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2019 World Championship
Worlds 2019
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
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Alienware
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AXE
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Europe
Start Date2019-10-02
End Date2019-11-10
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
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The 2019 Season World Championship (Worlds 2019) is the conclusion of the 2019 League of Legends esports season. The tournament is held in Europe, with finals in Paris.

Overview[]

Format[]

  • 24 teams are invited: [Show]
  • Play-In
    • Group Stage (Round 1)
      • 12 teams participate
      • Teams are drawn into four groups based on seeding
      • Double Round Robin
      • Matches are best of one
      • Top two teams from each group advance to Round 2
    • Knockout Stage (Round 2)
      • 8 teams participate
      • 1st place teams from the group stage each face a 2nd place team
      • Matches are best of five
      • Winners advance to the Main Event
  • Main Event
    • Group Stage
      • 16 teams participate
      • Teams are divided into four groups
      • Double Round Robin
      • Matches are best of one
      • Top two teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage
    • Knockout Stage
      • Single elimination bracket (drawn randomly, 1st place teams face 2nd place teams, no two teams from the same group can be placed in the same half of the bracket)
      • Matches are best of five
  • Official Rulebook
  • Patch Information: v9.19

Prize Pool[]

  • Note: Figures below are based on the minimum guaranteed prize pool of $ 2,225,000 US Dollars. A percentage of the revenue from designated in-client sales is yet to be added to this amount.

$ 2,225,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$834,375€738,530.3437.5%FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFunPlus Phoenix
PlacementIcon2 2$300,375€265,870.9213.5%G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
PlacementIcon3 3-4$155,750€137,8597%Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
5-8$89,000€78,776.574%Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGriffin
Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
Splycelogo stdSplyce
DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDAMWON
9-12$50,062.50€44,311.822.25%J Teamlogo stdJ Team
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
13-16$27,812.50€24,617.681.25%GAM Esportslogo stdGAM Esports
Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHK Attitude
Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming
Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club
17-20$16,687.50€14,770.610.75%Lowkey Esports.Vietnamlogo stdLowkey Esports
Royal Youthlogo stdRoyal Youth
Isuruslogo stdIsurus
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUnicorns of Love
21-24$11,125€9,847.070.5%DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FM
MAMMOTHlogo stdMAMMOTH
MEGAlogo stdMEGA
Flamengo Esportslogo stdFlamengo Esports

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 17, 2019, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.88513 Euros

Participants[]

