League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends World Championship
Tournament information
Location Rotating locations
Month played October
Established 2011
Number of tournaments 5
Administrator(s) Riot Games
Format Round-robin (group stage)
Single-elimination (bracket stage)
Participants 8 (2011), 12 (2012), 14 (2013), 16 (2014–)
Website Official website
Current champion
SK Telecom T1

The League of Legends World Championship is the annual professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. The first World Championship was held in 2011 at DreamHack Winter 2011 and was won by Fnatic. Teams compete for the champion title, the 70 pounds (32 kg) Summoner's Cup, and a US$1,000,000 champion prize.[1]

Summary

Year Finals location Final Semi-finalists
Winner Score Runner-up
2011 Sweden Jönköping Fnatic 2–1 against All authority Team SoloMid
2012 United States Los Angeles Taipei Assassins 3–1 Azubu Frost Counter Logic Gaming Europe Moscow Five
2013 United States Los Angeles SK Telecom T1 3–0 Royal Club Fnatic NaJin Black Sword
2014 South Korea Seoul Samsung Galaxy White 3–1 Star Horn Royal Club OMG Samsung Galaxy Blue
2015 Germany Berlin SK Telecom T1 3–1 KOO Tigers Fnatic Origen
2016 United States Los Angeles[2] To be determined

Season 1

The Season 1 Championship[3] in June 2011, held at Dreamhack in Sweden, featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool[4] with a $50,000 champion prize.[5] 8 teams from North America, Southeast Asia and Europe participated in the championship.[6] Over 1.6 million viewers watched the streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,000 simultaneous viewers in the final matches.[7]

Place Team Players[5] Prize money
ID Name
1st Fnatic

Spain xPeke
Finland CyanideFI
Poland Shushei
Germany LaMiaZeaLoT
Germany Mellisan

Enrique Cedeño Martinez
Lauri Happonen
Maciej Ratuszniak
Manuel Mildenberger
Peter Meisrimel

 $50,000
2nd against All authority

France sOAZ
France Linak
Germany MoMa
France YellOwStaR
France Kujaa

Paul Boyer
Damien Lorthios
Maik Wallus
Bora Kim
Jerome Negretti

 $25,000
3rd Team SoloMid

United States TheRainMan
Canada TheOddOne
United States Reginald
Canada Chaox
United States Xpecial

Christian Kahmann
Brian Wyllie
Andy Dinh
Shan Huang
Alex Chu

 $10,000

Season 2

A group picture of the Taipei Assassins, the champions of season 2.

After Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this $5 million, $2 million went to Riot's partners including the IGN Pro League and other major esports associations. Another $2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final $1 million went to other organizers who applied to Riot to host independent League of Legends tournaments.[8]

The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the US$5 million season. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at the time at US$2 million, with US$1 million going to the champions. The group stage, quarter-final, and semi-final matches took place between October 4 and 6. The grand final took place a week after, on October 13 in the University of Southern California's Galen Center in front of 10,000 fans, and were broadcast in 13 different languages.[9] In the grand final, Taiwan's professional team Taipei Assassins triumphed over South Korea's Azubu Frost 3-to-1 and claimed the US$1 million in prize money.[10]

Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers during the grand final, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched esports event in history at the time.[11]

Place Team Players[12] Prize money
ID Name
1st Taipei Assassins

Taiwan Stanley
Taiwan Lilballz
Hong Kong Toyz
Taiwan bebe
Taiwan MiSTakE

Wang June Tsan
Kuan-Po Alex Sung
Kurtis Lau Wai-kin
Cheng Bo-Wei
Chen Hui Chung

 $1,000,000
2nd Azubu Frost

South Korea Shy
South Korea CloudTemplar
South Korea RapidStar
South Korea Woong
South Korea MadLife

Park Sang-myeon
Lee Hyun-woo
Jung Min-sung
Jang Gun-woong
Hong Min-gi

 $250,000
3rd–4th Counter Logic Gaming Europe

Denmark Wickd
United Kingdom Snoopeh
Denmark Froggen
Germany yellowpete
Belgium Krepo

