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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)
Teams20
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2025 →

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.[note 1] Twenty teams will qualify based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).[1]

T1 are defending champions.[2][3]

Qualification

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The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), and the League Championship Series (LCS) will have three directly qualified teams to the Swiss stage. The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational champion will earn an automatic qualification to the Swiss stage[note 2], also counting as the additional seed for the winner's respective region, with the runner-up region also earning an additional spot. Two teams from the play-in stage will also compete for qualification to 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.

This will be the final World Championship where teams from the PCS and VCS qualify for Worlds individually, as they will merge (alongside the LJL and LCO) to form a new Asia-Pacific league in 2025. Additionally, there are plans to merge the LCS, CBLOL and LLA into an Americas league with separate North and South Conferences that same year.[5]

The following tables show qualified teams and their respective qualification paths[6]:

Qualified for Swiss Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
Korea 1 9-8-2024 (Seed) LCK 2024 Summer Champion
2 9-8-2024 (Seed) LCK 2024 Championship Points
3 9-14-2024 (Seed) LCK 2024 Regional Finals Winner
4 Gen.G [note 3] 5-19-2024 (Qualification) 2024 Mid-Season Invitational Champion
China 1 LPL 2024 Summer Champion
2 LPL 2024 Championship Points
3 LPL 2024 Regional Finals Winner
4 LPL 2024 Regional Finals Runner-Up
EMEA 1 9-1-2024 (Seed) LEC 2024 Season Finals Champion
2 9-1-2024 (Seed) LEC 2024 Season Finals Runner-Up
3 G2 Esports [note 4] 7-28-2024 (Qualification) LEC 2024 Summer Champion
North America 1 9-7-2024 (Seed) LCS 2024 Championship Winner
2 9-7-2024 (Seed) LCS 2024 Championship Runner-Up
3 9-6-2024 (Seed) LCS 2024 3rd Place
World Championship Q Qualified From Play-In Stage
Q Qualified From Play-In Stage
Qualified for Play-In Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
Asia-Pacific 1 9-1-2024 (Seed) PCS 2024 Summer Champion
2 9-1-2024 (Seed) PCS 2024 Summer Runner-Up
Vietnam 1 8-18-2024 (Seed) VCS 2024 Summer Champion
2 8-18-2024 (Seed) VCS 2024 Summer Runner-Up
Brazil 1 9-7-2024 CBLOL 2024 Split 2 Champion
Latin America 1 9-7-2024 LLA 2024 Closing Champion

Venues

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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.[7][8] 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.[1]

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

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  1. ^ The 2021 edition was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, with all games of the tournament being held at the Laugardalshöll. No fans were in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
  2. ^ This qualification is only active if the champion qualifies for their respective regional league's Summer playoff bracket.
  3. ^ Lowest possible seed.
  4. ^ Lowest possible seed.

References

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  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. ^ Taifalos, Nicholas; McIntyre, Isaac (11 June 2024). "LCS, CBLOL, LLA unified as Riot takes VALORANT-like approach to LoL esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ "LoL Esports | Schedule". lolesports.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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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