2019 League of Legends World Championship

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the ninth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris.[2] Twenty four teams from 13 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.

League of Legends
World Championship
2019
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location
  • France
  • Germany
  • Spain
DatesOctober 2–November 10
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
Venue(s)
4 (in 3 host cities)
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionFunPlus Phoenix
Runner-upG2 Esports
Tournament statistics
AttendancePeak viewership: 43.982.055[1]
MVPGao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix)

"Phoenix" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Chrissy Costanza and Cailin Russo, while Blanke, Carpenter Brut, and 1788-L produced their own remix versions of "Phoenix".[3][4] A virtual rap group named "True Damage" was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon from (G)I-dle, Duckwrth, Thutmose, Keke Palmer and Becky G representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of their debut song, "Giants", in the finals.[5]

Qualified teams

Based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship in the year prior, with the 2018 MSI victory of Royal Never Give Up and 2018 Worlds victory of Invictus Gaming, the third seed team from China (LPL) will start in the group stage, replacing the third seed team from South Korea (LCK) that will now instead begin in the play-in stage.[6] Due to the merger of Latin America North's and Latin America South's professional leagues into a single league (LLA) and the results of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam (VCS) will have a direct spot in the group stage for the summer champions and an additional spot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up, the same format used in 2017 Worlds. The summer champions of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) have also been dropped to pool #2.[7]

Region League Path Team ID Pool
Starting in the main event's group stage
China LPL Summer Champion China FunPlus Phoenix FPX 1
Most Championship Points China Royal Never Give Up RNG 2
Regional Finals Winner China Invictus Gaming IG
Europe LEC Summer Champion Europe G2 Esports G2 1
Regional Finals Winner Europe Fnatic FNC 2
North America LCS Summer Champion United States Team Liquid TL 1
Most Championship Points United States Cloud9 C9 2
South Korea LCK Summer Champion South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 1
Most Championship Points South Korea Griffin GRF 2
TW/HK/MO LMS Summer Champion Taiwan J Team JT 2
Most Championship Points Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 2
Vietnam VCS Summer Champion Vietnam GAM Esports GAM 2
Starting in the play-in stage
Europe LEC Regional Finals Runner-up Europe Splyce SPY 1
North America LCS Regional Finals Winner United States Clutch Gaming CG
South Korea LCK South Korea Damwon Gaming DWG
TW/HK/MO LMS Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA
Vietnam VCS Summer Runner-up Vietnam Lowkey Esports LK 2
CIS LCL Summer Champion Russia Unicorns of Love UOL
Latin America LLA Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG
Turkey TCL Turkey Royal Youth RYL
Brazil CBLOL Brazil Flamengo eSports FLA 3
Japan LJL Japan DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Oceania OPL Australia Mammoth MMM
Southeast Asia LST Thailand MEGA Esports MG

Venues

Berlin, Madrid, Paris were the three cities chosen to host the competition.

Berlin, Germany Madrid, Spain Paris, France
Play-in Stage Main Group Stage Quarterfinals & Semifinals Finals
LEC Studio Verti Music Hall Palacio Vistalegre AccorHotels Arena
Capacity: 174 Capacity: 2,250 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 20,300

Play-in stage
  • Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.[2]

Round 1
  • Date and time: October 2–5, began at 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) in the first leg and 12:00 in the second.
  • Twelve teams are drawn into four groups, with three teams in each group.
  • Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have same win–loss record and head to head, they will play a tie-breaker match for first or second-place.
  • The top two teams of each group advance to the second round. The third-place team is eliminated.

Group A
# Team - CG UOL MMM W L TB1 TB2
1 United States Clutch Gaming CG - 0-2 2-0 2 2 W
2 Russia Unicorns of Love UOL 2-0 - 0-2 2 2 W L
3 Australia Mammoth MMM 0-2 2-0 - 2 2 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Wed, Oct 2 1 United States CG L W Russia UOL
2 Australia MMM W L Russia UOL
3 Australia MMM L W United States CG
Fri, Oct 4 4 Russia UOL W L United States CG
5 Russia UOL L W Australia MMM
6 United States CG W L Australia MMM
TB1 Australia MMM L W Russia UOL
TB2 United States CG W L Russia UOL

Tiebreaker placement was based on the combined game times of teams' victories. The two teams with the longest total game times, Mammoth (78:45) and the Unicorns of Love (76:57), played in the first tiebreaker match for a spot in the second round of the play-in stage. Clutch Gaming had the shortest total game time (63:37) and went directly to the second tiebreaker match, which determined the first place team in Group A.[8]