Mike Petersen
Stephen Ellis
Henrik Hansen
Peter Wüppen
Mitch Voorspoels

 $150,000
Moscow Five

Russia Darien
Russia Diamondprox
Russia Alex Ich
Russia Genja
Armenia GoSu Pepper

Evgeny Mazaev
Danil Reshetnikov
Alexey Ichetovkin
Evgeny Andryushin
Edward Abgaryan

Cheating incident

During the quarter-final round of the Season 2 World Championship, Jang Gun Woong of team Azubu Frost cheated by turning his head to look at the big screen which was positioned behind him. The screen, which presents an overview of the game, is meant to be watched only by the crowd, as it displays elements that are supposed to be hidden from the players inside the game. This led to Azubu Frost being fined US$30,000.[13][14][15]

Technical issues

During the last quarter-final best-of-three match on October 6 between European team Counter Logic Gaming EU and Chinese team World Elite, multiple technical difficulties occurred. Roughly twenty minutes into the second game, the network connection in the arena went down, terminating the live stream on Twitch.tv and disconnecting all ten players from the game, forcing a remake of the game. Then, roughly sixty minutes into the third game, the network went down again. A final attempt was made at finishing the third game, but due to more network outages and technical issues, including a player's defective computer which had to be replaced, the last game and the following semi-finals were rescheduled to be played on October 10 in the Galen Center, which was still undergoing construction work. The cause of the connection issues is uncertain, but is suspected to have been caused by faulty hardware.[16][17][18][19]

Season 3

A group picture of SK Telecom T1, the champions of season 3.

The Season 3 World Championship was held in late 2013 in Los Angeles, California. 14 teams from North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and one of the emerging League of Legends territories measured up at the World Playoffs after having qualified through their regional competitions.[20] The grand final were held in the Staples Center on October 4, 2013, where Korean team SK Telecom T1 defeated the Chinese team Royal Club,[21] granting them the title of the Season 3 world champions, the Summoner’s Cup and the $1 million prize.

The Season 3 World Championship grand final broadcast on October 4 was watched by 32 million people with a peak concurrent viewership of 8.5 million.[22] The numbers once again beat the previous records for esports viewership, and are above those for the viewers of the 2013 NBA Finals and the 2013 World Series.[23][24]

Place Team Players[25] Prize money
ID Name
1st SK Telecom T1

South Korea Impact
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Piglet
South Korea PoohManDu

Jung Eon-yeong
Bae Seong-ung
Lee Sang-hyeok
Chae Gwang-jin
Lee Jeong-hyeon

 $1,000,000
2nd Royal Club

China GoDlike
China Lucky
Hong Kong Wh1t3zZ
China Uzi
Hong Kong Tabe

Xiao Wang
Liu Junjie
Pun Wai Lo
Jian Zihao
Pak Kan Wong

 $250,000
3rd–4th Fnatic

France sOAZ
Finland Cyanide
Spain xPeke
Estonia puszu
France YellOwStaR

Paul Boyer
Lauri Happonen
Enrique Cedeño Martinez
Johannes Uibos
Bora Kim

 $150,000
NaJin Black Sword

South Korea Expession
South Korea watch
South Korea Nagne
South Korea PraY
South Korea Cain

Gu Bon-taek
Cho Jae-geol
Kim Sang-moon
Kim Jong-in
Jang Nu-ri

4th Season

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Main article: 2014 League of Legends World Championship

The 2014 World Championship featured 16 teams competing for a $2.13 million prize pool, with 14 teams qualifying from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan/SEA) and two international wildcard teams.

