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The '''League of Legends World Championships''' is an annual [[electronic sports]] [[League of Legends]] championship tournament hosted by [[Riot Games]]. All top teams from Asia, Europe and North America join to compete for the champion title and the US$1,000,000 champion prize.
The '''League of Legends World Championship''' is an annual [[electronic sports]] [[League of Legends]] championship tournament hosted by [[Riot Games]]. All top teams from Asia, Europe and North America join to compete for the champion title and the US$1,000,000 champion prize.


==Tournament History==
==Tournament History==


===The Season 1 World Championships===
===The Season 1 World Championship===
The '''Season 1 World Championships''' in June 2011, held at [[Dreamhack]] in Sweden, featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Senior |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/04/08/league-of-legends-season-1-championship-to-have-100000-prize-pool/ |title=League of Legends Season 1 Championship to have $100,000 prize pool |publisher=PCGamer.com |date=April 8, 2011 |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref> and a $50,000 champion prize<ref name = s1_gamepedia>{{cite web|url=http://lol.gamepedia.com/Riot_Season_1_Championship |title=Riot Season 1 Championship - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends Wiki| accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>. Over 1.6 million viewers watched streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,000 simultaneous viewers in one semi-final match.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Funk|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111254-League-of-Legends-Championship-Draws-1-69-Million-Viewers |title=The Escapist : News : League of Legends Championship Draws 1.69 Million Viewers |publisher=[[The Escapist (website)|The Escapist]] |date=June 23, 2011 |accessdate=February 26, 2014}}</ref>
The '''Season 1 World Championship''' in June 2011, held at [[Dreamhack]] in Sweden, featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Senior |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/04/08/league-of-legends-season-1-championship-to-have-100000-prize-pool/ |title=League of Legends Season 1 Championship to have $100,000 prize pool |publisher=PCGamer.com |date=April 8, 2011 |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref> and a $50,000 champion prize<ref name = s1_gamepedia>{{cite web|url=http://lol.gamepedia.com/Riot_Season_1_Championship |title=Riot Season 1 Championship - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends Wiki| accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>. Over 1.6 million viewers watched streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,000 simultaneous viewers in one semi-final match.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Funk|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111254-League-of-Legends-Championship-Draws-1-69-Million-Viewers |title=The Escapist : News : League of Legends Championship Draws 1.69 Million Viewers |publisher=[[The Escapist (website)|The Escapist]] |date=June 23, 2011 |accessdate=February 26, 2014}}</ref>
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===The Season 2 World Championships===
===The Season 2 World Championship===
After Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this 5 million, 2 million went go to Riot's partners including the [[IGN Pro League|IPL]] and other major eSports associations. Another 2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final one million went to small organizers who applied to Riot to host independent ''League of Legends'' tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://competitive.na.leagueoflegends.com/competitive/season-2/introduction |title=League of Legends Season 2 | accessdate=February 26, 2014}}</ref>
After Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this 5 million, 2 million went go to Riot's partners including the [[IGN Pro League|IPL]] and other major eSports associations. Another 2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final one million went to small organizers who applied to Riot to host independent ''League of Legends'' tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://competitive.na.leagueoflegends.com/competitive/season-2/introduction |title=League of Legends Season 2 | accessdate=February 26, 2014}}</ref>


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==== Cheating controversy====
==== Cheating controversy====
During the Season 2 World Championships, Woong of team Azubu Frost allegedly cheated by turning his head to look at the big screen which was positioned behind him. The screen, which presents an overview of the game, is meant to be watched only by the crowd, as it displays elements that are supposed to be hidden from the players inside the game. This led to Azubu Frost being fined $30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/08/league-of-legends-playoffs-soured-by-allegations-of-cheating/ |title=League of Legends playoffs soured by allegations of cheating| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/league-of-legends-tournament-cheaters-fined-30-000/|title=League of Legends tournament cheaters fined $30,000| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2663221|title=World Playoffs - Rule Violations| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref>
During the Season 2 World Championship, Woong of team Azubu Frost allegedly cheated by turning his head to look at the big screen which was positioned behind him. The screen, which presents an overview of the game, is meant to be watched only by the crowd, as it displays elements that are supposed to be hidden from the players inside the game. This led to Azubu Frost being fined $30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/08/league-of-legends-playoffs-soured-by-allegations-of-cheating/ |title=League of Legends playoffs soured by allegations of cheating| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/league-of-legends-tournament-cheaters-fined-30-000/|title=League of Legends tournament cheaters fined $30,000| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2663221|title=World Playoffs - Rule Violations| accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref>


