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2018 World Championship
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Rulebook	Rulebook
Links	Website
Location & Dates
Region	INT  International
Event Type	Offline
Country	South Korea
Start Date	2018-10-01
End Date	2018-11-03
Broadcast
Stream(s)	Twitch Twitch Full List
Results
Winner	Invictus Gaming
Second	Fnatic
Third	G2 Esports  Cloud9

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][Hide]
  • 3 from
    CN

     China
  • 3 from
    KR

     Korea
  • 3 from
    EU

     Europe
  • 3 from
    NA

     North America
  • 3 from
    LMS

     TW, HK, MCO
  • 1 from
    BR

     Brazil
  • 1 from
    CIS

     CIS
  • 1 from
    JP

     Japan
  • 1 from
    LAN

     LAN
  • 1 from
    LAS

     LAS
  • 1 from
    OCE

     Oceania
  • 1 from
    SEA

     SEA
  • 1 from
    TR

     Turkey
  • 1 from
    VN

     Vietnam
  • Qualified for the Group Stage as the top placing region at 2018 MSI out of
    BR

     Brazil
    ,
    CIS

     CIS
    ,
    JP

     Japan
    ,
    LAN

     LAN
    ,
    LAS

     LAS
    ,
    OCE

     Oceania
    ,
    SEA

     SEA
    ,
    TR

     Turkey
    , and
    VN

     Vietnam
• 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.
• Final prize pool is TBA

$ 2,250,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	Prize (%)	Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	Team
1	37.5%	$ 843,750	€ 731,525.34	Invictus Gaming
2	13.5%	$ 303,750	€ 263,349.12	Fnatic
3-4	7%	$ 157,500	€ 136,551.4	G2 Esports
				Cloud9
5-8	4%	$ 90,000	€ 78,029.37	KT Rolster
				Royal Never Give Up
				Afreeca Freecs
				EDward Gaming
9-12	2.25%	$ 50,625	€ 43,891.52	Team Vitality
				Flash Wolves
				Team Liquid
				100 Thieves
13-16	1.25%	$ 28,125	€ 24,384.18	Gen.G
				Phong Vũ Buffalo
				MAD Team
				G-Rex
17-20	0.75%	$ 16,875	€ 14,630.51	Gambit Esports
				DetonatioN FocusMe
				Infinity eSports
				SuperMassive eSports
21-24	0.5%	$ 11,250	€ 9,753.67	Kaos Latin Gamers
				KaBuM! e-Sports
				Ascension Gaming
				Dire Wolves

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

• $ 1 US Dollars = € 0.866993 Euros

Participants

Qualified for Group Stage
Region	Seed	Pool	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
KR Korea	1	1	KT Rolster	2018-08-15 (Q) 2018-09-08 (Seed)	2018 LCK Summer Champion
	2	2	Afreeca Freecs	2018-09-08	2018 Championship Points
	3	2	Gen.G	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
CN China	1	1	Royal Never Give Up	2018-09-09 (Q) 2018-09-14 (Seed)	2018 LPL Summer Champion
	2	2	Invictus Gaming	2018-09-10	2018 Championship Points
EU Europe	1	1	Fnatic	2018-08-25 (Q) 2018-09-09 (Seed)	2018 EU LCS Summer Champion
	2	2	Team Vitality	2018-09-09	2018 Championship Points
NA North America	1	2	Team Liquid	2018-09-02 (Q) 2018-09-09 (Seed)	2018 NA LCS Summer Champion
	2	2	100 Thieves	2018-09-09	2018 Championship Points
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	1	1	Flash Wolves	2018-08-04 (Q) 2018-09-15 (Seed)	2018 LMS Summer Champion
	2	2	MAD Team	2018-09-09	2018 Championship Points
VN Vietnam	1	2	Phong Vũ Buffalo	2018-09-22	2018 VCS Summer Champion
INT World Championship	Q	3	Cloud9	2018-10-06	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	EDward Gaming	2018-10-06	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	G2 Esports	2018-10-07	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	G-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 Gaming	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
EU Europe	3	1	G2 Esports	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
NA North America	3	1	Cloud9	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	3	1	G-Rex	2018-09-22	2018 Regional Finals
BR Brazil	1	2	KaBuM! e-Sports	2018-09-08	2018 CBLOL Winter Champion
CIS CIS	1	2	Gambit Esports	2018-09-02	2018 LCL Summer Champion
LAN Latin America - North	1	2	Infinity eSports	2018-09-08	2018 LLN Closing Champion
TR Turkey	1	2	SuperMassive eSports	2018-09-16	2018 TCL Summer Champion
JP Japan	1	3	DetonatioN FocusMe	2018-09-15	2018 LJL Summer Champion
LAS Latin America - South	1	3	Kaos Latin Gamers	2018-09-09	2018 CLS Closing Champion
OCE Oceania	1	3	Dire Wolves	2018-09-02	2018 OPL Split 2 Champion
SEA Southeast Asia	1	3	Ascension Gaming	2018-08-19	2018 SEA Tour Champion

Results

Play-In Stage

Group Stage (Round 1)

Group A Legend Round 2 Seed Eliminated 1 CN  EDward Gaming 3 - 1 75% 2 LAN  Infinity eSports 2 - 2 50% 3 OCE  Dire Wolves 1 - 3 25% Overall 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 3 2 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 2

