2014 League of Legends World Championship

*League of Legends* World Championship
	2014
Tournament information
Location	Taiwan ; Singapore ; South Korea
Dates	September 18–October 19
Administrator(s)	Riot Games
Tournament; format(s)	16 team round-robin group stage ; 8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities) National Taiwan University Sports Center; (Taipei - Group Stage A & B) ; Singapore EXPO; (Singapore - Group Stage C & D) ; Busan Exhibition and Convention Center; (Busan - Quarterfinals) ; Olympic Gymnastics Arena; (Seoul - Semifinals) ; Seoul World Cup Stadium; (Seoul - Finals) ;
Teams	16
Purse	$2,130,000
Final positions
Champions	Samsung White; (1st title)
Runner-up	Star Horn Royal Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Attendance	40,000+ (final)
MVP	Cho "Mata" Se-Hyeong (Samsung White)[1]
Highest KDA	Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok (Samsung White)[2]
Highest GPM	Heo "Pawn" Won-seok (Samsung White)[2]

The 2014 League of Legends World Championship was the world championship that was held from September 18, 2014, to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends. It was the fourth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship. Matches were held in Taipei, Singapore, and Seoul, with grand finals being at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.[3] The 16 teams qualified by either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch and Azubu in several languages and the finals were aired online on ESPN3.

The group stage began September 18 in Taipei at the National Taiwan University Sports Center and concluded September 28 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage.[4] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, and concluded on October 19 with the grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,[5][6] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.[7][8][9]

American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,[10] and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea.[11] All games were made available for free via live streaming.[12]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.

Teams

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[13]

Region		League		Path	Team	ID	Pool
South Korea		The Champions		Most Circuit Points #1	Samsung Galaxy Blue	SSB	1
				Most Circuit Points #2	Samsung Galaxy White	SSW	2
				Regional Finals Winner	NaJin White Shield	NWS	2
China		LPL		Regional Finals Winner #1	EDward Gaming	EDG	1
				Regional Finals Winner #2	Star Horn Royal Club	SHR	2
				Regional Finals Winner #3	OMG	OMG	2
Europe		EU LCS		Summer Champion	Alliance	ALL	1
				Summer Runner-up	Fnatic	FNC	2
				Summer Third-place	SK Gaming	SK	3
North America		NA LCS		Summer Champion	Team SoloMid	TSM	1
				Summer Runner-up	Cloud9	C9	2
				Summer Third-place	LMQ	LMQ	3
TW/HK/MO & SEA		GPL		Summer Champion	Taipei Assassins	TPA	2
TW/HK/MO & SEA		GPL		Regional Finals Winner	ahq e-Sports Club	AHQ	2
Wildcard	Brazil	CBLol	IWCT	CBLol Regional Finals Winner ►IWCT PAX 2014 Winner	KaBuM! e-Sports	KBM	3
Wildcard	Turkey	TCL	IWCT	TCL Regional Finals Winner ►IWCT Gamescom 2014 Winner	Dark Passage	DP	3

Venues

Taipei, Singapore, Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition.

Taipei, Taiwan	Tampines, Singapore	South Korea
Taipei, Taiwan	Tampines, Singapore	Busan	Seoul
Group Stage A & B	Group Stage C & D	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
National Taiwan University Sports Center	Singapore EXPO	BEXCO Center	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 4,200	Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 4,002	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 66,704
NTU Sport Center	Singapore EXPO	BEXCO Center Olympic Gymnastics Arena Seoul World Cup Stadium

Group stage

The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams.

Group A

#	Team	Record	~	SSW	EDG	AHQ	DP	Tie-Break
1	Samsung Galaxy White	6-0	SSW	~	2-0	2-0	2-0
2	Edward Gaming	3-3	EDG	0-2	~	1-1	2-0	Win
3	ahq e-Sports Club	3-3	AHQ	0-2	1-1	~	2-0	Loss
4	Dark Passage	0-6	DP	0-2	0-2	0-2	~

Group B

#	Team	Record	~	SHR	TSM	SK	TPA
1	Star Horn Royal Club	5-1	SHR	~	1-1	2-0	2-0
2	Team SoloMid	4-2	TSM	1-1	~	1-1	2-0
3	SK Gaming	2-4	SK	0-2	1-1	~	1-1
4	Taipei Assassins	1-5	TPA	0-2	0-2	1-1	~

Group C

#	Team	Record	~	SSB	OMG	FNC	LMQ
1	Samsung Galaxy Blue	5-1	SSB	~	2-0	1-1	2-0
2	OMG	3-3	OMG	0-2	~	2-0	1-1
3	Fnatic	2-4	FNC	1-1	0-2	~	1-1
3	LMQ	2-4	LMQ	0-2	1-1	1-1	~

Group D

#	Team	Record	~	NWS	C9	ALL	KBM	Tie-Break
1	NaJin White Shield	4-2	NWS	~	1-1	1-1	2-0	Win
2	Cloud 9	4-2	C9	1-1	~	1-1	2-0	Loss
3	Alliance	3-3	ALL	1-1	1-1	~	1-1
4	KaBuM! e-Sports	1-5	KBM	0-2	0-2	1-1	~

