2019 League of Legends World Championship
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was the ninth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris.[1] 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.
2019 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location | |
Dates | October 2–November 10 |
Administrator(s) | Riot 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)
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Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champion | FunPlus Phoenix (1st title) |
Runner-up | G2 Esports |
MVP | Gao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix) |
Qualified teams and rosters
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.[2] 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.[3]
Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool |
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Starting in the main event's group stage | |||||
China | LPL | Summer Champion | FunPlus Phoenix | FPX | 1 |
Most Championship Points | Royal Never Give Up | RNG | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | Invictus Gaming | IG | |||
Europe | LEC | Summer Champion | G2 Esports | G2 | 1 |
Regional Finals Winner | Fnatic | FNC | 2 | ||
North America | LCS | Summer Champion | Team Liquid | TL | 1 |
Most Championship Points | Cloud9 | C9 | 2 | ||
South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | SK Telecom T1 | SKT | 1 |
Most Championship Points | Griffin | GRF | 2 | ||
TW/HK/MO | LMS | Summer Champion | J Team | JT | 2 |
Most Championship Points | ahq e-Sports Club | AHQ | 2 | ||
Vietnam | VCS | Summer Champion | GAM Esports | GAM | 2 |
Starting in the play-in stage | |||||
Europe | LEC | Regional Finals Runner-up | Splyce | SPY | 1 |
North America | LCS | Regional Finals Winner | Clutch Gaming | CG | |
South Korea | LCK | DAMWON Gaming | DWG | ||
TW/HK/MO | LMS | Hong Kong Attitude | HKA | ||
Vietnam | VCS | Summer Runner-up | Lowkey Esports | LK | 2 |
CIS | LCL | Summer Champion | Unicorns of Love | UOL | |
Latin America | LLA | Isurus Gaming | ISG | ||
Turkey | TCL | Royal Youth | RYL | ||
Brazil | CBLOL | Flamengo eSports | FLA | 3 | |
Japan | LJL | DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM | ||
Oceania | OPL | Mammoth | MMM | ||
Southeast Asia | LST | MEGA Esports | MG |
Rosters
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Teams | Players | Coach | ||||
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Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | ||
China (LPL) | ||||||
FunPlus Phoenix | GimGoon | Tian | Doinb | Lwx | Crisp | WarHorse |
Xinyi | ||||||
Royal Never Give Up | Langx | Karsa | Xiaohu | Uzi | Ming | Steak |
LoveZrr | Wink | |||||
Invictus Gaming | TheShy | Ning | Rookie | JackeyLove | Baolan | Mafa |
Duke | Leyan | |||||
Europe (LEC) | ||||||
G2 Esports | Wunder | Jankos | Caps | Perkz | Mikyx | GrabbZ |
promisq | ||||||
Fnatic | Bwipo | Broxah | Nemesis | Rekkles | Hylissang | Youngbuck |
Dan | ||||||
Splyce | Vizicsacsi | Xerxe | Humanoid | Kobbe | Norskeren | Peter Dun |
Orome | Sharp | Duke | ||||
North America (LCS) | ||||||
Team Liquid | Impact | Xmithie | Jensen | Doublelift | CoreJJ | Cain |
Insanity | Matt | |||||
Cloud9 | Licorice | Svenskeren | Nisqy | Sneaky | Zeyzal | Reapered |
Blaber | Deftly | |||||
Clutch Gaming | Huni | Lira | Damonte | Cody Sun | Vulcan | Thinkcard |
Rodov | ||||||
South Korea (LCK) | ||||||
SK Telecom T1 | Khan | Clid | Faker | Teddy | Effort | Zefa |
Haru | Mata | kkOma | ||||
Griffin | Sword | Tarzan | Chovy | Viper | Lehends | Chaos |
Doran | Kabbie | |||||
DAMWON Gaming | Nuguri | Canyon | ShowMaker | Nuclear | BeryL | Kim |
Punch | Hoit | Micro | ||||
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) | ||||||
J Team | Rest | Hana | FoFo | Lilv | Koala | REFRA1N |
Anan | ||||||
ahq e-Sports Club | Ziv | Alex | Rainbow | Wako | Ysera | NeXAbc |
Apex | ||||||
Hong Kong Attitude | 3z | Crash | M1ssion | MnM | Kaiwing | Chawy |
Unified | ||||||
Vietnam (VCS) | ||||||
GAM Esports | Zeros | Levi | Kiaya | Zin | Slay | Yuna |
Yoshino | Hieu3 | Tinikun | ||||
Lowkey Esports | Hani | DNK | Artifact | Celebrity | Venus | NixWater |
KingJ | Aci | |||||
Brazil (CBLOL) | ||||||
Flamengo eSports | Robo | Shrimp | Goku | brTT | Luci | Von |
Juzinho | Reven | |||||
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) | ||||||
Unicorns of Love | BOSS | AHaHaCiK | Nomanz | Innaxe | Edward | Sheepy |
Invi | ||||||
Japan (LJL) | ||||||
DetonatioN FocusMe | Evi | Steal | Ceros | Yutapon | Gaeng | Kazu |
Gismo | Ramune[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
Latin America (LLA) | ||||||
Isurus Gaming | Buggax | Oddie | Seiya | Warangelus | Slow | Yeti |
