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2016 World Championship
2016 WCS logo
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
Sponsor(s)Acer
FormatGroup Stage + Playoffs
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
United States
Start Date2016-09-29
End Date2016-10-29
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links
Infobox Homepagelogo std

Overview[]

Format[]

  • 16 teams participate: [Show]
  • Group Stage
    • Teams are divided into four groups of four: [Show seeding information]
  • Double Round Robin
  • Matches are best of one
  • Top two teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage
  • Knockout Stage
    • Single elimination
    • Matches are best of five

Prize Pool[]

  • Initial prize pool $2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR)
  • 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool.
  • In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged.
  • On October 9, the prize pool reached $4,145,000 USD (Approximately € 3,708,927.12 EUR).
  • On October 28, the prize pool reached $5,070,000 USD (Approximately € 4,621,122.46 EUR).

$ 5,070,000 US Dollars (as of October 28, 2016) are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$2,028,000€1,845,48040%SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
PlacementIcon2 2$760,500€692,05515%Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
PlacementIcon3 3-4$380,250€346,027.507.5%ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2k-Gaming
5-8$202,800€184,5484%Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
Albus NoX Lunalogo stdAlbus NoX Luna
9-12$114,075€103,808.252.25%Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club
TSMlogo stdTSM
I Maylogo stdI May
13-16$63,375€57,671.251.25%G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
INTZlogo stdINTZ
Splycelogo stdSplyce
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 29, 2016, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.91 Euros

Participants[]

Qualifications
Region Seed Pool1 Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
CN
China
1 1 EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming 2016-08-14 (Q)
2016-08-26 (Seed)
LPL Summer Split Champion
2 2 Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up 2016-08-14 (Q)
2016-08-26 (Seed)
Championship Points
3 2 I Maylogo stdI May 2016-08-28 Regional Finals
KR
Korea
1 1 ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers 2016-08-05 (Q)
2016-08-20 (Seed)
LCK Summer Split Champion
2 2 SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1 2016-08-20 Championship Points
3 2 Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy 2016-09-03 Regional Finals
EU
Europe
1 2 G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports 2016-08-16 (Q)
2016-08-28 (Seed)
EU LCS Summer Split Champion
2 2 H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2k-Gaming 2016-08-28 Championship Points
3 3 Splycelogo stdSplyce 2016-09-05 Regional Finals
NA
North America
1 1 TSMlogo stdTSM 2016-08-21 (Q)
2016-08-28 (Seed)
NA LCS Summer Split Champion
2 2 Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaming 2016-08-28 Championship Points
3 3 Cloud9logo stdCloud9 2016-09-05 Regional Finals
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
1 1 Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves 2016-08-21 LMS Summer Split Champion
2 2 Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club 2016-09-04 Regional Finals
IWC
International Wildcard
- 3 INTZlogo stdINTZ
BR
2016-09-03 International Wildcard Qualifier
- 3 Albus NoX Lunalogo stdAlbus NoX Luna
CIS
2016-09-04 International Wildcard Qualifier2
Notes
1 Pools for some seeds are determined based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational.
2 The qualification path for the top IWC seed depends on MSI results. See here for additional information.
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1 Koro1 was allowed to replace Mouse, who returned to China due to the loss of a family member.

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers
4 - 267%1W
2
CIS
Albus NoX Lunalogo stdAlbus NoX Luna
4 - 267%1L
3
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaming
3 - 350%1L
4
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
1 - 517%1W
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
5 - 183%3W
2
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
3 - 350%1W
3
CN
I Maylogo stdI May
2 - 433%2L
4
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
2 - 433%1L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2k-Gaming
4 - 267%3W
2
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
4 - 267%1W
3
LMS
Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club
3 - 350%1L
4
BR
INTZlogo stdINTZ
1 - 517%5L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
5 - 183%4W
2
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up
3 - 350%1W
3
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
3 - 350%1L
4
EU
Splycelogo stdSplyce
1 - 517%2L
Group A Tiebreaker
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
1
CIS
Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
0
Group C Tiebreaker
EU
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
1
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
0

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
3
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
1
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
3
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
1
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
3
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
0
EU
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
3
CIS
Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
0
Semifinals
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
3
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
2
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
3
EU
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
0
Finals
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
3
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
2

Player of the Series[]

Series Player KDA Champions Played
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG vs. Cloud9logo stdC9 Samsung Galaxylogo stdCuVee 6.2 EkkoSquareEkko KennenSquareKennen PoppySquarePoppy
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT vs. Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG SK Telecom T1logo stdBang 11.0 EzrealSquareEzreal JhinSquareJhin
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX vs. EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG ROX Tigerslogo stdPeanut 8.0 Lee SinSquareLee Sin OlafSquareOlaf
H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K vs. Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX H2k-Gaminglogo stdOdoamne 5.0 JayceSquareJayce
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT vs. ROX Tigerslogo stdROX SK Telecom T1logo stdBengi 4.1 OlafSquareOlaf NidaleeSquareNidalee Lee SinSquareLee Sin
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG vs. H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K Samsung Galaxylogo stdAmbition 3.5 OlafSquareOlaf NidaleeSquareNidalee
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT vs. Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG SK Telecom T1logo stdFaker 2.9 OriannaSquareOrianna RyzeSquareRyze ViktorSquareViktor

