2024 League of Legends World Championship
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| Game | League of Legends |
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| Dates | 25 September–2 November |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
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| Teams | 20 |
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship is an ongoing esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament is being held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It will be the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2021.[a] Twenty teams will qualify based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).[1]
T1 of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) are the defending champions.[2][3]
Qualification
[edit]The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) and League of Legends Pro League (LPL) will have three directly qualified teams to the Swiss stage, while the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) and League Championship Series (LCS) will have two directly qualified teams. The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational champion, Gen.G, earned automatic qualification to the Swiss stage[b], also counting as the additional seed for the LCK. The LPL, as the runner-up region, also earned an additional spot. Four teams from the play-in stage will also qualify to the Swiss stage.[1][4]
Eight teams qualifed for the play-in stage: The top two teams of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the top two teams of the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the third place teams in the LCS Championship and LEC Season Finals, the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) 2024 Split 2 champion, and the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) 2024 Closing Split champion.
This will be the final World Championship where teams from the PCS and VCS qualify for the tournament individually, as they will merge (alongside the League of Legends Japan League (LJL) and League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO)) to form a new Asia-Pacific league in 2025. Additionally, there are plans to merge the LCS, CBLOL and LLA into an Americas league with separate North and South Conferences that same year.[5]
The following tables show qualified teams and their respective qualification paths:[6]
| Region | League | Qualification Path | Team | Pool |
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| Started from Swiss Stage | ||||
| South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 |
| Championship Points | Gen.G[c] | 2 | ||
| Regional Finals Winner | Dplus KIA | 3 | ||
| Regional Finals Runner-Up | T1 | 3 | ||
| China | LPL | Summer Champion | Bilibili Gaming | 1 |
| Championship Points | Top Esports | 2 | ||
| Regional Finals Winner | LNG Esports | 3 | ||
| Regional Finals Runner-Up | Weibo Gaming | 3 | ||
| EMEA | LEC | Season Finals Champion | G2 Esports[d] | 1 |
| Season Finals Runner-Up | Fnatic | 2 | ||
| North America | LCS | Championship Winner | FlyQuest | 1 |
| Championship Runner-Up | Team Liquid | 2 | ||
| Started from Play-In Stage | ||||
| EMEA | LEC | Season Finals 3rd Place | MAD Lions KOI[d] | 1 |
| North America | LCS | Championship 3rd Place | 100 Thieves | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | PCS | Summer Champion | PSG Talon | 1 |
| Summer Runner-Up | SoftBank Hawks[e] | 2 | ||
| Vietnam | VCS | Summer Champion | GAM Esports | 1 |
| Summer Runner-Up | Vikings Esports | 2 | ||
| Brazil | CBLOL | Split 2 Champion | PaiN Gaming | 2 |
| Latin America | LLA | Closing Champion | Movistar R7[f] | 2 |
Pre-tournament rankings
[edit]Riot Games unveiled its global power ranking ahead of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship. According to Riot Games, Gen.G ranked first with 1,663 points, and Bilibili Gaming ranked second with 1,602 points. Hanwha Life Esports, Top Esports, and G2 Esports followed. T1, the defending champion, was ranked sixth with 1,467 points.[7]
Venues
[edit]Berlin, Paris, and London were chosen to host the competition. The O2 Arena was announced as the finals venue during the 2023 League of Legends World Championship final in Seoul, South Korea.[8][9] The Riot Games Arena, and the Adidas Arena were announced as the venues for the play-in/Swiss stage and the quarterfinals/semifinals on 5 January 2024, respectively.[1]
| Berlin, Germany | Paris, France | London, England |
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| Play-in and Group Swiss Stage | Quarterfinals and Semifinals | Final |
| Riot Games Arena | Adidas Arena | The O2 Arena |
| Capacity: 210 | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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Play-in stage
[edit]- Date: 25–29 September
- Venue: Riot Games Arena, Berlin
- 8 teams were put into a double-elimination bracket. Pool 1 teams will play against Pool 2 teams in Opening matches. No two teams from the same region could be placed in the same half of the bracket.
- All matches are best-of-three.
