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2019 Mid-Season Invitational
Mid-Season Invitational 2019
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
Sponsor(s)Mastercard
State Farm
Alienware
Secretlab
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Address Vietnam
Taiwan
Start Date2019-05-01
End Date2019-05-19
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
Social Media & Links
Infobox Homepagelogo std

The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI 2019) is held between the first and second splits of all regions. The champions of each competitive region compete for the MSI title. Teams from China, Europe, and Korea are invited directly to the Main Event, while teams from other regions must qualify through the Play-In.

Overview[]

Format[]

Prize Pool[]

  • Minimum Prize Pool $ 250,000 USD (Approximately € 212,500 EUR)
  • In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Play-In teams, prize pool money is averaged

$ 1,000,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$400,00040%G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
PlacementIcon2 2$200,00020%Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
PlacementIcon3 3-4$100,00010%Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
5$50,0005%Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
6$50,0005%Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPhong Vũ Buffalo
7$25,0002.5%Vega Squadronlogo stdVega Squadron
8-9$15,0001.5%Fenerbahçe Esportslogo stdFenerbahçe
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FM
10-12$11,6701.167%Bomberslogo stdBombers
Isuruslogo stdIsurus
MEGAlogo stdMEGA
13$10,0001%INTZlogo stdINTZ

Participants[]

For qualification timelines, refer to the Play-In Prospective Participant Timeline and the Main Event Prospective Participant Timeline.

Qualified Teams
Main Event Seeds
Region Qualified via Pool Date Team Finals Result
CN
China
LPL Spring Playoffs N/A April 21 Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming 3 - 0 JD Gaminglogo stdJDG
EU
Europe
LEC Spring Playoffs N/A April 14 G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports 3 - 0 Origenlogo stdOG
KR
Korea
LCK Spring Playoffs N/A April 13 SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1 3 - 0 Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGRF
Play-In Round 2 Seeds
NA
North America
LCS Spring Playoffs N/A April 13 Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid 3 - 2 TSMlogo stdTSM
LMS
Taiwan/HK/Macao
LMS Spring Playoffs N/A April 20 Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves 3 - 0 MAD Teamlogo stdMAD
Play-In Round 1 Seeds
CIS
CIS
LCL Spring Playoffs 1 April 14 Vega Squadronlogo stdVega Squadron 3 - 1 Elements Pro Gaminglogo stdEPG
SEA
Southeast Asia
LST Spring 1 April 21 MEGAlogo stdMEGA 3 - 0 Team Empire (Malaysian Team)logo stdEMP
TR
Turkey
TCL Winter Playoffs 1 April 13 Fenerbahçe Esportslogo stdFenerbahçe Esports 3 - 0 SuperMassive Esportslogo stdSUP
VN
Vietnam
VCS Spring Playoffs 1 April 13 Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPhong Vũ Buffalo 3 - 1 EVOS Esportslogo stdEVS
BR
Brazil
CBLOL Split 1 Playoffs 2 April 13 INTZlogo stdINTZ 3 - 2 Flamengo Esportslogo stdFLA
JP
Japan
LJL Spring Playoffs 2 April 13 DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe 3 - 0 Unsold Stuff Gaminglogo stdUSG
LAT
Latin America
LLA Opening Playoffs 2 April 20 Isuruslogo stdIsurus 3 - 1 Rainbow7logo stdR7
OCE
Oceania
OPL Split 1 Playoffs 2 April 6 Bomberslogo stdBombers 3 - 0 ORDERlogo stdORD

Results[]

Play-In[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Group Stage draw was made by SofM and SwordArt

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
VN
Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPhong Vũ Buffalo
4 - 267%1L
2
TR
Fenerbahçe Esportslogo stdFenerbahçe Esports
4 - 267%2W
3
OCE
Bomberslogo stdBombers
2 - 433%2L
3
LAT
Isuruslogo stdIsurus
2 - 433%1W
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
CIS
Vega Squadronlogo stdVega Squadron
5 - 183%1L
2
JP
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDetonatioN FocusMe
4 - 267%1W
3
SEA
MEGAlogo stdMEGA
2 - 433%1W
4
BR
INTZlogo stdINTZ
1 - 517%1L
Group A Tiebreaker
VN
Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPVB
1
TR
Fenerbahçe Esportslogo stdFB
0

Round 2[]

Qualifiers
Qualification Match
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
3
VN
Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPVB
0
Qualification Match
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFW
3
CIS
Vega Squadronlogo stdVEG
1
Qualification Match
VN
Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPVB
3
CIS
Vega Squadronlogo stdVEG
2

 Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Main Event[]

Group Stage[]

MSI 2019 Main Event Standings
TeamGamesStr
1
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
9 - 190%1L
2
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1
7 - 370%4W
3
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports
5 - 550%3L
4
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
4 - 640%1W
5
LMS
Flash Wolveslogo stdFlash Wolves
3 - 730%1W
6
VN
Phong Vũ Buffalologo stdPhong Vũ Buffalo
2 - 820%1L

Playoffs[]

Semifinals
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiG
1
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
3
KR
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
2
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3
Finals
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
0
EU
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
3

 Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Media[]

Announcements[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Stats excluding Chinese platforms

Peak Viewership
Total 1 704 326
English Streams 460 373
Vietnamese Streams 374 856
Korean Streams 436 672
Portuguese Streams 98 907
YouTube Streams 684 847
Twitch.TV Streams 786 866
Other
Total Time Watched 43 799 752 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers 521 426

Additional Content[]

Locations & Broadcast[]

Streams[]

Broadcast Talent[]

  • James "Dash" Patterson – Analysis Host
  • "Rivington" Bisland III – Interviewer
  • Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere – Interviewer
  • Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines – Play-by-Play Caster
  • Daniel "Drakos" – Play-by-Play Caster
  • Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain – Play-by-Play Caster
  • Julian "Pastrytime" Carr – Play-by-Play Caster
  • David "Phreak" Turley – Play-by-Play Caster
  • Trevor "Quickshot" Henry – Play-by-Play Caster
  • Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley – Color Caster
  • Indiana "Froskurinn" Black – Color Caster
  • Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler – Color Caster
  • Chris "PapaSmithy" Smith – Color Caster
  • Jake "Spawn" Tiberi – Color Caster
  • Andrew "Vedius" Day – Color Caster
  • Martin "Deficio" Lynge – Analyst
  • Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman – Analyst
  • Barento "Raz" Mohammed – Analyst

Venues[]

Play-In Stage Group Stage Knock-out Stage
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan
GG Stadium (VCS Studio) National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity - 120 Capacity - 3,700 Capacity - 6,958
GG Stadium Vietnam National Convention Center Taiepi Heping Basketball Gymnasium
The Crescent Mall - 6th floor, No. 101 Tôn Dật Tiên St., Tân Phú Ward, Dist. 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Gate 1, Thăng Long Avenue, Mễ Trì Ward, Nam Từ Liêm Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam No. 28, Dunnan St. Ln. 76, Daan Dist., Taipei, Taiwan

References[]

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