Worlds 2020 Play-In

Worlds 2020 Play-In
Worlds 2020 Play-In
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Rulebook	Rulebook
Sponsor(s)	Mastercard ; State Farm ; Alienware ; Secretlab ; Louis Vuitton ; OPPO ; Red Bull ; AXE ; Cisco ; Spotify ; Bose ; Mercedes-Benz
Location & Dates
Region	INTInternational
Event Type	Offline
Country	; China
Start Date	2020-09-25
End Date	2020-09-30
Broadcast
Streams	; Twitch; Full List
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule; Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

Overview

Play-In

Main Event

Overview

Overview[]

Format[]

Group Stage (Round 1)

10 teams participate
Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding
Single Round Robin
Matches are best of one
Top team from each group advances to the Main Event
2nd to 4th teams from each group advance to Round 2

Knockout Stage (Round 2)

3rd place teams from the group stage face the 4th place team from the same group
Winners of these matches face the 2nd place team from the opposite group
Winners of these final matches advance to the Main Event
Matches are best of five

Due to Vietnamese teams being unable to participate, the Play-In format was heavily adjusted.^[1]

Progressing Teams[]

Local • Euro

Place	Prize	Prize (%)	Qualification	Team
Q			Main Event	⁠⁠PSG Talon
				⁠⁠Team Liquid
				⁠⁠LGD Gaming
				⁠⁠Unicorns of Love
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NQ	$22,250€19,094.31	1%		⁠⁠Legacy Esports
NQ	$22,250€19,094.31	1%		⁠⁠SuperMassive
NQ	$16,687.50€14,320.73	0.75%		⁠⁠Rainbow7
NQ	$16,687.50€14,320.73	0.75%		⁠⁠MAD Lions
NQ	$13,350€11,456.59	0.6%		⁠⁠V3 Esports
NQ	$13,350€11,456.59	0.6%		⁠⁠INTZ
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Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 31, 2020, as follows:

$ 1 US Dollar = € 0.8581712685 Euros

Percentage values listed here refer to the overall prize pool. For further prize pool information please see the Overview.
Figures are based on the minimum guaranteed prize pool of $ 2,225,000 USD. A percentage of the revenue from designated in-client sales is yet to be added to this amount.

Participants[]

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Rosters By Game

Player Chart

Pool 1

CN
China #4
LGD Gaming
⁠⁠
Langx
Peanut
xiye
Kramer
Mark
Maizijian
Eimy

EU
Europe #4
MAD Lions
⁠⁠
Orome
Shad0w
Humanoid
Carzzy
Kaiser
Mac
Kaas

NA
North America #3
Team Liquid
⁠⁠
Impact
Broxah
Jensen
Tactical
CoreJJ
Jatt
Cain

PCS
PCS #2
PSG Talon¹
⁠⁠
Hanabi
Kongyue
Uniboy
Dee
Unified
Kaiwing
Glen

Pool 2

BR
Brazil #1
INTZ
⁠⁠
Tay
Shini
Envy
micaO
RedBert
Maestro

CIS
CIS #1
Unicorns of Love
⁠⁠
BOSS
AHaHaCiK
Nomanz
Gadget
SaNTaS
Sheepy
Invi

JP
Japan #1
V3 Esports
⁠⁠
Paz
Bugi
Ace
Archer
Raina
Son

LAT
Latin America #1
Rainbow7
⁠⁠
Acce
Josedeodo
Aloned
Leza
Shadow
Skin
Fallen

OCE
Oceania #1
Legacy Esports
⁠⁠
Topoon
Babip
Tally
Raes
Isles
Denian

TR
Turkey #1
SuperMassive
⁠⁠
Armut
KaKAO
Bolulu
Zeitnot
SnowFlower
GBM
Pades

¹ Due to visa issues, Kongyue and Uniboy were loaned from ahq eSports Club for the entirety of the Play-In, and Dee was loaned from Machi Esports for Day 1 and 2.

Results[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Note: Two-way ties are NOT automatically broken by head-to-head record. Instead, the winner of the head-to-head gains side selection advantage in a tiebreaker game.