Kouzze | Pierre | |||||
Oceania (OPL) | ||||||
Mammoth | Fudge | Babip | Triple | k1ng | Destiny | Phantiks |
Topoon | Cuden | |||||
Turkey (TCL) | ||||||
Royal Youth | Armut | Closer | Cyeol | Pilot | Tolerant | Enatron |
Chosen | ||||||
Southeast Asia (LST) | ||||||
MEGA Esports | Rockky | Lloyd | G4 | DeuL | PoP | WarL0cK |
Hammock |
Play-in stage
- Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.[1]
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 | Clutch Gaming | CG | - | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | W | |||
2 | Unicorns of Love | UOL | 2-0 | - | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | W | L | ||
3 | Mammoth | MMM | 0-2 | 2-0 | - | 2 | 2 | L |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wed, Oct 2 | 1 | CG | L | W | UOL |
2 | MMM | W | L | UOL | |
3 | MMM | L | W | CG | |
Fri, Oct 4 | 4 | UOL | W | L | CG |
5 | UOL | L | W | MMM | |
6 | CG | W | L | MMM | |
TB1 | MMM | L | W | UOL | |
TB2 | CG | W | L | 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.[4]
Group B
# | Team | - | SPY | ISG | DFM | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Splyce | SPY | - | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | ||
2 | Isurus Gaming | ISG | 0-2 | - | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | ||
3 | DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM | 1-1 | 0-2 | - | 1 | 3 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wed, Oct 2 | 1 | DFM | L | W | SPY |
2 | DFM | L | W | ISG | |
3 | SPY | W | L | ISG | |
Fri, Oct 4 | 4 | SPY | L | W | DFM |
5 | ISG | W | L | DFM | |
6 | ISG | L | W | SPY |
Group C
# | Team | - | HKA | LK | MG | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hong Kong Attitude | HKA | - | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | ||
2 | Lowkey Esports | LK | 1-1 | - | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | ||
3 | MEGA Esports | MG | 0-2 | 1-1 | - | 1 | 3 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thu, Oct 3 | 1 | MG | L | W | HKA |
2 | MG | W | L | LK | |
3 | HKA | L | W | LK | |
Sat, Oct 5 | 4 | HKA | W | L | MG |
5 | LK | W | L | MG | |
6 | LK | L | W | HKA |
Group D
# | Team | - | DWG | RYL | FLA | W | L | TB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DAMWON Gaming | DWG | - | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | |||
2 | Royal Youth | RYL | 0-2 | - | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | W | ||
3 | Flamengo eSports | FLA | 0-2 | 1-1 | - | 1 | 3 | L | ||
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thu, Oct 3 | 1 | RYL | L | W | DWG |
2 | DWG | W | L | FLA | |
3 | RYL | L | W | FLA | |
Sat, Oct 5 | 4 | DWG | W | L | RYL |
5 | FLA | L | W | DWG | |
6 | FLA | L | W | RYL | |
TB | RYL | W | L | 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)
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
D1 | DAMWON Gaming (DWG) | 3 |
C2 | Lowkey Esports (LK) | 1 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LK | W | L | DWG |
2 | DWG | W | L | LK |
3 | DWG | W | L | LK |
4 | LK | L | W | DWG |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Match 2
- Date and time: October 7, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
A1 | Clutch Gaming (CG) | 3 |
D2 | Royal Youth (RYL) | 0 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CG | W | L | RYL |
2 | CG | W | L | RYL |
3 | CG | W | L | RYL |
4 | x | - | - | x |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Group stage
- Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany[1]
- 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 | Griffin | GRF | - | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | W | ||
2 | G2 Esports | G2 | 1-1 | - | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | L | ||
3 | Cloud9 | C9 | 0-2 | 0-2 | - | 2-0 | 2 | 4 | |||
4 | Hong Kong Attitude | HKA | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | - | 0 | 6 |
Group B
# | Team | - | FPX | SPY | JT | GAM | W | L | TB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FunPlus Phoenix | FPX | - | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | W | ||
2 | Splyce | SPY | 1-1 | - | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | L | ||
3 | J Team | JT | 1-1 | 1-1 | - | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | |||
4 | GAM Esports | GAM | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | - | 1 | 5 |
Group C
# | Team | - | SKT | FNC | RNG | CG | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SK Telecom T1 | SKT | - | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | Fnatic | FNC | 1-1 | - | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | Royal Never Give Up | RNG | 0-2 | 1-1 | - | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | ||
4 | Clutch Gaming | CG | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | - | 0 | 6 |
