Mid-Season Invitational

Overview[]

Year	Date & Finals Venue	Prize Pool	Winner	Runner-Up	Score	MVP
2015	2015-05-07 — 2015-05-10 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, Tallahassee	$ 200,000	CN ⁠⁠EDward Gaming	KR ⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	3 - 2	Clearlove
2016	2016-05-04 — 2016-05-15 Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai	$ 450,000	KR ⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	NA ⁠⁠Counter Logic Gaming	3 - 0	Faker
2017	2017-04-28 — 2017-05-21 Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro	$ 1,690,000	KR ⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	EU ⁠⁠G2 Esports	3 - 1	Wolf
2018	2018-05-03 — 2018-05-20 Zenith Paris - La Villette, Paris	$ 1,370,520	CN ⁠⁠Royal Never Give Up	KR ⁠⁠Kingzone DragonX	3 - 1	Uzi
2019	2019-05-01 — 2019-05-19 Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei	$ 250,000*	EU ⁠⁠G2 Esports	NA ⁠⁠Team Liquid	3 - 0	Caps
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	2021-05-06 — 2021-05-23 Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík	$ 250,000*	CN ⁠⁠Royal Never Give Up	KR ⁠⁠DWG KIA	3 - 2	GALA

* Minimum possible prize.

Organizations By Appearances[]

Organizations with at least two appearances are listed.

Org	#	Team	#	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)	2021 (S11)
⁠⁠	4	LMS ⁠⁠FW	4		0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0050005
⁠⁠	4	KR ⁠⁠SKT	4	0020002	0010001	0010001		0030043 - 4
⁠⁠	3	EU ⁠⁠G2	3		0050005	0020002		0010001
⁠⁠	3	TR ⁠⁠SUP	3		0060006	0070007	0070087 - 8
⁠⁠	3	CN ⁠⁠RNG	3		0030043 - 4		0010001		0010001
⁠⁠	2	OCE ⁠⁠DW	2			01001110 - 11	01100011
⁠⁠	2	EU ⁠⁠FNC	2	0030043 - 4			0030043 - 4
⁠⁠	2	LAS ⁠⁠ISG	1			01201312 - 13
⁠⁠	2	LAT ⁠⁠ISG	1					01101211 - 12
⁠⁠	2	LAN ⁠⁠LYN	1			0080098 - 9
⁠⁠	2	LAN ⁠⁠R7	1				0090109 - 10
⁠⁠	2	NA ⁠⁠TL	2				0050005	0020002
⁠⁠	2	NA ⁠⁠TSM	2	0050005		0050005
⁠⁠	2	JP ⁠⁠DFM	2					0080098 - 9	0070097 - 9

Organizations By Prize Amount[]

Only the Top 10 highest paid Organizations are listed

Team	Prize money	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)*
⁠⁠SKT	1,001,000 $	50,000 $	250,000 $	676,000 $		25,000$
⁠⁠RNG	577,650 $		50,000 $		527,650 $
⁠⁠G2	438,000 $			338,000 $		100,000 $
⁠⁠FW	365,126 $		50,000 $	169,000 $	133,626 $	12,500$
⁠⁠KZ	267,251 $				267,251 $
⁠⁠WE	169,000 $			169,000 $
⁠⁠FNC	158,626 $	25,000 $			133,626 $
⁠⁠TL	118,526 $				68,526 $	50,000 $
⁠⁠CLG	100,000 $		100,000 $
⁠⁠EDG	100,000 $	100,000 $

*Minimum possible prize

Players By Appearances[]

Players with at least three appearances are listed.

Player	Position	Number of Participations	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)
Faker	Mid	4	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT		⁠⁠SKT
Bang	Bot	3	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT
Betty	Bot	3			⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW
Dumbledoge	Support	3	⁠⁠BJK	⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠SUP
fabFabulous	Top	3		⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠SUP
Karsa	Jungle	3		⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠RNG
Maple	Mid	3		⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW
Oddie	Jungle	3			⁠⁠LYN	⁠⁠R7	⁠⁠ISG
Perkz	Mid/Bot	3		⁠⁠G2	⁠⁠G2		⁠⁠G2
Seiya	Mid	3			⁠⁠LYN	⁠⁠R7	⁠⁠ISG
Stomaged	Jungle	3		⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠SUP
SwordArT	Support	3		⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW	⁠⁠FW
Wolf	Support	3	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠SKT
Xmithie	Jungle	3		⁠⁠CLG		⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠TL

Players By MSI Wins[]

No.	Win(s)	Player	Team
1	2	Bang	⁠⁠ (2016, 2017)
1	2	Faker	⁠⁠ (2016, 2017)
1	2	Wolf	⁠⁠ (2016, 2017)
1	2	Ming	⁠⁠ (2018, 2021)
1	2	Xiaohu	⁠⁠ (2018, 2021)