Tournament MVP[]

Player KDA Most Played Champs
SK Telecom T1logo stdFaker 3.65 OriannaSquareOrianna ViktorSquareViktor SyndraSquareSyndra

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 1
Thu 29 SepFri 30 SepFri 30 Sep2016,9,29,23,30 - 2016,9,30,04,30
    
Thu 2016-09-29
Fri 2016-09-30
Fri 2016-09-30
2016,9,29,23,30
G2G2 Esportslogo std01Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
2016,9,30,00,30
ROXROX Tigerslogo std10Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
2016,9,30,01,30
H2KH2k-Gaminglogo std01Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq
2016,9,30,02,30
ITZINTZlogo std10EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
2016,9,30,03,30
SSGSamsung Galaxylogo std10Splycelogo stdSPY
2016,9,30,04,30
TSMTSMlogo std01Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 2
Fri 30 SepSat 1 OctSat 1 Oct2016,9,30,23,00 - 2016,10,01,04,00
    
Fri 2016-09-30
Sat 2016-10-01
Sat 2016-10-01
2016,9,30,23,00
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std10Cloud9logo stdC9
2016,10,01,00,00
FWFlash Wolveslogo std01I Maylogo stdIM
2016,10,01,01,00
TSMTSMlogo std10Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
2016,10,01,02,00
RNGRoyal Never Give Uplogo std10Splycelogo stdSPY
2016,10,01,03,00
H2KH2k-Gaminglogo std10INTZlogo stdITZ
2016,10,01,04,00
EDGEDward Gaminglogo std10Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 3
Sat 1 OctSun 2 OctSun 2 Oct2016,10,01,23,00 - 2016,10,02,04,00
    
Sat 2016-10-01
Sun 2016-10-02
Sun 2016-10-02
2016,10,01,23,00
CLGCounter Logic Gaminglogo std01Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
2016,10,02,00,00
ROXROX Tigerslogo std10G2 Esportslogo stdG2
2016,10,02,01,00
FWFlash Wolveslogo std01Cloud9logo stdC9
2016,10,02,02,00
IMI Maylogo std01SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
2016,10,02,03,00
SPYSplycelogo std01TSMlogo stdTSM
2016,10,02,04,00
RNGRoyal Never Give Uplogo std01Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 4
Sun 2 OctMon 3 OctMon 3 Oct2016,10,02,23,00 - 2016,10,03,04,00
    
Sun 2016-10-02
Mon 2016-10-03
Mon 2016-10-03
2016,10,02,23,00
ahqAhq eSports Clublogo std10INTZlogo stdITZ
2016,10,03,00,00
EDGEDward Gaminglogo std10H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
2016,10,03,01,00
ANXAlbus NoX Lunalogo std10G2 Esportslogo stdG2
2016,10,03,02,00
CLGCounter Logic Gaminglogo std10ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
2016,10,03,03,00
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std01Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
2016,10,03,04,00
C9Cloud9logo std10I Maylogo stdIM
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 5
Thu 6 OctFri 7 OctFri 7 Oct2016,10,06,23,00 - 2016,10,07,05,00
    
Thu 2016-10-06
Fri 2016-10-07
Fri 2016-10-07
2016,10,06,23,00
G2G2 Esportslogo std01ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
2016,10,07,00,00
ANXAlbus NoX Lunalogo std10Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
2016,10,07,01,00
CLGCounter Logic Gaminglogo std10G2 Esportslogo stdG2
2016,10,07,02,00
ANXAlbus NoX Lunalogo std10ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
2016,10,07,03,00
G2G2 Esportslogo std10Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
2016,10,07,04,00
ROXROX Tigerslogo std10Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
2016,10,07,05,00
ROXROX Tigerslogo std10Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 6
Fri 7 OctSat 8 OctSat 8 Oct2016,10,07,23,00 - 2016,10,08,05,00
    
Fri 2016-10-07
Sat 2016-10-08
Sat 2016-10-08
2016,10,07,23,00
EDGEDward Gaminglogo std10INTZlogo stdITZ
2016,10,08,00,00
ahqAhq eSports Clublogo std01H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
2016,10,08,01,00
H2KH2k-Gaminglogo std10EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
2016,10,08,02,00
ITZINTZlogo std01Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq
2016,10,08,03,00
ITZINTZlogo std01H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
2016,10,08,04,00
ahqAhq eSports Clublogo std01EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
2016,10,08,05,00
H2KH2k-Gaminglogo std10EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 7
Sat 8 OctSat 8 Oct - Sun 9 OctSun 9 Oct2016,10,08,20,00 - 2016,10,09,01,00
    