===The Season 3 World Championships===
===The Season 3 World Championship===
The prize pool of '''Season 3 World Championship''' was increased to $2,050,000. 14 teams from North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and one of the emerging League of Legends territories measured up at the World Playoffs after having qualified through their regional competitions.<ref>[http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/11/league-of-legends-season-3-world-championship-takes-place-october-4/ League of Legends Season 3 World Championship takes place October 4]''vg247.com''</ref> The tournament was held in North America with the grand finals being held in the [[Staples Center]] on the 4th of October 2013, where Korean team [[SK Telecom T1]] beat the Chinese team Royal Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/5/4805468/league-of-legends-2013-world-championship-winner-crowned|title=League of Legends 2013 World Championship winner crowned|date=October 5, 2013|accessdate=February 26, 2014|author=Farokhmanesh, Megan|publisher=Polygon}}</ref> granting them the title of the Season 3 world champions, the Summoner’s Cup and the $1 million prize.
The prize pool of '''Season 3 World Championship''' was increased to $2,050,000. 14 teams from North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and one of the emerging League of Legends territories measured up at the World Playoffs after having qualified through their regional competitions.<ref>[http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/11/league-of-legends-season-3-world-championship-takes-place-october-4/ League of Legends Season 3 World Championship takes place October 4]''vg247.com''</ref> The tournament was held in North America with the grand finals being held in the [[Staples Center]] on the 4th of October 2013, where Korean team [[SK Telecom T1]] beat the Chinese team Royal Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/5/4805468/league-of-legends-2013-world-championship-winner-crowned|title=League of Legends 2013 World Championship winner crowned|date=October 5, 2013|accessdate=February 26, 2014|author=Farokhmanesh, Megan|publisher=Polygon}}</ref> granting them the title of the Season 3 world champions, the Summoner’s Cup and the $1 million prize.


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===The Season 4 World Championships===
===The Season 4 World Championship===
The prize pool for the '''Season 4 World Championships''' was set to $2,130,000 with the top team taking $1,000,000. 16 teams qualified from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan\SEA), and two international wildcard tournaments. The group stage began at September 18 and concluded at September 28th with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. The bracket stage was started at October 3 and ends at October 19 with the final in [[Seoul World Cup Stadium|Sangam Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Magrino|first1=Tom|title=Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship!|url=http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-world-championship-2014|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref>
The prize pool for the '''Season 4 World Championship''' was set to $2,130,000 with the top team taking $1,000,000. 16 teams qualified from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan\SEA), and two international wildcard tournaments. The group stage began at September 18 and concluded at September 28th with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. The bracket stage was started at October 3 and ends at October 19 with the final in [[Seoul World Cup Stadium|Sangam Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Magrino|first1=Tom|title=Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship!|url=http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-world-championship-2014|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref>
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League of Legends World Championship
File:League of Legends World Championship 2013 Logo.jpg
The 2013 League of Legends World Championship finals, which drew 32 million viewers worldwide.[1]
Tournament information
Month playedOctober
FormatGroup Stage, Single Elimination
Current champion
South Korea SK Telecom T1

The League of Legends World Championship is an annual electronic sports League of Legends championship tournament hosted by Riot Games. All top teams from Asia, Europe and North America join to compete for the champion title and the US$1,000,000 champion prize.

