page_title: 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 雨中的臺北和平籃球館。
context_page_description: The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.
  Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe, South Korea and China had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in the Play-in Stage with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.
  The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Heping Basketball Center in Taipei.
  G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3-0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.
context_section_description: The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.
  Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in the Play-in Stage with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.
  The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Heping Basketball Center in Taipei.
  G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3-0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.
caption: The Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei hosted the playoffs.
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