2020 League of Legends World Championship
The 2020 League of Legends World Championship was the tenth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from 25 September to 31 October in Shanghai, China.[1] Twenty-two teams from eleven regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits, such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia, with ten of those teams having to reach the main "groups" event via a play-in stage.
2020 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location | China |
Dates | 25 September–31 October |
Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 10 team single round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
Venue(s) | 2 (in Shanghai)
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Teams | 22 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Damwon Gaming (1st title) |
Runner-up | Suning |
MVP | Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu (Damwon Gaming) |
"Take Over" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Henry Lau, Max Schneider, and A Day to Remember's lead vocalist Jeremy McKinnon.[2]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues
The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, affected the multi-city hosting format that was present previously. On 1 August, Riot Games announced the dates and location of the event, with all stages taking place in Shanghai through the use of an "isolation bubble" environment.[3]
In September 2020, Riot Games announced that due to travel concerns, two teams from VCS of Vietnam will not be participating in the tournament.[4]
During the 2020 Worlds Group Draw Show, it was revealed that PSG Talon's members "River" and "Tank" would be unable to attend the play-in stage due to delayed visas and quarantine issues,[5] and that Hsiao "Kongyue" Jen-tso and Chen "Uniboy" Chang-chu would be loaned from ahq eSports Club to replace them. The organization confirmed this in an official announcement the next day, and further stated that "Unified" would also be unable to participate in the first half of the play-in stage for the same reason. Chen "Dee" Chun-dee was loaned from Machi Esports to replace Unified.[6]
Qualified teams and rosters
Qualified teams
As the two Vietnamese teams (the Champion's Team Flash and Runner-up's GAM Esports of VCS Summer) are unable to participate, the third seed team from South Korea (LCK) will be promoted to start in the main group stage, as they were previously dropped to the play-in stage. The qualification format for North America and Europe changed with teams directly qualifying based on the results from their respective summer playoffs. Due to the merger of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and the Southeast Asian (LST) professional leagues into a single league (PCS) and have been reduced Worlds' spots from 4 to 2, Europe (LEC) will have another direct spot in the group stage and China (LPL) will have an additional spot in the play-in stage for the regional finals runner-up.[7]
For the pool, the Main Group stage's pool #2 with 8 teams like as last year will be split to two pools #2 and pool #3, with 4 teams each pool. Qualified teams from Play-in stage will be drawn as pool #4. The Play-in stage's pool #3 in last year will be merged into pool #2, increased to 6 teams.[8]
Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool |
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Starting in the main event's group stage | |||||
China | LPL | Summer Champion | Top Esports | TES | 1 |
Most Championship Points | JD Gaming | JDG | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | Suning | SN | |||
Europe | LEC | Summer Champion | G2 Esports | G2 | 1 |
Summer Runner-Up | Fnatic | FNC | 2 | ||
Summer 3rd Place | Rogue | RGE | 3 | ||
South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | Damwon Gaming | DWG | 1 |
Most Championship Points | DRX | DRX | 2 | ||
Regional Finals Winner | Gen.G | GEN | 3 | ||
North America | LCS | Summer Champion | Team SoloMid | TSM | 1 |
Summer Runner-Up | FlyQuest | FLY | 3 | ||
TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Champion | Machi Esports | MCX | 3 |
Starting in the play-in stage | |||||
China | LPL | Regional Finals Runner-Up | LGD Gaming | LGD | 1 |
Europe | LEC | Summer 4th Place | MAD Lions | MAD | |
North America | LCS | Summer 3rd Place | Team Liquid | TL | |
TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Runner-Up | PSG Talon | PSG | |
CIS | LCL | Summer Champion | Unicorns of Love | UOL | 2 |
Latin America | LLA | Rainbow7 | R7 | ||
Turkey | TCL | Papara SuperMassive | SUP | ||
Brazil | CBLOL | INTZ | ITZ | ||
Japan | LJL | V3 Esports | V3 | ||
Oceania | OPL | Legacy Esports | LGC |
Rosters
Player didn't play any games.
