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| Date | 29–31 May 2020 |
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| Location | Global |
| Type | Live stream event |
| Organised by | Riot Games |
The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esports live stream event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts. [1] [2]
| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 28–31 May |
| Host(s) | Riot Games |
| Venue |  LoL Park, Seoul  LPL Arena, Shanghai |
| Teams | 8 |
| Purse | US$600,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Top Esports |
| Runner-up | FunPlus Phoenix |
The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the spring season of the LCK (South Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present. [3] The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000. [4]
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Top Esports | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DAMWON Gaming | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| 4 | T1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gen.G | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | JD Gaming | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DragonX | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Invictus Gaming | 0 | 3 | −3 |
| Group B tiebreaker (Match 1) | Group B tiebreaker (Match 2) | ||||||||
| 1 | DragonX | L | |||||||
| 2 | DragonX | L | JD Gaming | W | |||||
| 3 | Gen.G | W | |||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| JD Gaming | 1 | ||||||||
| FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||
| FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | ||||||||
| Top Esports | 3 | ||||||||
| Top Esports | 3 | ||||||||
| Gen.G | 0 | ||||||||
| Place | Team | Prize (USD) | Prize share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Top Esports | $240,000 | 40% |
| 2nd | FunPlus Phoenix | $120,000 | 20% |
| 3rd–4th | JD Gaming | $60,000 | 10% |
| Gen.G | |||
| 5th–6th | DAMWON Gaming | $40,000 | 6.67% |
| DragonX | |||
| 7th–8th | T1 | $20,000 | 3.33% |
| Invictus Gaming |
| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 27–30 May |
| Host(s) | Riot Games FunPlus Esports Garena |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Talon Esports |
| Runner-up |  Team Flash |
The 2020 Mid-Season Showdown was an international tournament featuring the top two teams from the spring season of the VCS (Vietnam) and PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia; excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talon Esports | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Machi Esports | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Team Flash | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| 4 | GAM Esports | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Talon Esports | 3 | ||||||||
| Machi Esports | 1 | Team Flash | 1 | ||||||
| Team Flash | 3 | ||||||||
| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 30–31 May |
| Host(s) | Riot Games |
| Venue |  Riot Games Studio, Berlin |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  The French Zoo |
| Runner-up |  LEC Kings |
LEC Kings The French Zoo German Pingus
Double Crunch Italy
Polska Gurom
ALTOKEKW Españita| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEC Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | German Pingus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | ALTOKEKW Españita | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The French Zoo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Polska Gurom | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Double Crunch Italy | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| LEC Kings | W | ||||||||
| Polska Gurom | L | ||||||||
| LEC Kings | L | ||||||||
| The French Zoo | W | ||||||||
| The French Zoo | W | ||||||||
| German Pingus | L | ||||||||
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1 The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||