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3–1) against the other two teams.
- Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.
Knockout stage
- The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
- All matches are Best-of-five.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
May 19 | ||||||
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May 21 | ||||||
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May 20 | ||||||
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Ranking
Place | Region | League | Teams | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | GS | SF | Final |
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1st | South Korea | LCK | ![]() |
8–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |||
2nd | Europe | EU LCS | ![]() |
4–6 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |||
3rd–4th | China | LPL | ![]() |
7–3 | 1–3 | ||||
TW/HK/MO | LMS | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–6 | 0–3 | ||||
5th | North America | NA LCS | ![]() |
3–2 | 4–6 | ||||
6th | Vietnam►SEA | VCS►GPL | ![]() |
5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–7 | ||
7th | Turkey | TCL | ![]() |
5–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |||
8–9th | Brazil | CBLOL | ![]() |
4–2 | |||||
Latin America North | LLN | ![]() |
4–2 | ||||||
10–11th | CIS | LCL | ![]() |
2–4 | |||||
Oceania | OPL | ![]() |
2–4 | ||||||
12–13th | Japan | LJL | ![]() |
1–5 | |||||
Latin America South | CLS | ![]() |
1–5 |
References
- "What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "2017 MSI Play-In". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- "Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL". mycnb.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.