# 2019 League of Legends World Championship

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the ninth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris. Twenty four teams from 13 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 with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.
"Phoenix" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Chrissy Costanza and Cailin Russo, while Blanke, Carpenter Brut, and 1788-L produced their own remix versions of "Phoenix". A virtual rap group named "True Damage" was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon from (G)I-dle, Duckwrth, Thutmose, Keke Palmer and Becky G representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of their debut song, "Giants", in the finals.

## Qualified teams

Based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship in the year prior, with the 2018 MSI victory of Royal Never Give Up and 2018 Worlds victory of Invictus Gaming, the third seed team from China (LPL) will start in the group stage, replacing the third seed team from South Korea (LCK) that will now instead begin in the play-in stage. Due to the merger of Latin America North's and Latin America South's professional leagues into a single league (LLA) and the results of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam (VCS) will have a direct spot in the group stage for the summer champions and an additional spot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up, the same format used in 2017 Worlds. The summer champions of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) have also been dropped to pool #2.
| Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool |
| Starting in the main event's group stage ||||||
| China | LPL | Summer Champion | FunPlus Phoenix | FPX | 1 |
| China | LPL | Most Championship Points | Royal Never Give Up | RNG | 2 |
| China | LPL | Regional Finals Winner | Invictus Gaming | IG | 2 |
| Europe | LEC | Summer Champion | G2 Esports | G2 | 1 |
| Europe | LEC | Regional Finals Winner | Fnatic | FNC | 2 |
| North America | LCS | Summer Champion | Team Liquid | TL | 1 |
| North America | LCS | Most Championship Points | Cloud9 | C9 | 2 |
| South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | SK Telecom T1 | SKT | 1 |
| South Korea | LCK | Most Championship Points | Griffin | GRF | 2 |
| TW/HK/MO | LMS | Summer Champion | J Team | JT | 2 |
| TW/HK/MO | LMS | Most Championship Points | ahq e-Sports Club | AHQ | 2 |
| Vietnam | VCS | Summer Champion | GAM Esports | GAM | 2 |
| Starting in the play-in stage ||||||
| Europe | LEC | Regional Finals Runner-up | Splyce | SPY | 1 |
| North America | LCS | Regional Finals Winner | Clutch Gaming | CG | 1 |
| South Korea | LCK | Regional Finals Winner | Damwon Gaming | DWG | 1 |
| TW/HK/MO | LMS | Regional Finals Winner | Hong Kong Attitude | HKA | 1 |
| Vietnam | VCS | Summer Runner-up | Lowkey Esports | LK | 2 |
| CIS | LCL | Summer Champion | Unicorns of Love | UOL | 2 |
| Latin America | LLA | Summer Champion | Isurus Gaming | ISG | 2 |
| Turkey | TCL | Summer Champion | Royal Youth | RYL | 2 |
| Brazil | CBLOL | Summer Champion | Flamengo eSports | FLA | 3 |
| Japan | LJL | Summer Champion | DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM | 3 |
| Oceania | OPL | Summer Champion | Mammoth | MMM | 3 |
| Southeast Asia | LST | Summer Champion | MEGA Esports | MG | 3 |

## Venues

Berlin, Madrid, Paris were the three cities chosen to host the competition.
| Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Madrid, Spain | Paris, France |
| Play-in Stage | Main Group Stage | Quarterfinals & Semifinals | Finals |
| LEC Studio | Verti Music Hall | Palacio Vistalegre | AccorHotels Arena |
| Capacity: 174 | Capacity: 2,250 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 20,300 |
| Berlin | Berlin | Madrid | Paris |

## Play-in stage

* Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.

### Groups

* Date and time: October 2–5, began at 13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) in the first leg and 12:00 in the second.
* Twelve teams are drawn into four groups, with three teams in each group.
* Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
* If teams have same win–loss record and head to head, they will play a tie-breaker match for first or second-place.
* The top two teams of each group advance to the second round. The third-place team is eliminated.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Clutch Gaming | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 2 | Unicorns of Love | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 3 | Mammoth | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Splyce | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 2 | Isurus Gaming | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 3 | DetonatioN FocusMe | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong Attitude | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 2 | Lowkey Esports | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 3 | MEGA Esports | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | DAMWON Gaming | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 2 | Royal Youth | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Advance to play-in knockouts |
| 3 | Flamengo eSports | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |

