League of Legends Worlds: dates, winners, prize pools, and ...

The League of Legends World Championship has an initial prize pool of $2,225,000. This is likely to grow, however, since Riot Games often adds a ... It’stheclimaxoftheLeagueofLegendscalendar.It’sthebiggest,most-watchedeventinallofesports.Itis,ofcourse,theLeagueofLegendsWorldChampionship. Worldsseestheplanet’sbestLeagueofLegendsteams oftheyear battleitoutandbecomeworldchampions. Worlds2021wasoneofthebiggestyet,breaking esportsviewershiprecords.2021’sthrillingfive-gamefinalbetweenDWGKIAandEDwardGamingsawoverfourmillionpeopletuneinatitspeak–andthat’snot countingtheChineseaudience. Theentiretournamentspansmorethanamonthfromtheplay-instothegrandfinalsothere’salotoftop-tiercompetitiveLeagueofLegendstowhetappetites.Butifyou’venevertunedinbefore,orwantsomemoreinformationaboutwhatistheesportscalendar’sbiggestevent,we’vegotyoucovered.Fromdates,toformat,topreviouschampions,here’salltheinfoyouneedaround LoLWorlds. WhenisLeagueofLegendsWorlds? RiothasyettoannouncethedatesforLoLWorlds2022. The2021LeagueofLegendsWorldChampionshipwasscheduledtotakeplacefromOctober5toNovember6,withthefinalscheduledforthatfinalday,November6.Thetournamentwasoriginallysupposedtobespreadoutacrossfivedifferenthostcities–Shanghai,Qingdao,Wuhan,Shnzhen,andChengdu–buttheongoingpandemichasmeantWorlds2021willnowbehostedinEurope. Related:TheLeagueofLegendsrankingsystemexplained ItwaslaterconfirmedthatIcelandwouldbethehostnation for LoLWorlds2021,whichmadesenseconsideringtheinfrastructurealreadyinplacefrom RiothostingMSIinReykjavik earlierinthe year. LikewithMSI,fansweren’t abletoattendin-person. LeagueofLegendsWorlds2022location LoLWorlds2022issettotakeplace acrossthreeNorthAmericancountries:Canada,Mexico,andtheUSA. Asitstands,herearethecitiesandvenueswhereeachstageofthetournamentwillbeplayed: Play-Ins:LigaLatinoamericaArena, MexicoCity,Mexico GroupStageandQuarterfinals:HuluTheatre,NewYorkCity,USA Semifinals: ScotiabankArena,Toronto,Canada Finals: ChaseCenter,SanFrancisco,USA LeagueOFLegendsWorlds2021schedule ThiswasthefullscheduleforWorlds2021. Play-inStage:October5,2021 GroupStage,Round1: October11-13,2021 GroupStage,Round2:October15-18,2021 Quarterfinals: October22-25 Semi-finals:October30-31 Finals: November6,2021 WhatistheLeagueofLegendsWorldsprizepool? TheLeagueofLegendsWorldChampionshiphasaninitialprizepoolof$2,225,000.Thisislikelytogrow,however,sinceRiotGamesoftenaddsapercentageofin-gamesalesfromChampionshipskins. WhichteamsareinLeagueofLegendsWorlds2021? Usuallythe16spotsintheLeagueofLegendsWorldsgroupstage arefilledbythe12topseededteamsfromChina,Korea,Europe,NorthAmerica,Vietnam,andtheTaiwan/HongKong/Macao/SoutheastAsiaregion,withtheremainingfourspotsinthegroupstages beingfilledbythefourwinnersoftheplay-ins. Theteamswhichwinthepreviousyear’sWorlds,aswellasthecurrentyear’sMSI,alsogranttheirregionsoneextraspot.AsDWGKIAwonWorlds2020,andRoyalNeverGiveUpwasvictoriousatMSI2021,theLCKandLPL hadfourrepresentativesatthisyear’sWorlds. ThisiswhattheseedinglookedlikeforLoLWorlds2021: Fourteamseach: LPL(China),LCK(Korea) Threeteamseach: LEC(Europe),LCS(NorthAmerica) Twoteamseach: PCS(Taiwan/HongKong/Macao/SoutheastAsia),VCS(Vietnam) Oneteameach: CBLOL(Brazil),TCL(Turkey),LJL(Japan),LLA(LatinAmerica), LCO(Oceania),LCL(CommonwealthofIndependentStates) Herearetheteamswhich originally qualifiedfortheLoLWorlds2021GroupStage: DWGKIA(LCK) Gen.G(LCK) T1(LCK) EdwardGaming(LPL) FunPlusPhoenix(LPL) RoyalNeverGiveUp(LPL) MADLions(LEC) Fnatic(LEC) Rogue(LEC) 100Thieves(LCS) TeamLiquid(LCS) PSGTalon(PCS) Andherearetheteamswhich originally qualifiedfortheLoLWorlds2021Play-Ins: HanwhaLifeEsports(LCK) LNGEsports(LPL) Cloud9(LCS) BeyondGaming(PCS) UnicornsofLove(CIS) InfinityEsports(LATAM) GalatasarayEsports(TR) REDCanids(BR) DetonatioNFocusMe(JP) PEACE(OCE) Asyoumayhavespotted,thereareonly22teamslistedhereinsteadoftheusual24.Sadly,forthesecondyearinarow,thetworepresentativesfromVietnam’sVCS missed outonLoLWorldsduetocoronavirustravelrestrictions. 