The group stage began September 18 in Taipei and concluded September 28 in Singapore with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage.[26] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea, and concluded on October 19 with the grand final hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,[27][28] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.[29][30][31]

American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,[32] and performed live on the grand final stage in South Korea.[33] All games were made available for free via live streaming.[34]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand final were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.[35][36]

Place Team Players[29][30][31] Prize money
ID Name
1st Samsung Galaxy White

South Korea Looper
South Korea DanDy
South Korea PawN
South Korea imp
South Korea Mata

Jang Hyeong-seok
Choi In-kyu
Heo Won-seok
Gu Seung-bin
Cho Se-hyeong

 $1,000,000
2nd Star Horn Royal Club

China cola
South Korea inSec
China corn
China Uzi
South Korea Zero

Jiang Nan
Choi In-seok
Lei Wen
Jian Zihao
Yun Kyung-sub

 $250,000
3rd–4th OMG

China Gogoing
China LoveLing
China cool
China san
China Cloud

Gao Diping
Yin Le
Yu Jiajun
Guo Junliang
Hu Zhenwei

 $150,000
Samsung Galaxy Blue

South Korea Acorn
South Korea Spirit
South Korea dade
South Korea Deft
South Korea Heart

Choi Cheon-ju
Lee Da-yoon
Bae Eo-jin
Kim Hyuk-kyu
Lee Gwan-hyung

Racism incident

Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong". Johnsen was fined US$2,500 and was suspended from his team's first three games in the tournament.[37]

2015 Season

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Main article: 2015 League of Legends World Championship

After the 2014 Season, Riot Games introduced a number of changes to competitive League of Legends. The number of teams in the League Championship Series was increased from 8 to 10 in both the North America and Europe regions.[38] A second Riot Games official international tournament was announced, the Mid-Season Invitational, which took place in May 2015, and featured a single team from each major region and one international wildcard.[39] Additionally, starting from 2015, all teams are required to field a Head Coach in their competitive matches, who will stay on stage and speak with the team via voice-chat in the pick-ban phase of the game. This change makes the Head Coach an officially recognized member of the team.[40]

The 2015 World Championship concluded the 2015 Season, and was held at several venues across Europe in October 2015. Like the 2014 World Championship, the 2015 World Championship was a multi-city, multi-country event.[41]

The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers.[42]

Place Team Players[43] Prize money
ID Name
1st SK Telecom T1

South Korea MaRin
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Easyhoon (sub*)
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea KkOma (coach)

Jang Gyeong-hwan
Bae Seong-ung
Lee Sang-hyeok
Lee Ji-hoon
Bae Jun-sik
Lee Jae-wan
Kim Jeong-gyun

 $1,000,000
2nd KOO Tigers

South Korea Smeb
South Korea Hojin
South Korea Kuro
South Korea PraY
South Korea GorillA
South Korea NoFe (coach)

Song Kyung-ho
Lee Ho-jin
Lee Seo-haeng
Kim Jong-in
Kang Beom-hyeon
Jeong No-chul

 $250,000
3rd–4th Fnatic

South Korea Huni
South Korea Reignover
Netherlands Febiven
Sweden Rekkles
France YellOwStaR
Spain Deilor (coach)

Heo Seung-hoon
Kim Ui-jin
Fabian Diepstraten
Martin Larsson
Bora Kim
Louis Sevilla

 $150,000
Origen

France sOAZ
Germany Amazing
Spain xPeke
Denmark Niels
Spain Mithy
United States Hermit (coach)

Paul Boyer
Maurice Stückenschneider
Enrique Cedeño Martínez
Jesper Svenningsen
Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez
Tadayoshi Littleton
* Easyhoon substituted Faker in multiple games throughout the tournament

Obscenity incident

During the final day of the group stage in Paris, Cloud9's Hai "Hai" Lam made an obscene gesture towards an opponent while on stage. As this breached Section 9.1.3 of the World Championship ruleset, Hai was subject to a penalty of a €500 fine.[44] [45]

Technical issues

In game 2 of the quarter-finals between Fnatic and EDward Gaming, an in-game bug occurred to Fnatic's Kim "Reignover" Ui-Jin which prevented the game from continuing, forcing the game to be remade from scratch. After investigating the issue, Riot Games has decided to disable Gragas, the champion Reignover was playing, for the rest of the tournament, along with Lux and Ziggs, champions who were deemed susceptible to the same issue.[46]

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