Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location |
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Dates | 25 September–2 November |
Administrator | Riot Games |
Host(s) | Berlin (play-ins, swiss stage) Paris (quarterfinals, semifinals) London (Final) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Teams | 20 |
Final positions | |
Champions | T1 |
Runner-up | Bilibili Gaming |
Tournament statistics | |
Attendance | 14,700 (Finals) [1] |
MVP | Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (T1) |
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It marked the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2021. [a] Twenty teams qualified for the event based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). [2]
The finals took place on 2 November at The O2 Arena in London, where T1 of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) successfully defended their title after defeating Bilibili Gaming of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 3–2 to win the organization's record-extending fifth World Championship. [3] [4]
The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) and League of Legends Pro League (LPL) will have three directly qualified teams to the Swiss stage, while the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) and League Championship Series (LCS) will have two directly qualified teams. The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational champion, Gen.G, earned automatic qualification to the Swiss stage [b] , also counting as the additional seed for the LCK. The LPL, as the runner-up region, also earned an additional spot. Four teams from the play-in stage will also qualify to the Swiss stage. [2] [5]
Eight teams qualifed for the play-in stage: The top two teams of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the top two teams of the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) 2024 Summer playoffs, the third place teams in the LCS Championship and LEC Season Finals, the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) 2024 Split 2 champion, and the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) 2024 Closing Split champion.
This will be the final World Championship where teams from the PCS and VCS qualify for the tournament individually, as they will merge (alongside the League of Legends Japan League (LJL) and League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO)) to form a new Asia-Pacific league in 2025 called League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP). [6] Additionally, the LCS, CBLOL and LLA will be merging under the newly formed League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), which has separated North (LTA North) and South (LTA South) Conferences held in three different splits, with each split held with different formation such as double-elimination tournament and even the "Pick & Play" system that allows teams to select their opponents. [7]
The following tables show qualified teams and their respective qualification paths: [8]
Region | League | Qualification Path | Team | Pool |
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Started from Swiss Stage | ||||
South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 |
Championship Points | Gen.G [c] | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | Dplus KIA | 3 | ||
Regional Finals Runner-Up | T1 | 3 | ||
China | LPL | Summer Champion | Bilibili Gaming | 1 |
Championship Points | Top Esports | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | LNG Esports | 3 | ||
Regional Finals Runner-Up | Weibo Gaming | 3 | ||
EMEA | LEC | Season Finals Champion | G2 Esports [d] | 1 |
Season Finals Runner-Up | Fnatic | 2 | ||
North America | LCS | Championship Winner | FlyQuest | 1 |
Championship Runner-Up | Team Liquid | 2 | ||
Started from Play-in Stage | ||||
EMEA | LEC | Season Finals 3rd Place | MAD Lions KOI [d] | 1 |
North America | LCS | Championship 3rd Place | 100 Thieves | 1 |
Asia-Pacific | PCS | Summer Champion | PSG Talon | 1 |
Summer Runner-Up | SoftBank Hawks [e] | 2 | ||
Vietnam | VCS | Summer Champion | GAM Esports | 1 |
Summer Runner-Up | Vikings Esports | 2 | ||
Brazil | CBLOL | Split 2 Champion | PaiN Gaming | 2 |
Latin America | LLA | Closing Champion | Movistar R7 [f] | 2 |
Riot Games unveiled its global power ranking ahead of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship. According to Riot Games, Gen.G ranked first with 1,663 points, and Bilibili Gaming ranked second with 1,602 points. Hanwha Life Esports, Top Esports, and G2 Esports followed. T1, the defending champion, was ranked sixth with 1,467 points. [9]