2021leagueoflegendsworldsplay-insgroups These weretheLeagueofLegendsWorldsplay-ingroups: GROUPA LNGEsports HanwhaLifeEsports PEACE REDCanids InfinityEsports GROUPB DetonatioNFocusMe Cloud9 GalatasarayEsports BeyondGaming UnicornsofLove Thebestfourteamsfromtheplay-insqualifiedforthegroupstage. 2021LeagueofLegendsWorldsGroups Hereishowthe2021 LeagueofLegendsWorldsgroups turnedout: GROUPA DWGKIA Cloud9 Rogue FunPlusPhoenix GROUPB EDwardGaming T1 100Thieves DetonatioNFocusMe GROUPC RoyalNeverGiveUp HanwhaLifeEsports PSGTalon Fnatic GROUPD Gen.G MADLions LNGEsports TeamLiquid 2021LeagueofLegendsWorldsKnockoutStage Quarterfinals Withthetopeightteamsdecided,itwastimetomoveintotheKnockoutStageofthetournament. Thequarterfinalshaditsfairshareofstorylines:MADLionswouldgetitsshotatredemptionagainstDWGKIAafterlosingatthe2021Mid-SeasonInvitational.Meanwhile,Lee‘Faker’Sang-hyeokwouldgotoe-to-toewithJeong‘Chovy’Ji-hoon–themanmanyhavetoutedasthenextmajorLoLstar. EDwardGaming (3:2)RoyalNeverGiveUp Gen.G (3:0)Cloud9 T1 (3:0)HanwhaLifeEsports DWGKIA (3:0)MADLions Semifinals Headingintothesemifinals,DWGKIAwouldfaceoffagainsttheteamithad3-1’dinthe2021LCKSummerPlayoffs,T1.Formany,thiswastheunofficialfinalofthisyear’sWorlds. Ontheothersideofthebracket,EDwardGaminghadalreadycementeditsbesteverfinishinthetournamentaftersixWorldsshowings,butwasn’treadytosettleforatopfourspot. DWGKIA (3:2) T1 EDwardGaming (3:2)Gen.G Finals Thisyear’sfinalssawEDwardGamingcausequitetheupset.WithDWGKIAthefirmfavourite,mostexpectedtheLCKrepresentativetosweeptheChinesefirstseedaside.However,afteranimmensefive-gameseries,EDGsecuredtheLPL’sthirdWorldstitleinfouryears. EDwardGaming(3:2)DWGKIA How doIwatchLeagueofLegendsWorlds? TheLeagueofLegendsWorldChampionshipis broadcastontheofficialRiotGamesTwitchchannel.Therewillbecompletecoverageofthewholetournament,fromplay-insallthewaytothefinal. Alternatively,youcanviewalltheactionfromtheLeagueofLegendswebsite,whereyoucanalsosignupforProView.Thisallowsyoutowatchtheactionunfoldinreal-timefromwhicheveranglesandperspectivesyouwant,includingaPOVfromanyoftheplayersinagame. WhohaswonLeagueofLegendsWorlds? ThecurrentLeagueofLegendsWorldschampionis LPLteamEDwardGaming. Ittookdown previousworldchampionsideDWGKIA 3-2inthe2021WorldsfinalinShanghai. EDGmidlanerLee‘Scout’Ye-chan wascrownedWorldsfinalMVP. Historically,T1(previouslySKTelecom)isthemostsuccessfulteamofall-timewiththreeWorldstitles. ThesearetheteamsthathavewontheLeagueofLegendsWorldChampionship: Year Team Nation/Region 2011 Fnatic EU 2012 TaipeiAssassins Taiwan 2013 SKTelecom(T1) SouthKorea 2014 SamsungWhite SouthKorea 2015 SKTelecom(T1) SouthKorea 2016 SKTelecom(T1) SouthKorea 2017 SamsungGalaxy SouthKorea 2018 InvictusGaming China 2019 FunPlusPhoenix China 2020 DAMWONGaming SouthKorea 2021 EDwardGaming China   {"schema":{"page":{"content":{"headline":"LeagueofLegendsWorlds:dates,winners,prizepools,andmore","type":"guide","category":"league-of-legends"},"user":{"loginstatus":false},"game":{"publisher":"RiotGames","genre":"MOBA","title":"LeagueofLegends","genres":["MOBA","FreetoPlay","esports"]}}}} GetinvolvedintheconversationbyheadingovertoourFacebookandInstagrampages.Tostayuptodatewiththelatestguides,news,andreviews,follow TheLoadoutonTwitter andSteamNewsHub. Wesometimesincluderelevantaffiliatelinksinarticlesfromwhichweearnasmallcommission.Anystatedpricesarecorrectatthetimeofpublication.Formoreinformation,clickhere. JamieHore DeputyEditor Updated:Nov22,2021 AconsolegamerfrequentlybelittledbythePC'masterrace',JamieisanavidCallofDutyandFIFAfan.TheLoadoutisnowhishome,buthiswordscanbefoundonEsportsNewsUK,GiveMeSport,RedBull,andmore. INFOReadMoreLoLWorldsLoLranksexplainedWhoisPokimane? LeagueofLegendsMOBAFreetoPlayesportsInvictusGamingLeagueofLegendsWorldChampionship