2014 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends World Championship
2014
2014 LoL World Championship logo.png
Tournament information
LocationTaiwan
Singapore
South Korea
DatesSeptember 18–October 19
Administrator Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)
5 (in 4 host cities)
Teams16
Purse$2,130,000
Final positions
Champions Samsung Galaxy White
Runner-up Star Horn Royal Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Attendance40,000+ (final)
MVP Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong (Samsung Galaxy White) [1]
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The 2014 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament held from September 18 to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the fourth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. Matches were held in Taipei, Singapore, Busan, and Seoul, with grand finals being at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. [2] The 16 teams qualified by either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch and Azubu in several languages and the finals were aired online on ESPN3.

Contents

The group stage began September 18 in Taipei at the National Taiwan University Sports Center and concluded September 28 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. [3] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, and concluded on October 19 with the grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium, [4] [5] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions. [6] [ citation needed ]

American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament, [7] and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea. [8] All games were made available for free via live streaming. [9]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.

Teams

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage: [10]

RegionLeaguePathTeamIDPool
South KoreaThe ChampionsMost Circuit Points #1 Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy Blue SSB1
Most Circuit Points #2 Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy White SSW2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of South Korea.svg NaJin White ShieldNWS
ChinaLPLRegional Finals Winner #1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EDward Gaming EDG1
Regional Finals Winner #2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Star Horn Royal Club SHR2
Regional Finals Winner #3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg OMG OMG
EuropeEU LCSSummer Champion Flag of Europe.svg Alliance ALL1
Summer Runner-up Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic FNC2
Summer Third-place Flag of Europe.svg SK Gaming SK3
North AmericaNA LCSSummer Champion Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid TSM1
Summer Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 C92
Summer Third-place Flag of the United States.svg LMQ LMQ3
TW/HK/MO & SEAGPLSummer Champion Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei Assassins TPA2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
WildcardBrazilCBLolIWCTCBLol Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT PAX 2014 Winner		 Flag of Brazil.svg KaBuM! e-Sports KBM3
TurkeyTCLTCL Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT Gamescom 2014 Winner		 Flag of Turkey.svg Dark Passage DP3

Venues

Taipei, Singapore, Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition.

Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei, Taiwan Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines, Singapore Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Busan Seoul
Group Stage A and BGroup Stage C and DQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
National Taiwan University Sports Center Singapore EXPO BEXCO Center Olympic Gymnastics Arena Seoul World Cup Stadium
NTU Sports Center and NTU playground 20201213 (cropped).jpg Singapore Expo 2009.jpg Busan BEXCO.jpg Olympic Gymnasium No. 1 olrimpigje1ceyuggwan (5477801853).jpg Seoul World Cup Stadium 01.jpg
Capacity: 4,200Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 4,002Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 66,704

Group stage

The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams.

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Samsung White6601.000Advance to knockouts
2Edward Gaming7430.571
3Ahq e-Sports Club7340.429
4Dark Passage6060.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Star Horn Royal Club6510.833Advance to knockouts
2Team SoloMid6420.667
3SK Gaming6240.333
4Taipei Assassins6150.167
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine )
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Samsung Blue6510.833Advance to knockouts
2OMG6330.500
3LMQ6240.333
4Fnatic6240.333
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1NaJin White Shield7520.714Advance to knockouts
2Cloud97430.571
3Alliance6330.500
4KaBuM e-Sports6150.167
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine )

Knockout stage

Seoul World Cup Stadium for the finals 2014 Worlds Finals - 11.jpg
Seoul World Cup Stadium for the finals
Quarterfinals
BEXCO 		Semifinals
Olympic Gymnastics Arena 		Final
Seoul World Cup Stadium
October 3
Team SoloMid1
October 11
Samsung Galaxy White3
Samsung Galaxy White3
October 4
Samsung Galaxy Blue0
Cloud91
October 19
Samsung Galaxy Blue3
Samsung Galaxy White3
October 5
Star Horn Royal Club1
Star Horn Royal Club3
October 12
EDward Gaming2
Star Horn Royal Club3
October 6
OMG2
NaJin White Shield0
OMG3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine )

Final standings

PlaceTeamPrize money [11]
1st Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy White $1,000,000
2nd Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Star Horn Royal Club $250,000
3rd–4th Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg OMG $150,000
Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy Blue
5–8th Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 $75,000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EDward Gaming
Flag of South Korea.svg NaJin White Shield
Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid
9–11th Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club $45,000
Flag of Europe.svg Alliance
Flag of Europe.svg SK Gaming
12–13th Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic $35,000
Flag of the United States.svg LMQ
14–16th Flag of Turkey.svg Dark Passage$25,000
Flag of Brazil.svg KaBuM! e-Sports
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei Assassins

Viewership and attendance

Around 40,000 fans attended the grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club. [12] It is estimated that there were 288 million cumulative views throughout the entire tournament. [13] [14] [15]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. [13] [14]

Racism incident

Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong". Johnsen was fined US$2,500 and was suspended from his team's first three games in the tournament. [16]

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