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Worlds 2020 Play-In
Worlds 2020
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
Sponsor(s)Mastercard
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Alienware
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OPPO
Red Bull
AXE
Cisco
Spotify
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Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
China
Start Date2020-09-25
End Date2020-09-30
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
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The 2020 Season World Championship Play-In (Worlds 2020 Play-In) is the first stage of Worlds 2020, the conclusion of the 2020 League of Legends esports season.

Overview[]

Format[]

  • Group Stage (Round 1)
    • 10 teams participate
    • Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding
    • Single Round Robin
    • Matches are best of one
    • Top team from each group advances to the Main Event
    • 2nd to 4th teams from each group advance to Round 2
  • Knockout Stage (Round 2)
    • 3rd place teams from the group stage face the 4th place team from the same group
    • Winners of these matches face the 2nd place team from the opposite group
    • Winners of these final matches advance to the Main Event
    • Matches are best of five
  • Due to Vietnamese teams being unable to participate, the Play-In format was heavily adjusted.[1]

Progressing Teams[]

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)QualificationTeam
QMain EventPSG Talonlogo stdPSG Talon
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD Gaming
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUnicorns of Love
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NQ$22,250€19,094.311%Legacy Esportslogo stdLegacy Esports
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdPapara SuperMassive
NQ$16,687.50€14,320.730.75%Rainbow7logo stdRainbow7
MAD Lionslogo stdMAD Lions
NQ$13,350€11,456.590.6%V3 Esportslogo stdV3 Esports
INTZlogo stdINTZ
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Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 31, 2020, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.8581712685 Euros
  • Percentage values listed here refer to the overall prize pool. For further prize pool information please see the Overview.
  • Figures are based on the minimum guaranteed prize pool of $ 2,225,000 USD. A percentage of the revenue from designated in-client sales is yet to be added to this amount.

Participants[]

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1 Due to visa issues, Kongyue and Uniboy were loaned from ahq eSports Club for the entirety of the Play-In, and Dee was loaned from Machi Esports for Day 1 and 2.

Results[]

Group Stage (Round 1)[]

Note: Two-way ties are NOT automatically broken by head-to-head record. Instead, the winner of the head-to-head gains side selection advantage in a tiebreaker game.
Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
3 - 175%1L
2
OCE
Legacy Esportslogo stdLegacy Esports
3 - 175%2W
3
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdPapara SuperMassive
2 - 250%2L
4
EU
MAD Lionslogo stdMAD Lions
1 - 325%3L
5
BR
INTZlogo stdINTZ
1 - 325%1W
1st Place Tiebreaker
OCE
Legacy Esportslogo stdLGC
0
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
1
4th Place Tiebreaker
BR
INTZlogo stdITZ
0
EU
MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
1
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
PCS
PSG Talonlogo stdPSG Talon
3 - 175%1W
2
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUnicorns of Love
3 - 175%1W
3
LAT
Rainbow7logo stdRainbow7
2 - 250%2W
4
CN
LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD Gaming
1 - 325%1L
5
JP
V3 Esportslogo stdV3 Esports
1 - 325%3L
1st Place Tiebreaker
PCS
PSG Talonlogo stdPSG
1
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
0
4th Place Tiebreaker
CN
LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
1
JP
V3 Esportslogo stdV3
0

Knockout Stage (Round 2)[]

Elimination Round
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP
3
EU
MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
2
LAT
Rainbow7logo stdR7
0
CN
LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
3
Qualification Round
Qualification Match
CIS
Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
3
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP
0
Qualification Match
OCE
Legacy Esportslogo stdLGC
0
CN
LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
3

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
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Group A
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Group B
Patch: 10.19
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Day 1
Fri 25 SepFri 25 SepFri 25 Sep2020,9,25,08,00 - 2020,9,25,12,00
    
Fri 2020-09-25
Fri 2020-09-25
Fri 2020-09-25
2020,9,25,08,00
MADMAD Lionslogo std10INTZlogo stdITZ
2020,9,25,09,00
PSGPSG Talonlogo std10Rainbow7logo stdR7
2020,9,25,10,00
LGCLegacy Esportslogo std10INTZlogo stdITZ
2020,9,25,11,00
LGDLGD Gaminglogo std01PSG Talonlogo stdPSG
2020,9,25,12,00
TLTeam Liquidlogo std10MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Day 2
Sat 26 SepSat 26 SepSat 26 Sep2020,9,26,08,00 - 2020,9,26,14,00
    
