2015 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends World Championship
2015
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Tournament information
LocationFrance
England
Belgium
Germany
DatesOctober 1–October 31
Administrator Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)
4 (in 4 host cities)
Teams16
Purse$2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31)
Final positions
Champion SK Telecom T1
Runner-up KOO Tigers
Tournament statistics
Matches played73
MVP Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan (SK Telecom T1) [1]
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The 2015 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 1 to 31 in various cities across Europe: the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris, France; the quarterfinals at the Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. [2] There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch, YouTube and Azubu in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for British IP addresses only. A peak of around 14 million concurrent viewers watched the finals, according to official sources.

Contents

Teams

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage: [3]

RegionLeaguePathTeamIDPool
EuropeEU LCSSummer Champion Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic FNC1
Most Championship Points Flag of Europe.svg H2k-Gaming H2K2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of Europe.svg Origen OG3
ChinaLPLMost Championship Points Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg LGD Gaming LGD1
Regional Finals 1st-place Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EDward Gaming EDG2
Regional Finals 2nd-place Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Invictus Gaming IG
North AmericaNA LCSSummer Champion Flag of the United States.svg Counter Logic Gaming CLG1
Most Championship Points Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid TSM2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 C93
South KoreaLCKSummer Champion Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 SKT1
Most Championship Points Flag of South Korea.svg KOO Tigers KOO2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of South Korea.svg KT Rolster KT
TW/HK/MOLMSSummer Champion Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club AHQ2
Regional Finals Winner Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves FW
WildcardBrazilCBLOLIWCTCBLOL Winter Champion
►IWCT Chile Winner		 Flag of Brazil.svg paiN Gaming PNG3
Southeast AsiaGPLGPL Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT Turkey Winner		 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok TitansBKT3

Venues

Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin were the four cities chosen to host the competition.

Flag of France.svg Paris, France Flag of the United Kingdom.svgFlag of England.svg London, England, UK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany
Group StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Le Dock Pullman Wembley Arena Brussels Expo Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 12,500Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 17,000
WCEU Paris.jpg Wembley Arena for 2015 League of Legends World Championship.jpg Bruxelles - Brussels Expo (4).jpg Exterior of arena for 2015 League of Legends World Championship final.jpg

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. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman, Paris and concluded on October 11. [3] In Group B, ahq e-Sports Club and Cloud9 both ended in a 3–3 tie, resulting in a tiebreaker won by ahq e-Sports Club to win second place in the group.

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Flash Wolves642.667Advance to knockouts
2KOO Tigers642.667
3Counter Logic Gaming624.333
4paiN Gaming624.333
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Fnatic642.667Advance to knockouts
2ahq e-Sports Club743.571
3Cloud9734.429
4Invictus Gaming624.333
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1SK Telecom T16601.000Advance to knockouts
2Edward Gaming642.667
3H2k-Gaming624.333
4Bangkok Titans606.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1KT Rolster651.833Advance to knockouts
2Origen642.667
3LGD Gaming624.333
4Team SoloMid615.167
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )

Knockout stage

Wembley Arena stage during the Flash Wolves versus Origen game 1cun0172 Jpg (125315201).jpeg
Wembley Arena stage during the Flash Wolves versus Origen game

The bracket stage started on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London, continued to Brussels Expo in Brussels, and concluded on October 31 with the grand finals hosted in Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin. [4] The knockout stage has been streamed on BBC Three, [5] while the final will be streamed on ESPN3. [6] The bracket stage is played in a best of 5 format. In the grand final, SK Telecom T1 beat KOO Tigers 3 to 1, dropping their only game of the whole tournament.

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
15 October – Wembley Arena
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves 1
24 October – Brussels Expo
Flag of Europe.svg Origen 3
Flag of Europe.svg Origen 0
16 October – Wembley Arena
Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 3
Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 3
31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena
Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club 0
Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 3
17 October – Wembley Arena
Flag of South Korea.svg KOO Tigers 1
Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic 3
25 October – Brussels Expo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EDward Gaming 0
Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic 0
18 October – Wembley Arena
Flag of South Korea.svg KOO Tigers 3
Flag of South Korea.svg KT Rolster 1
Flag of South Korea.svg KOO Tigers 3

Final standings

Players for SK Telecom T1 holding the championship trophy SK Telecom T1 with 2015 League of Legends World Champtionship trophy.jpg
Players for SK Telecom T1 holding the championship trophy
PlaceTeamPrize money [7]
1st Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 $1,000,000
2nd Flag of South Korea.svg KOO Tigers $250,000
3rd–4th Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic $150,000
Flag of Europe.svg Origen
5–8th Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club $75,000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EDward Gaming
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves
Flag of South Korea.svg KT Rolster
9–11th Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 $45,000
Flag of Europe.svg H2k-Gaming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg LGD Gaming
12–13th Flag of Brazil.svg paiN Gaming $35,000
Flag of the United States.svg Counter Logic Gaming
14–16th Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok Titans$25,000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Invictus Gaming
Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid

Viewership numbers

The final was expected to have over 30 million people streaming it online. [8] The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers. [9]

Controversies

Obscenity incident

During the final day of the group stage in Paris, Cloud9's Hai "Hai" Lam made an obscene gesture towards an opponent while on stage. Hai was fined €500. [10]

Technical issues

In game 2 of the quarterfinals between Fnatic and EDward Gaming, an in-game bug occurred to Fnatic's Kim "Reignover" Ui-Jin which prevented the game from continuing, forcing the game to be remade from scratch. EDG lost 0–3 to FNC, but because the remade of game 2, in which FNC had an advantage over EDG, EDG was taunted "lost 0–4 in a BO5" in China. After investigating the issue, Riot Games chose to disable Gragas, the champion Reignover was playing, for the rest of the tournament, along with Lux and Ziggs, champions who were deemed susceptible to the same issue. [11]

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