2019 Mid-Season Invitational

The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.

2019 Mid-Season Invitational
2019
The Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei hosted the playoffs.
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location Vietnam
 Taiwan
Dates1 May 2019–19 May 2019
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Venue
Teams13
Final positions
Champions G2 Esports
(1st title)
Runner-up Team Liquid
MVP Rasmus "Caps" Winther
(G2 Esports)

Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in the Play-in Stage with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage. [1][2]

The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Heping Basketball Center in Taipei.

G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3-0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified teams

Because of the removal of the 2 regional league Latin America North (LLN) and Latin America South (CLS) to form one whole Latin America (LLA) region of League of Legends competition, number of regions is decreased to 13. The format is based on the 2017 MSI.

Based on the Regional results of the MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) begin in the main group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Loser teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.

Region League Teams[1] ID
Start from Main event's Group stage
China LPL Invictus Gaming IG
Europe LEC G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start from Play-in stage round 2
North America LCS Team Liquid TL
TW/HK/MO LMS Flash Wolves FW
Start from Play-in stage round 1
Vietnam VCS Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB
Brazil CBLOL INTZ e-Sports ITZ
CIS LCL Vega Squadron VEG
Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin America LLA Isurus Gaming ISG
Oceania OPL Bombers BMR
Southeast Asia LST MEGA Esports MG
Turkey TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe FB

Roster
Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
Europe (LEC) - G2 Esports
Wunder
(Martin Hansen)		 Jankos
(Marcin Jankowski)		 Caps
(Rasmus Winther)		 Perkz
(Luka Perković)		 Mikyx
(Mihael Mehle)		 GrabbZ
(Fabian Lohmann)
promisq
(Hampus Abrahamsson)
North America (LCS) - Team Liquid
Impact
(Jeong Eon-yeong
정언영)		 Xmithie
(Jake Puchero)		 Jensen
(Nicolaj Jensen)		 Doublelift
(Yiliang Peter Peng)		 CoreJJ
(Jo Yong-in
조용인)		 Cain
(Jang Nu-ri
장누리)
MikeYeung
(Michael Yeung)
China (LPL) - Invictus Gaming
TheShy
(Kang Seung-lok
강승록)		 Ning
(Gao Zhenning
高振宁)		 Rookie
(Song Ui-jin
송의진)		 JackeyLove
(Yu Wenbo
喻文波)		 Baolan
(Wang Liuyi
王柳羿)		 Karam
(Kim Ga-ram
김가람)
Duke
(Lee Ho-seong
이호성)
South Korea (LCK) - SK Telecom T1
Khan
(Kim Ju-seong
김주성)		 Clid
(Kim Tae-min
김태민)		 Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok
이상혁)		 Teddy
(Park Jin-seong
박진성)		 Mata
(Cho Se-hyeong
조세형)		 Zefa
(Lee Jae-min
이재민)
Haru
(Kang Min-seung
강민승)		 kkOma
(Kim Jeong-gyun
김정균)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) - Flash Wolves
Hanabi
(Su Chia-Hsiang
蘇嘉祥)		 Bugi
(Lee Seong-yeop
이성엽)		 Rather
(Shin Hyeong-seop
신형섭)		 Betty
(Lu Yu-Hung
盧禹宏)		 ShiauC
(Liu Chia-Hao
劉家豪)		 Sweet
(Cheon Jeong-hee
천정희)
Enso
(Liang En-Shuo
梁恩碩)
Vietnam (VCS) - Phong Vũ Buffalo
Zeros
(Phạm Minh Lộc)		 Meliodas
(Hoàng Tiến Nhật)		 Naul
(Võ Thành Luân)		 BigKoro
(Đặng Ngọc Tài)		 Palette
(Nguyễn Hải Trung)		 Ren
(Nguyễn Văn Trọng)
XuHao
(Bùi Hoàng Sơn Vương)
Brazil (CBLOL) - INTZ e-Sports
Tay
(Rodrigo Panisa)		 Shini
(Diogo Rogê)		 Envy
(Bruno Farias)		 Mills
(Guilherme Conti)		 RedBert
(Ygor Freitas)		 Maestro
(Lucas Pierre)
BocaJR
(Emerson Alencar)
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) - Vega Squadron
BOSS
(Vladislav Fomin
Владислав Фомин)		 AHaHaCiK
(Kirill Skvortsov
Кирилл Скворцов)		 Nomanz
(Lev Yakshin
Лев Якшин)		 Gadget
(Ilya Makavchuk
Илья Макавчук)		 SaNTaS
(Aleksandr Lifashin
Александр Лифашин)		 Invi
(Dmitrii Protasov
Дмитрий Протасов)
Razly
(Valerii Shishkin
Валерий Шишкин)
Japan (LJL) - DetonatioN FocusMe
Evi
(Shunsuke Murase
村瀬 (むらせ) 俊介 (しゅんすけ))		 Steal
(Moon Geon-yeong
문건영)		 Ceros
(Kyohei Yoshida
吉田 (よしだ) 恭平 (きょうへい))		 Yutapon
(Yuta Sugiura
杉浦 (すぎうら) 悠太 (ゆうた))		 Gaeng
(Yang Gwang-woo
양광우)		 Kazu
(Kazuta Suzuki
鈴木 (すずき) 和太 (かずた))
Ramune
(Osamu Ozawa
小澤 (おざわ) 統 (おさむ))
Latin America (LLA) - Isurus Gaming
Buggax
(Mateo Aroztegui)		 Oddie
(Sebastián Niño)		 Seiya
(Édgar Bracamontes)		 Warangelus
(Fabián Llanos)		 Slow
(Eduardo Garcés)		 Pierre
(Misael Di Ciancia)
Emp
(Benjamín Ramírez)
Oceania (OPL) - Bombers
Mimic
(Min Ju-seong
민주성)		 BalKhan
(Choi Hyeon-jin
최현진)		 ry0ma
(Tommy Le)		 FBI
(Victor Huang)		 Rogue
(Jake Sharwood)		 Westonway
(Scott Farmer)
Seb
(Sebastian de Ceglie)
Southeast Asia (LST) - MEGA Esports
Rockky
(Atit Phaomuang
อธิศ เผ่าเมือง)		 Jjun
(Kwon Jun-seok
권준석)		 G4
(Nuttapong Menkasikan
นัฐพงษ์ เม้นกะสิการ)		 Lloyd
(Juckkirsts Kongubon
จักรกฤษณ์ คงอุบล)		 PoP
(Ha Min-wook
하민욱)		 Bigfafa
(Seo Min-seok
서민석)
WarL0cK
(Pawat Ampaporn
ภวัต อัมพาภรณ์)
Turkey (TCL) - 1907 Fenerbahçe
Ruin
(Kim Hyeong-min
김형민)		 Kirei
(Thomas Yuen)		 Bolulu
(Onur Can Demirol)		 Hades
(Volkan Dinçer)		 Japone
(Bahadır Çolak)		 Turkinator
(Aykut Emre Başkal)
Only35
(Mehmet Emin Aydın)