Note that the format for seed determination changed in Europe this year. For more information, see LEC Championship Points.
Qualified for Group Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
CN
China
1 1 FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFunPlus Phoenix 2019-08-31 (Q)
2019-09-06 (Seed)
LPL 2019 Summer Champion
2 2 Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up 2019-09-01 (Q)
2019-09-06 (Seed)
LPL 2019 Championship Points
3 2 Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming 2019-09-08 LPL 2019 Regional Finals
KR
Korea
1 1 SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1 2019-08-25 (Q)
2019-08-31 (Seed)
LCK 2019 Summer Champion
2 2 Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGriffin 2019-08-18 (Q)
2019-08-31 (Seed)
LCK 2019 Championship Points
EU
Europe
1 1 G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports 2019-08-17 (Q)
2019-09-08 (Seed)
LEC 2019 Summer Champion
2 2 Fnaticlogo stdFnatic 2019-09-07 (Q)
2019-09-15 (Seed)
LEC 2019 Regional Finals Winner
NA
North America
1 1 Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid 2019-08-18 (Q)
2019-08-25 (Seed)
LCS 2019 Summer Champion
2 2 Cloud9logo stdCloud9 2019-08-18 (Q)
2019-08-25 (Seed)
LCS 2019 Championship Points
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
1 2 J Teamlogo stdJ Team 2019-08-23 (Q)
2019-08-31 (Seed)
LMS 2019 Summer Champion
2 2 Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club 2019-08-25 (Q)
2019-08-31 (Seed)
LMS 2019 Championship Points
VN
Vietnam
1 2 GAM Esportslogo stdGAM Esports 2019-09-14 VCS 2019 Summer Champion
INT
World Championship
Q 3 DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDAMWON Gaming 2019-10-07 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming 2019-10-07 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHong Kong Attitude 2019-10-08 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 Splycelogo stdSplyce 2019-10-08 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Qualified for Play-In Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
KR
Korea
3 1 DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDAMWON Gaming 2019-09-07 LCK 2019 Regional Finals
EU
Europe
3 1 Splycelogo stdSplyce 2019-09-14 (Q)
2019-09-15 (Seed)
LEC 2019 Regional Finals Runner-Up
NA
North America
3 1 Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming 2019-09-08 LCS 2019 Regional Finals
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
3 1 Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHong Kong Attitude 2019-09-08 LMS 2019 Regional Finals
VN
Vietnam
2 2 Lowkey Esports.Vietnamlogo stdLowkey Esports 2019-09-15 VCS 2019 Summer Runner-Up
CIS
CIS
1 2 Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUnicorns of Love 2019-09-15 LCL 2019 Summer Champion
LAT
Latin America
1 2 Isuruslogo stdIsurus 2019-08-31 LLA 2019 Closing Champion
TR
Turkey
1 2 Royal Youthlogo stdRoyal Youth 2019-08-31 TCL 2019 Summer Champion
BR
Brazil
1 3 Flamengo Esportslogo stdFlamengo Esports 2019-09-07 CBLOL 2019 Split 2 Champion
JP
Japan
1 3 DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe 2019-09-16 LJL 2019 Summer Champion
OCE
Oceania
1 3 MAMMOTHlogo stdMAMMOTH 2019-08-31 OPL 2019 Split 2 Champion
SEA
Southeast Asia
1 3 MEGAlogo stdMEGA 2019-09-15 LST 2019 Summer Champion

Results[]

Play-In Stage[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming
2 - 250%1W
2
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUnicorns of Love
2 - 250%1L
3
OCE
MAMMOTHlogo stdMAMMOTH
2 - 250%1L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
Splycelogo stdSplyce
3 - 175%1W
2
LAT
Isuruslogo stdIsurus
2 - 250%1L
3
JP
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe
1 - 325%1L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
LMS
Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHong Kong Attitude
3 - 175%2W
2
VN
Lowkey Esports.Vietnamlogo stdLowkey Esports
2 - 250%1L
3
SEA
MEGAlogo stdMEGA
1 - 325%2L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDAMWON Gaming
4 - 0100%4W
2
TR
Royal Youthlogo stdRoyal Youth
1 - 325%1W
3
BR
Flamengo Esportslogo stdFlamengo Esports
1 - 325%2L
Group A TB Round 1
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
1
OCE
MAMMOTHlogo stdMEC
0
Group A TB Round 2
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
1
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
0
Group D Tiebreaker
BR
Flamengo Esportslogo stdFLA
0
TR
Royal Youthlogo stdRYL
1

Round 2[]

Match 1
Qualification Match
KR
DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDWG
3
VN
Lowkey Esports.Vietnamlogo stdLK
1
Match 2
Qualification Match
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
3
TR
Royal Youthlogo stdRYL
0
Match 3
Qualification Match
LMS
Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHKA
3
LAT
Isuruslogo stdISG
1
Match 4
Qualification Match
EU
Splycelogo stdSPY
3
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
2

 Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Main Event[]

