2019 League of Legends World Championship

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was the ninth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris.[1] Twenty four teams from 13 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.

League of Legends World Championship
2019
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location
DatesOctober 2–November 10
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
Venue(s)
Teams24
Final positions
Champion FunPlus Phoenix
(1st title)
Runner-up G2 Esports
MVP Gao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix)

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

Based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship in the year prior, with the 2018 MSI victory of Royal Never Give Up and 2018 Worlds victory of Invictus Gaming, the third seed team from China (LPL) will start in the group stage, replacing the third seed team from South Korea (LCK) that will now instead begin in the play-in stage.[2] Due to the merger of Latin America North's and Latin America South's professional leagues into a single league (LLA) and the results of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam (VCS) will have a direct spot in the group stage for the summer champions and an additional spot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up, the same format used in 2017 Worlds. The summer champions of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) have also been dropped to pool #2.[3]

Region League Path Team ID Pool
Starting in the main event's group stage
China LPL Summer Champion FunPlus Phoenix FPX 1
Most Championship Points Royal Never Give Up RNG 2
Regional Finals Winner Invictus Gaming IG
Europe LEC Summer Champion G2 Esports G2 1
Regional Finals Winner Fnatic FNC 2
North America LCS Summer Champion Team Liquid TL 1
Most Championship Points Cloud9 C9 2
South Korea LCK Summer Champion SK Telecom T1 SKT 1
Most Championship Points Griffin GRF 2
TW/HK/MO LMS Summer Champion J Team JT 2
Most Championship Points ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 2
Vietnam VCS Summer Champion GAM Esports GAM 2
Starting in the play-in stage
Europe LEC Regional Finals Runner-up Splyce SPY 1
North America LCS Regional Finals Winner Clutch Gaming CG
South Korea LCK DAMWON Gaming DWG
TW/HK/MO LMS Hong Kong Attitude HKA
Vietnam VCS Summer Runner-up Lowkey Esports LK 2
CIS LCL Summer Champion Unicorns of Love UOL
Latin America LLA Isurus Gaming ISG
Turkey TCL Royal Youth RYL
Brazil CBLOL Flamengo eSports FLA 3
Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Oceania OPL Mammoth MMM
Southeast Asia LST MEGA Esports MG

Rosters

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Teams Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
China (LPL)
FunPlus Phoenix GimGoon Tian Doinb Lwx Crisp WarHorse
Xinyi
Royal Never Give Up Langx Karsa Xiaohu Uzi Ming Steak
LoveZrr Wink
Invictus Gaming TheShy Ning Rookie JackeyLove Baolan Mafa
Duke Leyan
Europe (LEC)
G2 Esports Wunder Jankos Caps Perkz Mikyx GrabbZ
promisq
Fnatic Bwipo Broxah Nemesis Rekkles Hylissang Youngbuck
Dan
Splyce Vizicsacsi Xerxe Humanoid Kobbe Norskeren Peter Dun
Orome Sharp Duke
North America (LCS)
Team Liquid Impact Xmithie Jensen Doublelift CoreJJ Cain
Insanity Matt
Cloud9 Licorice Svenskeren Nisqy Sneaky Zeyzal Reapered
Blaber Deftly
Clutch Gaming Huni Lira Damonte Cody Sun Vulcan Thinkcard
Rodov
South Korea (LCK)
SK Telecom T1 Khan Clid Faker Teddy Effort Zefa
Haru Mata kkOma
Griffin Sword Tarzan Chovy Viper Lehends Chaos
Doran Kabbie
DAMWON Gaming Nuguri Canyon ShowMaker Nuclear BeryL Kim
Punch Hoit Micro
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS)
J Team Rest Hana FoFo Lilv Koala REFRA1N
Anan
ahq e-Sports Club Ziv Alex Rainbow Wako Ysera NeXAbc
Apex
Hong Kong Attitude 3z Crash M1ssion MnM Kaiwing Chawy
Unified
Vietnam (VCS)
GAM Esports Zeros Levi Kiaya Zin Slay Yuna
Yoshino Hieu3 Tinikun
Lowkey Esports Hani DNK Artifact Celebrity Venus NixWater
KingJ Aci
Brazil (CBLOL)
Flamengo eSports Robo Shrimp Goku brTT Luci Von
Juzinho Reven
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL)
Unicorns of Love BOSS AHaHaCiK Nomanz Innaxe Edward Sheepy
Invi
Japan (LJL)
DetonatioN FocusMe Evi Steal Ceros Yutapon Gaeng Kazu
Gismo Ramune[lower-alpha 1]
Latin America (LLA)
Isurus Gaming Buggax Oddie Seiya Warangelus Slow Yeti
Kouzze Pierre
Oceania (OPL)
Mammoth Fudge Babip Triple k1ng Destiny Phantiks
Topoon Cuden
Turkey (TCL)
Royal Youth Armut Closer Cyeol Pilot Tolerant Enatron
Chosen
Southeast Asia (LST)
MEGA Esports Rockky Lloyd G4 DeuL PoP WarL0cK
Hammock

Venues

Berlin, Madrid, Paris were the three cities chosen to host the competition.

