2024 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends
World Championship
2024
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationGermany
France
England
Dates25 September–2 November
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue(s)
3 (in 3 host cities)
Teams20
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The 2024 League of Legends World Championship is an upcoming esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament will be held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It will be the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2021.[note 1] Twenty teams will qualify based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).[1]

T1 are defending champions.[2][3]

Qualification

The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) and League of Legends Pro League (LPL) will have three directly qualified teams to the Swiss stage, while the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) and League Championship Series (LCS) will have two directly qualified teams. The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational champion, Gen.G, earned automatic qualification to the Swiss stage[note 2], also counting as the additional seed for the LCK. The LPL, as the runner-up region, also earned an additional spot. Four teams from the play-in stage will also qualify to the Swiss stage.[1][4]

Eight teams qualify for the play-in stage: The top two teams of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the top two teams of the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the third place teams in the LCS Championship and LEC Season Finals, the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) 2024 Split 2 champion, and the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) 2024 Closing playoffs champion.

This will be the final World Championship where teams from the PCS and VCS qualify for Worlds individually, as they will merge (alongside the LJL and LCO) to form a new Asia-Pacific league in 2025. Additionally, there are plans to merge the LCS, CBLOL and LLA into an Americas league with separate North and South Conferences that same year.[5]

The following tables show qualified teams and their respective qualification paths:[6]

Region League Seed Pool Team Qualification Path
Started from Swiss Stage
South Korea LCK 1 Gen.G or Hanwha Life Esports Summer Champion
2 Gen.G or Hanwha Life Esports Championship Points
3 T1/Dplus KIA Regional Finals Winner
4 T1/Dplus KIA/KT Rolster/ FearX Regional Finals Runner-Up
China LPL 1 Bilibili Gaming Summer Champion
2 Top Esports Championship Points
3 LNG Esports Regional Finals Winner
4 Weibo Gaming Regional Finals Runner-Up
EMEA LEC 1 G2 Esports[note 3] Season Finals Champion
2 Fnatic Season Finals Runner-Up
North America LCS 1 Team Liquid/FlyQuest Championship Winner
2 Team Liquid/FlyQuest Championship Runner-Up
Started from Play-In Stage
Asia-Pacific PCS 1 1 PSG Talon Summer Champion
2 2 SoftBank Hawks[note 4] Summer Runner-Up
Vietnam VCS 1 1 GAM Esports Summer Champion
2 2 Vikings Esports Summer Runner-Up
EMEA LEC 3 1 MAD Lions KOI[note 3] Season Finals 3rd Place
North America LCS 3 1 100 Thieves Championship 3rd Place
Brazil CBLOL 1 2 PaiN Gaming/Keyd Stars Split 2 Champion
Latin America LLA 1 2 Movistar R7 Closing Champion

Venues

Berlin, Paris, and London were chosen to host the competition. The O2 Arena was announced as the finals venue during the 2023 League of Legends World Championship Final in Seoul, South Korea.[7][8] The Riot Games Arena, and the Adidas Arena were announced as the venues for the play-in/Swiss stage and the quarterfinals/semifinals on 5 January 2024, respectively.[1]

Berlin, Germany Paris, France London, England
Play-in Stage and Group Swiss Stage Quarterfinals and Semifinals Final
Riot Games Arena Adidas Arena The O2 Arena
Capacity: 210 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 20,000

Play-in stage

Groups

  • Date: 25–29 September
  • 8 teams were put into a single double-elimination bracket. No two teams from the same region could be placed in the same half of the bracket.
  • All matches are best-of-three.
Opening MatchesWinner's MatchAdvance to Swiss stage
Match 1
LEC3MAD Lions KOI
Match 7
VCS2Vikings Esports
W1
Match 2
W2
PCS1PSG Talon
CBLOLPaiN Gaming or Keyd Stars
Q1
Match 3
Q2
VCS1GAM Esports
Match 8
PCS2SoftBank Hawks
W3
Match 4
W4
LCS3100 Thieves
LLARainbow7
Elimination MatchesDecider MatchesAdvance to Swiss stage
Match 9
Match 5L8
L1W5
L2Q3
Match 10Q4
Match 6L7
L3W6
L4

Notes

  1. ^ The 2021 edition was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, with all games of the tournament being held at the Laugardalshöll. No fans were in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
  2. ^ This qualification was active when Gen.G qualified for the LCK's Summer playoff bracket.
  3. ^ a b G2 Esports already qualified for Worlds by being the LEC Summer Champion, but since they are LEC champions, their place was given to the 3rd Place team in LEC 2024 Season Finals.
  4. ^ Team's official name is Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming, the esports division of Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. It qualified for the PCS Summer Playoffs via winning the LJL 2024 Summer Playoffs.

References

  1. ^ a b c "The State of the Game: LoL Esports in 2024". lolesports.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Mary Yang; Paik Ji-hwan (19 November 2023). "T1 take down Weibo Gaming 3–0 to win LoL Worlds in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Korea's T1 win record fourth League of Legends world title". The Korea Times. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ Daniels, Tom (5 January 2024). "Riot Games announces MSI and Worlds 2024 locations, Hall of Fame and format changes". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ Taifalos, Nicholas; McIntyre, Isaac (11 June 2024). "LCS, CBLOL, LLA unified as Riot takes VALORANT-like approach to LoL esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ "LoL Esports | Schedule". lolesports.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 World Final Set for The O2 in London". LoL Esports. 19 November 2023. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  8. ^ Tom Richardson (19 November 2023). "League of Legends Worlds 2024 final to be held at London's O2 Arena". BBC. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.