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No.	Win(s)	Player	Team
6	1	Blank	⁠⁠ (2016)
6	1	Caps	⁠⁠ (2019)
6	1	Clearlove	⁠⁠ (2015)
6	1	Deft	⁠⁠ (2015)
6	1	Duke	⁠⁠ (2016)
6	1	Huni	⁠⁠ (2017)
6	1	Jankos	⁠⁠ (2019)
6	1	Karsa	⁠⁠ (2018)
6	1	Koro1	⁠⁠ (2015)
6	1	Letme	⁠⁠ (2018)
6	1	Meiko	⁠⁠ (2015)
6	1	Mikyx	⁠⁠ (2019)
6	1	Mlxg	⁠⁠ (2018)
6	1	PawN	⁠⁠ (2015)
6	1	Peanut	⁠⁠ (2017)
6	1	Perkz	⁠⁠ (2019)
6	1	Uzi	⁠⁠ (2018)
6	1	Wunder	⁠⁠ (2019)
6	1	Wei	⁠⁠ (2021)
6	1	GALA	⁠⁠ (2021)
6	1	Cryin	⁠⁠ (2021)

Nations By Appearances[]

Players listed played at least 1 game. Country of birth is used.

Nation	Number of Players	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)	List of players
South Korea	63	11	9	12	13	18	BalKhan, Bang (3), Bdd, Ben, Bengi, Blank, Bugi, Clid, CoreJJ, Cuzz, Dara, Deft, Duke, Easyhoon, Emperor, Expect, Faker (4), Gaeng (2), GBM, Gorilla, Huni (2), Impact (2), Jjun, Khan (2), Looper, Lustboy, MaRin, Mata (2), Mimic, Moojin, Mystic, Olleh Once, PawN, Peanut (2), PoP, PraY, Rather, Reignover, Rookie, Ruin, Steal, SnowFlower, Teddy, TheShy, Trick (2), Tussle, Wolf (3), Zero
Taiwan	23	5	5	5	5	3	Albis, AN, Betty (3), Hanabi (2), Karsa (3), Maple (3), MMD (2), Mountain, NL, ShiauC, SwordArT (3), westdoor, Ziv
China	18	3	3	4	5	3	957, Baolan, Biofrost, Clearlove, Condi, JackeyLove, Koro1, Letme, Meiko, Ming, Mlxg (2), Ning, Uzi, Wuxx, Xiaohu (2), xiye
Turkey	18	3	5	5	3	2	Dumbledoge (3), fabFabulous (3), Japone, Naru (2), Only35, Stomaged (3), Thaldrin (2), Theokoles, Zeitnot (2)
Vietnam	16	0	0	5	5	6	Archie, BigKoro, Levi, Meliodas, Naul, Optimus, Palette, RonOP, Slay (2), Stark (2), Warzone, XuHao, YiJin, Zeros
Brazil	15	0	0	5	5	5	brTT, dyNquedo, Envy, Mills, Nappon, Ranger, RedBert, Riyev, Robo, Shini, Tay, Titan, tockers, YoDa, Zantins
Denmark	12	2	1	4	2	3	Achuu, Bjergsen (2), Broxah, Caps (2), Doxy, Jensen, Santorin, Svenskeren, Wunder, Zven
Chile	9	0	0	4	3	2	Emp, Kindless, Plugo, Pride, QQMore, Slow (2), Tierwulf, Warangelus
Japan	9	0	0	3	3	3	Ceros, Evi (2), Paz, Ramune (2), Yutapon, Yutorimoyashi (2)
Australia	8	0	0	3	2	3	Destiny, FBI, k1ng (2), Phantiks, Rogue, ry0ma, Triple
Russia	8	0	0	2	2	4	AHaHaCiK, BOSS, Diamondprox, Kreox, Lodik, Nomanz, SaNTaS (2)
Thailand	8	0	0	0	5	3	G4 (2), Intreso, Lloyd (2), Rich, Rockky (2)
United States	8	1	2	1	3	1	aphromoo, Doublelift (2), Dyrus, Hauntzer, Joey, Pobelter, Stixxay
Argentina	7	0	0	3	4	0	Fix, Genthix (2), Nate, Newbie, WhiteLotus (2)
France	5	2	1	1	1	0	Dioud, huhi, sOAZ, Steelback, YellOwStaR
Mexico	5	0	0	2	2	1	Jirall (2), Seiya (3)
Canada	3	1	1	1	0	0	Darshan, WildTurtle (2)
Croatia	3	0	1	1	0	1	Perkz (3)
Netherlands	3	1	1	0	0	1	Febiven, Hybrid, Kirei
New Zealand	3	0	0	1	2	0	Chippys (2), Cupcake
Peru	3	0	0	1	1	1	Oddie (3)
Philippines	3	0	1	0	1	1	Xmithie (3)
Sweden	3	0	0	0	1	2	Bolulu, Hades, Rekkles
Ukraine	3	0	0	1	2	0	Kira, Paranoia, PvPStejos
Malaysia	2	0	0	1	1	0	Shernfire (2)
Poland	2	0	1	0	0	1	Jankos, Kikis
Armenia	1	0	0	0	1	0	Edward
Belarus	1	0	0	0	0	1	Gadget
Belgium	1	0	0	0	1	0	Bwipo
Bulgaria	1	0	0	0	1	0	Hylissang
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	0	0	Nardeus
Latvia	1	0	0	1	0	0	Blasting
Norway	1	1	0	0	0	0	Energy
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	1	Mikyx
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	0	mithy
Uruguay	1	0	0	0	0	1	Buggax
Total	270	31	31	67	74	67