Berlin, Paris, and London were chosen to host the competition. The O2 Arena was announced as the finals venue during the 2023 League of Legends World Championship final in Seoul, South Korea. [10] [11] The Riot Games Arena, and the Adidas Arena were announced as the venues for the play-in/Swiss stage and the quarterfinals/semifinals on 5 January 2024, respectively. [2]
Berlin, Germany | Paris, France | London, England |
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Play-in and Swiss Stage | Quarterfinals and Semifinals | Final |
Riot Games Arena | Adidas Arena | The O2 Arena |
Capacity: 210 | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Opening Matches | Winner's Match | Advance to Swiss stage | |||||||||||
Match 1 | |||||||||||||
MAD Lions KOI | 2 | ||||||||||||
Match 7 | |||||||||||||
Vikings Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | MAD Lions KOI | 2 | |||||||||||
Match 2 | MAD Lions KOI | ||||||||||||
W2 | PSG Talon | 1 | |||||||||||
PSG Talon | 2 | ||||||||||||
PaiN Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
Match 3 | |||||||||||||
GAM Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
Match 8 | |||||||||||||
SoftBank Hawks | 0 | ||||||||||||
W3 | GAM Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
Match 4 | GAM Esports | ||||||||||||
W4 | Movistar R7 | 0 | |||||||||||
100 Thieves | 1 | ||||||||||||
Movistar R7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Elimination Matches | Decider Matches | Advance to Swiss stage | |||||||||||
Match 9 | |||||||||||||
Match 5 | L8 | Movistar R7 | 1 | ||||||||||
PaiN Gaming | |||||||||||||
L1 | Vikings Esports | 0 | W5 | PaiN Gaming | 2 | ||||||||
L2 | PaiN Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
Match 10 | |||||||||||||
Match 6 | L7 | PSG Talon | 2 | ||||||||||
PSG Talon | |||||||||||||
L3 | SoftBank Hawks | 0 | W6 | 100 Thieves | 0 | ||||||||
L4 | 100 Thieves | 2 | |||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Advance to knockouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2–0 | LNG Esports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1–0 | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | Gen.G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
0–0 | G2 Esports | 0 | Gen.G | 2 | Advance to knockouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | Dplus KIA | 0 | 2–1 | Top Esports | |||||||||||||||||||||
PSG Talon | 0 | Dplus KIA | 1 | LNG Esports | 2 | Dplus KIA | 0 | Hanwha Life Esports | ||||||||||||||||||||
FlyQuest | 1 | FlyQuest | 0 | Top Esports | 2 | T1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
GAM Esports | 0 | Gen.G | 1 | 1–1 | G2 Esports | 0 | Advance to knockouts | |||||||||||||||||||||
G2 Esports | 1 | Top Esports | 0 | Bilibili Gaming | 0 | T1 | 2 | 2–2 | Weibo Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||
PaiN Gaming | 0 | Bilibili Gaming | 0 | T1 | 1 | Hanwha Life Esports | 2 | Dplus KIA | 1 | Bilibili Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 1 | LNG Esports | 1 | PSG Talon | 0 | FlyQuest | 1 | Weibo Gaming | 2 | FlyQuest | ||||||||||||||||||
MAD Lions KOI | 0 | FlyQuest | 1 | FlyQuest | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Top Esports | 1 | 0–1 | Top Esports | 1 | 1–2 | Team Liquid | 1 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||
T1 | 0 | T1 | 1 | Fnatic | 0 | Team Liquid | 2 | G2 Esports | 1 | Dplus KIA | ||||||||||||||||||
Team Liquid | 0 | PaiN Gaming | 0 | Weibo Gaming | 0 | GAM Esports | 1 | Bilibili Gaming | 2 | G2 Esports | ||||||||||||||||||
LNG Esports | 1 | PSG Talon | 1 | G2 Esports | 1 | Weibo Gaming | 2 | Team Liquid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fnatic | 0 | MAD Lions KOI | 0 | Fnatic | 1 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dplus KIA | 1 | Weibo Gaming | 1 | 0–2 | Bilibili Gaming | 2 | PSG Talon | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gen.G | 1 | Team Liquid | 0 | PaiN Gaming | 0 | PSG Talon | 0 | Fnatic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weibo Gaming | 0 | Fnatic | 1 | Team Liquid | 2 | GAM Esports | ||||||||||||||||||||||
GAM Esports | 0 | MAD Lions KOI | 1 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
GAM Esports | 2 | MAD Lions KOI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PaiN Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Eight teams qualify for the playoff portion of the tournament from the Swiss stage.
