2016 Season World Championship

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Overview[]

Format[]

16 teams participate: [Show][Hide]
- 3 from China
- 3 from Korea
- 3 from Europe
- 3 from North America
- 2 from Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
- 2 from International Wildcard

Group Stage
- Teams are divided into four groups of four: [Show seeding information][Hide seeding information]

Double Round Robin
Matches are best of one
Top two teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage
- Single elimination
- Matches are best of five
Patch Information
- v6.18
- Disabled Champions

Group	Group Day 2 & 3	QF	SF	F
Yorick	Yorick Aurelion Sol	Yorick

Prize Pool[]

Initial prize pool $ 2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR)
25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool
On October 9th, the prize pool reached $4,145,000 USD (approximately € 3,708,927.12 EUR). This number is used below:

Place	Prize (Pool %)	Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	Team
1st	40%	$ 1,658,000	€ 1,482,252
2nd	15%	$ 621,750	€ 555,845
3rd/4th	7.5%	$ 310,875	€ 277,922
3rd/4th	7.5%	$ 310,875	€ 277,922
5th-8th	4%	$ 165,800	€ 148,225



9th-12th	2.25%	$ 93,263	€ 83,377	⁠⁠Counter Logic Gaming
				⁠⁠ahq eSports Club
				⁠⁠TSM
				⁠⁠I May
13th-16th	1.25%	$ 51,813	€ 46,320	⁠⁠G2 Esports
				⁠⁠INTZ
				⁠⁠Splyce
				⁠⁠Flash Wolves

Converted prizes calculated on October 10, 2016, with a currency rate of 1 USD = 0.89 EUR provided by http://www.xe.com

Participants[]

Qualifications
Region	Seed	Pool¹	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
CN China	1	1	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	2016-08-14 (Q) 2016-08-26 (Seed)	LPL Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠Royal Never Give Up	2016-08-14	Championship Points
	3	2	⁠⁠I May	2016-08-28	Regional Finals
KR Korea	1	1	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	2016-08-05 (Q) 2016-08-20 (Seed)	LCK Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	2016-08-20	Championship Points
	3	2	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	2016-09-03	Regional Finals
EU Europe	1	2	⁠⁠G2 Esports	2016-08-16 (Q) 2016-08-28 (Seed)	EU LCS Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠H2k-Gaming	2016-08-28	Championship Points
	3	3	⁠⁠Splyce	2016-09-05	Regional Finals
NA North America	1	1	⁠⁠TSM	2016-08-21 (Q) 2016-08-28 (Seed)	NA LCS Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠Counter Logic Gaming	2016-08-28	Championship Points
	3	3	⁠⁠Cloud9	2016-09-05	Regional Finals
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	1	1	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	2016-08-21	LMS Summer Split Champion
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	2	2	⁠⁠ahq eSports Club	2016-09-04	Regional Finals
IWC International Wildcard	-	3	⁠⁠INTZ	2016-09-03	International Wildcard Qualifier
IWC International Wildcard	-	3	⁠⁠Albus NoX Luna	2016-09-04	International Wildcard Qualifier²
Notes
¹ Pools for some seeds are determined based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational. ² The qualification path for the top IWC seed depends on MSI results. See here for additional information.

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Pool 1

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Pool 2

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Pool 3

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¹ Mouse will be returning to China to address the loss of a family member. Per Worlds rules, Edward Gaming is permitted to replace Mouse with a player from their season-ending active roster, and will have Koro1 as that replacement.

Results[]

Group Stage[]

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29th
G2⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠CLG
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX
Oct 1st
CLG⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ANX
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
Oct 2nd
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
CLG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ROX
Oct 6th
G2⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ROX
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠CLG
CLG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ROX
G2⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠CLG

[showhide] Tiebreakers
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 30th
SKT⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠C9
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠IM
Oct 1st
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠C9
IM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT
Oct 2nd
SKT⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠FW
C9⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠IM
Oct 9th
IM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠FW
C9⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT
C9⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠FW
SKT⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠IM
IM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠C9
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29th
H2K⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ahq
ITZ⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG
Sep 30th
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ahq
Oct 2nd
ahq⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠H2K
Oct 7th
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
ahq⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠H2K
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ahq
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠H2K
ahq⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠EDG

[showhide] Tiebreakers
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29th
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
TSM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠RNG
Sep 30th
TSM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SSG
RNG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
Oct 1st
SPY⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠TSM
RNG⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SSG
Oct 8th
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠TSM
SPY⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠RNG
TSM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠RNG
SPY⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SSG
RNG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠TSM

Playoffs[]

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Schedule[]

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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

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Regional Distribution[]

Teams
Players

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Note: Country of Birth is used. Only the 5 players who played the most games for each team are counted.

Regional Records[]

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Note: Each individual game of the tournament 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[]

Due to a high volume of content, click here for articles, interviews, and videos.

Announcements[]

February 16th, 2016 World Championship hits North America
April 15th, MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications
July 13th, How to get your 2016 World Championship Tickets
July 18th, Worlds 2016 - Group Stage tickets
July 25th, Worlds 2016 - Quarterfinals tickets
August 1st, Worlds 2016 - Semifinals tickets
August 8th, Worlds 2016 - Finals tickets
September 10th, Group Stage Draw

Additional Links[]

Locations & Broadcast[]

Group Stage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
San Francisco, California	Chicago, Illinois	New York, New York	Los Angeles, California
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	The Chicago Theatre	Madison Square Garden	Staples Center
Capacity - 7,000	Capacity - 3,880	Capacity - 18,200	Capacity - 18,188

99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102	175 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601	4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001	1111 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Photo by J. Ash Bowie on Wikipedia	Photo by Daniel Schwen on Wikipedia	Photo by Rich Mitchell on Wikipedia	Photo by Praytino on Wikipedia

Notable Casters & Analysts[]

Riot
- English
  - North America (NA LCS)
    - Casters/Analysts - Rivington, Phreak, Jatt, Kobe, Zirene, Dash, PastryTime, and Azael
    - Player Experience Guest Analysts - Matt, Inori, Froggen, Alex Ich, Gate, KiWiKiD, and zig
  - Europe (EU LCS) - Quickshot, Deficio, Sjokz, Krepo, PiraTechnics, Pulse, Stress, and Tsepha
  - Korea (LCK) - PapaSmithy (OGN) and LastShadow (SPOTV)
  - Oceania (LPL/OPL) - Atlus, Rusty, Spawn, and Froskurinn
  - Taiwan (LMS) - Clement Chu (Garena)
- Spanish
  - Latin America (CLS/CLN) - Corsario, Rafamaik, XabyBecker, Shyshock, Nosfeh, JJ EX, and Raytone
- Portuguese
  - Brazil (CBLOL)
    - Casters/Analysts - Schaeppi, Toboco, Tixinha, Skeat, Melao13, gstv1 and Gustavo Docil
    - Guest - Kami
- Korean
  - Korea (OGN)
    - Guest Analysts - CloudTemplar, Spirit, Acorn, GBM, and Jeon Yong-jun (전용준)
- Taiwanese
  - Garena (GPL)
    - Guest Analysts - Lilballz and Mistake

References[]

↑ MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications lolesports.com

[1] MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications lolesports.com

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2016 Season World Championship

Contents

Overview[]

Format[]

Prize Pool[]

Participants[]

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Playoffs[]

Schedule[]

Regional Distribution[]

Regional Records[]

Media[]

Streams[]

Announcements[]

Additional Links[]

Locations & Broadcast[]

Notable Casters & Analysts[]

References[]

Fan Feed