2020 Mid-Season Streamathon

2020 Mid-Season Streamathon

Date	29–31 May 2020 (2020-05-29 – 2020-05-31)
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]

Mid-Season Cup[edit]

Mid-Season Cup

2020
Tournament information
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]

Participants[edit]

LCK

• T1
• Gen.G
• DragonX
• DAMWON Gaming

LPL

• JD Gaming
• Top Esports
• FunPlus Phoenix
• Invictus Gaming

Group stage[edit]

• Format: Single round robin, best-of-one

Group A

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

Group B

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

Tiebreakers

	Group B tiebreaker (Match 1)					Group B tiebreaker (Match 2)
						1	DragonX	L
	2	DragonX	L				JD Gaming	W
	3	Gen.G	W

Knockout stage[edit]

• Format: Best-of-five

	Semifinals					Finals
	JD Gaming		1
	FunPlus Phoenix		3
						FunPlus Phoenix		1
						Top Esports		3
	Top Esports		3
	Gen.G		0

Ranking[edit]

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

Mid-Season Showdown[edit]

Mid-Season Showdown

2020
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.

Participants[edit]

PCS

• Talon Esports
• Machi Esports

VCS

• Team Flash
• GAM Esports

Group stage[edit]

• Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

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

Knockout stage[edit]

• Format: Best-of-five

	Semifinals					Finals
							Talon Esports	3
		Machi Esports	1				Team Flash	1
		Team Flash	3

EU Face-Off[edit]

EU Face-Off

2020
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

Participants[edit]

• LEC Kings
• The French Zoo
• German Pingus
• Double Crunch Italy
• Polska Gurom
• ALTOKEKW Españita

Group stage[edit]

• Format: Single round robin, best-of-one

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts
1	LEC Kings	1	1	0
2	German Pingus	1	1	0
3	ALTOKEKW Españita	1	1	0

Group B

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

Knockout stage[edit]

• Format: Best-of-one

	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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