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2018 Mid-Season Invitational
Play-In
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
Sponsor(s)Acer
State Farm
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Germany
AddressEU LCS Studio, Berlin
Start Date2018-05-03
End Date2018-05-09
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational is held between the first and second splits of all regions. All regions other than Korea, China, Europe, and North America participate in the Play-In.

Overview

Format

  • Group Stage (Round 1)
    • Eight teams participate
    • Teams are split into two groups of four
      • Two seeds from Pool 1 and two seeds from Pool 2 in each group
    • Double Round Robin
    • Matches are best of one
    • Winner of each group advances to Round 2
  • Round 2
    • Four teams participate
      • Two directly seeded (TW/HK/MO and Vietnam)
      • Two advancing teams from Round 1
    • Group winners are randomly drawn against one of the directly seeded teams
    • Matches are best of five
    • Winners advance to the Main Event

Progressing Teams

Place Team
Q EVOS Esports
Flash Wolves

Participants

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Results

Group Stage (Round 1)

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
CIS
Gambit Esports
5 - 183%2W
2
LAN
Rainbow7
3 - 350%1L
3
SEA
Ascension Gaming
2 - 433%1W
3
LAS
Kaos Latin Gamers
2 - 433%3L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
TR
SuperMassive Esports
5 - 183%1L
2
BR
KaBuM! Esports
4 - 267%3W
3
OCE
Dire Wolves
2 - 433%3L
4
JP
PENTAGRAM
1 - 517%1W

Round 2

Match 1
Qualification Match
VN
EVS
3
TR
SUP
1
Match 2
Qualification Match
LMS
FW
3
CIS
GMB
0

Match Schedule

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 8.8
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Day 1
Thu 3 MayThu 3 MayThu 3 May - Fri 4 May2018,5,03,11,00 - 2018,5,03,16,00
    
Thu 2018-05-03
Thu 2018-05-03
Thu 2018-05-03
2018,5,03,11,00
GMB10KLG
2018,5,03,12,00
R710ASC
2018,5,03,13,00
GMB10ASC
2018,5,03,14,00
R701KLG
Fri 2018-05-04
2018,5,03,15,00
KLG10ASC
2018,5,03,16,00
R701GMB
Patch: 8.8
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Day 2
Fri 4 MayFri 4 MayFri 4 May - Sat 5 May2018,5,04,11,00 - 2018,5,04,16,00
    
Fri 2018-05-04
Fri 2018-05-04
Fri 2018-05-04
2018,5,04,11,00
SUP10DW
2018,5,04,12,00
KBM10PGM
2018,5,04,13,00
SUP10PGM
2018,5,04,14,00
KBM01DW
Sat 2018-05-05
2018,5,04,15,00
DW10PGM
2018,5,04,16,00
KBM01SUP
Patch: 8.8
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Day 3
Sat 5 MaySat 5 MaySat 5 May2018,5,05,09,00 - 2018,5,05,14,00
    
Sat 2018-05-05
Sat 2018-05-05
Sat 2018-05-05
2018,5,05,09,00
ASC10GMB
2018,5,05,10,00
KLG01R7
2018,5,05,11,00
ASC01R7
2018,5,05,12,00
KLG01GMB
2018,5,05,13,00
GMB10R7
2018,5,05,14,00
ASC10KLG
Patch: 8.8
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Day 4
Sun 6 MaySun 6 MaySun 6 May2018,5,06,09,00 - 2018,5,06,14,00
    
Sun 2018-05-06
Sun 2018-05-06
Sun 2018-05-06
2018,5,06,09,00
PGM01SUP
2018,5,06,10,00
DW01KBM
2018,5,06,11,00
PGM01KBM
2018,5,06,12,00
DW01SUP
2018,5,06,13,00
SUP01KBM
2018,5,06,14,00
PGM10DW
Patch: 8.8
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Round 2
Tue 8 May - Wed 9 MayTue 8 May - Wed 9 MayTue 8 May - Wed 9 May2018,5,08,11,00 - 2018,5,09,11,00
    
Tue 2018-05-08
Tue 2018-05-08
Tue 2018-05-08
2018,5,08,11,00
EVS31SUP
Wed 2018-05-09
Wed 2018-05-09
Wed 2018-05-09
2018,5,09,11,00
FW30GMB

VODs & Match Links

Media

Streams

Articles

  • April
  • May

Announcements

See Overview Page for 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 Play-In stage
Total 16,028,326
Without Chinese Viewers 525,724
English Streams 111,625
Chinese Streams 15,710,800
Vietnamese Streams 258,973
Russian Streams 27,053
Korean Streams 24,851
Twitch.TV Streams 181,554
Youtube Gaming Streams 346,426
Garena Live Streams 45,857
Other
Avg Concurrent Viewers 9,552,471
Total time watched 324,784,024

References