2024 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends
World Championship
2024
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationGermany
France
England
Dates25 September–2 November
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue(s)
3 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2024 League of Legends World Championship is an upcoming esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament will be held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It will be the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2021.[a] Twenty teams will qualify based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).[1]

The LCK's T1 are the defending champions.[2][3]

Qualification[edit]

The LCK (South Korea), LPL (China), LEC (EMEA), and the LCS (North America) will have three directly qualified teams to the Swiss stage. The region of the winner of the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational[b] and the next best-performing region in the same tournament will also get an additional spot in the same phase, while two teams from the play-in stage will round up the sixteen teams that will comprise the Swiss stage.[1][4]

Six teams qualify for the play-in stage: The top two teams of the Pacific Championship Series 2024 Summer playoffs, the top two teams of the VCS 2024 Summer playoffs, the CBLOL 2024 Split 2 champion, and the LLA 2024 Closing playoffs champion.

Venues[edit]

Berlin, Paris, and London were the three cities chosen to host the competition. The O2 Arena was announced as the Final venue during the 2023 League of Legends World Championship Final in Seoul, South Korea.[5][6] Berlin's Riot Games Arena, which is the new studio for the League of Legends EMEA Championship, and the Adidas Arena, one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics, were respectively announced as the venues for the play-in/Swiss stage and the quarterfinals/semifinals on 5 January 2024.[1]

Both the Adidas Arena (2024) and the O2 Arena (2012) are the fourth and fifth venues, respectively, to have hosted the Olympic Games and the League of Legends World Championship after the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul (2014 semifinals), the Beijing National Stadium (2017 final), and the AccorHotels Arena (2019 final), also in Paris.

Berlin, Germany Paris, France London, England
Play-in Stage and Group Swiss Stage Quarterfinals and Semifinals Final
Riot Games Arena Adidas Arena The O2 Arena
Capacity: 210 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 20,000

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The 2021 edition was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, with all games of the tournament being held in the Laugardalshöll, with no fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
  2. ^ The winner of MSI will qualify for Worlds provided they reach the Summer Split playoffs in their domestic league.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "The State of the Game: LoL Esports in 2024". lolesports.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Mary Yang; Paik Ji-hwan (19 November 2023). "T1 take down Weibo Gaming 3–0 to win LoL Worlds in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Korea's T1 win record fourth League of Legends world title". The Korea Times. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ Daniels, Tom (5 January 2024). "Riot Games announces MSI and Worlds 2024 locations, Hall of Fame and format changes". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 World Final Set for The O2 in London". LoL Esports. 19 November 2023. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ Tom Richardson (19 November 2023). "League of Legends Worlds 2024 final to be held at London's O2 Arena". BBC. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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