Worlds Season 2

Season 2 World Championship
Season 2 World Championship
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Location & Dates
Region	INTInternational
Event Type	Offline
Country	; United States
Address	Los Angeles, California
Start Date	2012-10-04
End Date	2012-10-13
Broadcast
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule; Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

Main Event

Regional Finals

Overview

The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October of 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the $5 million USD season. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at $2 million USD. The grand finals took place on October 13 at the Galen Center on the campus of the University of Southern California, while all group stage, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches took place the week before, between October 4 and 6th. The matches were cast by Deman, Phreak, Jatt, and Rivington while the event being hosted by veteran hosts Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham and Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico.^[1]^[2] 8.2 million viewers tuned in to the World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched esports event in history at the time.^[3] This record was later surpassed by the Season 3 World Championship.^[4]

Overview[]

Format[]

Of the five first seeds (Team SoloMid, Moscow Five, Team WE, Taipei Assassins, and Azubu Frost) a random drawing was done to determine which four teams skip the group stage
- The random drawing determined that Azubu Frost would go to the group stage while the others received a bye
Eight teams were divided into two groups of four
Group stage was round robin, best of one matches
Top two teams of each group advance to the bracket stage
- In case of a tie, a single sudden death elimination game would be played between the tied teams. In case of a three way tie, the teams would play a round robin until a winner is decided. ^[5]
Grand Finals were best of five, all other bracket matches were best of three
All matches were played on the v1.0.0.147 World Championship Hotfix Patch with Rengar, Syndra and Kha'Zix globally banned.^[6]

Prize Pool[]

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

Local • Euro

Place	Prize	Prize (%)	Team
1	$1,000,000€770,000	50%	⁠⁠Taipei Assassins
2	$250,000€192,500	12.5%	⁠⁠Azubu Frost
3-4	$150,000€115,500	7.5%	⁠⁠Moscow Five
3-4	$150,000€115,500	7.5%	⁠⁠CLG Europe
5-8	$75,000€57,750	3.75%	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming
			⁠⁠NaJin Sword
			⁠⁠TSM
			⁠⁠Team WE
9-10	$50,000€38,500	2.5%	⁠⁠CLG Prime
9-10	$50,000€38,500	2.5%	⁠⁠Saigon Jokers
11-12	$25,000€19,250	1.25%	⁠⁠SK Gaming
11-12	$25,000€19,250	1.25%	⁠⁠Dignitas

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 13, 2012, as follows:

$ 1 US Dollar = € 0.77 Euros

Participants[]

Qualifications
Region	Seed	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
CN China	1	⁠⁠Team WE	???	China Circuit Points
CN China	2	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	2012-07-27	Season 2 China Regional Finals
EU Europe	1	⁠⁠Moscow Five	2012-08-18	Season 2 Europe Regional Finals
	2	⁠⁠SK Gaming	2012-08-18
	3	⁠⁠CLG Europe	2012-08-19
KR Korea	1	⁠⁠Azubu Frost	2012-09-08	Champions 2012 Summer Champion
KR Korea	2	⁠⁠NaJin Sword	2012-09-21	Season 2 Korea Regional Finals
NA North America	1	⁠⁠TSM	2012-09-01	Season 2 North America Regional Finals
	2	⁠⁠Dignitas	2012-09-01
	3	⁠⁠CLG Prime	2012-09-02
SEA Southeast Asia	1	⁠⁠Saigon Jokers	2012-09-09	Season 2 Southeast Asia Regional Finals
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	1	⁠⁠Taipei Assassins	2012-09-01	Season 2 Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao Regional Finals

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Rosters By Game

Player Chart


Azubu Frost
⁠⁠
Shy
CloudTemplar
RapidStar
Woong
MadLife


CLG Europe
⁠⁠
Wickd
Snoopeh
Froggen
yellowpete
Krepo


CLG Prime
⁠⁠
Voyboy
HotshotGG
bigfatlp
Doublelift
Chauster


Dignitas
⁠⁠
Crumbzz
IWDominate
scarra
imaqtpie
Patoy


Invictus Gaming
⁠⁠
PDD
illuSioN
Zzitai
Kid
XiaoXiao


Moscow Five
⁠⁠
Darien
Diamond
Alex Ich
Genja
GoZu


NaJin Sword
⁠⁠
MaKNooN
Watch
SSONG
PraY
Cain


Saigon Jokers
⁠⁠
QTV
Violet
NIXWATER
Archie
Junie


SK Gaming
⁠⁠
kev1n
Araneae
ocelotee
YellOwStar
Nyph1


TSM
⁠⁠
Dyrus
TheOddOne
Reginald
Chaox
Xpecial


Taipei Assassins
⁠⁠
Stanley
Lilballz
Toyz
Bebe
MiSTakE


Team WE
⁠⁠
Caomei
ClearLove
Misaya
Weixiao
Fzzf

All-Star Showmatch Rosters
Team BLUE	Team RED
Voyboy	MaKNooN
Diamondprox	illuSioN
ocelote	scarra
Chaox	Weixiao
Krepo	Junie

