2017 League of Legends World Championship

The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was the seventh world championship for League of Legends, a video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from September 23 – November 4, 2017, in cities across China. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China, with twelve of those teams having to reach the group stage via a play-in round.

League of Legends World Championship
2017
Tournament information
Location China
DatesSeptember 23–November 4
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
12 team double round-robin Play-in Stage
16 team double round-robin Group Stage
8 team single-elimination bracket[1]
Venue(s)
Teams24
Purse$4,596,591[2]
Final positions
Champion Samsung Galaxy
(2nd title, 1st title after Galaxy White)
Runner-up SK Telecom T1
MVP Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (Samsung Galaxy)

Samsung Galaxy secured their second championship win after defeating the three-time world champion SK Telecom T1, 3-0 in a best of five final series. They previously won the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the AD carry of Samsung, was named the MVP of the tournament for his outstanding performances.[3]

Against the Current and Jay Chou collaborated with Riot Games to produce two exclusive songs titled "Legends Never Die" and "Heroes" respectively for the tournament, while Alan Walker also produced his own remix of "Legends Never Die".

The 2017 Worlds has been widely praised for its ceremonial performances,[4][5] while receiving attention worldwide due to the high quality of the tournament, its multiple dramatic and emotional series,[6][7][8][9] and SK Telecom T1's tributary moments.[10][11] The finals gained a solid following of 60 million unique viewers, breaking 2016's viewer record.[12] A donation of US$2 million was also raised through the sales of Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe skin, reaching out to different charities and receiving commendations.

Teams and qualifications

Based on the results of MSI and the World Championship in the previous two years, all teams from South Korea (LCK) were seeded directly into the group stage and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) received an extra seed. With the ranking of the 2017 Mid Season Invitational, Southeast Asia (GPL) received a group stage seed for the summer champion team and one more slot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up team.

Region League Path Start in Pool Teams ID
China LPL Summer Champion Group stage 1 Edward Gaming EDG
Championship Points 2 Royal Never Give Up RNG
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Team WE WE
Europe EU LCS Summer Champion Group stage 1 G2 Esports G2
Championship Points 2 Misfits Gaming MSF
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Fnatic FNC
North America NA LCS Summer Champion Group stage 2 Team SoloMid TSM
Championship Points Immortals IMT
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Cloud9 C9
South Korea LCK Summer Champion Group stage 1 Longzhu Gaming LZ
Championship Points 2 SK Telecom T1 SKT
Regional Finals Samsung Galaxy SSG
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau		 LMS Summer Champion Group stage 1 Flash Wolves FW
Championship Points 2 ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Hong Kong Attitude HKA
Vietnam
►Southeast Asia		 VCS►GPL Summer Champion Group stage 2 GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Summer Runner-up Play-in stage 4 Young Generation YG
Brazil CBLOL Summer Champion Team oNe Esports ONE
CIS LCL Gambit Esports GMB
Turkey TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe eSports FB
Japan LJL 5 Rampage RPG
Latin America North LLN Lyon Gaming LYN
Latin America South CLS Kaos Latin Gamers KLG
Oceania OPL Dire Wolves DW

Rosters
Teams Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
China (LPL)
EDward Gaming Mouse

Audi (DNP)

 Clearlove7 Scout iBoy Meiko NoFe
Royal Never Give Up Letme Mlxg

Y1HAN (DNP)

 Xiaohu Uzi Ming FireFox
Team WE 957 Condi xiye Mystic Ben

Zero (DNP)

 Homme
Europe (EU LCS)
G2 Esports Expect Trick Perkz Zven mithy

Hoang (DNP)

 YoungBuck
Misfits Gaming Alphari Maxlore PowerOfEvil Hans Sama IgNar

Hiiva (DNP)

 Daku
Fnatic sOAZ Broxah Caps

Special (DNP)

 Rekkles Jesiz Dylan Falco
North America (NA LCS)
Team SoloMid Hauntzer Svenskeren Bjergsen Doublelift

MrRallez (DNP)

 Biofrost Parth
Immortals Flame Xmithie

AnDa (DNP)

