2017 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends World Championship
2017
LoL Worlds 2017 Logo.png
Tournament information
Location China
DatesSeptember 23–November 4
Administrator Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
12 team double round-robin Play-in Stage
16 team double round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket [1]
Venues
4 (in 4 host cities)
Teams24
Purse$4,596,591 [2]
Final positions
Champion Samsung Galaxy
Runner-up SK Telecom T1
MVP Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (Samsung Galaxy)
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The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the seventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from September 23 –November 4, 2017, in cities across China. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China, with twelve of those teams having to reach the group stage via a play-in round.

Contents

The finals featured a rematch of last year's competitors, and in 2017, Samsung Galaxy secured their second championship win after defeating the three-time world champion SK Telecom T1, with a 3–0 sweep in a best of five final series. Samsung has previously won the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the AD carry of Samsung, was named the MVP of the tournament for his outstanding performances. [3]

Against The Current and Jay Chou collaborated with Riot Games to produce two exclusive songs titled "Legends Never Die" and "Hero" respectively for the tournament, while Alan Walker also produced his own remix of "Legends Never Die".

The 2017 World Championship was praised for its ceremonial performances, [4] [5] while receiving attention worldwide due to the high quality of the tournament, its multiple dramatic and emotional series, [6] [7] [8] [9] and SK Telecom T1's tributary moments. [10] The finals was watched by 60 million unique viewers, breaking 2016's viewer record. [11] A donation of US$2.35 million was also raised through the sales of Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe skin. [12]

Teams and qualifications

Based on the results of MSI and the World Championship in the previous two years, all teams from South Korea (LCK) were seeded directly into the group stage and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) received an extra seed. With the ranking of the 2017 Mid Season Invitational, Southeast Asia (GPL) received a group stage seed for the summer champion team and one more slot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up team, and the North American (NA LCS) summer split champion team was seeded to Pool 2 due to not qualifying for the top 4 at the MSI.

RegionLeaguePathTeamsID
Starting from Group stage
South KoreaLCKSummer Champion Longzhu Gaming LZ
Championship Points SK Telecom T1 SKT
Regional Finals Samsung Galaxy SSG
ChinaLPLSummer Champion Edward Gaming EDG
Championship Points Royal Never Give Up RNG
EuropeEU LCSSummer Champion G2 Esports G2
Championship Points Misfits Gaming MSF
North AmericaNA LCSSummer Champion Team SoloMid TSM
Championship Points Immortals IMT
TW/HK/MacauLMSSummer Champion Flash Wolves FW
Championship Points ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
Vietnam
►Southeast Asia		VCS►GPLSummer Champion GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Starting from Play-in stage
ChinaLPLRegional Finals Team WE WE
EuropeEU LCSRegional Finals Fnatic FNC
North AmericaNA LCSRegional Finals Cloud9 C9
Vietnam
►Southeast Asia		VCS►GPLSummer Runner-up Young Generation YG
TW/HK/MacauLMSRegional Finals Hong Kong Attitude HKA
BrazilCBLOLSummer ChampionTeam oNe EsportsONE
CISLCL Gambit Esports GMB
TurkeyTCL 1907 Fenerbahçe FB
JapanLJL Rampage RPG
Latin America NorthLLNLyon GamingLYN
Latin America SouthCLSKaos Latin GamersKLG
OceaniaOPLDire WolvesDW

Venues

Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing were the four cities chosen to host the competition. [13]

China
Wuhan Guangzhou Shanghai Beijing
Play-ins and Group StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium Guangzhou Gymnasium Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Beijing National Stadium
Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 18,200Capacity: 91,000
Sep 23 –Oct 15Oct 19 –Oct 22Oct 28 –Oct 29Nov 4
Wuhan Sport Centre 02.jpg Guangzhou Gymnasium.JPG Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Indoor Arena.jpg Beijing national stadium.jpg

Play-in stage

Groups

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Team WE4401.000Advance to play-in knockouts
2Lyon Gaming422.500
3Gambit Esports404.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Cloud94401.000Advance to play-in knockouts
2Team One Esports523.400
3Dire Wolves514.200
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Fnatic431.750Advance to play-in knockouts
2Young Generation422.500
3Kaos Latin Gamers413.250
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
11907 Fenerbahçe Espor541.800Advance to play-in knockouts
2Hong Kong Attitude532.600
3Rampage404.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )

Knockouts

Round 1
Team WE3
Young Generation0
Cloud93
Lyon Gaming0
Fnatic3
Hong Kong Attitude0
1907 Fenerbahçe3
Team oNe Esports1

Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )

Group stage

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1SK Telecom T1651.833Advance to knockouts
2Cloud9633.500
3ahq e-Sports Club624.333
4Edward Gaming624.333
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Longzhu Gaming6601.000Advance to knockouts
2Fnatic844.500
3GIGABYTE Marines725.286
4Immortals725.286
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time [a]
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Royal Never Give Up651.833Advance to knockouts
2Samsung Galaxy642.667
3G2 Esports633.500
41907 Fenerbahçe Espor606.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Team WE651.833Advance to knockouts
2Misfits Gaming743.571
3Team SoloMid734.429
4Flash Wolves615.167
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )

Knockout stage

Bracket

The stage for the finals between SKT T1 and Samsung Galaxy in the Beijing National Stadium League of Legends World Championship 2017 Finals.jpg
The stage for the finals between SKT T1 and Samsung Galaxy in the Beijing National Stadium
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1SK Telecom T13
D2Misfits Gaming2
SK Telecom T13
Royal Never Give Up2
C1Royal Never Give Up3
B2Fnatic1
SK Telecom T10
Samsung Galaxy3
D1Team WE3
A2Cloud92
Team WE1
Samsung Galaxy3
B1Longzhu Gaming0
C2Samsung Galaxy3