### Knockouts

* Eight teams are drawn randomly into a single-elimination match, with first-place teams of each group facing second-place teams of another group.
* All matches are best-of-five.
* The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
* The winner advances to the main event group stage as pool #3.
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 |
| October 7, 13:00 CEST | October 7, 13:00 CEST | October 7, 13:00 CEST |
| D1 | DAMWON Gaming | 3 |
| C2 | Lowkey Esports | 1 |
| October 7, 18:00 CEST | October 7, 18:00 CEST | October 7, 18:00 CEST |
| A1 | Clutch Gaming | 3 |
| D2 | Royal Bandits | 0 |
| October 8, 13:00 CEST | October 8, 13:00 CEST | October 8, 13:00 CEST |
| C1 | Hong Kong Attitude | 3 |
| B2 | Isurus Gaming | 1 |
| October 8, 18:00 CEST | October 8, 18:00 CEST | October 8, 18:00 CEST |
| B1 | Splyce | 3 |
| A2 | Unicorns of Love | 2 |
Source: Dot Esports

## Group stage

* Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany
* Date: October 12–20.
* Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group. 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.
* The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The bottom two teams are eliminated.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Griffin | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Advance to knockouts |
| 2 | G2 Esports | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Advance to knockouts |
| 3 | Cloud9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong Attitude | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | Advance to knockouts |
| 2 | Splyce | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | Advance to knockouts |
| 3 | J Team | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
| 4 | GAM Esports | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | SK Telecom T1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Advance to knockouts |
| 2 | Fnatic | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | Advance to knockouts |
| 3 | Royal Never Give Up | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
| 4 | Clutch Gaming | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | DAMWON Gaming | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Advance to knockouts |
| 2 | Invictus Gaming | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | Advance to knockouts |
| 3 | Team Liquid | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
| 4 | ahq Esports Club | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | |

## Knockout stage

* Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
* All matches are best-of-five.
* The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
* The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
* Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| October 26 | October 26 | October 26 | | | | | | |
| A1 | Griffin | 1 | | | | | | |
| A1 | Griffin | 1 | November 2 | November 2 | November 2 | | | |
| D2 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | November 2 | November 2 | November 2 | | | |
| D2 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | D2 | Invictus Gaming | 1 | | | |
| October 26 | October 26 | October 26 | D2 | Invictus Gaming | 1 | | | |
| October 26 | October 26 | October 26 | B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | | | |
| B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | | | |
| B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | | | | November 10 | November 10 | November 10 |
| C2 | Fnatic | 1 | | | | November 10 | November 10 | November 10 |
| C2 | Fnatic | 1 | | | | B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 |
| October 27 | October 27 | October 27 | | | | B1 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 |
| October 27 | October 27 | October 27 | | | | A2 | G2 Esports | 0 |
| C1 | SK Telecom T1 | 3 | | | | A2 | G2 Esports | 0 |
| C1 | SK Telecom T1 | 3 | November 3 | November 3 | November 3 | | | |
| B2 | Splyce | 1 | November 3 | November 3 | November 3 | | | |
| B2 | Splyce | 1 | C1 | SK Telecom T1 | 1 | | | |
| October 27 | October 27 | October 27 | C1 | SK Telecom T1 | 1 | | | |
| October 27 | October 27 | October 27 | A2 | G2 Esports | 3 | | | |
| D1 | Damwon Gaming | 1 | A2 | G2 Esports | 3 | | | |
| A2 | G2 Esports | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Griffin | 1 | – | 3 | Invictus Gaming | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 0 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 1 | |
| FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | – | 1 | Fnatic | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 0 | |
| SK Telecom T1 | 3 | – | 1 | Splyce | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 0 | |
| Damwon Gaming | 1 | – | 3 | G2 Esports | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 0 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 1 | |
| 0 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 1 | |

### Semifinals

| Invictus Gaming | 1 | – | 3 | FunPlus Phoenix | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 0 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 1 | |
| 0 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 1 | |
| G2 Esports | 3 | – | 1 | SK Telecom T1 | Madrid, Spain |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Palacio Vistalegre |
| 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 0 | |
| 1 | Game 4 | Game 4 | Game 4 | 0 | |

### Final

| FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | – | 0 | G2 Esports | Paris, France |
| Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | AccorHotels Arena |
| 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | Game 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | Game 2 | Game 2 | Game 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | Game 3 | Game 3 | Game 3 | 0 | |

