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2018 World Championship
Worlds 2018
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
South Korea
Start Date2018-10-01
End Date2018-11-03
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch

Twitch
Full List
Social Media & Links
Infobox Homepagelogo std

The 2018 Season World Championship (Worlds 2018) is the conclusion of the 2018 League of Legends competitive season.

Overview[]

Format[]

  • 24 teams are invited: [Show]
  • Play-In is played in Seoul
    • Group Stage (Round 1)
      • Twelve teams participate
      • Teams are drawn into four groups based on seeding
      • Double Round Robin
      • Matches are best of one
      • Top two teams per group advance to Round 2
    • Knockout Stage (Round 2)
      • Eight teams participate
      • 1st place teams from the group stage each face a 2nd place team
      • Matches are best of five
      • Winners advance to the Main Event
  • Main Event
    • Group Stage is played in Busan
      • Teams are divided into four groups
      • Double Round Robin
      • Matches are best of one
      • Top two teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage
    • Knockout Stage
      • Quarterfinals are played in Busan
      • Semifinals are played in Gwangju
      • Finals are played in Incheon
      • Single elimination bracket
      • Matches are best of five
  • Official Rulebook
  • Patch Information: v8.19

Prize Pool[]

  • Initial prize pool is $ 2,250,000 USD (approx. € 1,950,734 EUR)
  • 12.5% of sales from Championship Kha'Zix skins & Championship ward skins is added to the prize pool.
  • Another 12.5% of sales of the aforementioned skins will be shared between all teams at the event.
  • In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged.
  • Approximate final prize pool is $ 6,450,000 USD

$ 6,450,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$2,418,750€2,097,039.3237.5%Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
PlacementIcon2 2$870,750€754,934.1513.5%Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
PlacementIcon3 3-4$451,500€391,447.347%G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
5-8$258,000€223,684.194%KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Rolster
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Afreeca Freecslogo stdAfreeca Freecs
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
9-12$145,125€125,822.362.25%Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
13-16$80,625€69,901.311.25%Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
Phong VÅ© Buffalologo stdPhong VÅ© Buffalo
MAD Teamlogo stdMAD Team
G-Rexlogo stdG-Rex
17-20$48,375€41,940.790.75%Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FM
INFINITYlogo stdINFINITY
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive
21-24$32,250€27,960.520.5%Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers
KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports
Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming
Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 3, 2018, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.866993 Euros

Participants[]

Qualified for Group Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
KR
Korea
1 1 KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Rolster 2018-08-15 (Q)
2018-09-08 (Seed)
2018 LCK Summer Champion
2 2 Afreeca Freecslogo stdAfreeca Freecs 2018-09-08 2018 Championship Points
3 2 Gen.Glogo stdGen.G 2018-09-16 2018 Regional Finals
CN
China
1 1 Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up 2018-09-09 (Q)
2018-09-14 (Seed)
2018 LPL Summer Champion
2 2 Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming 2018-09-10 (Q)
2018-09-14 (Seed)
2018 Championship Points
EU
Europe
1 1 Fnaticlogo stdFnatic 2018-08-25 (Q)
2018-09-09 (Seed)
2018 EU LCS Summer Champion
2 2 Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality 2018-09-09 2018 Championship Points
NA
North America
1 2 Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid 2018-09-02 (Q)
2018-09-09 (Seed)
2018 NA LCS Summer Champion
2 2 100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves 2018-09-09 2018 Championship Points
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
1 1 Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves 2018-08-04 (Q)
2018-09-15 (Seed)
2018 LMS Summer Champion
2 2 MAD Teamlogo stdMAD Team 2018-09-09 (Q)
2018-09-15 (Seed)
2018 Championship Points
VN
Vietnam
1 2 Phong VÅ© Buffalologo stdPhong VÅ© Buffalo 2018-09-22 2018 VCS Summer Champion
INT
World Championship
Q 3 Cloud9logo stdCloud9 2018-10-06 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming 2018-10-06 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports 2018-10-07 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Q 3 G-Rexlogo stdG-Rex 2018-10-07 Qualified from Play-In Stage
Qualified for Play-In Stage
Region Seed Pool Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
CN
China
3 1 EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming 2018-09-16 2018 Regional Finals
EU
Europe
3 1 G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports 2018-09-16 2018 Regional Finals
NA
North America
3 1 Cloud9logo stdCloud9 2018-09-16 2018 Regional Finals
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
3 1 G-Rexlogo stdG-Rex 2018-09-22 2018 Regional Finals
BR
Brazil
1 2 KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports 2018-09-08 2018 CBLOL Split 2 Champion
CIS
CIS
1 2 Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports 2018-09-02 2018 LCL Summer Champion
LAN
Latin America - North
1 2 INFINITYlogo stdINFINITY 2018-09-08 2018 LLN Closing Champion
TR
Turkey
1 2 SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive Esports 2018-09-16 2018 TCL Summer Champion
JP
Japan
1 3 DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe 2018-09-15 2018 LJL Summer Champion
LAS
Latin America - South
1 3 Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers 2018-09-09 2018 CLS Closing Champion
OCE
Oceania
1 3 Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves 2018-09-02 2018 OPL Split 2 Champion
SEA
Southeast Asia
1 3 Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming 2018-08-19 2018 SEA Tour Champion

