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INFORMATION ABOUT WORLDS 2019
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship starts on October 2 in Berlin, Germany. Find out all the details of the biggest and most prestigious LoL tournament.
What is the World Championship about?
The League of Legends World Championship (also known as Worlds) is an annual international tournament that attracts the best teams in each league, who will compete to win the Summoner’s Cup and win the World Champion title. The host country of the event changes every year. This year, teams will meet in three cities in Europe.
When will Worlds start?
Worlds will begin with the Play-In phase on October 2 and will conclude with the final on November 10. At the end of the article, we show you the dates of each phase.
What are the competing teams?
Participants from each region are based on previous international performance. Consistently strong regions send some or all of their representatives directly to the group stage, while other regions have fewer representatives or start in the Play-In phase.
Korea (LCK)
First representative: SK Telecom T1
Second representative: Griffin
Third representative: Damwon Gaming
Korea (LPL)
First representative: FunPlus Phoenix
Second Representative: Royal Never Give Up
Third representative: Invictus Gaming
Europe (LEC)
First representative: G2 Esports
Second representative: Fnatic
Third representative: Splyce
North America (LCS)
First representative: Team Liquid
Second representative: Cloud9
Third representative: Clutch Gaming
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao (LMS)
First representative: CTBC J Team
Second representative: AHQ E-Sports Club
Third representative: Hong Kong Attitude.
What changes will there be in 2019?
China (LPL) will receive three quotas for the group stage based on their competitive performance over the past two years in international tournaments, such as the Mid-Season Invitational 2018 and the 2018 World Championship.
This year, Vietnam (VCS) will have two representatives. They obtained a quota for the first representative last year, after their appearance as an independent region. They obtained a second quota due to their positioning in the Mid-Season Invitational. Your first representative will start in the group stage, while the second will do so in the Play-In phase.
Also, this year the teams may have up to 7 players in their active lineup. This change arose as a result of the evolution of this sport and the increase in the number of lineups that include substitute players.
What is the format?
Worlds have three phases: the Play-In phase, the group phase and the elimination phase (quarterfinals, semifinals and the final).
Berlin (LEC Study)
There will be 12 teams divided into four groups. Each group will play a double round-robin style tie, which means that all teams will face each other twice.
The two most prominent teams in each group will advance to the play-in elimination phase, where the best team in each group will face second place in another group. These games will determine the 4 teams of the Play-In phase that will advance to the group stage.
Berlin (Verti Music Hall)
There will be 16 teams (12 that went directly to the group stage and 4 from the Play-In phase) divided into four groups. Each group will play a double round-robin style tie.
There will be 8 teams that will advance to the knockout phase, which is divided into quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. In this phase, the tournament will go to a section of direct elimination in which all the games will be played in the format of the best of 5. The opponents are decided by a live draw at the beginning of each day of clashes. The team that wins will become the 2019 World Champion.
Harper Harrison is a reporter for The Hear UP. Harper got an internship at the NPR and worked as a reporter and producer. harper has also worked as a reporter for the Medium. Harper covers health and science for The Hear UP.