- Four teams are advanced to Swiss stage as pool 4. Remain teams are eliminated.
| Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Swiss stage | |||||||||||
| Match 1 | |||||||||||||
| MAD Lions KOI | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Match 7 | |||||||||||||
| Vikings Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | MAD Lions KOI | 2 | |||||||||||
| Match 2 | MAD Lions KOI | ||||||||||||
| W2 | PSG Talon | 1 | |||||||||||
| PSG Talon | 2 | ||||||||||||
| PaiN Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Match 3 | |||||||||||||
| GAM Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Match 8 | |||||||||||||
| SoftBank Hawks | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | GAM Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
| Match 4 | GAM Esports | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Movistar R7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 100 Thieves | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Movistar R7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Elimination Matches | Decider Matches | Advance to Swiss stage | |||||||||||
| Match 9 | |||||||||||||
| Match 5 | L8 | Movistar R7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| PaiN Gaming | |||||||||||||
| L1 | Vikings Esports | 0 | W5 | PaiN Gaming | 2 | ||||||||
| L2 | PaiN Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
| Match 10 | |||||||||||||
| Match 6 | L7 | PSG Talon | 2 | ||||||||||
| PSG Talon | |||||||||||||
| L3 | SoftBank Hawks | 0 | W6 | 100 Thieves | 0 | ||||||||
| L4 | 100 Thieves | 2 | |||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Swiss stage
[edit]- Date and time: 3–7 and 10–13 October, start time at 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
- Venue: Riot Games Arena, Berlin
- 16 teams play in Swiss-system format with five rounds.
- Round 1, Pool 1 teams will play against Pool 4 teams, while Pool 2 teams will play against Pool 3 teams. Teams from the same region do not play against each other.
- From Round 2 onward, teams with the same record will play each other. Match up will be determined by draw after each round and teams from the same region can play each other. New to this year, teams will not be placed in rematches against previous opponents.
- Teams with three wins advance to knockout stage, while teams with three losses are eliminated.
- All matches are best-of-one, except that the advancement and elimination matches, which are best-of-three matches.
Bracket
[edit]| Advance to knockouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0–0 | Advance to knockouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanwha Life Gaming | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PSG Talon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FlyQuest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GAM Esports | 1–1 | Advance to knockouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PAiN Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bilibili Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAD Lions KOI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top Esports | 0–1 | 1–2 | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Liquid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LNG Esports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fnatic | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dplus KIA | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gen.G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weibo Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Knockout stage
[edit]- Date and time: 17–20 and 26–27 October, 2 November, start time at 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
- Eight teams from group stage are drawn into a single-elimination bracket.
- Two teams with a 3–0 record in the swiss stage are on opposite sides of the bracket and face those with a 3–2 record, while all remaining teams will be seeded randomly.
- All matches are best-of-five.
- The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2024 World Champions.
Qualified teams
[edit]Eight teams qualify for the playoff portion of the tournament from the swiss stage.
| Pools | Teams | |
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| Pool 1 (3–0) |
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| Pool 2 (3–1) |
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| Pool 3 (3–2) |
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Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| October 17, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
| October 26, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
| October 18, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
| P1 | |||||||||||||
| November 2, 5:00 pm – London | |||||||||||||
| P3 | |||||||||||||
| October 19, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
| P1 | |||||||||||||
| October 27, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
| P3 | |||||||||||||
| October 20, 5:00 pm – Paris | |||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Ranking
[edit]$2,250,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Team | PI | SS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
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| 1st | – | – | – | – | – | 20% | $450,000 | |
| 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 16% | $360,000 | |
| 3rd–4th | – | – | – | – | 8% | $180,000 | ||
| – | – | – | – | |||||
| 5th–8th | – | – | – | 4.5% | $101,250 | |||
| – | – | – | ||||||
| – | – | – | ||||||
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| 9th–11th | – | – | 3.5% | $78,750 | ||||
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| 12th–14th | – | – | 3% | $67,500 | ||||
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| – | – | |||||||
| 15th–16th | – | – | 2.5% | $56,250 | ||||
| – | – | |||||||
| 17th–18th | 100 Thieves | 1–2 | 1.75% | $39,375 | ||||
| Movistar R7 | 1–2 | |||||||
| 19th–20th | SoftBank Hawks | 0–2 | 1% | $22,500 | ||||
| Viking Esports | 0–2 | |||||||
| Place | Team | PI | SS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
Marketing
[edit]Official song
[edit]"Heavy Is the Crown", performed by Linkin Park, was announced as the tournament's theme song on 24 September 2024.[10] A day later, Riot Games and Linkin Park released the song's music video, featuring the most recent champions T1 of the LCK, comprising of reigning Finals MVP Choi "Zeus" Woo-je, Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong, and Ryu "Keria" Min-seok. The video also featured players from the winners of major professional regions during the Spring and Summer Splits, such as Gen.G's Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon of the LCK, Bilibili Gaming's Chen "Bin" Zebin of the LPL, G2 Esports's Rasmus "Caps" Winther of the LEC, and FlyQuest's Fahad "Massu" Abdulmalek of the LCS. Diego "Brance" Amaral of the CBLOL's Red Canids was also included, despite the team not qualifying for the tournament.[11]
Linkin Park, although they're currently on tour,[12] are expected to perform the song at the O2 Arena during the grand finals' opening ceremony.[13]
Slogan
[edit]The tournament's official slogan, Make Them Believe, was unveiled on 31 August 2024 alongside a format explainer video on YouTube.
