2017 Mid-Season Invitational

2017 Mid-Season Invitational
2017
The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament
Tournament information
Sport League of Legends
Dates April 28, 2017–May 21, 2017
Administrator(s) Riot Games
Host(s) Brazil Brazil
Venue(s)

CBLOL Studio (São Paulo, Play-in stage)

Rio Arena (Rio de Janeiro, Main stage)
Teams 13
Final positions
Champions South Korea SK Telecom T1
Runner-up European Union G2 Esports

The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was a tournament for the MOBA video game League of Legends that started on April 28, 2017, and ended on May 21, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[2] The six teams that competed in the main event were Team Solomid of NA LCS, Gigabyte Marines of GPL, Flash Wolves of LMS, G2 eSports of EU LCS, SK Telecom T1 of LCK, and Team WE of LPL.[3]

This was the 3rd annual Mid-Season Invitational hosted by Riot Games.

Teams and qualification

Region League Team ID
Start in Group stage
Europe EU LCS European Union G2 Esports[4] G2
South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1[5] SKT
China LPL China Team WE[6] WE
Start in Second play-in round
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves[7] FW
North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid[8] TSM
Start in First play-in round
Brazil CBLOL Brazil Red Canids[9] RED
CIS LCL Russia Virtus.pro[10] VP
Japan LJL Japan Rampage[11] RPG
Latin America South CLS Argentina Isurus Gaming[12] ISG
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming[13] LYN
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves DW
Southeast Asia

(included Vietnam)

 VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive eSports[14] SUP

Play-In Stage

Round 1

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[15]

Draw

Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group.

Pool 1 Pool 2

Brazil Red Canids

Argentina Isurus Gaming

Russia Virtus.pro Mexico Lyon Gaming
Turkey SuperMassive eSports Japan Rampage
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines Australia Dire Wolves

Group A

# Team W L
1Turkey SuperMassive eSports 5 1
2Brazil Red Canids 4 2
3Australia Dire Wolves 2 4
4Japan Rampage 1 5

Group B

# Team W L
1Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 5 1
2Mexico Lyon Gaming 4 2
3Russia Virtus.pro 2 4
4Argentina Isurus Gaming 1 5

Round 2

Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

  Round 2
                 
  United States Team SoloMid 3
  Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 2
 
  Taiwan Flash Wolves 3
  Turkey SuperMassive eSports 0

Round 3

GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3-1 resulting in Garena Premier League gets additional spot for 2017 League of Legends World Championship.[16]

Round 3
   
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3
Turkey SuperMassive eSports 1

Group stage

Pos[17] Team W L
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 8 2
2 China Team WE 7 3
3 European Union G2 Esports[upper-alpha 1] 4 6
4 Taiwan Flash Wolves[upper-alpha 2] 4 6
5 United States Team SoloMid[upper-alpha 2] 4 6
6 Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3 7
Tie-break Match
   
Taiwan Flash Wolves Win
United States Team SoloMid Loss
Notes
  1. ↑ After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3-1) against the other two teams.
  2. 1 2 Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 19
 
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 21
 
Taiwan Flash Wolves 0
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 20
 
European Union G2 Esports 1
 
China Team WE 1
 
 
European Union G2 Esports 3
 

References

  1. ↑ "Где пройдут матчи турнира MSI и чемпионата мира по League of Legends". Championat.com. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "MSI 2017 Group Standings". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "На Весеннем сплите 2017 EU LCS одержал победу коллектив G2 Esports". Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "SK Telecom T1 dominuje wiosenny finał LCK!". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Team WE, 2017 LPL Spring 우승 - LOL 인벤 실시간유저정보 게시판". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Тайваньская Flash Wolves выиграла LMS Spring 2017". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Голубь и другие важные новости с американского финала LoL". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Com elenco afiado, Red domina Keyd, fatura o CBLoL e vai ao MSI no Brasil". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Континентальная лига. Virtus.pro победила Vaevictis и стала чемпионом". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Primeira equipe se classifica para o MSI 2017 no Brasil". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "Isurus Gaming se consagró campeón de la CLS 2017". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Lyon Gaming extiende hegemonía y consigue octavo título de LLN". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kış Mevsimi'nin şampiyonu SuperMassive". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "2017 MSI Play-In". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL". mycnb.uol.com.br. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  17. ↑ Hess, Britton. "North America loses Worlds Pool 1 seed at the Mid-Season Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
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