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
Venues
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]
  2014
2016  

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

Venues

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

Paris, France London, England Brussels, Belgium 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

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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
Flash Wolves1
24 October – Brussels Expo
Origen3
Origen0
16 October – Wembley Arena
SK Telecom T13
SK Telecom T13
31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena
ahq e-Sports Club0
SK Telecom T13
17 October – Wembley Arena
KOO Tigers1
Fnatic3
25 October – Brussels Expo
EDward Gaming0
Fnatic0
18 October – Wembley Arena
KOO Tigers3
KT Rolster1
KOO Tigers3

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]
1stSK Telecom T1$1,000,000
2ndKOO Tigers$250,000
3rd–4thFnatic$150,000
Origen
5–8thahq e-Sports Club$75,000
EDward Gaming
Flash Wolves
KT Rolster
9–11thCloud9$45,000
H2k-Gaming
LGD Gaming
12–13thpaiN Gaming$35,000
Counter Logic Gaming
14–16thBangkok Titans$25,000
Invictus Gaming
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]

References

  1. Magrino, Tom (October 31, 2015). "SKT rises above KOO Tigers 3–1 to become the 2015 World Champion". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  2. "League of Legends World Championships: What you need to know". BBC. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Fields, Frank (September 7, 2015). "Everything you need to know about the 2015 World Championship" . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  4. "2015 World Championship Venues | LoL Esports" . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  5. Ward, Mark (October 16, 2015). "League of Legends makes global gains". BBC. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  6. "Team CLG Gets Focused - League of Legends Finals - ESPN".
  7. "2015 World Championship Rules" (PDF). Riot Games. July 7, 2015. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  8. Ramgobin, Ryan (October 30, 2015). "SKT rises above KOO Tigers 3–1 to become the 2015 World Champion". The Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  9. "League of Legends 2015 ChampionShip Saw 334 million Unique Impressions | SegmentNext". 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  10. Leigh, Hunter (October 21, 2015). "Competitive Ruling: C9 Hai". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  11. Leigh, Hunter (October 18, 2015). "Gragas Disabled for Rest of Worlds 2015". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.

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