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]
Venue(s)
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)
←  2016
2018  →

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.

RegionLeaguePathStart inPoolTeamsID
ChinaLPLSummer Champion Group stage 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Edward Gaming EDG
Championship Points2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up RNG
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Team WE WE
EuropeEU LCSSummer Champion Group stage 1 Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports G2
Championship Points2 Flag of Europe.svg Misfits Gaming MSF
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic FNC
North AmericaNA LCSSummer Champion Group stage 2 Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid TSM
Championship Points Flag of the United States.svg Immortals IMT
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 C9
South KoreaLCKSummer Champion Group stage 1 Flag of South Korea.svg Longzhu Gaming LZ
Championship Points2 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 SKT
Regional Finals Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy SSG
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau		LMSSummer Champion Group stage 1 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves FW
Championship Points2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
Regional Finals Play-in stage 3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Attitude HKA
Vietnam
►Southeast Asia		VCS►GPLSummer Champion Group stage 2 Flag of Vietnam.svg GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Summer Runner-up Play-in stage 4 Flag of Vietnam.svg Young Generation YG
BrazilCBLOLSummer Champion Flag of Brazil.svg Team oNe EsportsONE
CISLCL Flag of Russia.svg Gambit Esports GMB
TurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg 1907 Fenerbahçe FB
JapanLJL5 Flag of Japan.svg Rampage RPG
Latin America NorthLLN Flag of Mexico.svg Lyon GamingLYN
Latin America SouthCLS Flag of Chile.svg Kaos Latin GamersKLG
OceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dire WolvesDW

Venues

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

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wuhan, Hubei Guangzhou, Guangdong 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 Gaming4220.500
3Gambit Esports4040.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Cloud94401.000Advance to play-in knockouts
2Team One Esports5230.400
3Dire Wolves5140.200
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Fnatic4310.750Advance to play-in knockouts
2Young Generation4220.500
3Kaos Latin Gamers4130.250
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
11907 Fenerbahçe Espor5410.800Advance to play-in knockouts
2Hong Kong Attitude5320.600
3Rampage4040.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )

Knockouts

Round 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Team WE3
Flag of Vietnam.svg Young Generation0
Flag of the United States.svg Cloud93
Flag of Mexico.svg Lyon Gaming0
Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Attitude0
Flag of Turkey.svg 1907 Fenerbahçe3
Flag of Brazil.svg Team oNe Esports1

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

Group stage

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1SK Telecom T16510.833Advance to knockouts
2Cloud96330.500
3ahq e-Sports Club6240.333
4Edward Gaming6240.333
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Longzhu Gaming6601.000Advance to knockouts
2Fnatic8440.500
3GIGABYTE Marines7250.286
4Immortals7250.286
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 [lower-alpha 1]
Group C
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Royal Never Give Up6510.833Advance to knockouts
2Samsung Galaxy6420.667
3G2 Esports6330.500
41907 Fenerbahçe Espor6060.000
Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine )
Group D
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Team WE6510.833Advance to knockouts
2Misfits Gaming7430.571
3Team SoloMid7340.429
4Flash Wolves6150.167
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
A1 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T13
D2 Flag of Europe.svg Misfits Gaming2
Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T13
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up2
C1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up3
B2 Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic1
Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T10
Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy3
D1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Team WE3
A2 Flag of the United States.svg Cloud92
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Team WE1
Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy3
B1 Flag of South Korea.svg Longzhu Gaming0
C2 Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung 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]
PlacesRegionLeagueTeamPrize (USD)
1stSouth KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg Samsung Galaxy $1,855,114
2ndSouth KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 $667,841
3rd–4thChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up $346,288
ChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Team WE
5–8thSouth KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg Longzhu Gaming$197,879
EuropeEU LCS Flag of Europe.svg Misfits Gaming
EuropeEU LCS Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic
North AmericaNA LCS Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9
9–11thNorth AmericaNA LCS Flag of the United States.svg Team SoloMid $111,307
EuropeEU LCS Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports
Vietnam►SEAVCS►GPL Flag of Vietnam.svg GIGABYTE Marines
12–13thChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Edward Gaming $86,571
TW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg ahq e-Sports Club
14–16thTW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves $61,837
North AmericaLCS Flag of the United States.svg Immortals
TurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg 1907 Fenerbahçe
17–20thLatin America NorthLLN Flag of Mexico.svg Lyon Gaming$37,102
TW/HK/MOLMS Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Attitude
BrazilCBLOL Flag of Brazil.svg Team oNe Esports
Vietnam►SEAVCS►GPL Flag of Vietnam.svg Young Generation
21–24thJapanLJL Flag of Japan.svg Rampage$24,735
Latin America SouthCLS Flag of Chile.svg Kaos Latin Gamers
OceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dire Wolves
CISLCL Flag of Russia.svg 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

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