Group A

Team

Games

Str

1

NA

⁠

⁠Team Liquid

3 - 1

75%

1L

2

OCE

⁠

⁠Legacy Esports

3 - 1

75%

2W

3

TR

⁠

⁠SuperMassive Esports

2 - 2

50%

2L

4

EU

⁠

⁠MAD Lions

1 - 3

25%

3L

5

BR

⁠

⁠INTZ

1 - 3

25%

1W

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		0 - 1	0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 3	25%
⁠⁠	1 - 0		1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 1	3 - 1	75%
⁠⁠	1 - 0	0 - 1		0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 3	25%
⁠⁠	1 - 0	0 - 1	1 - 0		0 - 1	2 - 2	50%
⁠⁠	0 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 0		3 - 1	75%

1st Place Tiebreaker

OCE

⁠

⁠LGC

0

NA

⁠

⁠TL

1

4th Place Tiebreaker

BR

⁠

⁠ITZ

0

EU

⁠

⁠MAD

1

Group B

Team

Games

Str

1

PCS

⁠

⁠PSG Talon

3 - 1

75%

1W

2

CIS

⁠

⁠Unicorns of Love

3 - 1

75%

1W

3

LAT

⁠

⁠Rainbow7

2 - 2

50%

2W

4

CN

⁠

⁠LGD Gaming

1 - 3

25%

1L

5

JP

⁠

⁠V3 Esports

1 - 3

25%

3L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		0 - 1	0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 3	25%
⁠⁠	1 - 0		1 - 0	0 - 1	1 - 0	3 - 1	75%
⁠⁠	1 - 0	0 - 1		1 - 0	0 - 1	2 - 2	50%
⁠⁠	1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 1		1 - 0	3 - 1	75%
⁠⁠	0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 1		1 - 3	25%

1st Place Tiebreaker

PCS

⁠

⁠PSG

1

CIS

⁠

⁠UOL

0

4th Place Tiebreaker

CN

⁠

⁠LGD

1

JP

⁠

⁠V3

0

Knockout Stage (Round 2)[]

Elimination Round

TR

⁠

⁠SUP

3

EU

⁠

⁠MAD

2

LAT

⁠

⁠R7

0

CN

⁠

⁠LGD

3

Qualification Round

Qualification Match

CIS

⁠

⁠UOL

3

TR

⁠

⁠SUP

0

Qualification Match

OCE

⁠

⁠LGC

0

CN

⁠

⁠LGD

3

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule

CD|You|PST|CET|KST

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Group A

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Group B

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Day 1
Fri 25 SepFri 25 SepFri 25 Sep2020,9,25,08,00 - 2020,9,25,12,00

Fri 2020-09-25
Fri 2020-09-25
Fri 2020-09-25
2020,9,25,08,00
MAD⁠⁠	1	0	25 September 2020 08:00:00 +00002020,9,25,08,0001:0010:0017:00	⁠⁠ITZ
2020,9,25,09,00
PSG⁠⁠	1	0	25 September 2020 09:00:00 +00002020,9,25,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠R7
2020,9,25,10,00
LGC⁠⁠	1	0	25 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,25,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠ITZ
2020,9,25,11,00
LGD⁠⁠	0	1	25 September 2020 11:00:00 +00002020,9,25,11,0004:0013:0020:00	⁠⁠PSG
2020,9,25,12,00
TL⁠⁠	1	0	25 September 2020 12:00:00 +00002020,9,25,12,0005:0014:0021:00	⁠⁠MAD

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Day 2
Sat 26 SepSat 26 SepSat 26 Sep2020,9,26,08,00 - 2020,9,26,14,00

Sat 2020-09-26
Sat 2020-09-26
Sat 2020-09-26
2020,9,26,08,00
R7⁠⁠	0	1	26 September 2020 08:00:00 +00002020,9,26,08,0001:0010:0017:00	⁠⁠V3
2020,9,26,09,00
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	26 September 2020 09:00:00 +00002020,9,26,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠SUP
2020,9,26,10,00
V3⁠⁠	0	1	26 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,26,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠UOL
2020,9,26,11,00
LGD⁠⁠	0	1	26 September 2020 11:00:00 +00002020,9,26,11,0004:0013:0020:00	⁠⁠R7
2020,9,26,12,00
UOL⁠⁠	1	0	26 September 2020 12:00:00 +00002020,9,26,12,0005:0014:0021:00	⁠⁠PSG
2020,9,26,13,00
SUP⁠⁠	1	0	26 September 2020 13:00:00 +00002020,9,26,13,0006:0015:0022:00	⁠⁠MAD
2020,9,26,14,00
TL⁠⁠	1	0	26 September 2020 14:00:00 +00002020,9,26,14,0007:0016:0023:00	⁠⁠LGC

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Day 3
Sun 27 SepSun 27 SepSun 27 Sep2020,9,27,08,00 - 2020,9,27,11,00

Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
2020,9,27,08,00
V3⁠⁠	0	1	27 September 2020 08:00:00 +00002020,9,27,08,0001:0010:0017:00	⁠⁠LGD
2020,9,27,09,00
R7⁠⁠	1	0	27 September 2020 09:00:00 +00002020,9,27,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠UOL
2020,9,27,10,00
PSG⁠⁠	1	0	27 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,27,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠V3
2020,9,27,11,00
UOL⁠⁠	1	0	27 September 2020 11:00:00 +00002020,9,27,11,0004:0013:0020:00	⁠⁠LGD

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Day 4
Mon 28 SepMon 28 SepMon 28 Sep2020,9,28,08,00 - 2020,9,28,11,00

Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
2020,9,28,08,00
SUP⁠⁠	0	1	28 September 2020 08:00:00 +00002020,9,28,08,0001:0010:0017:00	⁠⁠TL
2020,9,28,09,00
MAD⁠⁠	0	1	28 September 2020 09:00:00 +00002020,9,28,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠LGC
2020,9,28,10,00
ITZ⁠⁠	1	0	28 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,28,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠TL
2020,9,28,11,00
LGC⁠⁠	1	0	28 September 2020 11:00:00 +00002020,9,28,11,0004:0013:0020:00	⁠⁠SUP

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Tiebreakers
Sun 27 Sep - Mon 28 SepSun 27 Sep - Mon 28 SepSun 27 Sep - Mon 28 Sep2020,9,27,12,00 - 2020,9,28,13,00

Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
2020,9,27,12,00
PSG⁠⁠	1	0	27 September 2020 12:00:00 +00002020,9,27,12,0005:0014:0021:00	⁠⁠UOL
2020,9,27,13,00
LGD⁠⁠	1	0	27 September 2020 13:00:00 +00002020,9,27,13,0006:0015:0022:00	⁠⁠V3
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
2020,9,28,12,00
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	28 September 2020 12:00:00 +00002020,9,28,12,0005:0014:0021:00	⁠⁠MAD
2020,9,28,13,00
LGC⁠⁠	0	1	28 September 2020 13:00:00 +00002020,9,28,13,0006:0015:0022:00	⁠⁠TL

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Elimination Round
Mon 28 Sep - Tue 29 SepTue 29 SepTue 29 Sep2020,9,29,06,00 - 2020,9,29,10,00

Mon 2020-09-28
Tue 2020-09-29
Tue 2020-09-29
2020,9,29,06,00
R7⁠⁠	0	3	29 September 2020 06:00:00 +00002020,9,29,06,0023:0008:0015:00	⁠⁠LGD
Tue 2020-09-29
2020,9,29,10,00
SUP⁠⁠	3	2	29 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,29,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠MAD

Patch: 10.19 Disabled:
[showhide] Qualification Round
Tue 29 Sep - Wed 30 SepWed 30 SepWed 30 Sep2020,9,30,06,00 - 2020,9,30,10,00

Tue 2020-09-29
Wed 2020-09-30
Wed 2020-09-30
2020,9,30,06,00
LGC⁠⁠	0	3	30 September 2020 06:00:00 +00002020,9,30,06,0023:0008:0015:00	⁠⁠LGD
Wed 2020-09-30
2020,9,30,10,00
UOL⁠⁠	3	0	30 September 2020 10:00:00 +00002020,9,30,10,0003:0012:0019:00	⁠⁠SUP

VODs & Match Links[]