 Pobelter Cody Sun Olleh SSONG
Cloud9 Impact

Ray (DNP)

 Contractz Jensen Sneaky Smoothie Reapered
South Korea (LCK)
Longzhu Gaming Khan

Rascal

 Cuzz Bdd PraY GorillA Kim Jeong-soo
SK Telecom T1 Huni Peanut

Blank

 Faker Bang Wolf kkOma
Samsung Galaxy CuVee Ambition

Haru

 Crown Ruler CoreJJ Edgar
Taiwan - Hong Kong - Macau (LMS)
Flash Wolves MMD

Cyo (DNP)

 Karsa Maple Betty SwordArT Steak
ahq e-Sports Club Ziv Mountain Westdoor

Chawy

 AN Albis GreenTea
Hong Kong Attitude Riris Godkwai

Gemini

 M1ssion Unified Kaiwing Tabe
Vietnam►Southeast Asia (VCS►GPL)
GIGABYTE Marines Archie Levi Optimus Noway Nevan

Sya

 Tinikun
Young Generation Ren

NhocTy

 Venus Naul BigKoro Palette Koo
Brazil (CBLOL)
Team oNe Esports VVvert 4LaN Brucer

Marf

 Absolut RedBert Neki
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL)
Gambit Esports PvPStejos Diamondprox Kira Blasting

Tauren (DNP)

 EDward Invi
Turkey (TCL)
1907 Fenerbahçe Thaldrin Crash (R)

WaenA (DNP)

Frozen padden Japone Pades
Japan (LJL)
Rampage Evi Tussle

TETE (DNP)

 Ramune YutoriMoyasi Dara 34
Latin America North (LLN)
Lyon Gaming Jirall Oddie Seiya WhiteLotus

MarioMe (DNP)

 Genthix Yeti
Latin America South (CLS)
Kaos Latin Gamers MANTARRAYA Tierwulf Plugo Fix

Focho (DNP)

 Slow Pierre
Oceania (OPL)
Dire Wolves Chippys shernfire

Rippii (DNP)

 Phantiks k1ng Destiny Sharp

Venues

Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing were the four cities chosen to host the competition.[13]

Wuhan, Hubei Guangzhou, Guangdong
Play-in Stage & Main Group Stage Quarterfinals
Wuhan Gymnasium Guangzhou Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 10,000
Sep 23 – Oct 15 Oct 19 – Oct 22
Shanghai Beijing
Semifinals Finals
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Beijing National Stadium
Capacity: 18,200 Capacity: 91,000
Oct 28 – Oct 29 Nov 4

Play-in stage

Group A
# Team 1 2 3 W L ±
1 Team WE —2–02–0404
2 Lyon Gaming 0–2—2–0220
3 Gambit Esports 0–20–2—04–4

Group B
# Team 1 2 3 W L ±
1 Cloud9 —2–02–0404
2 Team oNe Esports 0–2—2–123–1
3 Dire Wolves 0–21–2—14–3

Group C
# Team 1 2 3 W L ±
1 Fnatic —1–12–0312
2 Young Generation 1–1—1–1220
3 Kaos Latin Gamers 0–21–1—13–2

Group D
# Team 1 2 3 W L ±
1 1907 Fenerbahçe eSports —2–12–0413
2 Hong Kong Attitude 1–2—2–0321
3 Rampage 0–20–2—04–4

Elimination
Match 1
   
Team WE 3
Young Generation 0
Match 2
   
Cloud9 3
Lyon Gaming 0
Match 3
   
Fnatic 3
Hong Kong Attitude 0
Match 4
   
1907 Fenerbahçe 3
Team oNe Esports 1

Group stage

Group A
# Team 1 2 3 4 W L ±
1 SK Telecom T1 —2−01−12−0514
2 Cloud9 0−2—2−01−1330
3 ahq e-Sports Club 1−10−2—1−124−2
3 EDward Gaming 0−21−11−1 —24−2

Group B
# Team 1 2 3 4 W L ±
1 Longzhu Gaming —2−02−02−0606
2 Fnatic 0−2—2−12−1440
3 GIGABYTE Marines 0−21−2—1−125−3
4 Immortals 0−21−21−1—25−3