Teams | Players | Coach | ||||
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Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | ||
China (LPL) | ||||||
Top Esports | 369 (Bai Jiahao) |
Karsa (Hung Hao-hsuan) |
knight (Zhuo Ding) |
JackeyLove (Yu Wenbo) |
yuyanjia (Liang Jiayuan) |
Crescent (Luo Sheng) |
QiuQiu (Zhang Ming) | ||||||
JD Gaming | Zoom (Zhang Xingran) |
Kanavi (Seo Jin-hyeok) |
Yagao (Zeng Qi) |
LokeN (Lee Dong-wook) |
LvMao (Zuo Minghao) |
Homme (Yun Seong-yeong) |
Peace (Lin Shangren) |
huge (Cui Hu) | |||||
Suning | Bin (Chen Zebin) |
SofM (Lê Quang Duy) |
Angel (Xiang Tao) |
huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng) |
SwordArt (Hu Shuo-chieh) |
Chashao (Shih Yi-hao) |
View (Chen Yuming) |
owo (Luo Wenjun) |
Dian (Li Guopeng) | ||||
LGD Gaming | Langx (Xie Zhenying) |
Peanut (Han Wang-ho) |
xiye (Su Hanwei) |
Kramer (Ha Jong-hun) |
Mark (Ling Xu) |
Maizijian (Zeng Tao) |
Killua (Liu Danyang) |
Eimy (Xie Dan) | |||||
Europe (LEC) | ||||||
G2 Esports | Wunder (Martin Hansen) |
Jankos (Marcin Jankowski) |
Caps (Rasmus Winther) |
Perkz (Luka Perković) |
Mikyx (Mihael Mehle) |
GrabbZ (Fabian Lohmann) |
P1noy (Kristoffer Pedersen) |
Duffman (Christoffer Duff) | |||||
Fnatic | Bwipo (Gabriël Rau) |
Selfmade (Oskar Boderek) |
Nemesis (Tim Lipovšek) |
Rekkles (Martin Larsson) |
Hylissang (Zdravets Galabov) |
Mithy (Alfonso Rodríguez) |
MagiFelix (Felix Boström) |
Shaves (Kevin Edward Tolman) | |||||
Rogue | Finn (Finn Wiestål) |
Inspired (Kacper Słoma) |
Larssen (Emil Larsson) |
Hans sama (Steven Liv) |
Vander (Oskar Bogdan) |
fredy122 (Simon Payne) |
Blueknight (Nico Jannet) |
Blumigan (Marcus Blom) | |||||
MAD Lions | Orome (Andrei Popa) |
Shad0w (Zhiqiang Zhao) |
Humanoid (Marek Brázda) |
Carzzy (Matyáš Orság) |
Kaiser (Norman Kaiser) |
Mac (James MacCormack) |
Kaas (Christophe van Oudheusden) |
Kaas (Christophe van Oudheusden) | |||||
South Korea (LCK) | ||||||
Damwon Gaming | Nuguri (Jang Ha-gwon) |
Canyon (Kim Geon-bu) |
ShowMaker (Heo Su) |
Ghost (Jang Yong-jun) |
BeryL (Cho Geon-hee) |
Zefa (Lee Jae-min) |
Nuclear (Sin Jeong-hyeon) |
Hoit (Ryu Ho-seong) |
Daeny (Yang Dae-in) | ||||
DRX | Doran (Choi Hyeon-jun) |
Pyosik (Hong Chang-hyeon) |
Chovy (Jeong Ji-hun) |
Deft (Kim Hyeok-kyu) |
Keria (Ryu Min-seok) |
cvMax (Kim Dae-ho) |
Quad (Song Su-hyeong) |
Museong (Kim Moo-seong) | |||||
Gen.G | Rascal (Kim Kwang-hee) |
Clid (Kim Tae-min) |
Bdd (Gwak Bo-seong) |
Ruler (Park Jae-hyeok) |
Life (Kim Jeong-min) |
oDin (Ju Yeong-dal) |
Kellin (Kim Hyeong-gyu) |
Tom (Im Jae-hyeon) | |||||
North America (LCS) | ||||||
Team SoloMid | Broken Blade (Sergen Çelik) |
Spica (Mingyi Lu) |
Bjergsen (Søren Bjerg) |
Doublelift (Yiliang Peng) |
Biofrost (Vincent Wang) |
Parth (Parth Naidu) |
Treatz (Erik Wessén) |
Mabrey (Joshua Alan Mabrey) | |||||
FlyQuest | Solo (Colin Earnest) |