Group B
# Team - SPY ISG DFM W L
1 Europe Splyce SPY - 2-0 1-1 3 1
2 Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG 0-2 - 2-0 2 2
3 Japan DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 1-1 0-2 - 1 3
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Wed, Oct 2 1 Japan DFM L W Europe SPY
2 Japan DFM L W Argentina ISG
3 Europe SPY W L Argentina ISG
Fri, Oct 4 4 Europe SPY L W Japan DFM
5 Argentina ISG W L Japan DFM
6 Argentina ISG L W Europe SPY

Group C
# Team - HKA LK MG W L
1 Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA - 1-1 2-0 3 1
2 Vietnam Lowkey Esports LK 1-1 - 1-1 2 2
3 Thailand MEGA Esports MG 0-2 1-1 - 1 3
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Thu, Oct 3 1 Thailand MG L W Hong Kong HKA
2 Thailand MG W L Vietnam LK
3 Hong Kong HKA L W Vietnam LK
Sat, Oct 5 4 Hong Kong HKA W L Thailand MG
5 Vietnam LK W L Thailand MG
6 Vietnam LK L W Hong Kong HKA

Group D
# Team - DWG RYL FLA W L TB
1 South Korea DAMWON Gaming DWG - 2-0 2-0 4 0
2 Turkey Royal Youth RYL 0-2 - 1-1 1 3 W
3 Brazil Flamengo eSports FLA 0-2 1-1 - 1 3 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Thu, Oct 3 1 Turkey RYL L W South Korea DWG
2 South Korea DWG W L Brazil FLA
3 Turkey RYL L W Brazil FLA
Sat, Oct 5 4 South Korea DWG W L Turkey RYL
5 Brazil FLA L W South Korea DWG
6 Brazil FLA L W Turkey RYL
TB Turkey RYL W L Brazil FLA

Round 2
  • Eight teams are drawn randomly into a single-elimination match, with first-place teams of each group facing second-place teams of another group.
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
  • The winner advances to the main event group stage as pool #3.

Match 1
  • Date and time: October 7, 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Seed Team ID Result
D1 South Korea Damwon Gaming DWG 3
C2 Vietnam Lowkey Esports LK 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 Vietnam LK W L South Korea DWG
2 South Korea DWG W L Vietnam LK
3 South Korea DWG W L Vietnam LK
4 Vietnam LK L W South Korea DWG
5 x - - x

Match 2
  • Date and time: October 7, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Seed Team ID Result
A1 United States Clutch Gaming CG 3
D2 Turkey Royal Youth RYL 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 United States CG W L Turkey RYL
2 United States CG W L Turkey RYL
3 United States CG W L Turkey RYL
4 x - - x
5 x - - x

Match 3
  • Date and time: October 8, 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Seed Team ID Result
C1 Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA 3
B2 Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 Hong Kong HKA W L Argentina ISG
2 Argentina ISG W L Hong Kong HKA
3 Hong Kong HKA W L Argentina ISG
4 Argentina ISG L W Hong Kong HKA
5 x - - x

Match 4
  • Date and time: October 8, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Seed Team ID Result
B1 Europe Splyce SPY 3
A2 Russia Unicorns of Love UOL 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 Russia UOL W L Europe SPY
2 Europe SPY W L Russia UOL
3 Europe SPY W L Russia UOL
4 Russia UOL W L Europe SPY
5 Europe SPY W L Russia UOL

Group stage
  • Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany[2]
  • Date: October 12–20.
  • Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for first or second place.
  • The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The bottom two teams are eliminated.

Group A
# Team - GRF G2 C9 HKA W L TB
1 South Korea Griffin GRF - 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1 W
2 Europe G2 Esports G2 1-1 - 2-0 2-0 5 1 L
3 United States Cloud9 C9 0-2 0-2 - 2-0 2 4
4 Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude HKA 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sun, Oct 13 1 South Korea GRF L W Europe G2
2 United States C9 W L Hong Kong HKA
Mon, Oct 14 3 South Korea GRF W L Hong Kong HKA
4 Europe G2 W L United States C9
Tue, Oct 15 5 United States C9 L W South Korea GRF
6 Hong Kong HKA L W Europe G2
Fri, Oct 18 7 South Korea GRF W L United States C9
8 Europe G2 W L Hong Kong HKA
9 Hong Kong HKA L W South Korea GRF
10 United States C9 L W Europe G2
11 Hong Kong HKA L W United States C9
12 Europe G2 L W South Korea GRF
TB Europe G2 L W South Korea GRF

