This year’s tournament takes place in North America. Who will win it all?
This year’s League of Legends World Championships will take place in North America, running from the end of September through the end of October. Teams from Asia, Europe, North America and South America will compete for the Summoner's Cup, with a sixth champion to be crowned at the end of the month.
The loaded field includes defending Worlds champions SK Telecom T1, Korean champions ROX Tigers, undefeated Chinese champions EDward Gaming and North American champions Team SoloMid, who look like one of the strongest Western teams ever to enter the field. Two Western teams made the semifinal last year (Fnatic and Origen, both European teams who missed the field this time around), but there has not been a Western finalist since the very first Worlds — a tournament that did not include any Korean or Chinese teams.
The tournament will start with a group stage. Each team will play the other three teams in its group twice in best-of-ones. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout round, where series will take place over best-of-fives.
The last three Worlds have been won by Korean teams: SK Telecom T1 in 2013, Samsung White in 2014 and SK Telecom T1 in 2015. The last non-Korean team to win it was the Taipei Assassins in 2012.
You can watch all the games at lolesports.com, and follow it all at The Rift Herald, our League of Legends community site! This post will be continually updated throughout the tournament as results come in.
Schedule
All times Eastern.
Group Stage (best-of-one)
Thursday, Sept. 29
G2 Esports vs. Counter Logic Gaming, 7:30 p.m.
ROX Tigers vs. Albus NoX Luna, 8:30 p.m.
H2K vs. ahq e-Sports Club, 9:30 p.m.
INTZ e-Sports vs. EDward Gaming, 10:30 p.m.
Samsung Galaxy vs. Splyce, 11:30 p.m.
Team SoloMid vs. Royal Never Give Up, 12:30 a.m.
Win: CLG
Win: ROX
Win: ahq
Win: INTZ
Win: Samsung
Win: RNG
Friday, Sept. 30
SK Telecom T1 vs. Cloud9, 7 p.m.
Flash Wolves vs. I May, 8 p.m.
Team SoloMid vs. Samsung Galaxy, 9 p.m.
Royal Never Give Up vs. Splyce, 10 p.m.
H2K vs. INTZ e-Sports, 11 p.m.
EDward Gaming vs. ahq e-Sports Club, 12 a.m.
Win: SKT
Win: I MAY
Win: TSM
Win: RNG
Win: H2K
Win: EDG
Saturday, Oct. 1
Counter Logic Gaming vs. Albus NoX Luna, 7 p.m.
ROX Tigers vs. G2 Esports, 8 p.m.
Flash Wolves vs. Cloud9, 9 p.m.
I May vs. SK Telecom T1, 10 p.m.
Splyce vs. Team SoloMid, 11 p.m.
Royal Never Give Up vs. Samsung Galaxy, 12 a.m.
Win: ANX
Win: ROX
Win: C9
Win: SKT
Win: TSM
Win: SSG
Sunday, Oct. 2
ahq e-Sports Club vs. INTZ e-Sports, 7 p.m.
EDward Gaming vs. H2K, 8 p.m.
Albus NoX Luna vs. G2 Esports, 9 p.m.
Counter Logic Gaming vs. ROX Tigers, 10 p.m.
SK Telecom T1 vs. Flash Wolves, 11 p.m.
Cloud9 vs. I May 12 a.m.
Win: ahq
Win: EDG
Win: ANX
Win: CLG
Win: FW
Win: C9
Thursday, Oct. 6
G2 Esports vs. ROX Tigers, 7 p.m.
Albus NoX Luna vs. Counter Logic Gaming, 8 p.m.
Counter Logic Gaming vs. G2 Esports, 9 p.m.
Albus NoX Luna vs. ROX Tigers, 10 p.m.
G2 Esports vs. Albus NoX Luna, 11 p.m.
ROX Tigers vs. Counter Logic Gaming, 12 a.m.
Win: ROX
Win: ANX
Win: CLG
Win: ANX
Win: G2
Win: ROX
Tiebreaker: ROX
Friday, Oct. 7
EDward Gaming vs. INTZ e-Sports, 7 p.m.
ahq e-Sports Club vs. H2K, 8 p.m.
H2K vs. EDward Gaming, 9 p.m.
INTZ e-Sports vs. ahq e-Sports Club, 10 p.m.
INTZ e-Sports vs. H2K, 11 p.m.
ahq e-Sports Club vs. EDward Gaming, 12 a.m.
Win: EDG
Win: H2K
Win: H2K
Win: AHQ
Win: H2K
Win: EDG
Tiebreaker: H2K
Saturday, Oct. 8
Samsung Galaxy vs. Team SoloMid, 4 p.m.
Splyce vs. Royal Never Give Up, 5 p.m.
Team SoloMid vs. Splyce, 6 p.m.
Samsung Galaxy vs. Royal Never Give Up, 7 p.m.
Splyce vs. Samsung Galaxy, 8 p.m.
Royal Never Give Up vs. Team SoloMid, 9 p.m.
Win: SSG
Win: SPY
Win: TSM
Win: SSG
Win:
Win:
Sunday, Oct. 9
I May vs. Flash Wolves, 4 p.m.
Cloud9 vs. SK Telecom T1, 5 p.m.
Cloud9 vs. Flash Wolves, 6 p.m.
SK Telecom T1 vs. I May, 7 p.m.
I May vs. Cloud9, 8 p.m.
Flash Wolves vs. SK Telecom T1, 9 p.m.
Quarterfinals (best-of-five)
Thursday, Oct. 13
Quarterfinal 1, 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 14
Quarterfinal 2, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15
Quarterfinal 3, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 16
Quarterfinal 4, 6 p.m.
Semifinals (best-of-five)
Friday, Oct. 21
Semifinal 1, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22
Semifinal 2, 6 p.m.
Finals (best-of-five)
Saturday, Oct. 29
Finals, 7:30 p.m.