2019 League of Legends World Championship


The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was the ninth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris. 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.

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

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 will start in the group stage, replacing the third seed team from South Korea that will now instead begin in the play-in stage. Due to the merger of Latin America North's and Latin America South's professional leagues into a single league and the results of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam 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 have also been dropped to pool #2.

Rosters

Player didn't play any games.

Venues

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

Play-in stage

Tiebreaker placement was based on the combined game times of teams' victories. The two teams with the longest total game times, Mammoth and the Unicorns of Love, played in the first tiebreaker match for a spot in the second round of the play-in stage. Clutch Gaming had the shortest total game time and went directly to the second tiebreaker match, which determined the first place team in Group A.

Group B

Group C

Group D

Round 2

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

TeamResult
Invictus Gaming 1
FunPlus Phoenix 3

Match 2

TeamResult
G2 Esports 3
SK Telecom T1 1

Finals

TeamResult
FunPlus Phoenix 3
G2 Esports 0

Ranking

Team ranking

PlaceRegionTeamPS1PS2GSQFSFFinalsPrize Prize
1stLPL FunPlus Phoenix4-23-13-13-037.5%
2ndLEC G2 Esports5-13-13-10-313.5%
3rd–4thLCK SK Telecom T15-13-11-37%
3rd–4thLPL Invictus Gaming4-23-11-37%
5th–8thLCK DAMWON Gaming4-03-15-11-34%
5th–8thLCK Griffin*5-11-34%
5th–8thLEC Splyce*3-13-24-21-34%
5th–8thLEC Fnatic4-21-34%
9th–11thLMS J Team3-32.25%
9th–11thLPL Royal Never Give Up3-32.25%
9th–11thLCS Team Liquid3-32.25%
12thLCS Cloud92-42.25%
13thVCS GAM Esports1-51.25%
14th–16thLMS ahq e-Sports Club0-61.25%
14th–16thLMS Hong Kong Attitude3-13-10-61.25%
14th–16thLCS Clutch Gaming*2-23-00-61.25%
17thLCL Unicorns of Love*2-22-30.75%
18th–19thVCS Lowkey Esports2-21-30.75%
18th–19thLLA Isurus Gaming2-21-30.75%
20thTCL Royal Youth*1-30-30.75%
21stOPL Mammoth*2-20.5%
22nd–24thCBLOL Flamengo eSports*1-30.5%
22nd–24thLJL DetonatioN FocusMe1-30.5%
22nd–24thLST MEGA Esports1-30.5%
PlaceRegionTeamPS1PS2GSQFSFFinalsPrize Prize

Regional ranking

PlaceRegionLeagueTeamsPlay-in Round 1
Play-in Round 2
Group stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
1stChinaLPL33 teams
13W-7L
2 teams
6W-2L
2 teams
4W-4L
3W-0L
2ndEuropeLEC2+11 team
3W-1L
1 team3W-2L
3 teams
13W-5L
3 teams
5W-7L
1 team
3W-1L
0W-3L
3rdKoreaLCK2+11 team
4W-0L
1 team3W-1L
3 teams
15W-3L
3 teams
5W-7L
1 team
1W-3L
4thNorth AmericaLCS2+11 team
2W-2L
1 team3W-0L
3 teams
5W-13L
5thTW/HK/MOLMS2+11 team
3W-1L
1 team
3W-1L
3 teams
3W-15L
6thVietnamVCS1+11 team
2W-2L
1 team
1W-3L
1 team
1W-5L
7thCISLCL11 team
2W-2L
1 team2W-3L
8thLatin AmericaLLA11 team
2W-2L
1 team
1W-3L
9thTurkeyTCL11 team
1W-3L
1 team0W-3L
10thOceaniaOPL11 team
2W-2L
11th–13thBrazilCBLOL11 team1W-3L
11th–13thJapanLJL11 team1W-3L
11th–13thSoutheast AsiaLST11 team
1W-3L