Mid-Season Invitational

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Controller current.svg 2025 Mid-Season Invitational
LOL MSI logo.svg
Game League of Legends
Founded2015;10 years ago (2015)
Administrator Riot Games
No. of teams10 teams (2025)
Venue(s)Rotating locations (next location Canada)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Gen.G (2024)
Most titles Royal Never Give Up (3 titles)
QualificationRegional league winners of the spring split [a]
Streaming partner(s) Twitch, YouTube
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competitions
Tournament format Double elimination
Official website lolesports.com

The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends international tournament hosted by Riot Games in the middle of years, since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship. [2] [3]

Contents

In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues (LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard team from a region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand. [4] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final. [5]

Since 2017, Spring Split champions from all regions have been participating in the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region receives a direct spot in the World Championship's Group Stage for that year for their Summer Split champion. The top four regions gets the pool 1 spot in the World Championship's Group Stage.

Royal Never Give Up from China is the most successful team with three MSI titles.

History

2015

The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 7–10 May 2015 in Tallahassee, Florida. Five teams qualified to participate at the Mid-Season Invitational after winning the Spring Split within their own regional leagues, while a team from the Wildcard regions qualified by winning the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI). [6]

All games of the tournament were hosted in the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. The final was played on 10 May 2015 between Edward Gaming, from China's League of Legends Pro League, and SK Telecom T1, from League of Legends Champions Korea, with Edward Gaming winning the inaugural championship 3–2. [7] [8] [9]

2016

The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 4–15 May 2016 in Shanghai, China. In line with last years iteration, 5 teams qualified to participate at the Mid-Season Invitational after winning the Spring Split within their own regional leagues, while a team from the Wildcard regions qualified by winning the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI). [10]

All games of the tournament were hosted in the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The final was played on 10 May 2016 between Counter Logic Gaming, from the North American League of Legends Championship Series, and SK Telecom T1, from League of Legends Champions Korea, with SK Telecom T1 winning the championship 3–0. [11] [12] Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was awarded the MVP in the final.

2017

The 2017 Mid-Season Invitation was held from 28 April to 21 May 2017, in 2 cities across Brazil: São Paulo (play in) and Rio de Janeiro (groups and knockout stage). Departing from the previous years, thirteen teams qualified for the event by winning their respective Spring Splits, with the representatives from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event, while the other teams were admitted into the "play-in stage", where the top three teams in that stage qualified for the group stage. [13]

The final was played on 21 May 2017, hosted in the Jeunesse Arena, between defending champions SK Telecom T1, from South Korea's League of Legends Champions Korea, and G2 Esports, from the European League of Legends Championship Series, with SK Telecom T1 retaining the championship 3–1, becoming the first team to win back-to-back Mid-Season Invitationals. [14] Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan was awarded the MVP in the finals.

2018

The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was held between 3–20 May 2018 in Germany and France. The two cities that hosted this event were Berlin (play-in & groups), and Paris (knockout stage). [15] Fourteen teams qualified after winning their respective Spring Splits, with the teams from South Korea (LCK), North America (NA LCS) and China (LPL) automatically seeded into the group stage, whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in a "play-in" with the top 2 teams advancing to join the main event. [16]

The final was played on 20 May 2018, hosted in the Zénith Paris, between King-Zone DragonX, from South Korea's League of Legends Champions Korea, and Royal Never Give Up, from China's League of Legends Pro League, with Royal Never Give Up winning the championship 3–1, with Jian "Uzi" Zihao being awarded the MVP of the finals. [17]

The finals, became one of the most watched esports matches in history, being watched by over 127 million unique viewers (mostly attributed to China's viewership), while the entire event boasted a total viewing time of over 2 billion hours. [18] [19] [20] [21]

2019

The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was held between 1–19 May 2019 in Vietnam and Taiwan. Three cities that hosted this event were Ho Chi Minh City (play-in), Hanoi (groups), and Taipei (knockout stage). Similar to the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, thirteen teams qualified for the event, as based on the regional results of the 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. [22]

The final was played on 19 May 2019, hosted in the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, between G2 Esports, from Europe's League of Legends European Championship, and Team Liquid, from North America's League of Legends Championship Series, with G2 Esports winning the championship 3–0, becoming the first European team to win the Mid-Season Invitational. [23] [24] Rasmus "Caps" Winther was given the MVP award for his performance in the final. [25]

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Riot Games cancelled the event, replacing it with the Mid-Season Streamathon, a series of international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. [26] [27]

2021

The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 6–23 May 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Twelve teams qualified for the event, where all teams began in the same stage of the tournament, unlike previous years where the winners of the minor leagues had to win play-in matches to face teams from the larger regions. [28] GAM Esports, from the Vietnam Championship Series, was unable to attend the event due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. [29]

All games of the tournament were hosted in the Laugardalshöll, with no fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The final was played on 23 May 2021 between the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational champions Royal Never Give Up, from China's League of Legends Pro League, and the defending World champions DWG KIA (formerly Damwon Gaming), from League of Legends Champions Korea. Royal Never Give Up won the championship 3–2, becoming the second team after T1 (formerly SK Telecom T1) to win two Mid-Season Invitationals. [30] [31] Chen "GALA" Wei was awarded the MVP in the final. [32]