Group B
# Team - FPX SPY JT GAM W L TB
1 China FunPlus Phoenix FPX - 1-1 1-1 2-0 4 2 W
2 Europe Splyce SPY 1-1 - 1-1 2-0 4 2 L
3 Taiwan J Team JT 1-1 1-1 - 1-1 3 3
4 Vietnam GAM Esports GAM 0-2 0-2 1-1 - 1 5
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 Taiwan JT W L China FPX
2 Vietnam GAM L W Europe SPY
Mon, Oct 14 3 China FPX W L Europe SPY
4 Taiwan JT L W Vietnam GAM
Tue, Oct 15 5 China FPX W L Vietnam GAM
6 Europe SPY L W Taiwan JT
Thu, Oct 17 7 Vietnam GAM L W China FPX
8 Taiwan JT L W Europe SPY
9 Vietnam GAM L W Taiwan JT
10 Europe SPY W L China FPX
11 Europe SPY W L Vietnam GAM
12 China FPX W L Taiwan JT
TB China FPX W L Europe SPY

Group C
# Team - SKT FNC RNG CG W L
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT - 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1
2 Europe Fnatic FNC 1-1 - 1-1 2-0 4 2
3 China Royal Never Give Up RNG 0-2 1-1 - 2-0 3 3
4 United States Clutch Gaming CG 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 Europe FNC L W South Korea SKT
2 China RNG W L United States CG
Sun, Oct 13 3 South Korea SKT W L China RNG
4 Europe FNC W L United States CG
Tue, Oct 15 5 China RNG W L Europe FNC
6 United States CG L W South Korea SKT
Sat, Oct 19 7 China RNG L W South Korea SKT
8 United States CG L W Europe FNC
9 South Korea SKT L W Europe FNC
10 United States CG L W China RNG
11 South Korea SKT W L United States CG
12 Europe FNC W L China RNG

Group D
# Team - DWG IG TL AHQ W L
1 South Korea Damwon Gaming DWG - 2-0 1-1 2-0 5 1
2 China Invictus Gaming IG 0-2 - 2-0 2-0 4 2
3 United States Team Liquid TL 1-1 0-2 - 2-0 3 3
4 Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 China IG W L Taiwan AHQ
2 South Korea DWG L W United States TL
Sun, Oct 13 3 United States TL L W China IG
4 Taiwan AHQ L W South Korea DWG
Mon, Oct 14 5 China IG L W South Korea DWG
6 Taiwan AHQ L W United States TL
Sun, Oct 20 7 Taiwan AHQ L W China IG
8 United States TL L W South Korea DWG
9 United States TL W L Taiwan AHQ
10 South Korea DWG W L China IG
11 South Korea DWG W L Taiwan AHQ
12 China IG W L United States TL

Knockout stage
  • Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
  • The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
  • Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
A1 South Korea Griffin 1
D2 China Invictus Gaming 3
D2 China Invictus Gaming 1
B1 China FunPlus Phoenix 3
B1 China FunPlus Phoenix 3
C2 Europe Fnatic 1
China FunPlus Phoenix 3
Europe G2 Esports 0
C1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
B2 Europe Splyce 1
C1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 1
A2 Europe G2 Esports 3
D1 South Korea Damwon Gaming 1
A2 Europe G2 Esports 3

Quarter-finals

Match 1
  • Date: October 26.
Seed Team ID Result
A1 South Korea Griffin GRF 1
D2 China Invictus Gaming IG 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 China IG W L South Korea GRF
2 South Korea GRF L W China IG
3 China IG L W South Korea GRF
4 South Korea GRF L W China IG
5 X – – X

Match 2
  • Date: October 26
Seed Team ID Result
B1 China FunPlus Phoenix FPX 3
C2 Europe Fnatic FNC 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 China FPX W L Europe FNC
2 Europe FNC L W China FPX
3 China FPX L W Europe FNC
4 China FPX W L Europe FNC
5 X – – X

Match 3
  • Date: October 27.
Seed Team ID Result
C1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 3
B2 Europe Splyce SPY 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 Europe SPY L W South Korea SKT
2 South Korea SKT W L Europe SPY
3 South Korea SKT L W Europe SPY
4 South Korea SKT W L Europe SPY
5 X – – X

Match 4
  • Date: October 27.
Seed Team ID Result
D1 South Korea Damwon Gaming DWG 1
A2 Europe G2 Esports G2 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 Europe G2 W L South Korea DWG
2 Europe G2 L W South Korea DWG
3 Europe G2 W L South Korea DWG
4 Europe G2 W L South Korea DWG
5 X – – X

Semi-finals
  • Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain[2]
  • The winner(s) will advance to the Finals.

