2019 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends
World Championship2019

Tournament information
Sport| League of Legends
Location|

* France
* Germany
* Spain

Dates| October 2–November 10
Administrator| 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)|

4 (in 3 host cities)

* LEC Studio
(Berlin, Play-in stage)
* Verti Music Hall
(Berlin, Main group stage)
* Palacio Vistalegre
(Madrid, Quarterfinals & Semifinals)
* AccorHotels Arena
(Paris, Finals)

Teams| 24
Final positions
Champion| FunPlus Phoenix
Runner-up| G2 Esports
Tournament statistics
Attendance| Peak viewership: 43.982.055[1]
MVP| Gao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix)

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The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the ninth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris.[2] 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.

"Phoenix" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Chrissy Costanza and Cailin Russo, while Blanke, Carpenter Brut, and 1788-L produced their own remix versions of "Phoenix".[3][4] A virtual rap group named "True Damage" was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon from (G)I-dle, Duckwrth, Thutmose, Keke Palmer and Becky G representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of their debut song, "Giants", in the finals.[5]

## Qualified teams

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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.[6] 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.[7]

Region  | League  | Path  | Team  | ID  | Pool

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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

## Venues

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

Berlin, Germany |  Madrid, Spain |  Paris, France

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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
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Berlin

Madrid

Paris

## Play-in stage

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* Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.[2]

### Groups

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* 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
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Clutch Gaming  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0.600  | Advance to play-in knockouts
2  | Unicorns of Love  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0.500
3  | Mammoth  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 0.400  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]

Group B
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Splyce  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0.750  | Advance to play-in knockouts
2  | Isurus Gaming  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0.500
3  | DetonatioN FocusMe  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0.250  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]

Group C
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Hong Kong Attitude  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0.750  | Advance to play-in knockouts
2  | Lowkey Esports  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0.500
3  | MEGA Esports  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0.250  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]

Group D
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | DAMWON Gaming  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 1.000  | Advance to play-in knockouts
2  | Royal Youth  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 0.400
3  | Flamengo eSports  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0.200  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record 3) Tiebreaker match(es); 4) Total game victory time[a]

### Knockouts

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* 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.

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| Round 1
| October 7, 13:00 CEST
| D1| DAMWON Gaming| 3
| C2| Lowkey Esports| 1
| October 7, 18:00 CEST
| A1| Clutch Gaming| 3
| D2| Royal Bandits| 0
| October 8, 13:00 CEST
| C1| Hong Kong Attitude| 3
| B2| Isurus Gaming| 1
| October 8, 18:00 CEST
| B1| Splyce| 3
| A2| Unicorns of Love| 2

Source: Dot Esports

## Group stage

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* Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany[2]
* 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
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Griffin  | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0.833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | G2 Esports  | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0.833
3  | Cloud9  | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0.333  |
4  | Hong Kong Attitude  | 6  | 0  | 6  | 0.000

Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record

Group B
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | FunPlus Phoenix  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0.667  | Advance to knockouts
2  | Splyce  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0.667
3  | J Team  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0.500  |
4  | GAM Esports  | 6  | 1  | 5  | 0.167

Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record

Group C
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | SK Telecom T1  | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0.833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | Fnatic  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0.667
3  | Royal Never Give Up  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0.500  |
4  | Clutch Gaming  | 6  | 0  | 6  | 0.000

Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record

Group D
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | DAMWON Gaming  | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0.833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | Invictus Gaming  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0.667
3  | Team Liquid  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0.500  |
4  | ahq Esports Club  | 6  | 0  | 6  | 0.000

Source: Dot Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Head-to-head record

## Knockout stage

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* 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.

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| Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
| October 26| |
| A1|  Griffin| 1
| | | November 2
| D2|  Invictus Gaming| 3| |
| | | D2|  Invictus Gaming| 1
| October 26| | | |
| | | B1|  FunPlus Phoenix| 3| |
| B1|  FunPlus Phoenix| 3| | | |
| | | | November 10
| C2|  Fnatic| 1| |
| | | B1|  FunPlus Phoenix| 3
| October 27| | |
| | | A2|  G2 Esports| 0
| C1|  SK Telecom T1| 3| | |
| | | November 3|
| B2|  Splyce| 1| |
| | | C1|  SK Telecom T1| 1|
| October 27| | | |
| | | A2|  G2 Esports| 3| | |
| D1|  Damwon Gaming| 1| | | |
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| A2|  G2 Esports| 3| |
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### Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinals  | October 26  | Griffin  | 1 | - | 3 | Invictus Gaming  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  |  Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
|  | 0  | Game 1  | 1  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 2  | 1  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 3  | 0  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 4  | 1  |  |
Quarterfinals  | October 26  | FunPlus Phoenix  | 3 | - | 1 | Fnatic  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  |  Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
|  | 1  | Game 1  | 0  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 2  | 0  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 3  | 1  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 4  | 0  |  |
Quarterfinals  | October 27  | SK Telecom T1  | 3 | - | 1 | Splyce  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  |  Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
|  | 1  | Game 1  | 0  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 2  | 0  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 3  | 1  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 4  | 0  |  |
Quarterfinals  | October 27  | Damwon Gaming  | 1 | - | 3 | G2 Esports  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  | 0  | Game 1  | 1  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 2  | 0  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 3  | 1  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 4  | 1  |  |

