2019 Mid-Season Invitational


The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.
Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe, South Korea and China had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in the Play-in Stage with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.
The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Heping Basketball Center in Taipei.
G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3-0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified teams

Because of the removal of the 2 regional league Latin America North and Latin America South to form one whole Latin America region of League of Legends competition, number of regions is decreased to 13. The format is based on the 2017 MSI.
Based on the Regional results of the MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior, three teams from Europe, South Korea, and China begin in the main group stage; two teams from North America and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Loser teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.

Roster

Venues

, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.

Play-in stage

Round 1

Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group. Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.
Pool 1Pool 2
1907 Fenerbahçe Bombers
MEGA Esports DetonatioN FocusMe
Phong Vũ Buffalo INTZ e-Sports
Vega Squadron Isurus Gaming

;Group A
#Team~PVBFBISGBMRWL±
1 Phong Vũ BuffaloPVB~1-12-01-1422
2 1907 FenerbahçeFB1-1~1-12-0422
3 Isurus GamingISG0-21-1~1-124−2
3 BombersBMR1-10-21-1~24−2

;Group B
#Team~VEGDFMMGITZWL±
1 Vega SquadronVEG~2-01-12-0514
2 DetonatioN FocusMeDFM0-2~2-02-0422
3 MEGA EsportsMG1-10-2~1-124-2
4 INTZ e-SportsITZ0-20-21-1~15-4

Round 2

Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.

Round 3

Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.
VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
#Team~IGSKTG2TLFWPVBWL±
1 Invictus GamingIG~1-12-02-02-02-0918
2 SK Telecom T1SKT1-1~0-22-02-02-0734
3 G2 EsportsG20-22-0~1-12-00-2550
4 Team LiquidTL0-20-21-1~1-12-046-2
5 Flash WolvesFW0-20-20-21-1~2-037-4
6 Phong Vũ BuffaloPVB0-20-22-00-20-2~28-6

China, South Korea, Europe and North America get pool 1 in Main Group Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship for Summer Split winner. TW/HK/MO and Vietnam get pool 2.

Knock-out stage

Not including tie-break games.
PlaceRegionLeagueTeamsPS1PS2PS3GSSFFinal
1stEuropeLEC G2 Esports5-53-23-0
2ndNorth AmericaLCS Team Liquid3-04-63-10-3
3rd-4thSouth KoreaLCK SK Telecom T17-32-3
3rd-4thChinaLPL Invictus Gaming9-11-3
5thTW/HK/MOLMS Flash Wolves3-13-7
6thVietnamVCS Phong Vũ Buffalo*4-20-33-22-8
7thCISLCL Vega Squadron5-11-32-3
8th-9thJapanLJL DetonatioN FocusMe4-2
8th-9thTurkeyTCL 1907 Fenerbahçe*4-2
10th-12thLatin AmericaLLA Isurus Gaming2-4
10th-12thOceaniaOPL Bombers2-4
10th-12thSoutheast AsiaLST MEGA Esports2-4
13thBrazilCBLOL INTZ e-Sports1-5