2022

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 10–29 May 2022 in Busan, South Korea. Similar to the previous event, eleven teams qualified for the event, where all teams began in the same stage of the tournament, unlike previous years where the winners of the minor leagues had to win play-in matches to face teams from the larger regions. [33] [34] The CIS's League of Legends Continental League was unable to send a representative to the event due to the cancellation of their Spring Split, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [35]

Due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, where most of China's LPL teams are based, the LPL representative, Royal Never Give Up had competed in the tournament remotely from the team's training facility or the LPL Arena in Shanghai. All other representatives competed with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. [36]

The final was played on 29 May 2022, hosted in the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO). [37] The series was played between the two most successful teams in the competition's history at the time, the defending champions Royal Never Give Up, from China's League of Legends Pro League, and T1, from League of Legends Champions Korea. In the final, Royal Never Give Up won the championship 3–2, becoming the first team to win three MSI titles, and the second team to successfully defend their title (after T1 in 2017). Yan "Wei" Yangwei was awarded the MVP for his performance in the final. [38] [39]

2023

The 2023 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 2–21 May 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Thirteen teams from nine regions qualified for the event as champions of their regional Spring splits, excluding North America (LCS), EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), Korea (LCK), and China (LPL), who each had two teams participate in the tournament. As a result of this change, the Spring Split champions from Turkey (TCL) and Oceania (LCO) no longer participated in the event due to the Turkish league losing their regional status to become a European Regional League (ERL), and the Oceania league merging under the Southeast Asian Pacific Championship Series (PCS). [40]

The format for the event differed to the previous editions, with the introduction of a play-in stage, consisting of eight teams who are split into two double elimination brackets. There, three teams qualified to the main tournament bracket where the qualifying teams, along with five other teams, faced off in another double elimination bracket to determine the winner of the tournament. [41]

All games of the tournament were hosted in the Copper Box Arena. [42] The finals was played on 21 May 2023 between JD Gaming and Bilibili Gaming, both from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). [43] In the final, JD Gaming won the series 3–1, with Zhuo "knight" Ding being named the finals MVP of the tournament. [44] [45]

2024

The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational was held from 1–19 May 2024 at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center in Chengdu, China. [46] Twelve teams from eight regions qualified for the event, with Japan's LJL merging under the Pacific Championship Series (PCS). [47] [48]

The finals was played on 19 May 2024 between Gen.G from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), and the previous years' finalist Bilibili Gaming from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), a rematch of the upper bracket final between the two teams. [49] In the final, Gen.G won the series 3–1, becoming the second team from the LCK (after T1) to win an MSI title, whilst marking the first time a non-LPL (Chinese) team has won after five consecutive years of prior Chinese winners. [50] Son "Lehends" Si-woo was awarded the finals MVP for his performance in the series. [50] In addition, during game 2 of the finals, player Kim "Peyz" Soo-hwan also broke the record for most kills in a single international game, recording 28 kills. As a result, Gen.G will qualify for the World Championship (provided they also make the Summer playoffs in their regional league), whilst the LCK and LPL earned an additional spot at Worlds. [51]

2025

It was announced during the broadcast of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship final that MSI would take place in Canada in 2025. Vancouver was announced as the host city on 8 January 2025. [52]

Future

On 8 January 2025, Riot Games announced that the 2026 and 2027 editions of MSI would be held in South Korea and Europe respectively. [52]

Results

Year-by-year

YearLocationFinalNo.
ChampionScoreRunner-up
2015 Tallahassee Edward Gaming 32 SK Telecom T1 12
2016 Shanghai SK Telecom T130 Counter Logic Gaming 12
2017 São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro 		SK Telecom T131 G2 Esports 12
2018 Berlin
Paris 		Royal Never Give Up 31 King-Zone DragonX 12
2019 Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi
Taipei 		G2 Esports30 Team Liquid 12
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [53] and replaced with the Mid-Season Streamathon
2021 Reykjavík Royal Never Give Up32 DWG KIA 11 [b]
2022 Busan Royal Never Give Up32 T1 11 [b]
2023 London JD Gaming 31 Bilibili Gaming 13
2024 Chengdu Gen.G 31Bilibili Gaming12
2025 Vancouver 10
2026 TBA, South Korea10
2027 TBA, Europe10

Regions reaching top four

RegionTitlesRunner-upTotal
China (LPL)527
South Korea (LCK)347
EMEA (LEC)112
North America (LCS)022

Teams reaching top four

TeamTitlesRunner-upTotal
Royal Never Give Up 303
T1 [c] 224
G2 Esports 112
Edward Gaming 101
JD Gaming 101
Gen.G 101
Bilibili Gaming 022
NRG Esports [d] 011
DRX [e] 011
Team Liquid 011
Dplus KIA [f] 011

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 2023, the spring split champions and runner-up from North America (LCS), China (LPL), and Korea (LCK) qualify for the event, while the Winter and Spring champion from EMEA (LEC) qualify for the event, as a result of the introduction of three splits to the LEC season. [1]
  2. 1 2 A team from the Vietnam Championship Series was unable to compete in 2021 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. In 2022, a team from the CIS's League of Legends Continental League was unable to participate due to the cancellation of their Spring Split, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ↑ Rebranded from SK Telecom T1 in 2019.
  4. ↑ NRG Esports acquired the LCS spot and players of Counter Logic Gaming in 2023.
  5. ↑ Rebranded from King-Zone DragonX to DragonX in 2019, and then to DRX in 2020.
  6. ↑ Rebranded from DWG KIA to Dplus KIA in 2023.

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