### Semifinals

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Semifinals  | November 3  | Invictus Gaming  | 1 | - | 3 | FunPlus Phoenix  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  | 0  | Game 1  | 1  |  |
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|  | 0  | Game 3  | 1  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 4  | 1  |  |
Semifinals  | November 3  | G2 Esports  | 3 | - | 1 | SK Telecom T1  | Madrid, Spain  |

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|  | 1  | Game 1  | 0  |  |
|  | 0  | Game 2  | 1  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 3  | 0  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 4  | 0  |  |

### Final

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Main article: 2019 League of Legends World Championship Final

Final  | November 10  | FunPlus Phoenix  | 3 | - | 0 | G2 Esports  | Paris, France  |

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|  |  Source | AccorHotels Arena |
|  | 1  | Game 1  | 0  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 2  | 0  |  |
|  | 1  | Game 3  | 0  |  |

## Ranking

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### Team ranking

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* (*) Not include tie-break games.

Place  | Region  | Team  | PS1  | PS2  | GS  | QF  | SF  | Finals  | Prize (%)  | Prize (USD)

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1st  | LPL  |  FunPlus Phoenix*  |  |  | 4–2  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 37.5%  | $834,375
2nd  | LEC  |  G2 Esports*  |  |  | 5–1  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 0–3  | 13.5%  | $300,375
3rd–4th  | LCK  |  SK Telecom T1  |  |  | 5–1  | 3–1  | 1–3  |  | 7%  | $155,750
LPL  |  Invictus Gaming  |  |  | 4–2  | 3–1  | 1–3
5th–8th  | LCK  |  Damwon Gaming  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 5–1  | 1–3  |  |  | 4%  | $89,000
LCK  |  Griffin*  |  |  | 5–1  | 1–3
LEC  |  Splyce*  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 4–2  | 1–3
LEC  |  Fnatic  |  |  | 4–2  | 1–3
9th–12th  | LMS  |  J Team  |  |  | 3–3  |  |  |  | 2.25%  | $50,062.50
LPL  |  Royal Never Give Up  |  |  | 3–3
LCS  |  Team Liquid  |  |  | 3–3
LCS  |  Cloud9  |  |  | 2–4
13th–16th  | VCS  |  GAM Esports  |  |  | 1–5  |  |  |  | 1.25%  | $27,812.50
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–20th  | LCL  |  Unicorns of Love*  | 2–2  | 2–3  |  |  |  |  | 0.75%  | $16,687.50
VCS  |  Lowkey Esports  | 2–2  | 1–3
LLA  |  Isurus Gaming  | 2–2  | 1–3
TCL  |  Royal Youth*  | 1–3  | 0–3
21st–24th  | OPL  |  Mammoth*  | 2–2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5%  | $11,125
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

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* 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)

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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

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1. ^ a b c d The total amount of time it took a team to win their games against all other teams in the tiebreaker

## References

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1. ^ "League of Legends Esports Breaks World Championship Viewership Record". Riot Games. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
2. ^ a b c "2019 World Championship Cities, Venues, & Dates". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. June 20, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
3. ^ "League of Legends Worlds 2019's theme is called Phoenix, listen here". Dexerto. October 1, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
4. ^ "Riot release new remixes for League of Legends Worlds song Phoenix". Dexerto. October 31, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
5. ^ "Riot Games drops first True Damage single 'Giants'". Inven Global.
6. ^ Kang, Ashley (June 17, 2019). "According to sources, the LCK third seed will start at Group Stages for 2019 Worlds". Korizon. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
7. ^ "Which teams are competing in the 2019 World Championship?". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

## External links

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* 2019 World Championship Rules

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Tabletop games|

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Other media|

| Television series|

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