Match 1
  • Date: November 2.
Team ID Result
China Invictus Gaming IG 1
China FunPlus Phoenix FPX 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 China FPX W L China IG
2 China IG W L China FPX
3 China FPX W L China IG
4 China IG L W China FPX
5 X – – X

    Match 2
    • Date: November 3.
    • The most viewed live match in esports history, peaking at 3,985,787 viewers globally (excluding China).[9]
    Team ID Result
    Europe G2 Esports G2 3
    South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 1
    Game Blue side Result Red side
    1 South Korea SKT L W Europe G2
    2 Europe G2 L W South Korea SKT
    3 South Korea SKT L W Europe G2
    4 Europe G2 W L South Korea SKT
    5 X – – X

    Finals
    Main article: 2019 League of Legends World Championship Final
    • Venue: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France[2]
    • Date: November 10 12:00 UTC (Game 1 at 13:00 UTC) [10][11]
    • The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2019 World Champions.
    Team ID Result
    China FunPlus Phoenix FPX 3
    Europe G2 Esports G2 0
    Game Blue side Result Red side
    1 China FPX W L Europe G2
    2 Europe G2 L W China FPX
    3 China FPX W L Europe G2
    4 X – – X
    5 X – – X

    Ranking

    Team ranking
    • (*) Not include tie-break games.
    Place Region Team PS1 PS2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)
    1st LPL China FunPlus Phoenix* 4-2 3-1 3-1 3-0 37.5% $834,375
    2nd LEC Europe G2 Esports* 5-1 3-1 3-1 0-3 13.5% $300,375
    3rd–4th LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 5-1 3-1 1-3 7% $155,750
    LPL China Invictus Gaming 4-2 3-1 1-3
    5th–8th LCK South Korea Damwon Gaming 4-0 3-1 5-1 1-3 4% $89,000
    LCK South Korea Griffin* 5-1 1-3
    LEC Europe Splyce* 3-1 3-2 4-2 1-3
    LEC Europe Fnatic 4-2 1-3
    9th–12th LMS Taiwan J Team 3-3 2.25% $50,062.50
    LPL China Royal Never Give Up 3-3
    LCS United States Team Liquid 3-3
    LCS United States Cloud9 2-4
    13th-16th VCS Vietnam GAM Esports 1-5 1.25% $27,812.50
    LMS Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club 0-6
    LMS Hong Kong Hong Kong Attitude 3-1 3-1 0-6
    LCS United States Clutch Gaming* 2-2 3-0 0-6
    17th-20th LCL Russia Unicorns of Love* 2-2 2-3 0.75% $16,687.50
    VCS Vietnam Lowkey Esports 2-2 1-3
    LLA Argentina Isurus Gaming 2-2 1-3
    TCL Turkey Royal Youth* 1-3 0-3
    21st-24th OPL Australia Mammoth* 2-2 0.5% $11,125
    CBLOL Brazil Flamengo eSports* 1-3
    LJL Japan DetonatioN FocusMe 1-3
    LST Thailand MEGA Esports 1-3
    Place Region Team PS1 PS2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)

    Regional ranking
    • The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
    • Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
    • (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.
    Place Region League Teams Play-in Round 1
    (4 games total)    		 Play-in Round 2
    (Best-of-five)    		 Group stage
    (6 games total)    		 Quarterfinals
    (Best-of-five)    		 Semifinals
    (Best-of-five)    		 Finals
    (Best-of-five)
    1st China LPL 3G 3 teams
    13W-7L
    (65%)    		 2 teams
    6W-2L
    (75%)    		 2 teams
    4W-4L
    (50%)    		 3W-0L

    (100%)

    2nd Europe LEC 2G+1P 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)*    		 1 team
    3W-2L
    (60%)    		 3 teams
    13W-5L
    (72.22%)    		 3 teams
    5W-7L
    (41.66%)    		 1 team

    3W-1L

    (75%)

    		 0W-3L

    (0%)

    3rd Korea LCK 2G+1P 1 team
    4W-0L
    (100%)*    		 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 3 teams
    15W-3L
    (83.33%)    		 3 teams
    5W-7L
    (41.66%)    		 1 team

    1W-3L

    (25%)
    4th North America LCS 2G+1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*    		 1 team
    3W-0L
    (100%)    		 3 teams
    5W-13L
    (27.77%)
    5th TW/HK/MO LMS 2G+1P 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 3 teams
    3W-15L
    (16.66%)
    6th Vietnam VCS 1G+1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)    		 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)    		 1 team
    1W-5L
    (16.66%)
    7th CIS LCL 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*    		 1 team
    2W-3L
    (40%)
    8th Latin America LLA 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)    		 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)
    9th Turkey TCL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)*    		 1 team
    0W-3L
    (0%)
    10th Oceania OPL 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*
    11th–13th Brazil CBLOL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)*
    Japan LJL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)
    Southeast Asia LST 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)

    Notes

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