Group C
# Team 1 2 3 4 W L ±
1 Royal Never Give Up —2−01−12−0514
2 Samsung Galaxy 0−2—2−02−0422
3 G2 Esports 1−10−2—2−0330
4 1907 Fenerbahçe eSports 0−20−20−2—06–6

Group D
# Team 1 2 3 4 W L ±
1 Team WE —2−01−12−0514
2 Misfits Gaming 0−2—2−12−0431
3 Team SoloMid 1−11−2—1−134−1
4 Flash Wolves 0−20−21−1—15−4

Knockout stage

Bracket
Interior of Beijing National Stadium, as used for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship finals.
The stage for the finals between SKT T1 and Samsung Galaxy
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 SK Telecom T1 3
D2 Misfits Gaming 2
SK Telecom T1 3
Royal Never Give Up 2
C1 Royal Never Give Up 3
B2 Fnatic 1
SK Telecom T1 0
Samsung Galaxy 3
D1 Team WE 3
A2 Cloud9 2
Team WE 1
Samsung Galaxy 3
B1 Longzhu Gaming 0
C2 Samsung Galaxy 3

Final standings
Final standings, 2017[14][15]
Places Region League Team Prize (USD)
1st South Korea LCK Samsung Galaxy $1,723,721
2nd South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1 $620,539
3rd–4th China LPL Royal Never Give Up $321,761
China LPL Team WE
5–8th South Korea LCK Longzhu Gaming $183,863
Europe EU LCS Misfits Gaming
Europe EU LCS Fnatic
North America NA LCS Cloud9
9–11th North America NA LCS Team SoloMid $103,423
Europe EU LCS G2 Esports
Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL GIGABYTE Marines
12–13th China LPL Edward Gaming $80,440
TW/HK/MO LMS ahq e-Sports Club
14–16th TW/HK/MO LMS Flash Wolves $57,457
North America LCS Immortals
Turkey TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe eSports
17–20th Latin America North LLN Lyon Gaming $34,474
TW/HK/MO LMS Hong Kong Attitude
Brazil CBLOL Team oNe Esports
Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL Young Generation
21–24th Japan LJL Rampage $22,982
Latin America South CLS Kaos Latin Gamers
Oceania OPL Dire Wolves
CIS LCL Gambit Esports
Total $4,596,578

League of Legends Live

League of Legends Live was held on the eve of the finals, November 3, in Beijing National Aquatics Center (or known as the Water Cube) to commemorate the tournament, featuring international artists and League of Legends community musicians. It featured performances of a wide variety of music from League of Legends, including Get Jinxed, hits from Pentakill, DJ Sona, Warsongs, Star Guardian, The Curse Of The Sad Mummy, medleys of a wide variety of Worlds and Champion themes, DJ and music producer Alan Walker, and many other tracks over the course of the 90-minute show.[16]

Reception of performances

During the opening ceremony of the finals, dancers were decked out in different masks, unified as the ground around them exploded with visual effects and colors. It was followed by Jay Chou's Worlds 2017 remix Hero performance, and a live version of Legends Never Die by Against the Current, with Chou playing the piano behind. An augmented reality dragon (modeled after the in-game Elder Drake) also flew and soared around the arena halfway through the performance, with a giant Summoner's Cup rising from the grounds of the stadium at the same time, catching the stadium's audience and global fans by surprise. The closing ceremony featured Alan Walker performing his own remix of Legends Never Die, with Chrissy Costanza on the vocals.[17] The overall performances of the ceremony received widespread praises.[4][5]

Legacy

The finals had 60 million unique viewers worldwide, breaking 2016's viewer record.[12]

League of Legends fans raised over US$2 million for three different charities (BasicNeeds, Learning Equality and the Raspberry Pi Foundation) with the sales of the "Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe" skin.

The loss of SK Telecom T1 in a 0-3 defeat, as well as Faker's emotional moment resulted in one of the greatest upsets in League of Legends' history, and have noticeably caught the attention of League of Legends' fans throughout the world, with many support and tributes given to the team and Faker for their success.[10][11]

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