2019 Mid-Season Invitational

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2019 Mid-Season Invitational
2019 Mid-Season Invitational logo.png
Tournament information
Sport League of Legends
LocationVietnam
Taiwan
Dates1 May–19 May
Administrator Riot Games
Venue
Show list
Teams13
Final positions
Champions G2 Esports
Runner-up Team Liquid
MVP Rasmus "Caps" Winther
(G2 Esports)
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The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends , the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.

Contents

Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues sent a team to represent them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in the Play-in Stage, with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage. [1] [2]

"Bring Home The Glory" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Sara Skinner. [3]

The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei.

G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.

Qualified teams

The total number of participating regions decreased in 2019, from 14 last year to 13, due to the merger of two professional leagues, the North (LLN) and the South (CLS) of Latin America into a single league (LLA). The format was based on the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

Because of the Regional success in MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) began in the main Group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Losing teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.

RegionLeagueTeams [1] ID
Start from Main event's Group stage
ChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Invictus Gaming IG
EuropeLEC Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports G2
South KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start from Play-in stage round 2
North AmericaLCS Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid TL
TW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves FW
Start from Play-in stage round1
VietnamVCS Flag of Vietnam.svg Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB
BrazilCBLOL Flag of Brazil.svg INTZ e-SportsITZ
CISLCL Flag of Russia.svg Vega Squadron VEG
JapanLJL Flag of Japan.svg DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin AmericaLLA Flag of Argentina.svg Isurus Gaming ISG
OceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bombers BMR
Southeast AsiaLST Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports MG
TurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg 1907 Fenerbahçe FB

Venues

Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.

Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei, Taiwan
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi
Play-in StageGroup StagePlay-off Stage
VCS Studio (GG Stadium) Vietnam National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity: 120Capacity: 3,700Capacity: 6,958
Vietnam Convention Center.jpg Rain in Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 20171207.jpg

Play-in stage

Groups

Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group. [4] Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Phong Vũ Buffalo7520.714Advance to Play-In Knockouts
21907 Fenerbahçe7430.571
3Bombers6240.333
4Isurus Gaming6240.333
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Vega Squadron6510.833Advance to Play-In Knockouts
2DetonatioN FocusMe6420.667
3MEGA Esports6240.333
4INTZ eSports6150.167
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Knockouts

Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.

Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.

VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.

Round 2Round 3
Winner to Group Stage
Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid3
Winner to Group Stage
A1 Flag of Vietnam.svg Phong Vũ Buffalo0
Flag of Vietnam.svg Phong Vũ Buffalo3
Winner to Group Stage
Flag of Russia.svg Vega Squadron2
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves3
B1 Flag of Russia.svg Vega Squadron1

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1Invictus Gaming10910.900Advance to Knockout Stage
2SK Telecom T110730.700
3G2 Esports10550.500
4Team Liquid10460.400
5Flash Wolves10370.300
6Phong Vũ Buffalo10280.200
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Knockout stage

G2 Esports holding the MSI trophy G2 Esports lifting the 2019 MSI Trophy.jpg
G2 Esports holding the MSI trophy
SemifinalsFinal
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Invictus Gaming1
4 Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid3
Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid0
Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports3
2 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T12
3Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports3

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Semifinals

SemifinalsMay 17Invictus Gaming1–3Team Liquid Taipei, Taiwan
11:00 UTC     Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
0Game 11
0Game 21
1Game 30
0Game 41
SemifinalsMay 18SK Telecom T12–3G2 Esports Taipei, Taiwan
08:00 UTC     Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
1Game 10
0Game 21
1Game 30
0Game 41
0Game 51

Finals

FinalMay 19Team Liquid0–3G2 Esports Taipei, Taiwan
08:00 UTC     Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
0Game 11
0Game 21
0Game 31

Ranking

(*) Not including tie-break games.

PlaceRegionLeagueTeamsPS1PS2PS3GSSFFinal
1stEuropeLEC Flag of Europe.svg G2 Esports5–53–23–0
2ndNorth AmericaLCS Flag of the United States.svg Team Liquid3–04–63–10–3
3rd–4thSouth KoreaLCK Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T17–32–3
ChinaLPL Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Invictus Gaming9–11–3
5thTW/HK/MOLMS Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flash Wolves3–13–7
6thVietnamVCS Flag of Vietnam.svg Phong Vũ Buffalo*4–20–33–22–8
7thCISLCL Flag of Russia.svg Vega Squadron5–11–32–3
8th–9thJapanLJL Flag of Japan.svg DetonatioN FocusMe4–2
TurkeyTCL Flag of Turkey.svg 1907 Fenerbahçe*4–2
10th–12thLatin AmericaLLA Flag of Argentina.svg Isurus Gaming2–4
OceaniaOPL Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bombers2–4
Southeast AsiaLST Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports2–4
13thBrazilCBLOL Flag of Brazil.svg INTZ e-Sports1–5

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