Mid-Season Invitational

Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
Location Rotating locations
Month played May
Established 2015
Number of
tournaments
 4
Administrator(s) Riot Games
Format Round-robin (group stage)
Single-elimination (bracket stage)
Participants 6
Purse $200,000 (2015)[1]
$450,000 (2016)[2] $1,690,000 (2017)
$1,370,520 (2018) [3]
Website Official website
Current champion
Royal Never Give Up

The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends tournament hosted by publisher Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship.[4][5] The event features the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues, as well as a wildcard team from a lesser region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.[6] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team EDward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final.[7]

Summary

Year Location Finalists (Group Stage Score) Semi-finalists (Group Stage Score) Group Stage (Group Stage Score)
Winner Score Runner-up 5th Place 6th Place
2015 United States Tallahassee China EDward Gaming (4W-1L) 3–2 South KoreaSK Telecom T1 (5W-0L) Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club (3W-2L) Europe Fnatic (2W-3L) United States Team SoloMid (1W-4L) Turkey Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (0W-5L)
2016 China Shanghai South Korea SK Telecom T1 (6W-4L) 3–0 United States Counter Logic Gaming (7W-3L) Taiwan Flash Wolves (6W-4L) China Royal Never Give Up (8W-2L) Europe G2 Esports (2W-8L) Turkey SuperMassive eSports (1W-9L)
2017 Brazil Rio de Janeiro South Korea SK Telecom T1 (8W-2L) 3–1 Europe G2 Esports (4W-6L) China Team WE (7W-3L) Taiwan Flash Wolves (5W-6L) United States Team SoloMid (4W-7L) Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines (3W-7L)
2018 Germany Berlin /France Paris China Royal Never Give Up (8W-3L) 3–1 South Korea King-Zone DragonX (6W-4L) Taiwan Flash Wolves (7W-4L) Europe Fnatic (5W-6L) United States Team Liquid (4W-7L) Vietnam EVOS Esports (2W-8L)

References

  1. ↑ Bishop, Rollin (May 7, 2015). "Paste Goes to the 2015 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational". Paste. Paste Media Group. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Mid-Season Invitational Event Ruleset" (PDF). Riot Games. p. 5–6. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fan Contributions to the MSI 2018 Prize Pool". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (May 2, 2016). "The Mid-Season Invitational Power Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Inc. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (May 4, 2016). "League Midseason Invitational day one recap". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Michael (May 3, 2016). "League Of Legends Mid-Season Invitational – What You Need To Know!". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Scott, Jake (May 1, 2015). "MSI recap: Edward Gaming defeat SKT 3-2, become MSI 2015 champions". theScore eSports. Score Media Ventures. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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