Tournament History

The Season 1 World Championship

The Season 1 World Championship in June 2011, held at Dreamhack in Sweden, featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool[2] and a $50,000 champion prize[3]. Over 1.6 million viewers watched streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,000 simultaneous viewers in one semi-final match.[4]

Place Team Players[3] Prize money
1st Europe Fnatic

Spain Enrique Cedeño Martinez (ID:"xPeke")
Poland Maciej Ratuszniak (ID:"Shushei")
Finland Lauri Happonen (ID:"CyanideFI")
Germany Manuel Mildenberger (ID:"LaMiaZeaLoT")
Germany Peter Meisrimel (ID:"Mellisan")

$50,000
2nd France Team against All authority

France Paul Boyer (ID:"sOAZ")
France Damien Lorthios (ID:"Linak")
Germany Maik Wallus (ID:"MoMa")
France Bora Kim (ID:"YellOwStaR")
France Jerome Negretti (ID:"Kujaa")

$25,000
3rd Canada.United States Team SoloMid

United States Christian Kahmann (ID:"TheRainMan")
Canada Brian Wyllie (ID:"TheOddOne")
United States Andy Dinh (ID:"Reginald")
Canada Shan Huang (ID:"Chaox")
United States Alex Chu (ID:"Xpecial")

$10,000

The Season 2 World Championship

After Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this 5 million, 2 million went go to Riot's partners including the IPL and other major eSports associations. Another 2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final one million went to small organizers who applied to Riot to host independent League of Legends tournaments.[5]

The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the $5 million USD season. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at $2 million USD in that time, with $1 million USD going to the champions. The group stage, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches took place between October 4 and 6. The grand finals took place a week after, on October 13 in USC's Galen Center in front of 10,000 fans, and was made available in 13 different languages.[6] In the grand finals, Taiwan's professional team Taipei Assassins (TPA) triumphed over South Korea's Azubu Frost 3-to-1 and claimed the $1 million in prize money.[7]

Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers during the grand finals, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched eSports event in history at the time.[8]

Place Team Players[9] Prize money
1st Taiwan Taipei Assassins

Hong Kong Lau Wai Kin (ID:"Toyz")
Taiwan Cheng Bo Wei (ID:"Bebe")
Taiwan Kuan Po Sung (ID:"Lilballz")
Taiwan Chen Hui Chung (ID:"MiSTakE")
Taiwan Wang June Tsan (ID:"Stanley")

$1,000,000
2nd South Korea Azubu Frost

South Korea Lee Hyun Woo (ID:"CloudTemplar")
South Korea Hong Min Gi (ID:"MadLife")
South Korea Jung Min Sung (ID:"RapidStar")
South Korea Park Sang Myun (ID:"Shy")
South Korea Jang Gun Woong (ID:"Woong")

 $250,000
SF Russia Moscow Five

Russia Evgeny Mazaev (ID:"Darien")
Russia Evgeny Andryushin (ID:"Genja")
Russia Danil Reshetnikov (ID:"Diamondprox")
Russia Alexey Ichetovkin (ID:"Alex Ich")
Armenia Eduard Abgaryan (ID:"Edward")

$150,000
SF Europe Counter Logic Gaming EU

Denmark Henrik Hansen (ID:"Froggen")
Belgium Mitch Voorspoels (ID:"Krepo")
United Kingdom Stephen Ellis (ID:"Snoopeh")
Denmark Mike Peterson (ID:"Wickd")
Germany Peter Wüppen (ID:"Yellowpete")

$150,000
SF = Semi Final (since Season 2 there is no 3rd place match)

Cheating controversy

During the Season 2 World Championship, Woong of team Azubu Frost allegedly cheated by turning his head to look at the big screen which was positioned behind him. The screen, which presents an overview of the game, is meant to be watched only by the crowd, as it displays elements that are supposed to be hidden from the players inside the game. This led to Azubu Frost being fined $30,000.[10][11][12]

The Season 3 World Championship

The prize pool of Season 3 World Championship was increased to $2,050,000. 14 teams from North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and one of the emerging League of Legends territories measured up at the World Playoffs after having qualified through their regional competitions.[13] The tournament was held in North America with the grand finals being held in the Staples Center on the 4th of October 2013, where Korean team SK Telecom T1 beat the Chinese team Royal Club,[14] granting them the title of the Season 3 world champions, the Summoner’s Cup and the $1 million prize.