Quarterfinals

QuarterfinalsOctober 19Longzhu Gaming0–3Samsung Galaxy Guangzhou, China 
    Source Guangzhou Gymnasium  
0Game 11
0Game 21
0Game 31
QuarterfinalsOctober 20SK Telecom T13–2Misfits Gaming Guangzhou, China 
    Source Guangzhou Gymnasium  
1Game 10
0Game 21
0Game 31
1Game 40
1Game 50
QuarterfinalsOctober 21Royal Never Give Up3–1Fnatic Guangzhou, China 
    Source Guangzhou Gymnasium  
1Game 10
1Game 20
0Game 31
1Game 40
QuarterfinalsOctober 22Team WE3–2Cloud9 Guangzhou, China 
    Source Guangzhou Gymnasium  
1Game 10
0Game 21
0Game 31
1Game 40
1Game 50

Semifinals

SemifinalsOctober 28SK Telecom T13–2Royal Never Give Up Shanghai, China 
    Source Shanghai Oriental Sports Center  
0Game 11
1Game 20
0Game 31
1Game 40
1Game 50
SemifinalsOctober 29Team WE1–3Samsung Galaxy Shanghai, China 
    Source Shanghai Oriental Sports Center  
1Game 10
0Game 21
0Game 31
0Game 41

Final

FinalNovember 4SK Telecom T10–3Samsung Galaxy Beijing, China 
    Source Beijing National Stadium  
0Game 11
0Game 21
0Game 31

Final standings

Final standings, 2017 [14]
PlacesTeamPrize (USD)
1stSamsung Galaxy$1,855,114
2ndSK Telecom T1$667,841
3rd–4thRoyal Never Give Up$346,288
Team WE
5–8thLongzhu Gaming$197,879
Misfits Gaming
Fnatic
Cloud9
9–11thTSM$111,307
G2 Esports
GIGABYTE Marines
12–13thEdward Gaming$86,571
ahq e-Sports Club
14–16thFlash Wolves$61,837
Immortals
1907 Fenerbahçe
17–20thLyon Gaming$37,102
Hong Kong Attitude
Team oNe Esports
Young Generation
21–24thRampage$24,735
Kaos Latin Gamers
Dire Wolves
Gambit Esports
Total$4,946,970

Entertainment

League of Legends Live

League of Legends Live was held on the eve of the finals, November 3, in Beijing National Aquatics Center (or known as the Water Cube) to commemorate the tournament, featuring international artists and League of Legends community musicians. It featured performances of a wide variety of music from League of Legends, including Get Jinxed, hits from Pentakill, DJ Sona, Warsongs, Star Guardian, The Curse Of The Sad Mummy, medleys of a wide variety of Worlds and Champion themes, DJ and music producer Alan Walker, and many other tracks over the course of the 90-minute show. [15]

Opening and closing ceremonies

During the opening ceremony of the finals, dancers wore different masks, as the ground around them had visual effects and colors. It was followed by Jay Chou's Worlds 2017 remix Hero performance, and a live version of Legends Never Die by Against the Current, with Chou playing the piano behind. An augmented reality dragon (modeled after the in-game Elder Drake) also flew around the arena halfway through the performance, with the Summoner's Cup rising from the grounds of the stadium at the same time. The closing ceremony featured Alan Walker performing his own remix of Legends Never Die, with Chrissy Costanza on the vocals. [16] The overall performances of the ceremonies were well received. [4] [5]

Legacy

The finals had 60 million unique viewers worldwide, breaking 2016's viewer record. [11]

League of Legends fans raised over US$2 million for three different charities (BasicNeeds, Learning Equality and the Raspberry Pi Foundation) with the sales of the "Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe" skin. [17]

The loss of SK Telecom T1 in a 0–3 defeat, as well as Faker's emotional moment is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in League of Legends' history, and noticeably caught the attention of League of Legends' fans throughout the world, with many tributes given to the team and Faker for their success. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ The total amount of time it took a team to win their games against all other teams in the tiebreaker

References

  1. ↑ "24 teams complete the lineup for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship". www.invenglobal.com.
  2. ↑ "Update: Fan Contribution to Worlds 2017 Prize Pool".
  3. ↑ "Ruler is our MVP of Worlds 2017 – here's why". Red Bull.
  4. 1 2 Allen, Eric Van. "League of Legends World Finals Had A Freaking Dragon". Compete.
  5. 1 2 "The opening ceremony for the 2017 World Championship finals had a live performance and a dragon". The Rift Herald.
  6. ↑ "GIGABYTE Marines pull out the support Zilean and almost take down Longzhu – Dot Esports". dotesports.com.
  7. ↑ Dwan, Hannah (October 19, 2017). "The League of Legends 2017 World Championship quarter finals have started | Where to watch, our predictions, and the results so far". The Telegraph.
  8. ↑ "LoL Worlds: Fenerbahçe shines on Day 4". ESPN.com.
  9. ↑ "'League of Legends' 2017 world championships, semi final recap SKT vs RNG". Blasting News.
  10. 1 2 "How a dynasty was toppled at the League of Legends World Championship". pcgamer.
  11. 1 2 "The League of Legends Worlds final reached 60 million unique viewers". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Over $2 million raised for charity from Championship Ashe proceeds". November 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ "2017 International Events". lolesports.com. Riot Games.
  14. ↑ "Worlds 2017: Finals News and Updates".
  15. ↑ "League of Legends Live | League of Legends". na.leagueoflegends.com.
  16. ↑ "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com.
  17. ↑ "2017 Worlds Charity Fundraiser".
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