Santorin (Lucas Larsen) |
PowerOfEvil (Tristan Schrage) |
WildTurtle (Jason Tran) |
IgNar (Lee Dong-geun) |
Curry (Anand Agarwal) |
MasH (Brandon Phan) |
MasH (Brandon Phan) | |||||
Team Liquid | Impact (Jeong Eon-yeong) |
Broxah (Mads Brock-Pedersen) |
Jensen (Nicolaj Jensen) |
Tactical (Edward Ra) |
CoreJJ (Jo Yong-in) |
Jatt (Joshua Leesman) |
Jenkins (Thomas Tran) |
Cain (Jang Nu-ri) | |||||
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/SEA (PCS) | ||||||
Machi Esports | PK (Hsieh Yu-ting) |
Gemini (Huang Chu-hsuan) |
M1ssion (Chen Hsiao-hsien) |
Bruce (Chiu Chih-chun) |
Koala (Lin Chih-chiang) |
Mountain (Xue Zhao-hong) |
Atlen (Sung Ya-lun) |
Dreamer (Tseng Chien-hung) | |||||
PSG Talon | Hanabi (Su Chia-hsiang) |
River (Kim Dong-woo) |
Tank (Park Dan-won) |
Unified (Wong Chun-kit) |
Kaiwing (Ling Kai-wing) |
Bigfafa (Seo Min-seok) |
Yuwan (Hsu Chi-chun) |
Kongyue (loan) (Hsiao Jen-tso) |
Uniboy (loan) (Chen Chang-chu) |
Dee (loan) (Chen Chun-dee) |
Glen (Yang Po-Jen) | ||
Brazil (CBLOL) | ||||||
INTZ | Tay (Rodrigo Panisa) |
Shini (Diogo Rogê) |
Envy (Bruno Farias) |
micaO (Micael Rodrigues) |
RedBert (Ygor Freitas) |
Maestro (Lucas Pierre) |
Mills (Guilherme Conti) | ||||||
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) | ||||||
Unicorns of Love | BOSS (Vladislav Fomin) |
AHaHaCiK (Kirill Skvortsov) |
Nomanz (Lev Yakshin) |
Gadget (Ilya Makavchuk) |
SaNTaS (Aleksandr Lifashin) |
Sheepy (Fabian Mallant) |
Invi (Dimitrii Protasov) |
Invi (Dimitrii Protasov) | |||||
Japan (LJL) | ||||||
V3 Esports | Paz (Shiro Sasaki) |
Bugi (Lee Seong-yeop) |
Ace (Kotoji Mugita) |
Archer (Lee Keun-hee) |
Raina (Shin Okubo) |
Son (Son Jae-seok) |
Ricky (Riki Sameshima) | ||||||
Latin America (LLA) | ||||||
Rainbow7 | Acce (Emmanuel Juárez) |
Josedeodo (Brandon Joel Villegas) |
Aloned (Tomás Díaz) |
Leza (Francisco Jara) |
Shadow (Facundo Cuello) |
Skin (Eduardo Saldaña) |
Khynm (Gabriel Alonso) |
Fallen (Carlos Calderón) | |||||
Oceania (OPL) | ||||||
Legacy Esports | Topoon (Kim Ji-hun) |
Babip (Leo Romer) |
Tally (James Shute) |
Raes (Quin Korebrits) |
Isles (Jonah Rosario) |
Denian (James Goddard) |
Halo (James Giacoumakis) | ||||||
Turkey (TCL) | ||||||
Papara SuperMassive | Armut (İrfan Berk Tükek) |
KaKAO (Lee Byeong-kwon) |
Bolulu (Onur Can Demirol) |
Zeitnot (Berkay Aşıkuzun) |
SnowFlower (No Hoi-jong) |
Pades (Serdar Padeş) |
Pades (Serdar Padeş) |
GBM (Lee Chang-seok) |
Venues
Shanghai was the city chosen to host the competition.[1][9]
Shanghai, China | ||||
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Play-in Stage | Main Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
Shanghai Media Tech Studio | Pudong Football Stadium | |||
Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 33,765 | |||
Play-in stage
- Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio.
