2022 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location | Mexico United States |
Dates | September 29–November 5 |
Administrator | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 12 team single round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities)
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Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champion | DRX |
Runner-up | T1 |
Tournament statistics | |
Attendance | 18,000 (Finals) [1] |
MVP | Hwang "Kingen" Seong-hoon (DRX) |
The 2022 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the twelfth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from September 29 to November 5 in Mexico and the United States. [2] Twenty-four teams from 11 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia and Vietnam, with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage. [3]
On August 29, Riot Games announced and revealed the new Summoner's Cup that would be awarded to the winner of the finals. [4] "Star Walkin'" was announced as the tournament's theme song, performed by Lil Nas X. [5]
DRX won the tournament after defeating T1 3–2 in a close final series. [6] This was the first international title won by DRX, as well as the first by a play-in team. DRX's advance to the finals was widely described by commentators as a Cinderella run. DRX was considered an underdog team, having barely qualified for the tournament as South Korea's final seed, and having been pitted against a number of tournament favorites, including defending world champions Edward Gaming. [7] [8] [9]
This is the last edition of Worlds to feature a round-robin play-in stage and group stage before switching to a GSL-style double-elimination bracket for the play-in stage and a Swiss stage main stage for the next edition of the tournament.
China (LPL) and South Korea (LCK) received an additional spot, totaling up to four representatives each for their respective region.
Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, CIS (LCL) will not be able to send their representative this year, their slot will be given to the Europe (LEC) due to their strong performance over the past two years, making the LEC having four representatives for the region. [10]
Top 4 regions in 2022 Mid-Season Invitational (LPL, LCK, LEC, LCS) are seeded to pool 1 in the main event's group stage for the summer champion.
Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool |
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Starting in the main event's group stage | |||||
China | LPL | Summer Champion | JD Gaming [11] | JDG | 1 |
Most Championship Points | Top Esports [12] | TES | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | Edward Gaming [13] | EDG | 3 | ||
South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | Gen.G [14] | GEN | 1 |
Most Championship Points | T1 [15] | T1 | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | DWG KIA [16] | DK | 3 | ||
Europe | LEC | Summer Champion | Rogue [17] | RGE | 1 |
Summer Runner-Up | G2 Esports [18] | G2 | 2 | ||
North America | LCS | Championship Champion | Cloud9 [19] | C9 | 1 |
Championship Runner-Up | 100 Thieves [20] | 100 | 3 | ||
TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Champion | CTBC Flying Oyster [21] | CFO | 2 |
Vietnam | VCS | Summer Champion | GAM Esports [22] | GAM | 3 |
Starting in the play-in stage | |||||
China | LPL | Regional Finals Runner-Up | Royal Never Give Up [23] | RNG | 1 |
South Korea | LCK | Regional Finals Runner-Up | DRX [24] | DRX | 1 |
Europe | LEC | Summer Third Place | Fnatic [25] | FNC | 1 |
Summer Fourth Place | MAD Lions [26] | MAD | 2 | ||
North America | LCS | Championship Third Place | Evil Geniuses [27] | EG | 2 |
TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Runner-Up | Beyond Gaming [28] | BYG | 1 |
Vietnam | VCS | Summer Runner-Up | Saigon Buffalo [29] | SGB | 2 |
Brazil | CBLOL | Split 2 Champion | LOUD [30] | LLL | 3 |
Japan | LJL | Summer Champion | DetonatioN FocusMe [31] | DFM | 2 |
Latin America | LLA | Closing Champion | Isurus [32] | ISG | 3 |
Oceania | LCO | Split 2 Champion | Chiefs Esports Club [33] | CHF | 3 |
Turkey | TCL | Summer Champion | Istanbul Wildcats [34] | IW | 3 |
Mexico City, New York City, Atlanta and San Francisco were the four cities chosen to host the tournament. [35] Toronto formerly had been chosen to host the semifinals, but later Riot Games decided to host in Atlanta due to COVID-19 impacting the viability of securing multi-entry visas from Canada to the United States within necessary timelines. [36]
Mexico City, Mexico | United States | ||
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New York City | Atlanta | San Francisco | |
Play-in Stage | Group Stage & Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
Arena Esports Stadium | Hulu Theater | State Farm Arena | Chase Center |
Capacity: 100 | Capacity: 5,600 | Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 18,060 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Fnatic | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | Advance to group stage |
2 | Evil Geniuses | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | Advance to play-in knockouts round 1 |
3 | LOUD | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Advance to play-in knockouts round 2 |
4 | DetonatioN FocusMe | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
5 | Beyond Gaming | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |
6 | The Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | DRX | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to group stage |
2 | Royal Never Give Up | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | Advance to play-in knockouts round 1 |
3 | MAD Lions | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Advance to play-in knockouts round 2 |
4 | Saigon Buffalo Esports | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |
5 | Isurus | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |
6 | DenizBank İstanbul Wildcats | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||
B2 | Royal Never Give Up | 3 | ||||||
A3 | LOUD | 1 | A4 | DetonatioN FocusMe | 1 | |||
A4 | DetonatioN FocusMe | 3 | ||||||
A2 | Evil Geniuses | 3 | ||||||
B3 | MAD Lions | 3 | B3 | MAD Lions | 0 | |||
B4 | Saigon Buffalo | 1 | ||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | T1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Advance to knockouts |
2 | Edward Gaming | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | |
3 | Fnatic | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | |
4 | Cloud9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | JD Gaming | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | Advance to knockouts |
2 | DWG KIA | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | |
3 | Evil Geniuses | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | |
4 | G2 Esports | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DRX | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | Advance to knockouts |
2 | Rogue | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | |
3 | Top Esports | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
4 | GAM Esports | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Gen.G | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | Advance to knockouts |
2 | Royal Never Give Up | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | |
3 | CTBC Flying Oyster | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | |
4 | 100 Thieves | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
B1 | JD Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||
C2 | Rogue | 0 | |||||||||||
JD Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
A1 | T1 | 3 | |||||||||||
D2 | Royal Never Give Up | 0 | |||||||||||
T1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
DRX | 3 | ||||||||||||
D1 | Gen.G | 3 | |||||||||||
B2 | DWG KIA | 2 | |||||||||||
Gen.G | 1 | ||||||||||||
DRX | 3 | ||||||||||||
C1 | DRX | 3 | |||||||||||
A2 | Edward Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Place | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
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1st | DRX [lower-alpha 2] | 5–0 | – | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 22% | $489,500 |
2nd | T1 | – | – | – | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 15% | $333,750 |
3rd–4th | JD Gaming [lower-alpha 2] | – | – | – | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 8% | $178,000 | |
Gen.G [lower-alpha 2] | – | – | – | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | ||||
5th–8th | DWG KIA [lower-alpha 2] | – | – | – | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4.5% | $100,125 | ||
Edward Gaming | – | – | – | 4–2 | 2–3 | |||||
Royal Never Give Up [lower-alpha 2] | 4–1 | – | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | |||||
Rogue [lower-alpha 2] | – | – | – | 4–2 | 0–3 | |||||
9th–10th | Top Esports | – | – | – | 3–3 | 2.5% | $55,625 | |||
Fnatic | 4–1 | – | – | 2–4 | ||||||
11th–14th | Evil Geniuses [lower-alpha 2] | 3–2 | – | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2.375% | $52,843.75 | |||
G2 Esports | – | – | – | 1–5 | ||||||
100 Thieves | – | – | – | 1–5 | ||||||
CTBC Flying Oyster | – | – | – | 1–5 | ||||||
15th–16th | Cloud9 | – | – | – | 1–5 | 2.25% | $50,062.50 | |||
GAM Esports | – | – | – | 1–5 | ||||||
17th–18th | DetonatioN FocusMe [lower-alpha 2] | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1.75% | $38,937.50 | ||||
MAD Lions | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |||||||
19th–20th | LOUD [lower-alpha 2] | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1.5% | $33,375 | |||||
Saigon Buffalo | 2–3 | 1–3 | ||||||||
21st–22nd | Beyond Gaming | 2–3 | 1% | $22,250 | ||||||
Isurus | 1–4 | |||||||||
23rd–24th | Chiefs Esports Club | 0–5 | 0.75% | $16,687.50 | ||||||
Istanbul Wildcats | 0–5 | |||||||||
Place | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
Place | Region | League | Teams | Play-in Stage | Main Event | |||||
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Groups (5 games total) | K.O Match 1 (Best-of-five) | K.O Match 2 (Best-of-five) | ||||||||
Group stage (6 games total) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-five) | Semifinals (Best-of-five) | Finals (Best-of-five) | |||||||
1st | South Korea | LCK | 3G+1P | 1 team 5W-0L (100%) | 4 teams [lower-alpha 2] 19W-5L (79%) | 4 teams [lower-alpha 3] 6W-3L (67%) | 3 teams [lower-alpha 3] 3W-1L (75%) | 2 teams [lower-alpha 3] | ||
2nd | China | LPL | 3G+1P | 1 team 4W-1L (80%) | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 4 teams [lower-alpha 2] 18W-6L (75%) | 3 teams 2W-6L (25%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | ||
3rd | Europe | LEC | 2G+2P | 2 teams 7W-3L (70%) | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 1 team 0W-3L (0%) | 3 teams [lower-alpha 2] 7W-11L (38%) | 1 team 0W-3L (0%) | ||
4th | North America | LCS | 2G+1P | 1 team [lower-alpha 2] 3W-2L (60%) | 1 team 3W-0L (100%) | 3 teams 3W-15L (16%) | ||||
5th | Vietnam | VCS | 1G+1P | 1 team 2W-3L (40%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | 1 team 1W-5L (16%) | ||||
6th | TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | 1G+1P | 1 team 2W-3L (40%) | 1 team 1W-5L (16%) | |||||
7th | Japan | LJL | 1P | 1 team [lower-alpha 2] 3W-2L (60%) | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | ||||
8th | Brazil | CBLOL | 1P | 1 team [lower-alpha 2] 3W-2L (60%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | |||||
9th | Latin America | LLA | 1P | 1 team 1W-4L (20%) | ||||||
10th–11th | Oceania | LCO | 1P | 1 team 0W-5L (0%) | ||||||
Turkey | TCL | 1P | 1 team 0W-5L (0%) |
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