League of Legends World Championship

The **_League of Legends_ World Championship** (commonly abbreviated as **Worlds**) is an annual professional _League of Legends_ world championship tournament. It is hosted by Riot Games. It comes at the end of each season. Teams compete for the champion title, the  Summoner's Cup, and a multi-million-dollar championship prize. In 2018, the finals were watched by 99.6 million people, breaking 2017's finals' viewer record. The tournament has been praised for its ceremonial performances. It has received attention worldwide because of its dramatic and emotional nature.

The _League of Legends_ World Championships has been very successful and popular. It is one of the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments and the most watched video games in the world. Because of its success, esports became prominent and widely seen as a potential Olympics event. It is already included as a medal event in 2022 Asian Games.

The tournament is held in different major countries and regions each year. South Korea's T1 is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won three world championships.

## Trophy

Riot Games, which owns _League of Legends_, commissioned the winner's trophy known as the Summoner's Cup. Riot specified that it should weigh , though the actual weight of the finished cup was reduced so it would not be too heavy to lift in victory. Thomas Lyte created the Season Two World Championship Cup in 2012. He made the winners' trophy for the 2014 games.

### Results

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Final location|colspan="4"|Final|colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#c96;"|3rd–4th|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left"|Jönköping|style="text-align:left"|Fnatic|2|1|style="text-align:left"|against All authority|style="text-align:left"|Team SoloMid (3rd)|style="text-align:left"|Epik Gamer (4th)|
|style="text-align:left"|Los Angeles|style="text-align:left"|Taipei Assassins|3|1|style="text-align:left"|Azubu Frost|style="text-align:left"|CLG Europe|style="text-align:left"|Moscow Five|
|style="text-align:left"|Los Angeles|style="text-align:left"|SK Telecom T1|3|0|style="text-align:left"|Royal Club|style="text-align:left"|Fnatic|style="text-align:left"|NaJin Black Sword|
|style="text-align:left"|Seoul|style="text-align:left"|Samsung White|3|1|style="text-align:left"|Star Horn Royal Club|style="text-align:left"|OMG|style="text-align:left"|Samsung Blue|
|style="text-align:left"|Berlin|style="text-align:left"|SK Telecom T1|3|1|style="text-align:left"|KOO Tigers|style="text-align:left"|Fnatic|style="text-align:left"|Origen|
|style="text-align:left"|Los Angeles|style="text-align:left"|SK Telecom T1|3|2|style="text-align:left"|Samsung Galaxy|style="text-align:left"|H2k-Gaming|style="text-align:left"|ROX Tigers|
|style="text-align:left"|Beijing|style="text-align:left"|Samsung Galaxy|3|0|style="text-align:left"|SK Telecom T1|style="text-align:left"|Royal Never Give Up|style="text-align:left"|Team WE|
|style="text-align:left"|Incheon|style="text-align:left"|Invictus Gaming|3|0|style="text-align:left"|Fnatic|style="text-align:left"|Cloud9|style="text-align:left"|G2 Esports|
|style="text-align:left"|Paris|style="text-align:left"|FunPlus Phoenix|3|0|style="text-align:left"|G2 Esports|style="text-align:left"|Invictus Gaming|style="text-align:left"|SK Telecom T1|
|style="text-align:left"|Shanghai|style="text-align:left"|Damwon Gaming|3|1|style="text-align:left"|Suning|style="text-align:left"|G2 Esports|style="text-align:left"|Top Esports|
|style="text-align:left"|TBA|TBD|–|–|TBD|TBD|TBD|||||
|style="text-align:left"|TBD|TBD|–|–|TBD|TBD|TBD|||||

### Regions which have reached the top four

(*): Region had two teams that finished in 3rd/4th place in this year.
|Region|style="background:gold;"|Titles|style="background:silver;"|Runner-up|style="background:#c96;"|3rd–4th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|South Korea (LCK)|6 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020)|4 (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017)|4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2019)||||
|China (LPL)|2 (2018, 2019)|3 (2013, 2014, 2020)|5 (2014, 2017*, 2019, 2020)||||
|Europe (LEC)|1 (2011)|3 (2011, 2018, 2019)|8 (2012*, 2013, 2015*, 2016, 2018, 2020)||||
|TW/HK/MO/SEA (PCS)|1 (2012)||||||
|North America (LCS)|||3 (2011*, 2018)||||

### Teams which have reached the top four

Background shading indicates a team/organization has been disbanded, acquired or no longer participates in the regional league.
|Team|style="background:gold;"|Titles|style="background:silver;"|Runner-up|style="background:#c96;"|3rd–4th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|T1|3 (2013, 2015, 2016)|1 (2017)|1 (2019)||||
|Gen.G|2 (2014, 2017)|1 (2016)|1 (2014)||||
|Fnatic|1 (2011)|1 (2018)|2 (2013, 2015)||||
|Invictus Gaming|1 (2018)||1 (2019)||||
|J Team|1 (2012)||||||
|FunPlus Phoenix|1 (2019)||||||
|Damwon Gaming|1 (2020)||||||
|Royal Never Give Up||2 (2013, 2014)|1 (2017)||||
|G2 Esports||1 (2019)|2 (2018, 2020)||||
|Hanwha Life Esports||1 (2015)|1 (2016)||||
|against All authority||1 (2011)|||||
|CJ Entus||1 (2012)|||||
|Suning||1 (2020)|||||
|Epik Gamer|||1 (2011)||||
|Team SoloMid|||1 (2011)||||
|CLG Europe|||1 (2012)||||
|Moscow Five|||1 (2012)||||
|Fredit Brion|||1 (2013)||||
|Oh My God|||1 (2014)||||
|Astralis|||1 (2015)||||
|H2k-Gaming|||1 (2016)||||
|Team WE|||1 (2017)||||
|Cloud9|||1 (2018)||||
|Top Esports|||1 (2020)||||

## Infobox (sports league)

- **pixels**: 175px
- **game**: _League of Legends_
- **teams**: 8 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 24 , 22 
- **venue**: Rotating locations
- **champion**: Damwon Gaming (1st title)
- **most successful club**: T1 (esports), T1 (3 titles)
- **qualification**: Regional leagues (List of League of Legends leagues and tournaments#Tier 1, list)
- **related comps**: Mid-Season Invitational
- **tournament format**: Round-robin tournament, Round-robin groups
 Single-elimination tournament, Single elimination
- **founder**: Riot Games