Play-in groups
- Date and time: 25–28 September, began at 16:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
- Ten teams are drawn into two groups, with five teams in each group.
- Single round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have same win-loss record at the end of play-ins, they play a tie-breaker match. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.[10]
- The top team automatically qualifies for the main event's group stage, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receives a bye to Round 2. The bottom team is eliminated.
Group A
# | Team | ~ | TL | LGC | SUP | MAD | ITZ | W | L | TB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Team Liquid | TL | ~ | W | W | W | L | 3 | 1 | W | ||
2 | Legacy Esports | LGC | L | ~ | W | W | W | 3 | 1 | L | ||
3 | Papara SuperMassive | SUP | L | L | ~ | W | W | 2 | 2 | |||
4 | MAD Lions | MAD | L | L | L | ~ | W | 1 | 3 | W | ||
5 | INTZ | ITZ | W | L | L | L | ~ | 1 | 3 | L |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 Sep | 1 | MAD | W | L | ITZ |
2 | LGC | W | L | ITZ | |
3 | TL | W | L | MAD | |
26 Sep | 4 | ITZ | L | W | SUP |
5 | SUP | W | L | MAD | |
6 | TL | W | L | LGC | |
28 Sep | 7 | SUP | L | W | TL |
8 | MAD | L | W | LGC | |
9 | ITZ | W | L | TL | |
10 | LGC | W | L | SUP | |
TB-4th | MAD | W | L | ITZ | |
TB-1st | TL | W | L | LGC |
Group B
# | Team | ~ | PSG | UOL | R7 | LGD | V3 | W | L | TB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PSG Talon* | PSG | ~ | L | W | W | W | 3 | 1 | W | ||
2 | Unicorns of Love | UOL | W | ~ | L | W | W | 3 | 1 | L | ||
3 | Rainbow7 | R7 | L | W | ~ | W | L | 2 | 2 | |||
4 | LGD Gaming | LGD | L | L | L | ~ | W | 1 | 3 | W | ||
5 | V3 Esports | V3 | L | L | W | L | ~ | 1 | 3 | L | ||
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 Sep | 1 | PSG* | W | L | R7 |
2 | LGD | L | W | PSG* | |
26 Sep | 3 | R7 | L | W | V3 |
4 | V3 | L | W | UOL | |
5 | LGD | L | W | R7 | |
6 | UOL | W | L | PSG | |
27 Sep | 7 | V3 | L | W | LGD |
8 | R7 | W | L | UOL | |
9 | PSG** | W | L | V3 | |
10 | UOL | W | L | LGD | |
TB-1st | UOL | L | W | PSG** | |
TB-4th | LGD | W | L | V3 |
*Roster had 3 subsitutions.
**Roster had 2 substitutions.
Play-in knockouts
- Date and time: 29–30 September
- King of the hill format with two branch. Single-elimination. All matches are best-of-five.
- The 3rd-place and 4th-place teams from the same group play each other in Round 1. Winner will play against with the 2nd-place team from other group in Round 2.
- The upper-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the lower-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
- The winners of the Round 2 in each branch advances to the main event's group stage.
