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Season 2 World Championship
LoLS2
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
United States
AddressLos Angeles, California
Start Date2012-10-04
End Date2012-10-13
Broadcast
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
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The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October of 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the $5 million USD season. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports tournaments at $2 million USD. The grand finals took place on October 13 at the Galen Center on the campus of the University of Southern California, while all group stage, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches took place the week before, between October 4 and 6th. The matches were cast by Deman, Phreak, Jatt, and Rivington while the event being hosted by veteran hosts Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham and Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico.[1][2] 8.2 million viewers tuned in to the World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched esports event in history at the time.[3] This record was later surpassed by the Season 3 World Championship.[4]

Overview[]

Format[]

  • Of the five first seeds (Team SoloMid, Moscow Five, Team WE, Taipei Assassins, and Azubu Frost) a random drawing was done to determine which four teams skip the group stage
    • The random drawing determined that Azubu Frost would go to the group stage while the others received a bye
  • Eight teams were divided into two groups of four
  • Group stage was round robin, best of one matches
  • Top two teams of each group advance to the bracket stage
    • In case of a tie, a single sudden death elimination game would be played between the tied teams. In case of a three way tie, the teams would play a round robin until a winner is decided. [5]
  • Grand Finals were best of five, all other bracket matches were best of three
  • All matches were played on the v1.0.0.147 World Championship Hotfix Patch with RengarSquareRengar, SyndraSquareSyndra and Kha'ZixSquareKha'Zix globally banned.[6]

Prize Pool[]

$ 2,000,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$1,000,000€770,00050%Taipei Assassinslogo stdTaipei Assassins
PlacementIcon2 2$250,000€192,50012.5%Azubu Frostlogo stdAzubu Frost
PlacementIcon3 3-4$150,000€115,5007.5%Moscow Fivelogo stdMoscow Five
Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG Europe
5-8$75,000€57,7503.75%Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
NaJin Swordlogo stdNaJin Sword
TSMlogo stdTSM
Team WElogo stdTeam WE
9-10$50,000€38,5002.5%CLG Primelogo stdCLG Prime
Saigon Jokerslogo stdSaigon Jokers
11-12$25,000€19,2501.25%SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 13, 2012, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.77 Euros

Participants[]

Qualifications
Region Seed Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
CN
China
1 Team WElogo stdTeam WE ??? China Circuit Points
2 Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming 2012-07-27 Season 2 China Regional Finals
EU
Europe
1 Moscow Fivelogo stdMoscow Five 2012-08-18 Season 2 Europe Regional Finals
2 SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
3 Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG Europe 2012-08-19
KR
Korea
1 Azubu Frostlogo stdAzubu Frost 2012-09-08 Champions 2012 Summer Champion
2 NaJin Swordlogo stdNaJin Sword 2012-09-21 Season 2 Korea Regional Finals
NA
North America
1 TSMlogo stdTSM 2012-09-01 Season 2 North America Regional Finals
2 Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
3 CLG Primelogo stdCLG Prime 2012-09-02
SEA
Southeast Asia
1 Saigon Jokerslogo stdSaigon Jokers 2012-09-09 Season 2 Southeast Asia Regional Finals
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
1 Taipei Assassinslogo stdTaipei Assassins 2012-09-01 Season 2 Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao Regional Finals
Show RostersHide Rosters
All-Star Showmatch Rosters
Team BLUE Team RED
VoyboyClglogo std Njswlogo stdMaKNooN
DiamondproxM5logo std IGlogo stdilluSioN
oceloteSklogo std Dignitaslogo stdscarra
ChaoxTsmlogo std Welogo stdWeixiao
KrepoCLGlogo2 std Saigon Jokerslogo stdJunie

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Azubu Frostlogo stdAzubu Frost
3 - 0100%3W
2
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
2 - 167%2W
3
NA
CLG Primelogo stdCLG Prime
1 - 233%1L
4
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
0 - 30%3L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
NaJin Swordlogo stdNaJin Sword
3 - 0100%3W
2
EU
Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG Europe
2 - 167%1W
3
SEA
Saigon Jokerslogo stdSaigon Jokers
1 - 233%1L
4
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
0 - 30%3L

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals
EU
Moscow Fivelogo stdM5
2
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
0
LMS
Taipei Assassinslogo stdTPA
2
KR
NaJin Swordlogo stdNJ SWD
0
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
0
KR
Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF
2
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
1
EU
Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
2
Semifinals
EU
Moscow Fivelogo stdM5
1
LMS
Taipei Assassinslogo stdTPA
2
KR
Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF
2
EU
Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
1
Finals
LMS
Taipei Assassinslogo stdTPA
3
KR
Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF
1

All-Star Showmatch[]

Showmatch
Team BLUE
1
Team RED
0

Controversy[]

During the World Championship Playoffs, five matches were found to have rule violations that required investigation. The five incidents all involved players looking away from their monitors and are as follows:

In the cases of Weixiao, Zz1tai, Dyrus, and Stanley, it was determined that the players gained no advantage and the first three players were issued warnings for unsportsmanlike conduct; Stanley was not given a warning since it was determined that he was adjusting to monitor glare. In the case of Woong, it was determined that his actions had an impact on the game, although not the overall outcome of the Azubu Frost vs. Team SoloMid match. Azubu Frost was issued a fine of $30,000 USD. More detailed information on each case can be found on Riot's official forum.

