2018 Mid-Season Invitational

2018 Mid-Season Invitational
2018
The Zénith Paris in Paris will host the playoffs.
Tournament information
Sport League of Legends
Dates May 3, 2018–May 20, 2018
Administrator(s) Riot Games
Host(s) Germany Germany
France France
Venue

EU LCS Studio (Berlin, Play-in stage & Main Group stage)

Zénith Paris (Paris, Main Playoffs)
Teams 14
Final positions
Champions China Royal Never Give Up
Runner-up South Korea King-Zone DragonX

The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was the fourth edition of the Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament is the culmination of the 2018 spring split, the first part of 8th season of the game competitive scene.

Each of 14 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), North America (NA LCS) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in a "play-in" with the top 2 teams advancing to join the main event. [1][2]

The tournament was hosted in Germany and France from 3 to 20 May 2018. Matches of the play-in and group stages were held in EU LCS Studio in Berlin, while playoffs took place in multi-purpose indoor arena Zénith Paris.[3] Royal Never Give Up are the champions of the 2018 MSI, after taking down Kingzone DragonX in the finals. Uzi (Jian Zi-Hao) was named the MVP of the entire tournament, due to his outstanding performances. The results of the tournament have received numerous international debates and reactions.[4][5]

The event's finals, where LPL (China)'s Royal Never Give Up took on LCK (South Korea)'s Kingzone DragonX, holds a worldwide record for being the most watched eSports match in history (across all video games) to date, greatly attributed to China's viewership. The finals were watched by over 127 million unique viewers, while the entire event boasted a total viewing time of over 2 billion hours. The event also became one of the greatest League of Legends' tournaments in history, as well as one of its historical milestones, as a South Korean team was thwarted by a non-South Korean team in a major match for the first time in 3 years.[6][7][8][9]

Qualified teams

Region League Teams[1] ID
Start in Main event's Group stage
China LPL China Royal Never Give Up RNG
Europe EU LCS European Union Fnatic FNC
North America NA LCS United States Team Liquid TL
South Korea LCK South Korea King-Zone DragonX KZ
Start in 2nd play-in round
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Vietnam VCS Vietnam EVOS Esports EVS
Start in 1st play-in round
Brazil CBLOL Brazil KaBuM! e-Sports KBM
CIS LCL Russia Gambit Esports GMB
Japan LJL Japan PENTAGRAM PGM
Latin America North LLN Mexico Rainbow7 R7
Latin America South CLS Chile Kaos Latin Gamers KLG
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves DW
Southeast Asia GPL Thailand Ascension Gaming ASC
Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive e-Sports SUP

Play-In Stage

Round 1

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

Draw [10]

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

Pool Team
1 Russia Gambit Esports Turkey SuperMassive eSports Mexico Rainbow7 Brazil KaBuM! e-Sports
2 Chile Kaos Latin Gamers Australia Dire Wolves Thailand Ascension Gaming Japan PENTAGRAM
Group A [10]
# Team GMB R7 KLG ASC W L ±
1 Russia Gambit Esports GMB — 2−0 2−0 1−1 5 1 4
2 Mexico Rainbow7 R7 0−2 — 1−1 2−0 3 3 0
3 Chile Kaos Latin Gamers KLG 0−2 1−1 — 1−1 2 4 −2
3 Thailand Ascension Gaming ASC 1−1 0−2 1−1 — 2 4 −2
Group B [10]
# Team SUP KBM DW PGM W L ±
1 Turkey SuperMassive eSports SUP — 1−1 2−0 2−0 5 1 4
2 Brazil KaBuM! e-Sports KBM 1−1 — 1−1 2−0 4 2 2
3 Australia Dire Wolves DW 0−2 1−1 — 1−1 2 4 −2
4 Japan PENTAGRAM PGM 0−2 0−2 1−1 — 1 5 −4

Round 2

Random draw. Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers will be eliminated.

  Round 2
                 
  1 Vietnam EVOS Esports 3
  2 Turkey SuperMassive eSports 1
 
  1 Taiwan Flash Wolves 3
  2 Russia Gambit eSports 0

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out stage.

# Team RNG FW KZ FNC TL EVS W L ±
1 China Royal Never Give Up RNG — 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 7 3 4
2 Taiwan Flash Wolves FW 1-1 — 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 7 3 4
3 South Korea King-Zone DragonX KZ 1-1 0-2 — 1-1 2-0 2-0 6 4 3
4 European Union Fnatic FNC 0-2 1-1 1-1 — 1-1 1-1 4 6 -2
5 United States Team Liquid TL 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 — 1-1 4 6 -2
6 Vietnam EVOS Esports EVS 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 — 2 8 -4
1st place tiebreak
   
Taiwan Flash Wolves Loss
China Royal Never Give Up Win
4th place tiebreak
   
European Union Fnatic Win
United States Team Liquid Loss

Knockout stage

  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (RNG chooses FNC)
  • Matches are best of five
Semifinals Finals
      
China Royal Never Give Up 3
European Union Fnatic 0
China Royal Never Give Up 3
South Korea King-Zone DragonX 1
Taiwan Flash Wolves 1
South Korea King-Zone DragonX 3

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". LoL eSports. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Mid-Season Invitational: Schedule released - RealSport". RealSport. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ↑ "League of Legends Gives Baron a Conqueror Skin". WWG. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Uzi finally meets his destiny by claiming the MSI crown with RNG". Dot Esports.
  5. ↑ "[KR Reaction] MSI Finals: "The PC is overheated generating all those CS for Uzi"".
  6. ↑ "The MSI Final for League of Legends becomes the most watched esports match ever". destructoid.
  7. ↑ "Over 127 million people watched the MSI Final, making it the most watched esports match in history".
  8. ↑ "Which LCS team will survive and advance at MSI?". Dot Esports.
  9. ↑ "RNG and KINGZONE have always been desperately close to greatness". Dot Esports.
  10. 1 2 3 "Bracket". LoL Esports. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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