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Group A

Team

Games

Str

1

KR

⁠

⁠Azubu Frost

3 - 0

100%

3W

2

CN

⁠

⁠Invictus Gaming

2 - 1

67%

2W

3

NA

⁠

⁠CLG Prime

1 - 2

33%

1L

4

EU

⁠

⁠SK Gaming

0 - 3

0%

3L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		1 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 0	3 - 0	100%
⁠⁠	0 - 1		0 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 2	33.33%
⁠⁠	0 - 1	1 - 0		1 - 0	2 - 1	66.67%
⁠⁠	0 - 1	0 - 1	0 - 1		0 - 3	0%

Group B

Team

Games

Str

1

KR

⁠

⁠NaJin Sword

3 - 0

100%

3W

2

EU

⁠

⁠CLG Europe

2 - 1

67%

1W

3

SEA

⁠

⁠Saigon Jokers

1 - 2

33%

1L

4

NA

⁠

⁠Dignitas

0 - 3

0%

3L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		1 - 0	0 - 1	1 - 0	2 - 1	66.67%
⁠⁠	0 - 1		0 - 1	0 - 1	0 - 3	0%
⁠⁠	1 - 0	1 - 0		1 - 0	3 - 0	100%
⁠⁠	0 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 1		1 - 2	33.33%

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals

EU

⁠

⁠M5

2

CN

⁠

⁠iG

0

LMS

⁠

⁠TPA

2

KR

⁠

⁠NJ SWD

0

NA

⁠

⁠TSM

0

KR

⁠

⁠AZF

2

CN

⁠

⁠WE

1

EU

⁠

⁠CLG.EU

2

Semifinals

EU

⁠

⁠M5

1

LMS

⁠

⁠TPA

2

KR

⁠

⁠AZF

2

EU

⁠

⁠CLG.EU

1

Finals

LMS

⁠

⁠TPA

3

KR

⁠

⁠AZF

1

All-Star Showmatch[]

Showmatch

Team BLUE

1

Team RED

0

Controversy[]

During the World Championship Playoffs, five matches were found to have rule violations that required investigation. The five incidents all involved players looking away from their monitors and are as follows:

In CLG EU vs. Team WE, Weixiao looked at the venue screen to see the minimap.
In Invictus Gaming vs. SK Gaming, Zz1tai looked at the venue screen to see the minimap.
In Azubu Frost vs. Team SoloMid, Dyrus looked at the venue screen to see the minimap.
In Taipei Assassins vs. NaJin Sword, Stanley looked to his left and then adjusted his monitor.
In Azubu Frost vs. Team SoloMid, Woong looked at the venue screen to see the minimap.

In the cases of Weixiao, Zz1tai, Dyrus, and Stanley, it was determined that the players gained no advantage and the first three players were issued warnings for unsportsmanlike conduct; Stanley was not given a warning since it was determined that he was adjusting to monitor glare. In the case of Woong, it was determined that his actions had an impact on the game, although not the overall outcome of the Azubu Frost vs. Team SoloMid match. Azubu Frost was issued a fine of $30,000 USD. More detailed information on each case can be found on Riot's official forum.

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule

CD|You|PST|CET|KST

[showhide] Group Stage
Thu 4 OctThu 4 Oct - Fri 5 OctFri 5 Oct2012,10,04,16,00 - 2012,10,05,03,00