Match Schedule[]

Show AllHide All
Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
[showhide]
Group Stage
Thu 4 OctThu 4 Oct - Fri 5 OctFri 5 Oct2012,10,04,16,00 - 2012,10,05,03,00
    
Thu 2012-10-04
Thu 2012-10-04
Fri 2012-10-05
2012,10,04,16,00
AZFAzubu Frostlogo std10Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
2012,10,04,17,00
CLG.PCLG Primelogo std01Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
2012,10,04,18,00
AZFAzubu Frostlogo std10SK Gaminglogo stdSK
2012,10,04,19,00
SKSK Gaminglogo std01CLG Primelogo stdCLG.P
2012,10,04,20,00
CLG.PCLG Primelogo std01Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF
2012,10,04,21,00
SKSK Gaminglogo std01Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
Fri 2012-10-05
2012,10,04,22,00
DIGDignitaslogo std01Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
2012,10,04,23,00
NJ SWDNaJin Swordlogo std10Saigon Jokerslogo stdSAJ
2012,10,05,00,00
NJ SWDNaJin Swordlogo std10Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
2012,10,05,01,00
DIGDignitaslogo std01Saigon Jokerslogo stdSAJ
2012,10,05,02,00
CLG.EUCounter Logic Gaming Europelogo std10Saigon Jokerslogo stdSAJ
2012,10,05,03,00
NJ SWDNaJin Swordlogo std10Dignitaslogo stdDIG
[showhide]
Quarterfinals
Fri 5 Oct - Wed 10 OctFri 5 Oct - Thu 11 OctSat 6 Oct - Thu 11 Oct2012,10,05,19,00 - 2012,10,11,00,00
    
Fri 2012-10-05
Fri 2012-10-05
Sat 2012-10-06
2012,10,05,19,00
M5Moscow Fivelogo std20Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
2012,10,05,21,00
TPATaipei Assassinslogo std20NaJin Swordlogo stdNJ SWD
Sat 2012-10-06
2012,10,05,23,00
TSMTSMlogo std02Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF
Wed 2012-10-10
Thu 2012-10-11
Thu 2012-10-11
2012,10,11,00,00
WETeam WElogo std12Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
[showhide]
Semifinals
Wed 10 OctThu 11 OctThu 11 Oct2012,10,11,02,00 - 2012,10,11,04,00
    
Wed 2012-10-10
Thu 2012-10-11
Thu 2012-10-11
2012,10,11,02,00
M5Moscow Fivelogo std12Taipei Assassinslogo stdTPA
2012,10,11,04,00
AZFAzubu Frostlogo std21Counter Logic Gaming Europelogo stdCLG.EU
[showhide]
Finals
Sat 13 OctSun 14 OctSun 14 Oct2012,10,14,00,30 - 2012,10,14,00,30
    
Sat 2012-10-13
Sun 2012-10-14
Sun 2012-10-14
2012,10,14,00,30
TPATaipei Assassinslogo std31Azubu Frostlogo stdAZF

VODs & Match Links[]

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

CN
China
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
SEA
SEA
LMS
LMS
Groups
232311
Quarterfinals
22211
Semifinals
211
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players[]

  • Nationality
  • Country of Birth

Armenia

Belgium

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Russia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam
Groups
1141021314102411015
Quarterfinals
112102111410413
Semifinals
112114541
Finals
154
Winner
14

Armenia

Belgium

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Russia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

Venezuela

Vietnam
Groups
1131121314102411015
Quarterfinals
111112111410413
Semifinals
112114541
Finals
154
Winner
14
Players who played at least one game are listed here.

Regional Game Records[]

Note: Each individual game in which a team from one region plays a team from another is included. Games between teams from the same region are not included, so there may be some discrepancy between the sum of individual team records within a region and the net records shown here.

Media[]

Streams[]

Broadcast Talent[]

English[]


  • Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham – Host

  • Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico – Host

  • Leigh "Deman" Smith – Play-by-Play Caster

  • Rivington "Rivington" Bisland III – Play-by-Play Caster

  • David "Phreak" Turley – Play-by-Play Caster

  • Joshua "Jatt" Leesman – Color Caster

Mandarin (Taiwan)[]


  • Clement "Clement" Chu – Color Caster

Videos and Photos[]

Articles[]

Previews[]

Live Coverage[]

Other[]

Recaps[]

Venues[]

Groups / Quarterfinals Semifinals / Finals
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Live Galen Center
Capacity - 2,300 Capacity - 10,258
LALive-Season2Worlds GalenCenter-Season2Worlds
800 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015 3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089

External Links[]

References[]

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