League of Legends
World Championship
2023
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationSouth Korea
DatesOctober 10–November 19
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
Two 4 team double-elimination brackets
16 team swiss-system group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)
4 (in 2 host cities)
  • Seoul (play-ins, group swiss stage, finals)
  • Busan (quarterfinals, semifinals)
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The 2023 League of Legends World Championship is an upcoming esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is the thirteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament will be held from October 10 to November 19 in South Korea.[1] Twenty-two teams from 9 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia and Vietnam, with eight of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.[2]

"Gods" (stylized in all caps) was announced as the tournament's theme song, performed by NewJeans.[3][4]

DRX were the defending champions,[5] but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Dplus KIA in the 2023 LCK Regional Finals.[6][7]

Qualified teams

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the event:[8]

Region League Path Team ID Pool
Starting in the main event's swiss group stage
China LPL Summer Champion JD Gaming JDG 1
Most Championship Points Bilibili Gaming BLG 2
Regional Finals Winner LNG Esports LNG 3
Regional Finals Runner-Up Weibo Gaming WBG 4
South Korea LCK Summer Champion Gen.G GEN 1
Most Championship Points T1 T1 2
Regional Finals Winner KT Rolster KT 3
Regional Finals Runner-Up Dplus KIA DK 4
Europe LEC Summer Champion G2 Esports G2 1
Summer Runner-Up Fnatic FNC 2
Summer Third Place MAD Lions MAD 3
North America LCS Championship Champion NRG Esports NRG 1
Championship Runner-Up Cloud9 C9 2
Championship Third Place Team Liquid TL 3
Starting in the play-in stage
TW/HK/MO/SEA PCS Summer Champion PSG Talon PSG 1
Summer Runner-Up CTBC Flying Oyster CFO 1
Vietnam VCS Summer Champion GAM Esports GAM 1
Summer Runner-Up Team Whales TW 2
Brazil CBLOL Split 2 Champion LOUD LLL 3
Japan LJL Summer Champion DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 2
Latin America LLA Closing Champion Movistar R7 R7 2
Worlds Qualifying Series INT Worlds Qualifying Series Winner TBD TBD 1

Venues

The finals will be played at the Gocheok Sky Dome.

Seoul and Busan were the two cities chosen to host the tournament.[9][10]

South Korea
Seoul Busan Seoul
Play-in Stage Group Swiss Stage Quarterfinals & Semifinals Finals
LoL Park KBS Arena Sajik Indoor Gymnasium Gocheok Sky Dome
Capacity: 450 Capacity: 1,824 Capacity: 14,099 Capacity: 16,744

Worlds Qualifying Series

Team ID Result
Team BDS BDS 3
Golden Guardians GG 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 GG L W BDS
2 GG L W BDS
3 BDS W L GG
4 x – – x
5 x – – x

Play-in stage

Play-in brackets

Group A
Round 1Winner's MatchQualified
October 10 4:00 pm
LOUD
October 11 TBD
GAM Esports
October 10 7:00 pmA1
Movistar R7
PSG Talon
Elimination MatchDecider Match
October 14 4:00 pm
October 11 TBD
A2
Group B
Round 1Winner's MatchQualified
October 11 4:00 pm
TBD
TBD
Team Whales
October 11 7:00 pmB1
DetonatioN FocusMe
CTBC Flying Oyster
Elimination MatchDecider Match
October 14 7:00 pm
TBD
B2
Qualifiers
Round 1Qualified
October 15 12:00 pm
A1
Q1
B2
October 15 5:00 pm
B1
Q2
A2

Group stage

Place Team Record Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
– Bilibili Gaming Qualified Qualified
– Cloud9 Qualified Qualified
– Dplus KIA Qualified
– Fnatic Qualified
– G2 Esports Qualified
– Gen.G
– JD Gaming
– KT Rolster
– LNG Esports
– MAD Lions
– NRG Esports
– T1 Eliminated
– Team Liquid Eliminated
– Weibo Gaming Eliminated
– TBD Eliminated Eliminated
– TBD Eliminated Eliminated

Knockout stage

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal

Quarter-finals

Match 1

Seed Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Match 2

Seed Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Match 3

Seed Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Match 4

Seed Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Semi-finals

Match 1

Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Match 2

Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Finals

Team ID Result
Game Blue side Result Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Ranking

Team ranking

Place Region Team QS PS PQ GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)
1st – – – – – – –
2nd – – – – – – –
3rd–4th – – – – – –
– – – – – –
5th–8th – – – – –
– – – – –
– – – – –
– – – – –
9th–11th – – – –
– – – –
– – – –
12th–14th – – – –
– – – –
– – – –
15th–16th – – – –
– – – –
17th–18th – – –
– – –
19th–20th – –
– –
21st–22nd – –
– –
23rd –
Place Region Team QS PS PQ GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)

References

  1. ^ Nicholas Taifalos (July 10, 2023). "LoL Worlds 2023: Dates, location, tickets, and more". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Worlds 2023 Primer". Riot Games Esports Media Center. September 14, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Tom Daniels (September 27, 2023). "K-pop group NewJeans to perform League of Legends World Championship anthem". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Charisma Madarang (October 4, 2023). "NewJeans Immortalize 'League of Legends' With 'Gods' Championship Anthem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Shannon Liao (November 5, 2022). "DRX beats T1 to win 2022 League of Legends World Championship". Washington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Mateusz Miter (August 25, 2023). "3-time LoL Worlds finalist fails to qualify for 2023 tournament after LCK Finals disappointment". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Paik Ji-hwan (August 28, 2023). "Dplus KIA, KT Rolster top LCK regionals to earn ticket to Worlds". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  8. ^ David Jang (September 10, 2023). "All teams qualified for Worlds 2023". Inven Global. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  9. ^ "Announcing Worlds 2023 Venues, Dates, and Ticket Sales". Riot Games Esports Media Center. April 22, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  10. ^ Lee Si-jin (October 1, 2023). "2023 LoL World Championship to entertain esports fans". Korea Herald. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  11. ^ Ethan Garcia (October 6, 2023). "Golden Guardians and Team BDS kick off LoL Worlds 2023 with inaugural NA vs. EU qualifying series". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  12. ^ David Jang (September 10, 2023). "Play-in Brackets for Worlds 2023 Fixed". Inven Global. Retrieved October 2, 2023.

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