Venues

Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.

 Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi
Play-in Stage Group Stage Play-off Stage
VCS Studio (GG Stadium) Vietnam National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity: 120 Capacity: 3,700 Capacity: 6,958

Play-in stage

Round 1

Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group.[3] Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.

Pool 1 Pool 2
1907 Fenerbahçe Bombers
MEGA Esports DetonatioN FocusMe
Phong Vũ Buffalo INTZ e-Sports
Vega Squadron Isurus Gaming
Group A[3]
# Team ~ PVB FB ISG BMR W L ±
1 Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB ~ 1-1 2-0 1-1 4 2 2
2 1907 Fenerbahçe FB 1-1 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 2 2
3 Isurus Gaming ISG 0-2 1-1 ~ 1-1 2 4 −2
3 Bombers BMR 1-1 0-2 1-1 ~ 2 4 −2
Group A 1st-place tie-break match
   
Phong Vũ Buffalo W
1907 Fenerbahçe L
Group B[3]
# Team ~ VEG DFM MG ITZ W L ±
1 Vega Squadron VEG ~ 2-0 1-1 2-0 5 1 4
2 DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 0-2 ~ 2-0 2-0 4 2 2
3 MEGA Esports MG 1-1 0-2 ~ 1-1 2 4 -2
4 INTZ e-Sports ITZ 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1 5 -4

Round 2

Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.

  Round 2
                 
  1 Team Liquid 3
  2 Phong Vũ Buffalo 0
 
  1 Flash Wolves 3
  2 Vega Squadron 1

Round 3

Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.

Round 3
   
Phong Vũ Buffalo 3
Vega Squadron 2

VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

# Team ~ IG SKT G2 TL FW PVB W L ±
1 Invictus Gaming IG ~ 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 9 1 8
2 SK Telecom T1 SKT 1-1 ~ 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 7 3 4
3 G2 Esports G2 0-2 2-0 ~ 1-1 2-0 0-2 5 5 0
4 Team Liquid TL 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 6 -2
5 Flash Wolves FW 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 2-0 3 7 -4
6 Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 ~ 2 8 -6

China, South Korea, Europe and North America get pool 1 in Main Group Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship for Summer Split winner. TW/HK/MO and Vietnam get pool 2.

Knock-out stage
  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (IG chooses TL).
  • Matches are best of five
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Invictus Gaming 1
4 Team Liquid 3
Team Liquid 0
G2 Esports 3
2 SK Telecom T1 2
3 G2 Esports 3

Ranking

(*) Not including tie-break games.

Place Region League Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st Europe LEC G2 Esports 5-5 3-2 3-0
2nd North America LCS Team Liquid 3-0 4-6 3-1 0-3
3rd-4th South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1 7-3 2-3
China LPL Invictus Gaming 9-1 1-3
5th TW/HK/MO LMS Flash Wolves 3-1 3-7
6th Vietnam VCS Phong Vũ Buffalo* 4-2 0-3 3-2 2-8
7th CIS LCL Vega Squadron 5-1 1-3 2-3
8th-9th Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe 4-2
Turkey TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe* 4-2
10th-12th Latin America LLA Isurus Gaming 2-4
Oceania OPL Bombers 2-4
Southeast Asia LST MEGA Esports 2-4
13th Brazil CBLOL INTZ e-Sports 1-5

References
  1. "2019 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". lolesports. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "MSI 2019 Format Summary". lolesports. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. "Bracket". lolesports. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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