Thu 2012-10-04
Thu 2012-10-04
Fri 2012-10-05
2012,10,04,16,00
AZF⁠⁠	1	0	4 October 2012 16:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,16,0009:0018:0001:00	⁠⁠iG
2012,10,04,17,00
CLG.P⁠⁠	0	1	4 October 2012 17:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,17,0010:0019:0002:00	⁠⁠iG
2012,10,04,18,00
AZF⁠⁠	1	0	4 October 2012 18:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,18,0011:0020:0003:00	⁠⁠SK
2012,10,04,19,00
SK⁠⁠	0	1	4 October 2012 19:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,19,0012:0021:0004:00	⁠⁠CLG.P
2012,10,04,20,00
CLG.P⁠⁠	0	1	4 October 2012 20:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,20,0013:0022:0005:00	⁠⁠AZF
2012,10,04,21,00
SK⁠⁠	0	1	4 October 2012 21:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,21,0014:0023:0006:00	⁠⁠iG
Fri 2012-10-05
2012,10,04,22,00
DIG⁠⁠	0	1	4 October 2012 22:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,22,0015:0000:0007:00	⁠⁠CLG.EU
2012,10,04,23,00
NJ SWD⁠⁠	1	0	4 October 2012 23:00:00 +0000-2012,10,04,23,0016:0001:0008:00	⁠⁠SAJ
2012,10,05,00,00
NJ SWD⁠⁠	1	0	5 October 2012 00:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,00,0017:0002:0009:00	⁠⁠CLG.EU
2012,10,05,01,00
DIG⁠⁠	0	1	5 October 2012 01:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,01,0018:0003:0010:00	⁠⁠SAJ
2012,10,05,02,00
CLG.EU⁠⁠	1	0	5 October 2012 02:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,02,0019:0004:0011:00	⁠⁠SAJ
2012,10,05,03,00
NJ SWD⁠⁠	1	0	5 October 2012 03:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,03,0020:0005:0012:00	⁠⁠DIG

[showhide] Quarterfinals
Fri 5 Oct - Wed 10 OctFri 5 Oct - Thu 11 OctSat 6 Oct - Thu 11 Oct2012,10,05,19,00 - 2012,10,11,00,00

Fri 2012-10-05
Fri 2012-10-05
Sat 2012-10-06
2012,10,05,19,00
M5⁠⁠	2	0	5 October 2012 19:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,19,0012:0021:0004:00	⁠⁠iG
2012,10,05,21,00
TPA⁠⁠	2	0	5 October 2012 21:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,21,0014:0023:0006:00	⁠⁠NJ SWD
Sat 2012-10-06
2012,10,05,23,00
TSM⁠⁠	0	2	5 October 2012 23:00:00 +0000-2012,10,05,23,0016:0001:0008:00	⁠⁠AZF
Wed 2012-10-10
Thu 2012-10-11
Thu 2012-10-11
2012,10,11,00,00
WE⁠⁠	1	2	11 October 2012 00:00:00 +0000-2012,10,11,00,0017:0002:0009:00	⁠⁠CLG.EU

[showhide] Semifinals
Wed 10 OctThu 11 OctThu 11 Oct2012,10,11,02,00 - 2012,10,11,04,00

Wed 2012-10-10
Thu 2012-10-11
Thu 2012-10-11
2012,10,11,02,00
M5⁠⁠	1	2	11 October 2012 02:00:00 +0000-2012,10,11,02,0019:0004:0011:00	⁠⁠TPA
2012,10,11,04,00
AZF⁠⁠	2	1	11 October 2012 04:00:00 +0000-2012,10,11,04,0021:0006:0013:00	⁠⁠CLG.EU

[showhide] Finals
Sat 13 OctSun 14 OctSun 14 Oct2012,10,14,00,30 - 2012,10,14,00,30

Sat 2012-10-13
Sun 2012-10-14
Sun 2012-10-14
2012,10,14,00,30
TPA⁠⁠	3	1	14 October 2012 00:30:00 +0000-2012,10,14,00,3017:3002:3009:30	⁠⁠AZF

VODs & Match Links[]

[show allhide all] VODs & Match Links
[showhide] Group Stage
Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs
⁠⁠AZF	⁠⁠iG	1 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠CLG.P	⁠⁠iG	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠AZF	⁠⁠SK	1 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠SK	⁠⁠CLG.P	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠CLG.P	⁠⁠AZF	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠SK	⁠⁠iG	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠DIG	⁠⁠CLG.EU	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠NJ SWD	⁠⁠SAJ	1 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠NJ SWD	⁠⁠CLG.EU	1 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠DIG	⁠⁠SAJ	0 - 1	Vod
⁠⁠CLG.EU	⁠⁠SAJ	1 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠NJ SWD	⁠⁠DIG	1 - 0	Vod
[showhide] Quarterfinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs
⁠⁠M5	⁠⁠iG	2 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠M5	⁠⁠iG	2 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠TPA	⁠⁠NJ SWD	2 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠TPA	⁠⁠NJ SWD	2 - 0	Vod
⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠AZF	0 - 2	Vod
⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠AZF	0 - 2	Vod
⁠⁠WE	⁠⁠CLG.EU	1 - 2	Vod
			Vod
			Vod
[showhide] Semifinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs
⁠⁠M5	⁠⁠TPA	1 - 2	Vod
			Vod
			Vod
⁠⁠AZF	⁠⁠CLG.EU	2 - 1	Vod
			Vod
			Vod
[showhide] Finals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs
⁠⁠TPA	⁠⁠AZF	3 - 1	Vod
			Vod
			Vod
			Vod