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

2014-10-03 – Busan[lower-alpha 1]

Team SoloMid	1
		2014-10-11 – Seoul[lower-alpha 2]
Samsung Galaxy White	3
		Samsung Galaxy White	3
2014-10-04 – Busan
		Samsung Galaxy Blue	0
Cloud9	1
				2014-10-19 – Seoul[lower-alpha 3]
Samsung Galaxy Blue	3
				Samsung Galaxy White	3
2014-10-05 – Busan
				Star Horn Royal Club	1
Star Horn Royal Club	3
		2014-10-12 – Seoul
EDward Gaming	2
		Star Horn Royal Club	3
2014-10-06 – Busan
		OMG	2
NaJin White Shield	0

OMG	3

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize money[14]
1st	Samsung Galaxy White	$1,000,000
2nd	Star Horn Royal Club	$250,000
3rd–4th	OMG	$150,000
3rd–4th	Samsung Galaxy Blue	$150,000
5–8th	Cloud9	$75,000
	EDward Gaming
	NaJin White Shield
	Team SoloMid
9–11th	ahq e-Sports Club	$45,000
	Alliance
	SK Gaming
12–13th	Fnatic	$35,000
12–13th	LMQ	$35,000
14–16th	Dark Passage	$25,000
	KaBuM! e-Sports
	Taipei Assassins

Viewership and attendance

Around 40,000 fans attended the grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club.[15] It is estimated that there were 288 million cumulative views throughout the entire tournament.[16][17][18]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.[16][17]

Racism incident

Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong". Johnsen was fined US$2,500 and was suspended from his team's first three games in the tournament.[19]

References

Fields, Frank (October 19, 2014). "SAMSUNG WHITE WINS 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
"TOP PERFORMERS". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
MOZUR, PAUL (October 19, 2014). "For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
"World Championship 2014 Preliminary Schedule". Retrieved October 8, 2014.
"'League of Legends' scholarship". Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Magrino, Tom. "Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship!". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
"Bracket". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
"Riot - World Championship 2014 - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends Wiki". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
"League of Legends 2014 World Championship". Retrieved October 20, 2014.
"Imagine Dragons teams with 'League of Legends' for $2.3m tournament - Yahoo News Singapore". Retrieved October 19, 2014.
"Prepare yourself for the 2014 Worlds Final". Retrieved October 19, 2014.
"Watch 'League Of Legends' World Championship 2014 Live Online". Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Jackson, Leah (September 8, 2015). "WORLDS 2014 GROUP STAGE SELECTION RESULTS". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
"League of Legends World Championships Prize Distribution - $2.13 Million USD Total". onGamers. CBS Interactive. August 5, 2014. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
Tassi, Paul (October 19, 2015). "40,000 Korean Fans Watch SSW Win 2014 'League of Legends' World Championship". Forbes. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
"WORLDS 2014 BY THE NUMBERS". Riot Games. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
Gafford, Travis (December 1, 2014). "League of Legends 2014 World Championship Viewer Numbers (Infograph)". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
Dorsey, Patrick (December 14, 2014). "'League of Legends' ratings top NBA Finals, World Series clinchers". ESPN. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
"League of Legends Competition Ruling: Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen | LoL Esports". Retrieved October 8, 2014.

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[14] Busan Exhibition and Convention Center

[15] Olympic Gymnastics Arena

[16] Seoul World Cup Stadium

[1] Fields, Frank (October 19, 2014). "SAMSUNG WHITE WINS 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.

[stats-2] "TOP PERFORMERS". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.

[3] MOZUR, PAUL (October 19, 2014). "For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[4] "World Championship 2014 Preliminary Schedule". Retrieved October 8, 2014.

[5] "'League of Legends' scholarship". Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[6] Magrino, Tom. "Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship!". Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[s4_results3-7] "Bracket". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 20, 2014.

[s4_results-8] "Riot - World Championship 2014 - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends Wiki". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[s4_results2-9] "League of Legends 2014 World Championship". Retrieved October 20, 2014.

[10] "Imagine Dragons teams with 'League of Legends' for $2.3m tournament - Yahoo News Singapore". Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[11] "Prepare yourself for the 2014 Worlds Final". Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[12] "Watch 'League Of Legends' World Championship 2014 Live Online". Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[13] Jackson, Leah (September 8, 2015). "WORLDS 2014 GROUP STAGE SELECTION RESULTS". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.

[17] "League of Legends World Championships Prize Distribution - $2.13 Million USD Total". onGamers. CBS Interactive. August 5, 2014. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.

[18] Tassi, Paul (October 19, 2015). "40,000 Korean Fans Watch SSW Win 2014 'League of Legends' World Championship". Forbes. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[numbers-19] "WORLDS 2014 BY THE NUMBERS". Riot Games. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[infograph-20] Gafford, Travis (December 1, 2014). "League of Legends 2014 World Championship Viewer Numbers (Infograph)". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[21] Dorsey, Patrick (December 14, 2014). "'League of Legends' ratings top NBA Finals, World Series clinchers". ESPN. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

[22] "League of Legends Competition Ruling: Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen | LoL Esports". Retrieved October 8, 2014.