Branch A2-B3-B4
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||
A2 | Legacy Esports | 0 | ||||||
B3 | Rainbow7 | 0 | B | LGD Gaming | 3 | |||
B4 | LGD Gaming | 3 |
Round 1
- Date and time: 29 September, 14:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
B3 | Rainbow7 | R7 | 0 |
B4 | LGD Gaming | LGD | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R7 | L | W | LGD |
2 | R7 | L | W | LGD |
3 | LGD | W | L | R7 |
4 | x | - | - | x |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Round 2
- Date: 30 September, 14:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
A2 | Legacy Esports | LGC | 0 |
B | LGD Gaming | LGD | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LGC | L | W | LGD |
2 | LGC | L | W | LGD |
3 | LGC | L | W | LGD |
4 | x | - | - | x |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Branch B2-A3-A4
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||
B2 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | ||||||
A3 | Papara SuperMassive | 3 | A | Papara SuperMassive | 0 | |||
A4 | MAD Lions | 2 |
Round 1
- Date and time: 29 September, 17:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
A3 | Papara SuperMassive | SUP | 3 |
A4 | MAD Lions | MAD | 2 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SUP | W | L | MAD |
2 | MAD | W | L | SUP |
3 | SUP | W | L | MAD |
4 | MAD | W | L | SUP |
5 | SUP | W | L | MAD |
Round 2
- Date: 30 September, 17:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
B2 | Unicorns of Love | UOL | 3 |
A | Papara SuperMassive | SUP | 0 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UOL | W | L | SUP |
2 | SUP | L | W | UOL |
3 | UOL | W | L | SUP |
4 | x | - | - | x |
5 | x | - | - | x |
Group stage
- Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio.
- Date and time: 3–11 October, began at 16:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
- Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
- Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have the same win-loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for first or second place.
- Top two teams will advance to Playoff Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.
Group A
# | Team | ~ | SN | G2 | TL | MCX | W | L | TB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Suning | SN | ~ | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | W | ||
2 | G2 Esports | G2 | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | L | ||
3 | Team Liquid | TL | 1-1 | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | |||
4 | Machi Esports | MCX | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ | 1 | 5 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 Oct | 1 | MCX | W | L | TL |
2 | G2 | W | L | SN | |
5 Oct | 3 | MCX | L | W | G2 |
4 | TL | L | W | SN | |
6 Oct | 5 | G2 | L | W | TL |
6 | SN | W | L | MCX | |
8 Oct | 7 | TL | L | W | G2 |
8 | MCX | L | W | SN | |
9 | G2 | W | L | MCX | |
10 | SN | L | W | TL | |
11 | TL | W | L | MCX | |
12 | SN | W | L | G2 | |
TB | SN | W | L | G2 |
Group B
# | Team | ~ | DWG | JDG | PSG | RGE | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Damwon Gaming | DWG | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | JD Gaming | JDG | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | PSG Talon | PSG | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | ||
4 | Rogue | RGE | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ | 1 | 5 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 Oct | 1 | RGE | W | L | PSG |
2 | DWG | W | L | JDG | |
4 Oct | 3 | RGE | L | W | DWG |
4 | PSG | L | W | JDG | |
5 Oct | 5 | DWG | W | L | PSG |
6 | JDG | W | L | RGE | |
9 Oct | 7 | PSG | L | W | DWG |
8 | RGE | L | W | JDG | |
9 | DWG | W | L | RGE | |
10 | JDG | L | W | PSG | |
11 | PSG | W | L | RGE | |
12 | JDG | W | L | DWG |
Group C
# | Team | ~ | GEN | FNC | LGD | TSM | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gen.G | GEN | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | Fnatic | FNC | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | LGD Gaming | LGD | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | ||
4 | Team SoloMid | TSM | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ~ | 0 | 6 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 Oct | 1 | GEN | W | L | LGD |
2 | TSM | L | W | FNC | |
4 Oct | 3 | GEN | W | L | TSM |
4 | LGD | W | L | FNC | |
6 Oct | 5 | FNC | W | L | GEN |
6 | TSM | L | W | LGD | |
10 Oct | 7 | FNC | W | L | TSM |
8 | LGD | L | W | GEN | |
9 | TSM | L | W | GEN | |
10 | FNC | W | L | LGD | |
