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 Invictus Gaming IG
EuropeLEC G2 Esports G2
South KoreaLCK SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start from Play-in stage round 2
North AmericaLCS Team Liquid TL
TW/HK/MOLMS Flash Wolves FW
Start from Play-in stage round1
VietnamVCS Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB
BrazilCBLOLINTZ e-SportsITZ
CISLCL Vega Squadron VEG
JapanLJL DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin AmericaLLA Isurus Gaming ISG
OceaniaOPL Bombers BMR
Southeast AsiaLST MEGA Esports MG
TurkeyTCL 1907 Fenerbahçe FB

Venues

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

Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi
Play-in StageGroup StagePlay-off Stage
VCS Studio (GG Stadium) National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity: 120Capacity: 3,700Capacity: 6,958
Vietnam national 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
Team Liquid3
Winner to Group Stage
A1Phong Vũ Buffalo0
Phong Vũ Buffalo3
Winner to Group Stage
Vega Squadron2
Flash Wolves3
B1Vega 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
1Invictus Gaming1
4Team Liquid3
Team Liquid0
G2 Esports3
2SK Telecom T12
3G2 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.

PlaceRegionTeamsPS1PS2PS3GSSFFinal
1stLECG2 Esports5–53–23–0
2ndLCSTeam Liquid3–04–63–10–3
3rd–4thLCKSK Telecom T17–32–3
LPLInvictus Gaming9–11–3
5thLMSFlash Wolves3–13–7
6thVCSPhong Vũ Buffalo*4–20–33–22–8
7thLCLVega Squadron5–11–32–3
8th–9thLJLDetonatioN FocusMe4–2
TCL1907 Fenerbahçe*4–2
10th–12thLLAIsurus Gaming2–4
OPLBombers2–4
LSTMEGA Esports2–4
13thCBLOLINTZ e-Sports1–5

References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". lolesports. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "MSI 2019 Format Summary". lolesports. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Riot Games releases theme song for MSI 2019". DotEsports. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bracket". lolesports. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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