Sat 2016-10-08
Sat 2016-10-08
Sun 2016-10-09
2016,10,08,20,00
SSGSamsung Galaxylogo std10TSMlogo stdTSM
2016,10,08,21,00
SPYSplycelogo std10Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Sun 2016-10-09
2016,10,08,22,00
TSMTSMlogo std10Splycelogo stdSPY
2016,10,08,23,00
SSGSamsung Galaxylogo std10Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
2016,10,09,00,00
SPYSplycelogo std01Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG
2016,10,09,01,00
RNGRoyal Never Give Uplogo std10TSMlogo stdTSM
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 8
Sun 9 OctSun 9 Oct - Mon 10 OctMon 10 Oct2016,10,09,20,00 - 2016,10,10,01,00
    
Sun 2016-10-09
Sun 2016-10-09
Mon 2016-10-10
2016,10,09,20,00
IMI Maylogo std10Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
2016,10,09,21,00
C9Cloud9logo std01SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
Mon 2016-10-10
2016,10,09,22,00
C9Cloud9logo std01Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
2016,10,09,23,00
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std10I Maylogo stdIM
2016,10,10,00,00
IMI Maylogo std01Cloud9logo stdC9
2016,10,10,01,00
FWFlash Wolveslogo std01SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Quarterfinals
Thu 13 Oct - Sun 16 OctFri 14 Oct - Mon 17 OctFri 14 Oct - Mon 17 Oct2016,10,13,22,00 - 2016,10,16,22,00
    
Thu 2016-10-13
Fri 2016-10-14
Fri 2016-10-14
2016,10,13,22,00
SSGSamsung Galaxylogo std30Cloud9logo stdC9
Fri 2016-10-14
Sat 2016-10-15
Sat 2016-10-15
2016,10,14,22,00
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std31Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Sat 2016-10-15
Sun 2016-10-16
Sun 2016-10-16
2016,10,15,22,00
ROXROX Tigerslogo std31EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
Sun 2016-10-16
Mon 2016-10-17
Mon 2016-10-17
2016,10,16,22,00
H2KH2k-Gaminglogo std30Albus NoX Lunalogo stdANX
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Semifinals
Fri 21 Oct - Sat 22 OctSat 22 Oct - Sun 23 OctSat 22 Oct - Sun 23 Oct2016,10,21,22,00 - 2016,10,22,22,00
    
Fri 2016-10-21
Sat 2016-10-22
Sat 2016-10-22
2016,10,21,22,00
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std32ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
Sat 2016-10-22
Sun 2016-10-23
Sun 2016-10-23
2016,10,22,22,00
SSGSamsung Galaxylogo std30H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Finals
Sat 29 OctSun 30 OctSun 30 Oct2016,10,29,23,30 - 2016,10,29,23,30
    
Sat 2016-10-29
Sun 2016-10-30
Sun 2016-10-30
2016,10,29,23,30
SKTSK Telecom T1logo std32Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG

VODs & Match Links[]

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
LMS
LMS
Qualified
1313332
Quarterfinals
21131
Semifinals
13
Finals
2
Winner
1

Players[]

  • Nationality
  • Country of Birth
  • Residency

Brazil

Canada

China

Croatia

Denmark

Greece

Hong Kong

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

Ukraine

United States
Qualified
527181221212611038
Quarterfinals
16112122132
Semifinals
12116
Finals
10
Winner
5

Brazil

Canada

China

Croatia

Denmark

France

Greece

Hong Kong

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

Ukraine

United States
Qualified
52818112121212511036
Quarterfinals
16112122132
Semifinals
12116
Finals
10
Winner
5
BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
LMS
LMS
Qualified
59514251210
Quarterfinals
655213
Semifinals
416
Finals
10
Winner
5
Note: Only the 5 players who played the most games for each team are counted.

Regional Records[]

Note: Each individual game of the tournament in which a team from one region plays a team from another is included. Games between teams from the same region are not included, so there may be some discrepancy between the sum of individual team records within a region and the net records shown here.

Media[]

Streams[]

Due to a high volume of content, click here for articles, interviews, and videos.

On-Air Talent[]

Announcements[]

Peak Viewers[]

Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[2]:

  • The tournament's Overall peak was 28 263 260 viewers
  • The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 1 585 072 viewers
  • English streams peak was 922 673 viewers
  • Russian streams peak was 16 015 viewers
  • Chinese streams peak was 26 820 666 viewers
  • Twitch.tv peak was 971 092 viewers

Venues[]

Groups Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
San Francisco, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY Los Angeles, CA
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium The Chicago Theatre Madison Square Garden Staples Center
Capacity - 8,500 Capacity - 3,600 Capacity - 20,000 Capacity - 20,000
GrahamAuditorium-2016Worlds ChicagoTheatre-2016Worlds MadisonSquareGarden-2016Worlds StaplesCenter-2016Worlds
99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 175 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 1111 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

References[]

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