Berlin, Germany Madrid, Spain Paris, France
Play-in Stage Main Group Stage Quarterfinals & Semifinals Finals
LEC Studio Verti Music Hall Palacio Vistalegre AccorHotels Arena
Capacity: 174 Capacity: 2,250 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 20,300

Play-in stage
  • Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.[1]

Round 1
  • Date and time: October 2–5, began at 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) in the first leg and 12:00 in the second.
  • Twelve teams are drawn into four groups, with three teams in each group.
  • Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have same win-loss record and head to head, they will play a tie-breaker match for first or second-place.
  • The top two teams of each group advance to the second round. The third-place team is eliminated.

Group A
# Team - CG UOL MMM W L TB1 TB2
1 Clutch Gaming CG - 0-2 2-0 2 2 W
2 Unicorns of Love UOL 2-0 - 0-2 2 2 W L
3 Mammoth MMM 0-2 2-0 - 2 2 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Wed, Oct 2 1 CG L W UOL
2 MMM W L UOL
3 MMM L W CG
Fri, Oct 4 4 UOL W L CG
5 UOL L W MMM
6 CG W L MMM
TB1 MMM L W UOL
TB2 CG W L UOL

Tiebreaker placement was based on the combined game times of teams' victories. The two teams with the longest total game times, Mammoth (78:45) and the Unicorns of Love (76:57), played in the first tiebreaker match for a spot in the second round of the play-in stage. Clutch Gaming had the shortest total game time (63:37) and went directly to the second tiebreaker match, which determined the first place team in Group A.[4]

Group B
# Team - SPY ISG DFM W L
1 Splyce SPY - 2-0 1-1 3 1
2 Isurus Gaming ISG 0-2 - 2-0 2 2
3 DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 1-1 0-2 - 1 3
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Wed, Oct 2 1 DFM L W SPY
2 DFM L W ISG
3 SPY W L ISG
Fri, Oct 4 4 SPY L W DFM
5 ISG W L DFM
6 ISG L W SPY

Group C
# Team - HKA LK MG W L
1 Hong Kong Attitude HKA - 1-1 2-0 3 1
2 Lowkey Esports LK 1-1 - 1-1 2 2
3 MEGA Esports MG 0-2 1-1 - 1 3
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Thu, Oct 3 1 MG L W HKA
2 MG W L LK
3 HKA L W LK
Sat, Oct 5 4 HKA W L MG
5 LK W L MG
6 LK L W HKA

Group D
# Team - DWG RYL FLA W L TB
1 DAMWON Gaming DWG - 2-0 2-0 4 0
2 Royal Youth RYL 0-2 - 1-1 1 3 W
3 Flamengo eSports FLA 0-2 1-1 - 1 3 L
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Thu, Oct 3 1 RYL L W DWG
2 DWG W L FLA
3 RYL L W FLA
Sat, Oct 5 4 DWG W L RYL
5 FLA L W DWG
6 FLA L W RYL
TB RYL W L FLA

Round 2
  • Eight teams are drawn randomly into a single-elimination match, with first-place teams of each group facing second-place teams of another group.
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
  • The winner advances to the main event group stage as pool #3.

Match 1
  • Date and time: October 7, 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Team Result
D1 DAMWON Gaming (DWG) 3
C2 Lowkey Esports (LK) 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 LK W L DWG
2 DWG W L LK
3 DWG W L LK
4 LK L W DWG
5 x - - x

Match 2
  • Date and time: October 7, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Team Result
A1 Clutch Gaming (CG) 3
D2 Royal Youth (RYL) 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 CG W L RYL
2 CG W L RYL
3 CG W L RYL
4 x - - x
5 x - - x

Match 3
  • Date and time: October 8, 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Team Result
C1 Hong Kong Attitude (HKA) 3
B2 Isurus Gaming (ISG) 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 HKA W L ISG
2 ISG W L HKA
3 HKA W L ISG
4 ISG L W HKA
5 x - - x

Match 4
  • Date and time: October 8, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Team Result
B1 Splyce (SPY) 3
A2 Unicorns of Love (UOL) 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 UOL W L SPY
2 SPY W L UOL
3 SPY W L UOL
4 UOL W L SPY
5 SPY W L UOL

Group stage
  • Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany[1]
  • Date: October 12–20.
  • Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
  • If teams have the same win-loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for first or second place.
  • The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The bottom two teams are eliminated.

