# 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon

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.

## Mid-Season Cup

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. The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000.

### Participants
#### LCK

* T1
* Gen.G
* DragonX
* DAMWON Gaming

#### LPL

* JD Gaming
* Top Esports
* FunPlus Phoenix
* Invictus Gaming

### Group stage

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

### Knockout stage

* Format: Best-of-five
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| JD Gaming | JD Gaming | 1 | | | |
| FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | | | |
| FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | FunPlus Phoenix | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 |
| | | | Top Esports | Top Esports | 3 |
| Top Esports | Top Esports | 3 | Top Esports | Top Esports | 3 |
| Gen.G | Gen.G | 0 | | | |

### Ranking

| 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% |
| 3rd–4th | Gen.G | $60,000 | 10% |
| 5th–6th | DAMWON Gaming | $40,000 | 6.67% |
| 5th–6th | DragonX | $40,000 | 6.67% |
| 7th–8th | T1 | $20,000 | 3.33% |
| 7th–8th | Invictus Gaming | $20,000 | 3.33% |

## Mid-Season Showdown

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
#### PCS

* Talon Esports
* Machi Esports

#### VCS

* Team Flash
* GAM Esports

### Group stage

* 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

* Format: Best-of-five
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| | | Talon Esports | 3 |
| Machi Esports | 1 | Team Flash | 1 |
| Team Flash | 3 | | |

## EU Face-Off
### Participants

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

### Group stage

* 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

* Format: Best-of-one
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| LEC Kings | LEC Kings | W | | | |
| Polska Gurom | Polska Gurom | L | | | |
| Polska Gurom | Polska Gurom | L | LEC Kings | LEC Kings | L |
| | | | The French Zoo | The French Zoo | W |
| The French Zoo | The French Zoo | W | The French Zoo | The French Zoo | W |
| German Pingus | German Pingus | L | | | |