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 Royal Never Give Up RNG
Europe EU LCS Fnatic FNC
North America NA LCS Team Liquid TL
South KoreaLCK Kingzone DragonX KZ
Start in 2nd play-in round
TW/HK/MOLMS Flash Wolves FW
Vietnam VCS EVOS Esports EVS
Start in 1stplay-in round
BrazilCBLOL KaBuM! e-Sports KBM
CISLCL Gambit Esports GMB
JapanLJL Pentagram PGM
Latin America NorthLLNRainbow7R7
Latin America SouthCLSKaos Latin GamersKLG
OceaniaOPLDire WolvesDW
Southeast AsiaGPLAscension GamingASC
TurkeyTCLSuperMassive e-SportsSUP

Venues

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

Berlin, Germany 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
1EVOS Esports3
2SuperMassive eSports1
Winner to Group Stage
1Flash Wolves3
2Gambit 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
1Royal Never Give Up3
4Fnatic0
Royal Never Give Up3
King-Zone DragonX1
2Flash Wolves1
3King-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

PlaceLeagueTeamsPS1PS2GSSFFinal
1stLPLRoyal Never Give Up7–33–03–1
2ndLCKKing-Zone DragonX6–43–11–3
3rd–4thLMSFlash Wolves3–07–31–3
EU LCSFnatic4–60–3
5thNA LCSTeam Liquid4–6
6thVCSEVOS Esports3–12–8
7th–8thTCLSuperMassive e-Sports5–11–3
LCLGambit Esports5–10–3
9th–10thCBLOLKaBuM! e-Sports4–2
LLNRainbow73–3
11thOPLDire Wolves2–4
12th–13thCLSKaos Latin Gamers2–4
GPLAscension Gaming2–4
14thLJLPENTAGRAM1–5

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". LoL eSports. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Mid-Season Invitational: Schedule released – RealSport". RealSport. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ↑ "League of Legends Gives Baron a Conqueror Skin". WWG. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Uzi finally meets his destiny by claiming the MSI crown with RNG". Dot Esports.
  5. ↑ "[KR Reaction] MSI Finals: "The PC is overheated generating all those CS for Uzi"".
  6. ↑ "The MSI Final for League of Legends becomes the most watched esports match ever". destructoid.
  7. ↑ "Over 127 million people watched the MSI Final, making it the most watched esports match in history".
  8. ↑ "Which LCS team will survive and advance at MSI?". Dot Esports.
  9. ↑ "RNG and KINGZONE have always been desperately close to greatness". Dot Esports.
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