[show allhide all] VODs & Match Links
[showhide] Day 1
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠MAD	⁠⁠ITZ	1 - 0	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm	Link	Kaiser	Link	Link	Link	None	MAD	ITZ	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠PSG	⁠⁠R7	1 - 0	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm	Link	Kaiwing	Link	Link	Link	Kaiwing	PSG	R7	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGC	⁠⁠ITZ	1 - 0	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm	Link	Tally	Link	Link	Link	None	LGC	ITZ	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGD	⁠⁠PSG	0 - 1	Medic	Ender			Link	Link	Link	None	LGD	PSG	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠MAD	1 - 0	Medic	Ender			Link	Link	Link	Impact	TL	MAD	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
[showhide] Day 2
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠R7	⁠⁠V3	0 - 1	Pastrytime	Crumbz			Link	Link	Link	None	R7	V3	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠ITZ	⁠⁠SUP	0 - 1	Pastrytime	Crumbz			Link	Link	Link	Armut	ITZ	SUP	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠V3	⁠⁠UOL	0 - 1	Pastrytime	Crumbz	Link	Sheepy	Link	Link	Link	Nomanz	V3	UOL	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGD	⁠⁠R7	0 - 1	Medic	Ender			Link	Link	Link	None	LGD	R7	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠UOL	⁠⁠PSG	1 - 0	Medic	Ender			Link	Link	Link	None	UOL	PSG	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠MAD	1 - 0	Medic	Ender	Link	Bolulu	Link	Link	Link	None	SUP	MAD	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠LGC	1 - 0	Medic	Ender	Link	Tactical	Link	Link	Link	None	TL	LGC	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
[showhide] Day 3
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠V3	⁠⁠LGD	0 - 1	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm			Link	Link	Link	None	V3	LGD	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠R7	⁠⁠UOL	1 - 0	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm	Link	Nomanz	Link	Link	Link	Josedeodo	R7	UOL	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠PSG	⁠⁠V3	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel			Link	Link	Link	Kongyue	PSG	V3	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠UOL	⁠⁠LGD	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel			Link	Link	Link	None	UOL	LGD	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
[showhide] Day 4
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠TL	0 - 1	Pastrytime	Crumbz	Link	Jensen	Link	Link	Link	CoreJJ	SUP	TL	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠MAD	⁠⁠LGC	0 - 1	Pastrytime	Crumbz	Link	Babip	Link	Link	Link	None	MAD	LGC	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠ITZ	⁠⁠TL	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel			Link	Link	Link	None	ITZ	TL	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGC	⁠⁠SUP	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel	Link	Topoon	Link	Link	Link	None	LGC	SUP	N/A	Link	PB • Start • Post
[showhide] Tiebreakers
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠PSG	⁠⁠UOL	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel	Link	Unified	Link	Link	Link	None	UOL	PSG	UOL	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGD	⁠⁠V3	1 - 0	Quickshot	Caedrel	Link	Peanut	Link	Link	Link	None	LGD	V3	LGD	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠ITZ	⁠⁠MAD	0 - 1	Quickshot	Caedrel	Link	Orome	Link	Link	Link	None	MAD	ITZ	MAD	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠LGC	⁠⁠TL	0 - 1	Quickshot	Caedrel		Jatt	Link	Link	Link	Broxah	TL	LGC	TL	Link	PB • Start • Post
[showhide] Elimination Round
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠R7	⁠⁠LGD	0 - 3	CaptainFlowers	Razleplasm			Link	Link	Link	Peanut	R7	LGD	R7	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											R7	LGD	R7	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											LGD	R7	R7	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠MAD	3 - 2	Drakos	Froskurinn	Link	Bolulu	Link	Link	Link	KaKAO	SUP	MAD	SUP	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											MAD	SUP	MAD	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											SUP	MAD	SUP	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											MAD	SUP	MAD	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
											SUP	MAD	SUP	Link	PB • Start • Post • HL
[showhide] Qualification Round
Team 1	Team 2	Score	PBP	Color	Interview	With	HL	WP	Reddit	MVP	Blue	Red	Side Sel	MH	VODs
⁠⁠LGC	⁠⁠LGD	0 - 3	Pastrytime	Crumbz				Link	Link	xiye	LGC	LGD	LGC	Link	PB • Start • Post
											LGC	LGD	LGC	Link	PB • Start • Post
											LGC	LGD	LGC	Link	PB • Start • Post
⁠⁠UOL	⁠⁠SUP	3 - 0	Medic	Ender	Link	Nomanz		Link	Link	Nomanz	UOL	SUP	UOL	Link	PB • Start • Post
											SUP	UOL	SUP	Link	PB • Start • Post
											UOL	SUP	SUP	Link	PB • Start • Post

Individual Awards[]

"Player of the Game" Standings[]

Note: Only two MVP awards were assigned each day of the Group Stage.

MVP Standings

Rank	Times	Player
1	2	Nomanz
2	1	Armut
2	1	Broxah
2	1	CoreJJ
2	1	Impact

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2	1	Josedeodo
2	1	Kaiwing
2	1	KaKAO
2	1	Kongyue
2	1	Peanut
2	1	xiye

Media[]

Streams[]

Viewership Statistics[]

References[]

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Worlds 2020 Play-In

Contents

Overview[]

Format[]

Progressing Teams[]

Participants[]

Results[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Knockout Stage (Round 2)[]

Match Schedule[]

VODs & Match Links[]

Individual Awards[]

"Player of the Game" Standings[]

Media[]

Streams[]

Viewership Statistics[]

References[]

Fan Feed