Pools | Teams | |
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Pool 1 (3–0) | LNG Esports | |
Gen.G | ||
Pool 2 (3–1) | Top Esports | |
Hanwha Life Esports | ||
T1 | ||
Pool 3 (3–2) | Weibo Gaming | |
Bilibili Gaming | ||
FlyQuest |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
17 October, 14:00 CEST – Paris | |||||||||||||
LNG Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||
26 October, 14:00 CEST – Paris | |||||||||||||
Weibo Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
Weibo Gaming | 0 | ||||||||||||
18 October, 14:00 CEST – Paris | |||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 November, 15:00 CET – London | |||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 2 | ||||||||||||
19 October, 14:00 CEST – Paris | |||||||||||||
T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Top Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
27 October, 14:00 CET – Paris | |||||||||||||
T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
20 October, 14:00 CEST – Paris | |||||||||||||
Gen.G | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||
FlyQuest | 2 | ||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
A base prize pool of $2,250,000 USD is offered for the tournament. This pool is to be further increased based on sales of an event pass within the League of Legends store. [12] The prize pool is spread among the teams as seen below: [13]
Place | Team | PI | SS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
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1st | T1 | – | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 20% | $450,000 |
2nd | Bilibili Gaming | – | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 16% | $360,000 |
3rd–4th | Gen.G | – | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 8% | $180,000 | |
Weibo Gaming | – | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | ||||
5th–8th | LNG Esports | – | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4.5% | $101,250 | ||
Hanwha Life Esports | – | 3–1 | 1–3 | |||||
FlyQuest | – | 3–2 | 2–3 | |||||
Top Esports | – | 3–1 | 0–3 | |||||
9th–11th | G2 Esports | – | 2–3 | 3.5% | $78,750 | |||
Dplus KIA | – | 2–3 | ||||||
Team Liquid | – | 2–3 | ||||||
12th–14th | Fnatic | – | 1–3 | 3% | $67,500 | |||
GAM Esports | 2–0 | 1–3 | ||||||
PSG Talon | 2–1 | 1–3 | ||||||
15th–16th | MAD Lions KOI | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2.5% | $56,250 | |||
PaiN Gaming | 2–1 | 0–3 | ||||||
17th–18th | 100 Thieves | 1–2 | 1.75% | $39,375 | ||||
Movistar R7 | 1–2 | |||||||
19th–20th | SoftBank Hawks | 0–2 | 1% | $22,500 | ||||
Viking Esports | 0–2 | |||||||
Place | Team | PI | SS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
"Heavy Is the Crown", performed by Linkin Park, was announced as the tournament's theme song on 24 September 2024. [14] A day later, Riot Games and Linkin Park released the song's music video, featuring the most recent champions T1 of the LCK, consisting of reigning Finals MVP Choi "Zeus" Woo-je, Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong, and Ryu "Keria" Min-seok. The video also featured players from the winners of major professional regions during the Spring and Summer Splits, such as Gen.G's Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon of the LCK, Bilibili Gaming's Chen "Bin" Zebin of the LPL, G2 Esports's Rasmus "Caps" Winther of the LEC, and FlyQuest's Fahad "Massu" Abdulmalek of the LCS. Diego "Brance" Amaral of the CBLOL's Red Canids was also included, despite the team not qualifying for the tournament. [15]
Despite being on tour for their at-the-time upcoming album From Zero , [16] Linkin Park performed the song as part of the opening ceremony for the final between Bilibili Gaming and T1. [17] They previously performed at the O2 Arena for their album tour, during which they performed the same track. [18]
The tournament's official slogan, Make Them Believe, was unveiled on 31 August 2024 alongside a format explainer video on YouTube.
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