Group A
# Team - GRF G2 C9 HKA W L TB
1 Griffin GRF - 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1 W
2 G2 Esports G2 1-1 - 2-0 2-0 5 1 L
3 Cloud9 C9 0-2 0-2 - 2-0 2 4
4 Hong Kong Attitude HKA 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sun, Oct 13 1 GRF L W G2
2 C9 W L HKA
Mon, Oct 14 3 GRF W L HKA
4 G2 W L C9
Tue, Oct 15 5 C9 L W GRF
6 HKA L W G2
Fri, Oct 18 7 GRF W L C9
8 G2 W L HKA
9 HKA L W GRF
10 C9 L W G2
11 HKA L W C9
12 G2 L W GRF
TB G2 L W GRF

Group B
# Team - FPX SPY JT GAM W L TB
1 FunPlus Phoenix FPX - 1-1 1-1 2-0 4 2 W
2 Splyce SPY 1-1 - 1-1 2-0 4 2 L
3 J Team JT 1-1 1-1 - 1-1 3 3
4 GAM Esports GAM 0-2 0-2 1-1 - 1 5
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 JT W L FPX
2 GAM L W SPY
Mon, Oct 14 3 FPX W L SPY
4 JT L W GAM
Tue, Oct 15 5 FPX W L GAM
6 SPY L W JT
Thu, Oct 17 7 GAM L W FPX
8 JT L W SPY
9 GAM L W JT
10 SPY W L FPX
11 SPY W L GAM
12 FPX W L JT
TB FPX W L SPY

Group C
# Team - SKT FNC RNG CG W L
1 SK Telecom T1 SKT - 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1
2 Fnatic FNC 1-1 - 1-1 2-0 4 2
3 Royal Never Give Up RNG 0-2 1-1 - 2-0 3 3
4 Clutch Gaming CG 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 FNC L W SKT
2 RNG W L CG
Sun, Oct 13 3 SKT W L RNG
4 FNC W L CG
Tue, Oct 15 5 RNG W L FNC
6 CG L W SKT
Sat, Oct 19 7 RNG L W SKT
8 CG L W FNC
9 SKT L W FNC
10 CG L W RNG
11 SKT W L CG
12 FNC W L RNG

Group D
# Team - DWG IG TL AHQ W L
1 DAMWON Gaming DWG - 2-0 1-1 2-0 5 1
2 Invictus Gaming IG 0-2 - 2-0 2-0 4 2
3 Team Liquid TL 1-1 0-2 - 2-0 3 3
4 ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0 6
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
Sat, Oct 12 1 IG W L AHQ
2 DWG L W TL
Sun, Oct 13 3 TL L W IG
4 AHQ L W DWG
Mon, Oct 14 5 IG L W DWG
6 AHQ L W TL
Sun, Oct 20 7 AHQ L W IG
8 TL L W DWG
9 TL W L AHQ
10 DWG W L IG
11 DWG W L AHQ
12 IG W L TL

Knockout stage
  • Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
  • All matches are best-of-five.
  • The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
  • The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
  • Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
A1 Griffin 1
D2 Invictus Gaming 3
D2 Invictus Gaming 1
B1 FunPlus Phoenix 3
B1 FunPlus Phoenix 3
C2 Fnatic 1
FunPlus Phoenix 3
G2 Esports 0
C1 SK Telecom T1 3
B2 Splyce 1
C1 SK Telecom T1 1
A2 G2 Esports 3
D1 DAMWON Gaming 1
A2 G2 Esports 3

Quarter-finals

Match 1
  • Date: October 26.
Team Result
A1 Griffin (GRF) 1
D2 Invictus Gaming (IG) 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 IG W L GRF
2 GRF L W IG
3 IG L W GRF
4 GRF L W IG
5 x - - x

Match 2
  • Date: October 26
Team Result
B1 FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) 3
C2 Fnatic (FNC) 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 FPX W L FNC
2 FNC L W FPX
3 FPX L W FNC
4 FPX W L FNC
5 x - - x

Match 3
  • Date: October 27.
Team Result
C1 SK Telecom T1 (SKT) 3
B2 Splyce (SPY) 1
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 SPY L W SKT
2 SKT W L SPY
3 SKT L W SPY
4 SKT W L SPY
5 x - - x

Match 4
  • Date: October 27.
Team Result
D1 DAMWON Gaming (DWG) 1
A2 G2 Esports (G2) 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 G2 W L DWG
2 G2 L W DWG
3 G2 W L DWG
4 G2 W L DWG
5 x - - x

Semi-finals
  • Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain[1]
  • The winner(s) will advance to the Finals.