Results[]

Play-In Stage[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
3 - 175%1W
2
LAN
INFINITYlogo stdINFINITY
2 - 250%2W
3
OCE
Dire Wolveslogo stdDire Wolves
1 - 325%3L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
3 - 175%3W
2
TR
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSuperMassive Esports
3 - 175%1W
3
SEA
Ascension Gaminglogo stdAscension Gaming
0 - 40%4L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
4 - 0100%4W
2
JP
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe
1 - 325%3L
3
BR
KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKaBuM! Esports
1 - 325%1L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
LMS
G-Rexlogo stdG-Rex
4 - 0100%4W
2
CIS
Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports
2 - 250%1W
3
LAS
Kaos Latin Gamerslogo stdKaos Latin Gamers
0 - 40%4L
Group C Tiebreaker
JP
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDFM
1
BR
KaBuM! Esportslogo stdKBM
0
Group B Tiebreaker
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
1
TR
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSUP
0

Round 2[]

Match 1
Qualification Match
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
3
CIS
Gambit Esportslogo stdGMB
2
Match 2
Qualification Match
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
3
JP
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDFM
0
Match 3
Qualification Match
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3
LAN
INFINITYlogo stdINF
1
Match 4
Qualification Match
LMS
G-Rexlogo stdGRX
3
TR
SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSUP
1

 Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Main Event[]

Group Stage[]

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Afreeca Freecslogo stdAfreeca Freecs
4 - 267%4W
2
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
3 - 350%2L
3
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
3 - 350%1L
4
VN
Phong VÅ© Buffalologo stdPhong VÅ© Buffalo
2 - 433%1W
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRoyal Never Give Up
4 - 267%1W
2
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
4 - 267%3W
3
EU
Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
3 - 350%1L
4
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
1 - 517%3L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Rolster
5 - 183%1W
2
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
4 - 267%1L
3
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
3 - 350%2W
4
LMS
MAD Teamlogo stdMAD Team
0 - 60%6L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
5 - 183%4W
2
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
5 - 183%1L
3
NA
100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
2 - 433%1W
4
LMS
G-Rexlogo stdG-Rex
0 - 60%6L
Group B Tiebreaker
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
1
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
0
Group A Tiebreaker
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
0
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
1
Group D Tiebreaker
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
1
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
0

Knockout Stage[]

Quarterfinals
KR
Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
0
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
3
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
3
CN
EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
1
CN
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
2
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
2
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
3
Semifinals
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
0
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
3
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
0
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
3
Finals
EU
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
0
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
3

 Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
JP
Japan
KR
Korea
LAN
LAN
LAS
LAS
NA
North America
OCE
Oceania
SEA
SEA
LMS
LMS
TR
Turkey
VN
Vietnam
Qualified
13131311311311
Main
333331
Quarterfinals
3221
Semifinals
121
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players[]

  • Nationality
  • Country of Birth
  • Residency






























Qualified
214511331211521311331334214432816
Main
113121521313021486
Winner
33































Qualified
2145113312115213113131334214432716
Main
1131215211313021476
Winner
33
BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
JP
Japan
KR
Korea
LAN
LAN
LAS
LAS
NA
North America
OCE
Oceania
SEA
SEA
LMS
LMS
TR
Turkey
VN
Vietnam
Qualified
5125183345510641536
Main
12173010156
Winner
33
Players who played at least one game are listed here.

Media[]

Streams[]

Announcements[]

Additional Content[]

Venues[]

Play-In Groups / Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Seoul Busan Gwangju Incheon
LoL PARK Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium Incheon Munhak Stadium
Capacity - 450 Capacity - 4,000 Capacity - 8,327 Capacity - 50,256
LoLPARK-Worlds2018 BusanExhibitionCenter-Worlds2018 GwangjuWomen'sUniversity-Worlds2018 MunhakStadium-Worlds2018
33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong,
Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
55 APEC-ro, U-dong,
Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea
201 Yeodae-gil, Sanjeong-dong,
Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, South Korea
482, Munhak-dong,
Michuhol-gu, Incheon, South Korea

References[]

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