Sponsorship
[edit]| Riot Games Esports Partners | LoL Esports Partners |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The 2021 edition was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, with all games of the tournament being held at the Laugardalshöll. No fans were in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
- ^ This qualification was activated when Gen.G qualified for the 2024 LCK Summer playoffs.
- ^ Gen.G automatically qualified for the tournament by winning the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational and qualifying for the 2024 LCK Summer Playoffs. Their pool is decided by placement in both LCK Summer Playoffs and Regional Championship Points
- ^ a b G2 Esports automatically qualified for the tournament by winning the 2024 LEC Summer Split. As such, their slot for being the 2024 LEC Season Finals Champion was instead given to the third-place team in LEC 2024 Season Finals.
- ^ The team's official name is Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming, the esports division of Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. SoftBank Hawks qualified for the PCS Summer Playoffs by winning the LJL 2024 Summer Split.
- ^ The team's official name is Rainbow7 and owned by Just Toys International. It is competing with name "Movistar R7" due to sponsored by Movistar.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The State of the Game: LoL Esports in 2024". lolesports.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Mary Yang; Paik Ji-hwan (19 November 2023). "T1 take down Weibo Gaming 3–0 to win LoL Worlds in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Korea's T1 win record fourth League of Legends world title". The Korea Times. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Daniels, Tom (5 January 2024). "Riot Games announces MSI and Worlds 2024 locations, Hall of Fame and format changes". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Taifalos, Nicholas; McIntyre, Isaac (11 June 2024). "LCS, CBLOL, LLA unified as Riot takes VALORANT-like approach to LoL esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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- ^ "2024 World Final Set for The O2 in London". LoL Esports. 19 November 2023. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Tom Richardson (19 November 2023). "League of Legends Worlds 2024 final to be held at London's O2 Arena". BBC. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (22 September 2024). "Riot Games taps Linkin Park for 2024 League of Legends World Championship anthem". Venture Beat. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Tuting, Kristine (25 September 2024). "Is Heavy Is The Crown a hit or a miss? Fans debate over Linkin Park's Worlds 2024 song". ONE Esports. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Carter, Emily (27 September 2024). "Linkin Park unleash new single Heavy Is The Crown, announce more 2024 shows". Kerrang!. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Down, Arron (29 September 2024). "League of Legends Worlds 2024 anthem video is a banger with an identity crisis". PCGamesN. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b Brittain, Anna-Marie (26 June 2024). "Leveling Up Esports: Riot Games' Partners with OMEN and HyperX". HP Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Riot Games Teams Up With AWS To Reimagine Esports Experiences Through Esports Broadcast Stats, Power Rankings, And More". Sports Video Group. 18 July 2022.
- ^ Sprung, Shlomo (1 March 2021). "Verizon, Riot Games Expand Partnership With League Of Legends, Valorant Ahead Of Midseason Iceland Events". Forbes. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Frascarelli, Victor (13 October 2022). "Mastercard and Riot Games extend global League of Legends partnership". Esports Insider. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Hitt, Kevin (20 June 2023). "Mastercard extends Riot Games deal into Valorant esports". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Opera GX and Riot Games strike a partnership to deliver exclusive drops and first ever Co-Streamer Hub to League of Legends Esports global events". Opera. 9 September 2024.
- ^ Nordland, Jake (12 September 2022). "Mercedes-Benz and Riot Games extend esports partnership to 2025". Esports Insider. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Becht, Eli (30 September 2019). "OPPO named global smartphone partner of League of Legends esports". Dexerto. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Xu, Davide (16 May 2024). "Riot Games and Cisco expand League of Legends esports partnership". Esports Insider. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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