The Season 3 World Championship broadcast on Twitch.tv on October 4 was watched by 32 million people, 8.5 million of whom were watching at the same time. The numbers once again shattered previous records for eSports viewership, and show that video game streams can rival TV in terms of scale and reach.[1]

Place Team Players[15] Prize money
1st South Korea SK Telecom T1

South Korea Lee Sang-Hyeok (ID:"Faker")
South Korea Lee Jeong Hyeon (ID:"PoohManDu")
South Korea Bae Seong Ung (ID:"Bengi")
South Korea Jung Eon Yeong (ID:"Impact")
South Korea Chae Gwang Jin (ID:"Piglet")

 $1,000,000
2nd China Royal Club

China Xiao Wang (ID:"Ackerman")
China Liu Junjie (ID:"LUCKY")
China Jian Zihao (ID:"Uzi")
Hong Kong Wong Pak-Kan (ID:"Tabe")
Hong Kong Lo Pun-Wai (ID:"Wh1t3zZ")

 $250,000
SF South Korea NaJin Black Sword

South Korea Gu Bon Taek (ID:"Expession")
South Korea Jang Nu Ruh (ID:"Cain")
South Korea Kim Sang Moon (ID:"Nagne")
South Korea Kim Jong In (ID:"PraY")
South Korea Cho Jae Geol (ID: "watch")

 $150,000
SF Europe Fnatic

Finland Lauri Happonen (ID:"Cyanide")
Estonia Johannes Uibos (ID:"puszu")
Spain Enrique Cedeño Martinez (ID:"xPeke")
France Paul Boyer (ID:"sOAZ")
France Bora Kim (ID:"YellOwStaR")

$150,000
SF = Semi Final (since Season 2 there is no 3rd place match)

The Season 4 World Championship

The prize pool for the Season 4 World Championship was set to $2,130,000 with the top team taking $1,000,000. 16 teams qualified from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan\SEA), and two international wildcard tournaments. The group stage began at September 18 and concluded at September 28th with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. The bracket stage was started at October 3 and ends at October 19 with the final in Sangam Stadium.[16]

Medal table

1 South Korea 1 1 1 3
2 Europe 1 0 2 3
3 Taiwan 1 0 0 1
4 France.China 0 1 0 1
5 Russia.Canada.United States 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ a b 'League of Legends' eSports finals watched by 32 million people
  2. ^ Tom Senior (April 8, 2011). "League of Legends Season 1 Championship to have $100,000 prize pool". PCGamer.com. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Riot Season 1 Championship - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends Wiki". Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  4. ^ John Funk (June 23, 2011). "The Escapist : News : League of Legends Championship Draws 1.69 Million Viewers". The Escapist. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "League of Legends Season 2". Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "The League of Legends Season 2 World Championship Live from the Galen Center (TV Movie 2012) - Plot Summary - IMDb". Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  7. ^ "Taipei Assassins triumph in 'League of Legends' world finals". Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  8. ^ Riot: League of Legends Season 2 Championships most watched eSports event of all timegamespot.com
  9. ^ "League of Legends Season Two World Championships". Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  10. ^ "League of Legends playoffs soured by allegations of cheating". Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  11. ^ "League of Legends tournament cheaters fined $30,000". Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  12. ^ "World Playoffs - Rule Violations". Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  13. ^ League of Legends Season 3 World Championship takes place October 4vg247.com
  14. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (October 5, 2013). "League of Legends 2013 World Championship winner crowned". Polygon. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  15. ^ "League of Legends Season Three World Championship". Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  16. ^ Magrino, Tom. "Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship!". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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