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2018 Mid-Season Invitational
Mid-Season Invitational 2018
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Europe
Start Date2018-05-03
End Date2018-05-20
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
Social Media & Links
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The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational is held between the first and second splits of all regions.

Overview[]

Format[]

Venues[]

  • Play-In/Group Stage – Riot European Studios, Am Studio 20D, Studio K/L, 12489 Berlin - Adlershof, Germany
  • Semifinals/Finals – Le Zénith, 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France (previously hosted All-Star Paris 2014)

Prize Pool[]

  • Minimum Prize Pool $ 1,000,000 USD (Approximately € 850,000 EUR)
    • $ 250,000 (Approximately € 212,500 EUR) contribution from tournament organizer
    • 25% of the sales from Conqueror Varus & 2018 Conqueror Ward skins is additionally added
    • Prize money from digital sales guaranteed to be at least $ 750,000 USD (Approximately € 637,500 EUR)
    • Prize Pool to be concluded on May 20 23:59 Pacific Time
  • In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Play-In teams, prize pool money is averaged
  • On May 3, the prize pool reached $ 970,880 USD (Approximately € 825,248 EUR)
  • On May 11, the prize pool reached $ 1,255,128 USD (Approximately € 1,066,859 EUR)
  • Final prize pool: $ 1,370,520 USD (Approximately € 1,164,942 EUR)

$ 1,370,520 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$527,650€448,502.5038.5%Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
PlacementIcon2 2$267,251€227,163.3519.5%Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX
PlacementIcon3 3-4$133,626€113,582.109.75%Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
5$68,526€58,247.105%Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
6$68,526€58,247.105%EVOS Esportslogo stdEVOS Esports
7-8$34,263€29,123.552.5%SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive
Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports
9-10$20,558€17,474.301.5%Rainbow7logo stdRainbow7
KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports
11$17,132€14,562.201.25%Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves
12-13$15,418€13,105.301.12%Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers
Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming
14$13,705€11,649.251%PENTAGRAMlogo stdPENTAGRAM

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on May 21, 2018, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.85 Euros

Participants[]

For qualification timelines, refer to the Play-In Prospective Participant Timeline and the Main Event Prospective Participant Timeline.

Qualified Teams
Main Event Seeds
Region Qualified via Pool Date Team Finals Result
CN
China
LPL Spring Playoffs N/A April 28 Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up 3 - 1 EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
EU
Europe
EU LCS Spring Playoffs N/A April 8 Fnaticlogo stdFnatic 3 - 0 G2 Esportslogo stdG2
KR
Korea
LCK Spring Playoffs N/A April 14 Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX 3 - 1 Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
NA
North America
NA LCS Spring Playoffs N/A April 8 Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid 3 - 0 100 Thieveslogo std100
Play-In Round 2 Seeds
LMS
Taiwan/HK/Macao
LMS Spring Playoffs N/A April 22 Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves 3 - 0 G-Rexlogo stdGRX
VN
Vietnam
VCS Spring Playoffs N/A April 7 EVOS Esportslogo stdEVOS Esports 3 - 2 GIGABYTE Marineslogo stdGAM
Play-In Round 1 Seeds
BR
Brazil
CBLOL Split 1 Playoffs 1 April 7 KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports 3 - 2 Vivo Keydlogo stdVK
CIS
CIS
LCL Spring Playoffs 1 April 1 Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports 3 - 0 RoX (2014 CIS Team)logo stdRoX
LAN
Latin America North
LLN Opening Playoffs 1 April 21 Rainbow7logo stdRainbow7 3 - 1 INFINITYlogo stdINF
TR
Turkey
TCL Winter Playoffs 1 April 22 SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive Esports 3 - 1 Royal Banditslogo stdRBE
JP
Japan
LJL Spring Playoffs 2 April 14 PENTAGRAMlogo stdPENTAGRAM 3 - 0 DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDFM
LAS
Latin America South
CLS Opening Playoffs 2 April 14 Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers 3 - 2 Rebirth eSportslogo stdRBT
OCE
Oceania
OPL Split 1 Playoffs 2 March 31 Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves 3 - 2 Chiefs Esports Clublogo stdCHF
SEA
Southeast Asia
GPL Spring Playoffs 2 April 1 Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming 3 - 1 Kuala Lumpur Hunterslogo stdKLH

Results[]

Play-In[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
CIS
Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports
5 - 183%2W
2
LAN
Rainbow7logo stdRainbow7
3 - 350%1L
3
SEA
Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming
2 - 433%1W
4
LAS
Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers
2 - 433%3L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
TR
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive Esports
5 - 183%1L
2
BR
KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports
4 - 267%3W
3
OCE
Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves
2 - 433%3L
4
JP
PENTAGRAMlogo stdPENTAGRAM
1 - 517%1W

Round 2[]

Match 1
Qualification Match
VN
EVOS Esportslogo stdEVS
3
TR
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSUP
1
Match 2
Qualification Match
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
3
CIS
Gambit Esportslogo stdGMB
0

 Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Main Event[]

Group Stage[]

MSI 2018 Main Event Standings
TeamGamesStr
1
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up
7 - 370%5W
2
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
7 - 370%1W
3
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX
6 - 460%1L
4
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
4 - 640%3L
5
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
4 - 640%1L
6
VN
EVOS Esportslogo stdEVOS Esports
2 - 820%1W
1st Place Tiebreaker
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
0
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
1
4th Place Tiebreaker
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
1
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
0

Playoffs[]

Semifinals
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
3
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
0
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
1
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
3
Finals
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
3
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
1

 Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Media[]

Streams[]

Articles & Videos[]

Interviews[]

Announcements[]

Additional Content[]

Additional Links[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.

Peak Viewership MSI 2018
Total 127,551,726
Without Chinese Viewers 947,861
English Streams 331,462
Chinese Streams 126,659,400
Vietnamese Streams 258,973
Korean Streams 149,513
Portuguese Streams 100,943
Russian Streams 27,053
Twitch.TV Streams 448,451
Youtube Gaming Streams 426,296
Garena Live Streams 79,997
AfreecaTV Streams 76,663
Other
Avg Concurrent Viewers 24,590,504
Total time watched 2,077,897,606

Viewership Infographics

References[]

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