Group Stage[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGriffin
5 - 183%5W
2
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
5 - 183%1L
3
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
2 - 433%1W
4
LMS
Hong Kong Attitudelogo stdHong Kong Attitude
0 - 60%6L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
CN
FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFunPlus Phoenix
4 - 267%1W
2
EU
Splycelogo stdSplyce
4 - 267%3W
3
LMS
J Teamlogo stdJ Team
3 - 350%1L
4
VN
GAM Esportslogo stdGAM Esports
1 - 517%4L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
5 - 183%1W
2
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
4 - 267%3W
3
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up
3 - 350%1L
4
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming
0 - 60%6L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDAMWON Gaming
5 - 183%5W
2
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
4 - 267%1W
3
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
3 - 350%1L
4
LMS
Ahq eSports Clublogo stdahq eSports Club
0 - 60%6L
Group A Tiebreaker
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
0
KR
Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGRF
1
Group B Tiebreaker
CN
FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFPX
1
EU
Splycelogo stdSPY
0

Knockout Stage[]

Quarterfinals
KR
DAMWON Gaminglogo stdDWG
1
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
3
EU
Splycelogo stdSPY
1
KR
Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGRF
1
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
3
CN
FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFPX
3
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
1
Semifinals
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
1
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
1
CN
FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFPX
3
Finals
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
0
CN
FunPlus Phoenixlogo stdFPX
3

 Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
JP
Japan
KR
Korea
LAT
Latin America
NA
North America
OCE
Oceania
SEA
SEA
LMS
LMS
TR
Turkey
VN
Vietnam
Qualified
1313131311312
Main
333331
Quarterfinals
233
Semifinals
211
Finals
11
Winner
1

Media[]

Streams[]

Broadcast Talent[]

Play-In[]


  • Trevor "Quickshot" Henry - Desk Host

  • Laure "Bulii" Valée - Interviewer

  • Andrew "Vedius" Day - Analyst

  • Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Max "Atlus" Anderson - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Daniel "Drakos" Drakos - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Joshua "Jatt" Leesman - Color Caster

  • Bryce "EGym" Paule - Color Caster

  • Indiana "Froskurinn" Black - Color Caster

  • Jake "Spawn" Tiberi - Color Caster

  • Christy "Ender" Frierson - Color Caster

Main Event[]


  • Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere - Desk Host / Interviewer

  • James "Dash" Patterson - Desk Host

  • Trevor "Quickshot" Henry - Stage and Cooldown Host / Play-by-Play Caster

  • Laure "Bulii" Valée - Interviewer

  • Barento "Razleplasm" Mohammed - Analyst

  • Max "Atlus" Anderson - Play-by-Play Caster

  • David "Phreak" Turley - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Daniel "Drakos" Drakos - Play-by-Play Caster

  • Indiana "Froskurinn" Black - Color Caster

  • Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler - Color Caster

  • Issac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley - Color Caster

  • Jake "Spawn" Tiberi - Color Caster

  • Joshua "Jatt" Leesman - Color Caster

  • Andrew "Vedius" Day - Color Caster

  • Chris "PapaSmithy" Smith - Color Caster

  • Christy "Ender" Frierson - Color Caster

  • Martin "Deficio" Lynge - Color Caster

  • Ibai "Ibai" Llanos - Stage Host (Quarterfinals/Semifinals)

Announcements[]


Additional Content[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Statistics excluding Chinese platforms

Peak Viewership
Total 3 985 787
English Streams 1 340 229
Korean Streams 1 104 002
YouTube Streams 1 942 302
Twitch Streams 1 734 835
Other
Total Time Watched 137 876 707 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers 1 012 559

Venues[]

Play-In Groups Quarterfinals / Semifinals Finals
Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Madrid, Spain Paris, France
LEC Studio Verti Music Hall Palacio Vistalegre AccorHotels Arena
Capacity - 174 Capacity - 2,250 Capacity - 14,000 Capacity - 20,300
LEC Studio Worlds 2019 Verti Music Hall Palacio Vistalegre AccorHotels Arena
Am Studio 20D, Studio K/L,
12489 Berlin, Adlershof, Germany
Mercedes-Platz, 10243 Berlin, Germany Calle de Utebo, 1, 28025 Madrid, Spain 8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France

References[]

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