11 | LGD | W | L | TSM | |
12 | GEN | W | L | FNC |
Group D
# | Team | ~ | TES | DRX | FLY | UOL | W | L | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Top Esports | TES | ~ | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2 | DRX | DRX | 0-2 | ~ | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | ||
3 | FlyQuest | FLY | 1-1 | 0-2 | ~ | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | ||
4 | Unicorns of Love | UOL | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ~ | 0 | 6 |
Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 Oct | 1 | FLY | L | W | TES |
2 | UOL | L | W | DRX | |
5 Oct | 3 | FLY | W | L | UOL |
4 | TES | W | L | DRX | |
6 Oct | 5 | DRX | W | L | FLY |
6 | TES | W | L | UOL | |
11 Oct | 7 | FLY | L | W | DRX |
8 | UOL | L | W | TES | |
9 | DRX | W | L | UOL | |
10 | TES | L | W | FLY | |
11 | UOL | L | W | FLY | |
12 | DRX | L | W | TES |
Playoff stage
- Date and time: 15–31 October, all matches will begin at 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
- Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
- All matches are best-of-five.
- The 1st-place team of each group is drawn against the 2nd-place team of a different group.
- Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
D1 | Top Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||
C2 | Fnatic | 2 | ||||||||||||
Top Esports | 1 | |||||||||||||
Suning | 3 | |||||||||||||
A1 | Suning | 3 | ||||||||||||
B2 | JD Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
Suning | 1 | |||||||||||||
Damwon Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||
C1 | Gen.G | 0 | ||||||||||||
A2 | G2 Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||
G2 Esports | 1 | |||||||||||||
Damwon Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||
B1 | Damwon Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
D2 | DRX | 0 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
- Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio
- The 1st-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the 2nd-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
- The winner(s) will advance to the semifinals.
Match 1
- Date and time: 15 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
B1 | Damwon Gaming | DWG | 3 |
D2 | DRX | DRX | 0 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DWG | W | L | DRX |
2 | DRX | L | W | DWG |
3 | DRX | L | W | DWG |
4 | X | - | - | X |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Match 2
- Date: 16 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00)
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
A1 | Suning | SN | 3 |
B2 | JD Gaming | JDG | 1 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SN | L | W | JDG |
2 | SN | W | L | JDG |
3 | JDG | L | W | SN |
4 | JDG | L | W | SN |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Match 3
- Date: 17 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00)
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
D1 | Top Esports | TES | 3 |
C2 | Fnatic | FNC | 2 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TES | L | W | FNC |
2 | TES | L | W | FNC |
3 | TES | W | L | FNC |
4 | FNC | L | W | TES |
5 | FNC | L | W | TES |
Match 4
- Date: 18 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00)
Team | ID | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
C1 | Gen.G | GEN | 0 |
A2 | G2 Esports | G2 | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GEN | L | W | G2 |
2 | GEN | L | W | G2 |
3 | G2 | W | L | GEN |
4 | X | - | - | X |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Semifinals
- Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio.
- The winner(s) will advance to the Finals.
Match 1
- Date: 24 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result |
---|---|---|
G2 Esports | G2 | 1 |
Damwon Gaming | DWG | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | G2 | L | W | DWG |
2 | DWG | L | W | G2 |
3 | G2 | L | W | DWG |
4 | DWG | W | L | G2 |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Match 2
- Date: 25 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
Team | ID | Result |
---|---|---|
Top Esports | TES | 1 |
Suning | SN | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TES | L | W | SN |
2 | SN | L | W | TES |
3 | TES | L | W | SN |
4 | SN | W | L | TES |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Finals
- Venue: Pudong Football Stadium[1]
- Date and time: 31 October, 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
- The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2020 World Champions.