Match 1
  • Date: November 2.
Team Result
Invictus Gaming (IG) 1
FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 FPX W L IG
2 IG W L FPX
3 FPX W L IG
4 IG L W FPX
5 x - - x

    Match 2
    • Date: November 3.
    • The most viewed live match in esports history, peaking at 3,985,787 viewers globally (excluding China).[5][6]
    Team Result
    G2 Esports (G2) 3
    SK Telecom T1 (SKT) 1
    Game Blue side Result Red side
    1 SKT L W G2
    2 G2 L W SKT
    3 SKT L W G2
    4 G2 W L SKT
    5 x - - x

    Finals
    • Venue: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France[1]
    • Date: November 10 12:00 UTC (Game 1 at 13:00 UTC) [7][8]
    • The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2019 World Champions.
    Team Result
    FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) 3
    G2 Esports (G2) 0
    Game Blue side Result Red side
    1 FPX W L G2
    2 G2 L W FPX
    3 FPX W L G2
    4 x - - x
    5 x - - x

    Ranking

    Team ranking
    • (*) Not include tie-break games.
    Place Region Team PS1 PS2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)
    1st LPL FunPlus Phoenix 4-2 3-1 3-1 3-0 37.5%
    2nd LEC G2 Esports 5-1 3-1 3-1 0-3 13.5%
    3rd–4th LCK SK Telecom T1 5-1 3-1 1-3 7%
    LPL Invictus Gaming 4-2 3-1 1-3
    5th–8th LCK DAMWON Gaming 4-0 3-1 5-1 1-3 4%
    LCK Griffin* 5-1 1-3
    LEC Splyce* 3-1 3-2 4-2 1-3
    LEC Fnatic 4-2 1-3
    9th–11th LMS J Team 3-3 2.25%
    LPL Royal Never Give Up 3-3
    LCS Team Liquid 3-3
    12th LCS Cloud9 2-4
    13th VCS GAM Esports 1-5 1.25%
    14th–16th LMS ahq e-Sports Club 0-6
    LMS Hong Kong Attitude 3-1 3-1 0-6
    LCS Clutch Gaming* 2-2 3-0 0-6
    17th LCL Unicorns of Love* 2-2 2-3 0.75%
    18th–19th VCS Lowkey Esports 2-2 1-3
    LLA Isurus Gaming 2-2 1-3
    20th TCL Royal Youth* 1-3 0-3
    21st OPL Mammoth* 2-2 0.5%
    22nd–24th CBLOL Flamengo eSports* 1-3
    LJL DetonatioN FocusMe 1-3
    LST MEGA Esports 1-3
    Place Region Team PS1 PS2 GS QF SF Finals Prize (%) Prize (USD)

    Regional ranking
    • The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
    • Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
    • (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.
    Place Region League Teams Play-in Round 1
    (4 games total)    		 Play-in Round 2
    (Best-of-five)    		 Group stage
    (6 games total)    		 Quarterfinals
    (Best-of-five)    		 Semifinals
    (Best-of-five)    		 Finals
    (Best-of-five)
    1st China LPL 3G 3 teams
    13W-7L
    (65%)    		 2 teams
    6W-2L
    (75%)    		 2 teams
    4W-4L
    (50%)    		 3W-0L

    (100%)

    2nd Europe LEC 2G+1P 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)*    		 1 team
    3W-2L
    (60%)    		 3 teams
    13W-5L
    (72.22%)    		 3 teams
    5W-7L
    (41.66%)    		 1 team

    3W-1L

    (75%)

    		 0W-3L

    (0%)

    3rd Korea LCK 2G+1P 1 team
    4W-0L
    (100%)*    		 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 3 teams
    15W-3L
    (83.33%)    		 3 teams
    5W-7L
    (41.66%)    		 1 team

    1W-3L

    (25%)
    4th North America LCS 2G+1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*    		 1 team
    3W-0L
    (100%)    		 3 teams
    5W-13L
    (27.77%)
    5th TW/HK/MO LMS 2G+1P 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 1 team
    3W-1L
    (75%)    		 3 teams
    3W-15L
    (16.66%)
    6th Vietnam VCS 1G+1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)    		 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)    		 1 team
    1W-5L
    (16.66%)
    7th CIS LCL 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*    		 1 team
    2W-3L
    (40%)
    8th Latin America LLA 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)    		 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)
    9th Turkey TCL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)*    		 1 team
    0W-3L
    (0%)
    10th Oceania OPL 1P 1 team
    2W-2L
    (50%)*
    11th–13th Brazil CBLOL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)*
    Japan LJL 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)
    Southeast Asia LST 1P 1 team
    1W-3L
    (25%)

    Notes
    1. Ramune is a Chinese national but has permanent residency status in Japan.

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