Sat 2020-09-26
Sat 2020-09-26
Sat 2020-09-26
2020,9,26,08,00
R7Rainbow7logo std01V3 Esportslogo stdV3
2020,9,26,09,00
ITZINTZlogo std01Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP
2020,9,26,10,00
V3V3 Esportslogo std01Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
2020,9,26,11,00
LGDLGD Gaminglogo std01Rainbow7logo stdR7
2020,9,26,12,00
UOLUnicorns of Love.CISlogo std10PSG Talonlogo stdPSG
2020,9,26,13,00
SUPPapara SuperMassivelogo std10MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
2020,9,26,14,00
TLTeam Liquidlogo std10Legacy Esportslogo stdLGC
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Day 3
Sun 27 SepSun 27 SepSun 27 Sep2020,9,27,08,00 - 2020,9,27,11,00
    
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
2020,9,27,08,00
V3V3 Esportslogo std01LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
2020,9,27,09,00
R7Rainbow7logo std10Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
2020,9,27,10,00
PSGPSG Talonlogo std10V3 Esportslogo stdV3
2020,9,27,11,00
UOLUnicorns of Love.CISlogo std10LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Day 4
Mon 28 SepMon 28 SepMon 28 Sep2020,9,28,08,00 - 2020,9,28,11,00
    
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
2020,9,28,08,00
SUPPapara SuperMassivelogo std01Team Liquidlogo stdTL
2020,9,28,09,00
MADMAD Lionslogo std01Legacy Esportslogo stdLGC
2020,9,28,10,00
ITZINTZlogo std10Team Liquidlogo stdTL
2020,9,28,11,00
LGCLegacy Esportslogo std10Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Tiebreakers
Sun 27 Sep - Mon 28 SepSun 27 Sep - Mon 28 SepSun 27 Sep - Mon 28 Sep2020,9,27,12,00 - 2020,9,28,13,00
    
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
Sun 2020-09-27
2020,9,27,12,00
PSGPSG Talonlogo std10Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
2020,9,27,13,00
LGDLGD Gaminglogo std10V3 Esportslogo stdV3
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
Mon 2020-09-28
2020,9,28,12,00
ITZINTZlogo std01MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
2020,9,28,13,00
LGCLegacy Esportslogo std01Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Elimination Round
Mon 28 Sep - Tue 29 SepTue 29 SepTue 29 Sep2020,9,29,06,00 - 2020,9,29,10,00
    
Mon 2020-09-28
Tue 2020-09-29
Tue 2020-09-29
2020,9,29,06,00
R7Rainbow7logo std03LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
Tue 2020-09-29
2020,9,29,10,00
SUPPapara SuperMassivelogo std32MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
Patch: 10.19
[showhide]
Qualification Round
Tue 29 Sep - Wed 30 SepWed 30 SepWed 30 Sep2020,9,30,06,00 - 2020,9,30,10,00
    
Tue 2020-09-29
Wed 2020-09-30
Wed 2020-09-30
2020,9,30,06,00
LGCLegacy Esportslogo std03LGD Gaminglogo stdLGD
Wed 2020-09-30
2020,9,30,10,00
UOLUnicorns of Love.CISlogo std30Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP

VODs & Match Links[]

Individual Awards[]

"Player of the Game" Standings[]

Note: Only two MVP awards were assigned each day of the Group Stage.

   
MVP Standings
RankTimesPlayer
12Unicorns of Love.CISlogo std Nomanz
21Papara SuperMassivelogo std Armut
21Team Liquidlogo std Broxah
21Team Liquidlogo std CoreJJ
21Team Liquidlogo std Impact
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21Rainbow7logo std Josedeodo
21PSG Talonlogo std Kaiwing
21Papara SuperMassivelogo std KaKAO
21PSG Talonlogo std Kongyue
21LGD Gaminglogo std Peanut
21LGD Gaminglogo std xiye

Media[]

Streams[]

Viewership Statistics[]

References[]

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