Regions By Appearances[]

Players listed played at least 1 game. Current Region at the time of the tournament is used.

Region	Number of Players	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)	List of players
Korea	62	11	10	12	13	16	BalKhan, Bang (3), Bdd, Ben, Bengi, Blank, Bugi, Clid, CoreJJ, Cuzz, Dara, Deft, Duke, Easyhoon, Emperor, Expect, Faker (4), Gaeng (2), GBM, Gorilla, huhi, Huni (2), Impact, Jjun, Khan (2), Looper, Lustboy, MaRin, Mata (2), Mimic, Moojin, Mystic, Olleh Once, PawN, Peanut (2), PoP, PraY, Rather, Reignover, Ruin, Steal, SnowFlower, Teddy, TheShy, Trick (2), Tussle, Wolf (3), Zero
Europe	30	6	4	6	7	7	Achuu, Broxah, Bwipo, Caps (2), Dioud, Doxy, Edward, Energy, Febiven, Hybrid, Hylissang, Jankos, Jensen, Kikis, Kirei, Mikyx, mithy, Nardeus, Perkz (3), Rekkles, Santorin, sOAZ, Steelback, Svenskeren, Wunder, YellOwStaR, Zven
LMS	23	5	5	5	5	3	Albis, AN, Betty (3), Hanabi (2), Karsa (3), Maple (3), MMD (2), Mountain, NL, ShiauC, SwordArT (3), westdoor, Ziv
Turkey	19	3	5	5	3	4	Bolulu, Dumbledoge (3), fabFabulous (3), Hades, Japone, Stomaged (3), Naru (2), Only35, Thaldrin (2), Theokoles, Zeitnot (2)
North America	18	3	4	4	4	3	aphromoo, Biofrost, Bjergsen (2), Darshan, Doublelift (2), Dyrus, Hauntzer, Impact, Joey, Pobelter, Stixxay, WildTurtle (2), Xmithie (3)
Brazil	15	0	0	5	5	5	brTT, dyNquedo, Envy, Mills, Nappon, Ranger, RedBert, Riyev, Robo, Shini, Tay, Titan, tockers, YoDa, Zantins
China	18	3	3	3	5	4	957, Baolan, Clearlove, Condi, Koro1, JackeyLove, Letme, Meiko, Ming, Mlxg (2), Ning, Rookie, Uzi, Wuxx, Xiaohu (2), xiye
LAS	14	0	0	7	7	-	Emp, Fix, Genthix (2), Kindless, Nate, Newbie, WhiteLotus (2), Plugo, Pride, QQMore, Slow, Tierwulf
CIS	13	0	0	4	4	5	AHaHaCiK, Blasting, BOSS, Diamondprox, Gadget, Kira, Kreox, Lodik, Nomanz, Paranoia, PvPStejos, SaNTaS (2)
Oceania	13	0	0	5	5	3	Chippys (2), Cupcake, Destiny, FBI, k1ng (2), Phantiks, Rogue, ry0ma, Shernfire (2), Triple
SEA	13	0	0	5	5	3	Archie, G4 (2), Intreso, Levi, Lloyd (2), Optimus, Rich, Rockky, Slay, Stark
Vietnam	11	-	-	-	5	6	BigKoro, Meliodas, Naul, Palette, RonOP, Slay, Stark, Warzone, XuHao, YiJin, Zeros
Japan	9	0	0	3	3	3	Ceros, Evi (2), Paz, Ramune (2), Yutapon, Yutorimoyashi (2)
LAN	6	0	0	3	3	-	Jirall (2), Oddie (2), Seiya (2)
Latin America	5	-	-	-	-	5	Buggax, Oddie, Seiya, Slow, Warangelus
Total	270	31	31	67	74	67