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League of Legends World Championship

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The League of Legends World Championship is an introduction to the game.

Riot Games hosts the League of Legends World Championship on an annual basis. It is the season's last event, and it determines the ultimate worldwide League of Legends champion.

The inaugural LoL Worlds took place in Sweden in 2011 at DreamHack. The first-ever League of Legends Worlds champion was Team Fnatic. Six different teams have won the trophy since then, with SKT T1 owning the lone triple championship.

The winner's trophy (Summoner's Cup), which weighs over 70 pounds, was commissioned by Riot Games in Season 2. For all ambitious League players and sportsmen, winning the Summoner's Cup is the pinnacle accomplishment. In addition, the World Championship has a huge prize pool of more than $10 million dollars.

The League of Legends Championship increased in popularity as the League of Legends scene and player base expanded in size, particularly as interest in Esports grew. The 2020 LoL Worlds will include twenty-two teams from all around the globe, up from just eight teams in its initial edition, mostly from the EU or NA. Riot Games has had to expand the tournament structure many times due to the continuous growth of teams.

Play-Ins, Group Phases, and Knockouts are the three competitive stages of the World Championship.

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The Round-Robin system is used for both the Play-In and Group Stages. The knockout stage is a best of five elimination series formatted tournament.

History of the League of Legends World Championship

Since its inception in 2011, the event has seen numerous transformations. As the event develops in size, the prize money, host cities, competing teams, and rulebook are all adjusted and modified. Riot Games has published official event music to accompany their Worlds tournament since 2014. Go to the next page for an overview of the LoL Worlds Songs.

The ever-increasing desire for League of Legends activity only adds to the event's future growth. Let's take a look back at each of the past League of Legends World Championship seasons.

The League of Legends World Championship for the First Time: The League of Legends era begins.

The first World Championship, known as the Season 1 Championship, was held at DreamHack Summer in Jonkoping, Sweden, from June 18 to 21, 2011. The event drew eight teams from North America, Southeast Asia, and Europe, with a total prize fund of $100,000. The live broadcast for the event attracted over 1.6 million views, with a high of over 210,000 during the final stages. After facing Against All Authority in the final, it was Fnatic who emerged victorious.

World Championships, Season 2

Riot Games stated that $5 million will be given out during the Season 2 Championship after the success of Season 1. Riot's partners, such as the IGN Pro League, received $2 million, while Riot's Season 2 qualifiers received another $2 million. The remaining money would be distributed to the organizers of standalone LoL tournaments held throughout the calendar year.

The League of Legends Season 2 Championship took place in Los Angeles in October 2012, and it was once again the season's final tournament. The competition included twelve teams, which was four more than in Season 1. For the first time, Korean and Chinese teams competed.

World Championships, Season 3

The League of Legends World Championship grand finals for Season 3 were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 4th, 2013. A total of 14 of League of Legends' best teams competed in the tournament. SK Telecom T1 of Korea was named winner, bringing home the Summoner's Cup as well as $1 million in prize money. Fnatic, Lemondogs, OMG, Royal Club, and Gambit Gaming were among the other teams participating.

The inaugural lol global championship was won by skt t1 in 2013.

Over 32 million people watched the 2013 World Championship final, a significant increase over the 2012 finals. This final's tickets were sold out in under one hour.

Riot Games seeded the four teams who won their respective regional tournaments, similar to the Season 2 Championship, while the rest of the competitors competed in a group stage. The top two teams in each group advanced to the next round. The winners of the regional playoffs faced the winners of the group stages in a best-of-three elimination match in the second round.

League of Legends World Championship 2014 The World Championship 

The League of Legends World Championship was renamed by Riot Games in 2014 when the tournament was rebranded. Unlike prior tournaments, the 2014 competition was hosted in several areas before culminating in the Grand Finals in Seoul, South Korea.

Sixteen teams qualified either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying event, such as the Mid-Season Invitational. Following that, a sixteen-team round-robin was held before the remaining eight teams competed in the competition's knockout round.

The Asian teams once again dominated the tournament, with Samsung Galaxy White winning their first-ever LoL World Championships. The Chinese StarHorn Royal Club finished second once again. Samsung Galaxy Blue and Oh My God finished third and fourth, respectively, in the semi-finals, which were all Korean and Chinese affairs. The grand finals drew a record 40,000 attendees, with approximately 280 million viewers watching on television and online streaming sites like Youtube and Twitch.

League of Legends World Championship 2015 The World Championships 

In 2014, the LoL Worlds schedule returned to Europe for the first time since its inception in 2011. For various phases of the tournament, London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin were chosen as hosts. Bangkok Titans and paIN Gaming, two international wildcards, joined the traditional suspects.

World Championships in 2016

The 2016 League of Legends World Championship was the sixth installment of the LoL Worlds series, which took place throughout the United States from September 29 to October 29. Sixteen teams qualified for the event once again.

SKT, the South Korean powerhouse squad, won the title for the second time. With players like "Faker" and "Bengi" on their squad, they were able to pull off a hard-fought win against rivals Samsung Galaxy in the final. Faker was awarded tournament MVP after the team won 3-2, and the team received over $2.6 million in prize money.

World Championships in 2017

The LoL Worlds 2017 were hosted in four separate locations throughout China, one of the strongest areas in professional League of Legends, after the success of the 2016 tournament. This was also a deliberate move, given the massive development of League of Legends in China, giving supporters optimism that their local teams would finally win a League of Legends World Championship. With SK Telecom T1 aiming for a third consecutive championship and having previously won this year's Mid-Season Invitational, the LoL Worlds 2017 looked to be an exciting event, with the local fans hoping to end their domination in the tournament. The Koreans once again dominated the leaderboards, with Samsung Galaxy and SK Telecom earning first and a second position, respectively.

World Championships in 2018

The 2018 League of Legends World Championship was held entirely in Korea, at different locations across the nation. The play-in stage began in Seoul, Korea's capital. The group stage and quarter-finals were then held in Busan. The semi-finals were held in the Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium, which was unusual. The finals were held in Incheon, which had the biggest arena of them all, with a capacity of 50000 spectators.

A play-in stage was added prior to the main tournament, following the 2017 LoL Worlds structure, with a total of 24 teams from across the globe invited. The teams fought for a share of $6,450,000 USD in prize money, the largest prize pool in League of Legends history.

World Championships in 2019

Words returned to Europe, with stops in Germany for the Play-Ins and Group stage, Spain for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, and Paris, France for the Finals.

A total of $2,250,000 was put aside as the prize pool (base). The prize pool was scheduled to grow via the sale of LoL Worlds passes and unique League of Legends World Championship skins, although the precise amount is unknown at this time.

World Championship in 2020

The 2020 World Championship was envisioned as a tour that would go throughout China. The finals were scheduled to take place in Shanghai's Pudong Football Stadium. However, due to the escalating global crisis, the event was reduced to a Shanghai-only event. Before landing in China, all of the players had to go through a lengthy quarantine and medical examination.

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