Group D
# | Team | - | DWG | IG | TL | AHQ | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DAMWON Gaming | DWG | - | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | Invictus Gaming | IG | 0-2 | - | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | Team Liquid | TL | 1-1 | 0-2 | - | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | ||
4 | ahq e-Sports Club | AHQ | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | - | 0 | 6 |
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
- Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain[1]
- The winner(s) will advance to the semi-finals.
Match 1
- Date: October 26.
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
A1 | Griffin (GRF) | 1 |
D2 | Invictus Gaming (IG) | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IG | W | L | GRF |
2 | GRF | L | W | IG |
3 | IG | L | W | GRF |
4 | GRF | L | W | IG |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Match 2
- Date: October 26
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
B1 | FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) | 3 |
C2 | Fnatic (FNC) | 1 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FPX | W | L | FNC |
2 | FNC | L | W | FPX |
3 | FPX | L | W | FNC |
4 | FPX | W | L | FNC |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Match 3
- Date: October 27.
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
C1 | SK Telecom T1 (SKT) | 3 |
B2 | Splyce (SPY) | 1 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SPY | L | W | SKT |
2 | SKT | W | L | SPY |
3 | SKT | L | W | SPY |
4 | SKT | W | L | SPY |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Match 4
- Date: October 27.
Team | Result | |
---|---|---|
D1 | DAMWON Gaming (DWG) | 1 |
A2 | G2 Esports (G2) | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | G2 | W | L | DWG |
2 | G2 | L | W | DWG |
3 | G2 | W | L | DWG |
4 | G2 | W | L | DWG |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Semi-finals
- Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain[1]
- The winner(s) will advance to the Finals.
Match 1
- Date: November 2.
Team | Result |
---|---|
Invictus Gaming (IG) | 1 |
FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FPX | W | L | IG |
2 | IG | W | L | FPX |
3 | FPX | W | L | IG |
4 | IG | L | W | 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).[5]
Team | Result |
---|---|
G2 Esports (G2) | 3 |
SK Telecom T1 (SKT) | 1 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SKT | L | W | G2 |
2 | G2 | L | W | SKT |
3 | SKT | L | W | G2 |
4 | G2 | W | L | SKT |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Finals
- Venue: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France[1]
- Date: November 10 12:00 UTC (Game 1 at 13:00 UTC) [6][7]
- The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2019 World Champions.
Team | Result |
---|---|
FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) | 3 |
G2 Esports (G2) | 0 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FPX | W | L | G2 |
2 | G2 | L | W | FPX |
3 | FPX | W | L | G2 |
4 | x | - | - | x |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Ranking
Team ranking
- (*) Not include tie-break games.
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%) |
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5th | TW/HK/MO | LMS | 2G+1P | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 3W-1L (75%) |
3 teams 3W-15L (16.66%) |
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6th | Vietnam | VCS | 1G+1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
1 team 1W-5L (16.66%) |
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7th | CIS | LCL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%)* |
1 team 2W-3L (40%) |
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8th | Latin America | LLA | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
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9th | Turkey | TCL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%)* |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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10th | Oceania | OPL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%)* |
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11th–13th | Brazil | CBLOL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%)* |
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Japan | LJL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
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Southeast Asia | LST | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
Notes
- Ramune is a Chinese national but has permanent residency status in Japan.
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