2018 Mid-Season Invitational

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2018 Mid-Season Invitational
2018 Mid-Season Invitational logo.png
Tournament information
Sport League of Legends
LocationGermany
France
Dates3 May–20 May
Administrator Riot Games
VenueEU LCS Studio (Berlin, Play-in stage & Main Group stage)
Zénith Paris (Paris, Main Playoffs Stage)
Teams14
Final positions
Champions Royal Never Give Up
Runner-up Kingzone DragonX
MVP Jian "Uzi" Zihao
(Royal Never Give Up)
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The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was the fourth edition of the Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends , the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament is the culmination of the 2018 spring split, the first part of 8th season of the game competitive scene.

Contents

Each of 14 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), North America (NA LCS) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in a "play-in" with the top 2 teams advancing to join the main event. [1] [2]

The tournament was hosted in Germany and France from 3 to 20 May 2018. Matches of the play-in and group stages were held in EU LCS Studio in Berlin, while playoffs took place in multi-purpose indoor arena Zénith Paris. [3] Royal Never Give Up are the champions of the 2018 MSI, after taking down Kingzone DragonX in the finals. Jian "Uzi" Zihao was named the MVP of the entire tournament, due to his outstanding performances. The results of the tournament have received numerous international debates and reactions. [4] [5]

The event's finals, where LPL (China)'s Royal Never Give Up took on LCK (South Korea)'s Kingzone DragonX, became one of the most watched eSports matches in history, greatly attributed to China's viewership. The finals were watched by over 127 million unique viewers, while the entire event boasted a total viewing time of over 2 billion hours. The event also became one of the greatest League of Legends' tournaments in history, as well as one of its historical milestones, as a South Korean team was thwarted by a non-South Korean team in a major match for the first time in 3 years. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Qualified teams

Last year, team from Vietnam had qualified for MSI via Southeast Asian league. From 2018, Vietnam region will be separated from Southeast Asia region. The Spring split Champion team from Vietnamese league will qualify for MSI without take part in the Southeast Asian league. Number of regions up to 14.

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2016–2017), 4 teams from Europe (EU LCS), North America (NA LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group Stage, 2 teams from Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and Vietnam (VCS) are started in Play-in round 2, 10 remaining teams are started in Play-in round 1. Unlike last year, loser at round 2 will be eliminated because there's no round 3 in Play-in Stage.

RegionLeagueTeams [1] ID
Start in Main event's Group stage
ChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up RNG
Europe EU LCS Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic FNC
North America NA LCS Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid TL
South KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg Kingzone DragonX KZ
Start in 2nd play-in round
TW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves FW
Vietnam VCS Flag of Vietnam.svg EVOS Esports EVS
Start in 1stplay-in round
BrazilCBLOL Flag of Brazil.svg KaBuM! e-Sports KBM
CISLCL Flag of Russia.svg Gambit Esports GMB
JapanLJL Flag of Japan.svg Pentagram PGM
Latin America NorthLLN Flag of Mexico.svg Rainbow7R7
Latin America SouthCLS Flag of Chile.svg Kaos Latin GamersKLG
OceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dire WolvesDW
Southeast AsiaGPL Flag of Thailand.svg Ascension GamingASC
TurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg SuperMassive e-SportsSUP

Venues

Berlin, Paris were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany Flag of France.svg Paris, France
Play-in Stage & Main Group StagePlayoffs Stage
EU LCS Studio Zénith Paris
LEC Summer 2019 Week 3 - 03.jpg Chemin du Belvedere @ Philharmonie de Paris @ La Villette @ Paris (33121027403).jpg
Capacity: 174Capacity: 9,000

Play-In Stage

Groups

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Gambit Esports6510.833Advance to Play-In Knockouts
2Rainbow76330.500
3Kaos Latin Gamers6240.333
4Ascension Gaming6240.333
Source: LoL Esports
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Bahçeşehir SuperMassive6510.833Advance to Play-In Knockouts
2KaBuM! e-Sports6420.667
3Dire Wolves6240.333
4PENTAGRAM6150.167
Source: LoL Esports

Knockouts

Random draw. Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers will be eliminated.

As the highest ranking emerging region in the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam (VCS) was given a direct spot in the main event at the 2018 World Championship, which was awarded to their summer champions.

Semifinals
Winner to Group Stage
1 Flag of Vietnam.svg EVOS Esports3
2 Flag of Turkey.svg SuperMassive eSports1
Winner to Group Stage
1 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves3
2 Flag of Russia.svg Gambit eSports0

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out stage.

China, Europe, South Korea and TW/HK/MO will get pool 1 in 2018 World Championship Main Group Stage for Summer split Champion. North America and Vietnam will get pool 2.

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Royal Never Give Up11830.727Advance to Knockout Stage
2Flash Wolves11740.636
3King-Zone DragonX10640.600
4Fnatic11560.455
5Team Liquid11470.364
6EVOS Esports10280.200
Source: LoL Esports

Knockout stage

SemifinalsFinal
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up3
4 Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up3
Flag of South Korea.svg King-Zone DragonX1
2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves1
3 Flag of South Korea.svg King-Zone DragonX3

Semifinals

SemifinalsMay 18Royal Never Give Up3–0Fnatic Paris, France
11:00 UTC     Recap Zénith Paris
1Game 10
1Game 20
1Game 30
SemifinalsMay 19Flash Wolves1–3King-Zone DragonX Paris, France
11:00 UTC     Recap Zénith Paris
0Game 11
1Game 20
0Game 31
0Game 41

Finals

FinalMay 20Royal Never Give Up3–1King-Zone DragonX Paris, France
11:00 UTC     Recap Zénith Paris
1Game 10
0Game 21
1Game 30
1Game 40

Ranking

PlaceRegionLeagueTeamsPS1PS2GSSFFinal
1stChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Royal Never Give Up7–33–03–1
2ndSouth KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg King-Zone DragonX6–43–11–3
3rd–4thTW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves3–07–31–3
EuropeEU LCS Flag of Europe.svg Fnatic4–60–3
5thNorth AmericaNA LCS Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid4–6
6thVietnamVCS Flag of Vietnam.svg EVOS Esports3–12–8
7th–8thTurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg SuperMassive e-Sports5–11–3
CISLCL Flag of Russia.svg Gambit Esports5–10–3
9th–10thBrazilCBLOL Flag of Brazil.svg KaBuM! e-Sports4–2
Latin America NorthLLN Flag of Mexico.svg Rainbow73–3
11thOceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dire Wolves2–4
12th–13thLatin America SouthCLS Flag of Chile.svg Kaos Latin Gamers2–4
Southeast AsiaGPL Flag of Thailand.svg Ascension Gaming2–4
14thJapanLJL Flag of Japan.svg PENTAGRAM1–5

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