Team | ID | Result |
---|---|---|
Suning | SN | 1 |
Damwon Gaming | DWG | 3 |
Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DWG | W | L | SN |
2 | DWG | L | W | SN |
3 | SN | L | W | DWG |
4 | DWG | W | L | SN |
5 | X | - | - | X |
Ranking
Team ranking
- (*) Not include tie-break games.
- The Vietnamese teams from VCS Summer who are unable to attend will be earned a 2.1% of prize pool, with 1.5% of Main Group Stage seed for the Champion (Team Flash) and 0.6% of Play-in Groups seed for the Runner-up (GAM Esports).
Place | Region | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
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1st | LCK | Damwon Gaming | - | - | - | 5-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 25% | |
2nd | LPL | Suning* | - | - | - | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 17.5% | |
3rd–4th | LEC | G2 Esports* | - | - | - | 4-2 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 9% | ||
LPL | Top Esports | - | - | - | 5-1 | 3-2 | 1-3 | ||||
5th–8th | LEC | Fnatic | - | - | - | 4-2 | 2-3 | 4.5% | |||
LPL | JD Gaming | - | - | - | 4-2 | 1-3 | |||||
LCK | DRX | - | - | - | 4-2 | 0-3 | |||||
LCK | Gen.G | - | - | - | 5-1 | 0-3 | |||||
9th–11th | LPL | LGD Gaming* | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 2.5% | ||||
LCS | FlyQuest | - | - | - | 3-3 | ||||||
LCS | Team Liquid* | 3-1 | - | - | 3-3 | ||||||
12th | PCS | PSG Talon* | 3-1 | - | - | 2-4 | |||||
13th–14th | PCS | Machi Esports | - | - | - | 1-5 | 1.5% | ||||
LEC | Rogue | - | - | - | 1-5 | ||||||
15th–16th | LCS | Team SoloMid | - | - | - | 0-6 | |||||
LCL | Unicorns of Love* | 3-1 | - | 3-0 | 0-6 | ||||||
17th | OPL | Legacy Esports* | 3-1 | - | 0-3 | 1% | |||||
18th | TCL | Papara Supermassive | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-3 | ||||||
19th | LEC | MAD Lions* | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0.75% | ||||||
20th | LLA | Rainbow7 | 2-2 | 0-3 | |||||||
21st–22nd | CBLOL | INTZ* | 1-3 | 0.6% | |||||||
LJL | V3 Esports* | 1-3 | |||||||||
Place | Region | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
Regional ranking
- The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
- Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
- (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.
Place | Region | League | Teams | Play-in Stage | Main Event | |||||
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Groups (4 games total) |
K.O Round 1 (Best-of-five) |
K.O Round 2 (Best-of-five) | ||||||||
Group stage (6 games total) |
Quarterfinals (Best-of-five) |
Semifinals (Best-of-five) |
Finals (Best-of-five) | |||||||
1st | South Korea |
LCK | 3G | 3 teams 14W-4L (77.78%) |
3 teams 3W-6L (33.33%) |
1 team 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 3W-1L (75%) | |||
2nd | China |
LPL | 3G+1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
1 team 3W-0L (100%) |
1 team 3W-0L (100%) |
4 teams 16W-8L (66.67%) |
3 teams 7W-6L (53.85%) |
2 teams 4W-4L (50%) |
1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
3rd | Europe |
LEC | 3G+1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
1 team 2W-3L (40%) |
3 teams* 9W-9L (50%) |
2 teams 5W-3L (62.50%) |
1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
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4th | North America |
LCS | 2G+1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
3 teams 6W-12L (33.33%) |
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5th | TW/HK/MO/SEA |
PCS | 1G+1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
2 teams 3W-9L (25%) | |||||
6th | CIS |
LCL | 1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 3W-0L (100%) |
1 team 0W-6L (0%) | ||||
7th | Oceania |
OPL | 1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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8th | Turkey |
TCL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 3W-2L (60%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) | ||||
9th | Latin America |
LLA | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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10th–11th | Brazil |
CBLOL | 1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
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Japan |
LJL | 1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
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