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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)
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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.

"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

Groups

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Clutch Gaming 5 3 2 0.600 Advance to play-in knockouts
2 Unicorns of Love 6 3 3 0.500
3 Mammoth 5 2 3 0.400
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Splyce 4 3 1 0.750 Advance to play-in knockouts
2 Isurus Gaming 4 2 2 0.500
3 DetonatioN FocusMe 4 1 3 0.250
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]
Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Hong Kong Attitude 4 3 1 0.750 Advance to play-in knockouts
2 Lowkey Esports 4 2 2 0.500
3 MEGA Esports 4 1 3 0.250
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]
Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 DAMWON Gaming 4 4 0 1.000 Advance to play-in knockouts
2 Royal Youth 5 2 3 0.400
3 Flamengo eSports 5 1 4 0.200
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]

Knockouts

Round 1
October 7, 13:00 CEST
D1DAMWON Gaming3
C2Lowkey Esports1
October 7, 18:00 CEST
A1Clutch Gaming3
D2Royal Bandits0
October 8, 13:00 CEST
C1Hong Kong Attitude3
B2Isurus Gaming1
October 8, 18:00 CEST
B1Splyce3
A2Unicorns of Love2

Source: Dot Esports

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 G2 Esports 6 5 1 0.833 Advance to knockouts
2 Griffin 6 5 1 0.833
3 Cloud9 6 2 4 0.333
4 Hong Kong Attitude 6 0 6 0.000
Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 FunPlus Phoenix 6 4 2 0.667 Advance to knockouts
2 Splyce 6 4 2 0.667
3 J Team 6 3 3 0.500
4 GAM Esports 6 1 5 0.167
Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record
Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 SK Telecom T1 6 5 1 0.833 Advance to knockouts
2 Fnatic 6 4 2 0.667
3 Royal Never Give Up 6 3 3 0.500
4 Clutch Gaming 6 0 6 0.000
Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record
Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 DAMWON Gaming 6 5 1 0.833 Advance to knockouts
2 Invictus Gaming 6 4 2 0.667
3 Team Liquid 6 3 3 0.500
4 ahq Esports Club 6 0 6 0.000
Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record

Knockout stage

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
October 26
A1South Korea Griffin1
November 2
D2China Invictus Gaming3
D2China Invictus Gaming1
October 26
B1China FunPlus Phoenix3
B1China FunPlus Phoenix3
November 10
C2Europe Fnatic1
B1China FunPlus Phoenix3
October 27
A2Europe G2 Esports0
C1South Korea SK Telecom T13
November 3
B2Europe Splyce1
C1South Korea SK Telecom T11
October 27
A2Europe G2 Esports3
D1South Korea Damwon Gaming1
A2Europe G2 Esports3

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals October 26 Griffin 1 – 3 Invictus Gaming Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
0 Game 1 1
0 Game 2 1
1 Game 3 0
0 Game 4 1
Quarterfinals October 26 FunPlus Phoenix 3 – 1 Fnatic Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
1 Game 1 0
1 Game 2 0
0 Game 3 1
1 Game 4 0
Quarterfinals October 27 SK Telecom T1 3 – 1 Splyce Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
1 Game 1 0
1 Game 2 0
0 Game 3 1
1 Game 4 0
Quarterfinals October 27 Damwon Gaming 1 – 3 G2 Esports Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
0 Game 1 1
1 Game 2 0
0 Game 3 1
0 Game 4 1

Semifinals

Semifinals November 3 Invictus Gaming 1 – 3 FunPlus Phoenix Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
0 Game 1 1
1 Game 2 0
0 Game 3 1
0 Game 4 1
Semifinals November 3 G2 Esports 3 – 1 SK Telecom T1 Madrid, Spain
   Source Palacio Vistalegre
1 Game 1 0
0 Game 2 1
1 Game 3 0
1 Game 4 0

Final

Main article: 2019 League of Legends World Championship Final
Final November 10 FunPlus Phoenix 3 – 0 G2 Esports Paris, France
   Source AccorHotels Arena
1 Game 1 0
1 Game 2 0
1 Game 3 0

Ranking

Team ranking

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

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

  1. ^ a b c d The total amount of time it took a team to win their games against all other teams in the tiebreaker

References

  1. ^ "League of Legends Esports Breaks World Championship Viewership Record". Riot Games. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 World Championship Cities, Venues, & Dates". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. June 20, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "League of Legends Worlds 2019's theme is called Phoenix, listen here". Dexerto. October 1, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Riot release new remixes for League of Legends Worlds song Phoenix". Dexerto. October 31, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Riot Games drops first True Damage single 'Giants'". Inven Global.
  6. ^ Kang, Ashley (June 17, 2019). "According to sources, the LCK third seed will start at Group Stages for 2019 Worlds". Korizon. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Which teams are competing in the 2019 World Championship?". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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