## Ranking
### Team ranking

* (*) Not include tie-break games.
| Place | Region | Team | PS1 | PS2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
| 1st | LPL | FunPlus Phoenix* | | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 37.5% | $834,375 |
| 2nd | LEC | G2 Esports* | | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 13.5% | $300,375 |
| 3rd–4th | LCK | SK Telecom T1 | | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 7% | $155,750 |
| 3rd–4th | LPL | Invictus Gaming | | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 7% | $155,750 |
| 5th–8th | LCK | Damwon Gaming | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | | | 4% | $89,000 |
| 5th–8th | LCK | Griffin* | | | 5–1 | 1–3 | | | 4% | $89,000 |
| 5th–8th | LEC | Splyce* | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | | 4% | $89,000 |
| 5th–8th | LEC | Fnatic | | | 4–2 | 1–3 | | | 4% | $89,000 |
| 9th–12th | LMS | J Team | | | 3–3 | | | | 2.25% | $50,062.50 |
| 9th–12th | LPL | Royal Never Give Up | | | 3–3 | | | | 2.25% | $50,062.50 |
| 9th–12th | LCS | Team Liquid | | | 3–3 | | | | 2.25% | $50,062.50 |
| 9th–12th | LCS | Cloud9 | | | 2–4 | | | | 2.25% | $50,062.50 |
| 13th–16th | VCS | GAM Esports | | | 1–5 | | | | 1.25% | $27,812.50 |
| 13th–16th | LMS | ahq e-Sports Club | | | 0–6 | | | | 1.25% | $27,812.50 |
| 13th–16th | LMS | Hong Kong Attitude | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–6 | | | | 1.25% | $27,812.50 |
| 13th–16th | LCS | Clutch Gaming* | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–6 | | | | 1.25% | $27,812.50 |
| 17th–20th | LCL | Unicorns of Love* | 2–2 | 2–3 | | | | | 0.75% | $16,687.50 |
| 17th–20th | VCS | Lowkey Esports | 2–2 | 1–3 | | | | | 0.75% | $16,687.50 |
| 17th–20th | LLA | Isurus Gaming | 2–2 | 1–3 | | | | | 0.75% | $16,687.50 |
| 17th–20th | TCL | Royal Youth* | 1–3 | 0–3 | | | | | 0.75% | $16,687.50 |
| 21st–24th | OPL | Mammoth* | 2–2 | | | | | | 0.5% | $11,125 |
| 21st–24th | CBLOL | Flamengo eSports* | 1–3 | | | | | | 0.5% | $11,125 |
| 21st–24th | LJL | DetonatioN FocusMe | 1–3 | | | | | | 0.5% | $11,125 |
| 21st–24th | LST | MEGA Esports | 1–3 | | | | | | 0.5% | $11,125 |
| Place | Region | Team | PS1 | PS2 | 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 Round 1 (4 games total) | Play-in Round 2 (Best-of-five) | Group stage (6 games total) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-five) | Semifinals (Best-of-five) | Finals (Best-of-five) |
| 1st | China | LPL | 3G | | | 3 teams 13W-7L (65%) | 2 teams 6W-2L (75%) | 2 teams 4W-4L (50%) | 3W-0L (100%) |
| 2nd | Europe | LEC | 2G+1P | 1 team 3W-1L (75%)* | 1 team 3W-2L (60%) | 3 teams 13W-5L (72.22%) | 3 teams 5W-7L (41.66%) | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 0W-3L (0%) |
| 3rd | Korea | LCK | 2G+1P | 1 team 4W-0L (100%)* | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 3 teams 15W-3L (83.33%) | 3 teams 5W-7L (41.66%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | |
| 4th | North America | LCS | 2G+1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%)* | 1 team 3W-0L (100%) | 3 teams 5W-13L (27.77%) | | | |
| 5th | TW/HK/MO | LMS | 2G+1P | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) | 3 teams 3W-15L (16.66%) | | | |
| 6th | Vietnam | VCS | 1G+1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | 1 team 1W-5L (16.66%) | | | |
| 7th | CIS | LCL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%)* | 1 team 2W-3L (40%) | | | | |
| 8th | Latin America | LLA | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | | | | |
| 9th | Turkey | TCL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%)* | 1 team 0W-3L (0%) | | | | |
| 10th | Oceania | OPL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%)* | | | | | |
| 11th–13th | Brazil | CBLOL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%)* | | | | | |
| 11th–13th | Japan | LJL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | | | | | |
| 11th–13th | Southeast Asia | LST | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) | | | | | |