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

CN

China

EU

Europe

KR

Korea

NA

North America

SEA

LMS

Groups

2

3

2

3

1

Quarterfinals

2

1

Semifinals

2

1

Finals

1

Winner

1

Players[]

Nationality
Country of Birth

Armenia

Belgium

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Russia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam

Groups

1

4

10

2

1

3

1

4

10

2

4

1

10

1

5

Quarterfinals

1

2

10

2

1

4

10

4

1

3

Semifinals

1

2

1

4

5

4

1

Finals

1

5

4

Winner

1

4

Armenia

Belgium

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Russia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam

Groups

1

3

11

2

1

3

1

4

10

2

4

1

10

1

5

Quarterfinals

1

11

2

1

4

10

4

1

3

Semifinals

1

2

1

4

5

4

1

Finals

1

5

4

Winner

1

4

Players who played at least one game are listed here.

Regional Game Records[]

	CN ⁠⁠	EU ⁠⁠	KR ⁠⁠	NA ⁠⁠	SEA ⁠⁠	LMS ⁠⁠	Total	WR %
CN ⁠⁠		2 - 4	0 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 5	37.5%
EU ⁠⁠	4 - 2		1 - 4	1 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 2	8 - 9	47.06%
KR ⁠⁠	1 - 0	4 - 1		4 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 5	11 - 6	64.71%
NA ⁠⁠	0 - 1	1 - 1	0 - 4		0 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 7	12.5%
SEA ⁠⁠	0 - 0	0 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 0		0 - 0	1 - 2	33.33%
LMS ⁠⁠	0 - 0	2 - 1	5 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0		7 - 2	77.78%

Note: Each individual game in which a team from one region plays a team from another is included. Games between teams from the same region are not included, so there may be some discrepancy between the sum of individual team records within a region and the net records shown here.

Media[]

Streams[]

Broadcast Talent[]

English[]

Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham – Host
Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico – Host
Leigh "Deman" Smith – Play-by-Play Caster
Rivington "Rivington" Bisland III – Play-by-Play Caster
David "Phreak" Turley – Play-by-Play Caster
Joshua "Jatt" Leesman – Color Caster

Mandarin (Taiwan)[]

Clement "Clement" Chu – Color Caster

Videos and Photos[]

Articles[]

Venues[]

Groups / Quarterfinals	Semifinals / Finals
Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Live	Galen Center
Capacity - 2,300	Capacity - 10,258

800 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015	3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089

External Links[]

References[]

↑ RiotMagus Tweet twitter.com
↑ Slasher Tweet twitter.com
↑ Riot: League of Legends Season 2 Championships most watched eSports event of all timegamespot.com
↑ 'League of Legends' eSports finals watched by 32 million people
↑ RiotRedBeard Reddit Post reddit.com
↑ RiotMarcou Forum Post na.leagueoflegends.com

[1] RiotMagus Tweet twitter.com

[2] Slasher Tweet twitter.com

[3] Riot: League of Legends Season 2 Championships most watched eSports event of all timegamespot.com

[4] 'League of Legends' eSports finals watched by 32 million people

[5] RiotRedBeard Reddit Post reddit.com

[6] RiotMarcou Forum Post na.leagueoflegends.com

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Worlds Season 2

Overview[]

Format[]

Prize Pool[]

Participants[]

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Playoffs[]

All-Star Showmatch[]

Controversy[]

Match Schedule[]

VODs & Match Links[]

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

Players[]

Regional Game Records[]

Media[]

Streams[]

Broadcast Talent[]

English[]

Mandarin (Taiwan)[]

Videos and Photos[]

Articles[]

Previews[]

Live Coverage[]

Other[]

Recaps[]

Venues[]

External Links[]

References[]