Group B Legend Round 2 Seed Eliminated 1 EU  G2 Esports 3 - 1 75% 2 TR  SuperMassive eSports 3 - 1 75% 3 SEA  Ascension Gaming 0 - 4 0% Overall 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 4 2 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 1

Group C Legend Round 2 Seed Eliminated 1 NA  Cloud9 4 - 0 100% 2 JP  DetonatioN FocusMe 1 - 3 25% 3 BR  KaBuM! e-Sports 1 - 3 25% Overall 2 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 3

Group D Legend Round 2 Seed Eliminated 1 LMS  G-Rex 4 - 0 100% 2 CIS  Gambit Esports 2 - 2 50% 3 LAS  Kaos Latin Gamers 0 - 4 0% Overall 0 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 4

Group C Tiebreaker           DFM 1     KaBuM 0   Group B Tiebreaker           G2 1     SUP 0

Round 2

Qualifier #1           C9 3     GMB 2   Qualifier #2           EDG 3     DFM 0   Qualifier #3           G2 3     INF 1   Qualifier #4           GRX 3     SUP 1

 Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Group Stage

Group A Legend Playoffs Eliminated 1 KR  Afreeca Freecs 4 - 2 67% 2 EU  G2 Esports 3 - 3 50% 3 LMS  Flash Wolves 3 - 3 50% 4 VN  Phong Vũ Buffalo 2 - 4 33% Overall 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 4 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 3 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 4

Group B Legend Playoffs Eliminated 1 CN  Royal Never Give Up 4 - 2 67% 2 NA  Cloud9 4 - 2 67% 3 EU  Team Vitality 3 - 3 50% 4 KR  Gen.G 1 - 5 17% Overall 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 4 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 5 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 3

Group C Legend Playoffs Eliminated 1 KR  KT Rolster 5 - 1 83% 2 CN  EDward Gaming 4 - 2 67% 3 NA  Team Liquid 3 - 3 50% 4 LMS  MAD Team 0 - 6 0% Overall 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 5 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 6 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 3 - 3

Group D Legend Playoffs Eliminated 1 EU  Fnatic 5 - 1 83% 2 CN  Invictus Gaming 5 - 1 83% 3 NA  100 Thieves 2 - 4 33% 4 LMS  G-Rex 0 - 6 0% Overall 0 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 2 - 4 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 1 5 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 6 2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 5 - 1

Group B Tiebreaker           RNG 1     C9 0   Group A Tiebreaker           FW 0     G2 1   Group D Tiebreaker           FNC 1     iG 0

Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals

 AFs

0

 C9

3

 FNC

3

 EDG

1

 RNG

2

 G2

3

 KT

2

 iG

3

Semifinals

 C9

0

 FNC

3

 G2

0

 iG

3

Finals

 FNC

0

 iG

3

 Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Regional Distribution

For full regional breakdown of teams and players per round see Play-In & Main Event.

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  TW, HK, MCO	TR  Turkey	VN  Vietnam
Qualified	1 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1
Main	3 3 3 3 3 1
Winner	1

Players

• Country of Birth
• Residency

Qualified	2 1 4 5 1 1 3 3 12 1 1 5 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 34 2 14 4 3 2 7 1 6
Main	1 1 3 12 1 5 2 1 1 3 1 30 2 14 7 6
Winner	3 3

	BR  Brazil	CN  China	CIS  CIS	EU  Europe	JP  Japan	KR  Korea	LAN  LAN	LAS  LAS	NA  North America	OCE  Oceania	SEA  SEA	LMS  TW, HK, MCO	TR  Turkey	VN  Vietnam
Qualified	5 12 5 18 3 34 5 5 10 6 4 15 3 6
Main	12 17 30 10 15 6
Winner	3 3

Players who played at least one game are listed here.

Media

Streams

Twitch YouTube YouTube YouTube NimoTV Garena Live Twitch KakaoTV Twitch Twitch Twitch Twitch YouTube Twitch YouTube Garena Live King Kong Yahoo TV Twitch OPENREC Tencent Douyu Huya PandaTV Zhanqi Twitch - LVPes Twitch - LoLEsportsLA YouTube - LoLEsportsLA Twitch - Nervarien Twitch - Polsat Games Twitch Twitch Twitch Twitch - ViviLatvia YouTube

Announcements

• February 27, 2018 Global Esports Event Announcement
• July 31, 2018 World Championship Korea Cities & Dates
• July 31, On The Worlds Korea Announcement Delay
• August 16, 2018 World Championship Tickets & Venues
• September 18, Worlds 2018 Draw Show Guide
• September 28, Worlds 2018: Play-In Schedule Modification

Locations & Broadcast

Venues

Play-In	Groups / Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Seoul	Busan	Gwangju	Incheon
LoL PARK	Busan Exhibition and Convention Center	Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium	Munhak Stadium
Capacity - 450	Capacity - 4,002	Capacity - 8,327	Capacity - 50,256
33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea	55 APEC-ro, U-dong, Haeundae, Busan, South Korea	201 Yeodae-gil, Sanjeong-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, South Korea	482, Munhak-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon, South Korea