2023 Mid-Season Invitational

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2023 Mid-Season Invitational
2023 Mid-Season Invitational logo.png
Tournament information
Sport League of Legends
Location London, England
Dates2 May–21 May
Administrator Riot Games
Venue(s) Copper Box Arena
Teams13
Final positions
Champions JD Gaming
Runner-up Bilibili Gaming
MVP Zhuo "knight" Ding
(JD Gaming)
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The 2023 Mid-Season Invitational was the eighth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends , a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2023 Spring Split [lower-alpha 1] and the first interregional competition of Season 13.

Contents

The event marked the first time a double elimination format would be applied to a League of Legends esports event, as the event was split into two stages, that being the play-in stage and the bracket stage. [2] [3]

The tournament was hosted in London, England, from 2 to 21 May 2023. All stages of the tournament were played in the Copper Box Arena. [4]

"Rules (Are Meant to Break)" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Che Lingo. [5]

Royal Never Give Up from China were the two-time defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Bilibili Gaming in the 2023 LPL Spring Playoffs. [6]

JD Gaming and Bilibili Gaming, both from China, faced off in the finals, with JD Gaming defeating Bilibili Gaming 3-1 and winning their first MSI title. [7] [8]

Format

8 of the 13 teams started from the play-in stage. Three final surviving teams from the play-in stage then proceeded to the bracket stage, where they would meet with the other five teams. [9] For the event, the teams were unable to use champions Yuumi and Milio as both were deemed unsuitable by Riot Games for competitive play at the time. [10]

Play-in stage

All teams were drawn into two groups, with all groups having four teams. Excluding the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) match that was a best-of five match, all the other matches of the stage had a best-of-three double elimination format. [9]

Bracket stage

The three surviving teams from previous stage joined the other five teams to compete in the bracket stage. All matches of the bracket stage had a best-of-five double elimination format. [9]

Qualified teams

Four of the nine premier League of Legends leagues had two teams representing them, including the LCK, LPL, LEC and LCS, [11] with both LCK teams will start in the bracket stage due to a team from the region winning the 2022 World Championship. Team from LCL (CIS), TCL (Turkey), LCO (Oceania) have been no longer qualified directly for MSI since 2023. The number of teams taking part in this tournament would be increased from eleven to thirteen.

RegionLeaguePathTeamIDPool
Starting in the bracket stage
South KoreaLCKSpring Champion Gen.G GEN1
Spring Runner-Up T1 T13
ChinaLPLSpring Champion JD Gaming JDG1
EMEALECSpring Champion MAD Lions MAD2
North AmericaLCSSpring Champion Cloud9 C92
Starting in the play-in stage
ChinaLPLSpring Runner-Up Bilibili Gaming BLG1
EMEALECWinter Champion G2 Esports G2
North AmericaLCSSpring Runner-Up Golden Guardians GG2
Asia-PacificPCSSpring Champion PSG Talon PSG
VietnamVCSSpring Champion GAM Esports GAM3
JapanLJLSpring Champion DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin AmericaLLASpring ChampionMovistar R7R74
BrazilCBLOLSpring Champion LOUD LLL

Venue

London was the city chosen to host the competition. Both Play-In Stage and Bracket Stage would be held at the Copper Box Arena.

London, England
Copper Box Arena
Copper Box Arena (geograph 3642114).jpg

Play-in stage

Bracket

Round 1Round 2
Match 1 – 2 May
A3DetonatioN FocusMe0
Match 7 – 4 May
A2PSG Talon2
W1PSG Talon0
Match 2 – 2 May
W2G2 Esports2
A1G2 Esports2
A4LOUD0
Match 3 – 3 May
B1Bilibili Gaming2
Match 8 – 4 May
B4Movistar R70
W3Bilibili Gaming2
Match 4 – 3 May
W4Golden Guardians1
B3GAM Esports0
B2Golden Guardians2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower Final
Match 9 – 6 May
Match 5 – 5 MayL7PSG Talon2
L1DetonatioN FocusMe0W5LOUD0Match 11 – 7 May
L2LOUD2W9PSG Talon0
Match 10 – 6 MayW10Golden Guardians3
Match 6 – 5 MayL8Golden Guardians2
L3Movistar R72W6Movistar R70
L4GAM Esports1

Bracket stage

Round 1Round 2Round 3Finals
Match 1 – 9 May
Gen.G3
Match 7 – 13 May
G2 Esports1
W1Gen.G2
Match 2 – 10 May
W2T13
MAD Lions0
Match 11 – 18 May
T13
W7T12
Match 3 – 11 May
W8JD Gaming3
Cloud90
Match 8 – 14 May
Bilibili Gaming3
W3Bilibili Gaming0
Match 4 – 12 May
W4JD Gaming3
JD Gaming3Match 14 – 21 May
Golden Guardians0W11JD Gaming3
W13Bilibili Gaming1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4
Match 9 – 16 May
Match 5 – 13 MayL8Bilibili Gaming3Match 13 – 20 May
L1G2 Esports3W5G2 Esports1Match 12 – 19 MayL11T11
L2MAD Lions0W9Bilibili Gaming3W12Bilibili Gaming3
Match 10 – 17 MayW10Gen.G0
Match 6 – 14 MayL7Gen.G3
L3Cloud93W6Cloud90
L4Golden Guardians1

Ranking

Team ranking

PlaceRegionTeamPrize (%)Prize (USD)
1stLPLJD Gaming20%$50,000
2ndLPLBilibili Gaming15%$37,500
3rdLCKT112%$30,000
4thLCKGen.G10%$25,000
5th–6thLCSCloud98%$20,000
LECG2 Esports
7th–8thLCSGolden Guardians6%$15,000
LECMAD Lions
9thPCSPSG Talon5%$12,500
10th–11thCBLOLLOUD3%$7,500
LLAMovistar R7
12th–13thVCSGAM Esports2%$5,000
LJLDetonatioN FocusMe
PlaceRegionTeamPrize (%)Prize (USD)

Notes

  1. ↑ For the 2023 season, the Winter and Spring champion from EMEA (LEC) qualified for the event, as a result of the introduction of three splits to the LEC season. [1]

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