| v · e2017 Season World Championship Cycle |
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| | International | |  | | | China | | | | South Korea | | | | TW/HK/MCO | | | | North America | | | | Europe | | | | Play-In Regions |
| Brazil | | | | CIS | | | | Japan | | | | Latin America North | | | | Latin America South | | | | Oceania | | | | Southeast Asia | | | | Turkey | |
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| v · eRift Rivals |
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| Rift Rivals 2017 LCK-LPL-LMS |
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| Tournament Information |
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| Organizer | Riot Games |
| Location & Dates |
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| Region | |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country |  Taiwan |
| Start Date | 2017-07-06 |
| End Date | 2017-07-09 |
| Broadcast |
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| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule
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Overview
Format
- Group Stage
- Teams play against teams from other regions based on their spring season record
- All matches BO1
- Semifinals
- 2nd place region from Group Stage vs 3rd place region from Group Stage
- Best of five
- For each game, coaches choose the teams at the same time.
- No team can play more than once unless it goes to game 5
- Finals
- BO5 between Group Stage winning region & Semifinals winning region
- For each game, coaches choose the teams at the same time.
- No team can play more than once unless it goes to game 5
Prize Pool
$ 144,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
Local • Euro
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on July 9, 2017, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.8771517883 Euros
Participants
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Results
| Standing
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 Team LCK
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6-2
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 Team LMS
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4-4
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 Team LPL
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2-6
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|  |  |  | Total | WR % |
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| | | | 2 - 6 | 25% |
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| | | | 6 - 2 | 75% |
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| | | | 4 - 4 | 50% |
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Bracket Stage
Matches
Matches
Bracket Stage
Schedule
Media
Peak viewers
Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[1]:
- The tournament's Overall peak was 28 578 494 viewers
- The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 266 806 viewers
- English streams peak was 73 673 viewers
- Russian streams peak was 913 viewers
- Chinese streams peak was 28 316 009 viewers
- Twitch.tv peak was 179 006 viewers
Streams
Articles
Interviews
- July 2, SKT Head Coach cCarter: "We have to win the Rift Rivals to be confident for the remainder of split." with Inven Global
- July 3, Faker on Rift Rivals: “I don’t have a player I’m particularly wary of since I’ve faced all of them before, so I think I’ll be able to comfortably compete.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 3, KT Head Coach Jihoon Lee: "This is a chance for LCK teams to grow together." with Inven Global
- July 3. SSG Head Coach Edgar: "We hope to return to LCK feeling refreshed after RR" with Inven Global
- July 3, MVP Head Coach Jaehwan Kwon: "We'll show them what a 9th-placing team can do." with Inven Global
- July 6, SSG Ambition: "I was surprised at how FoFo held out against Crown" with Inven Global
- July 6, SSG CuVee: "We already have experience in playing against foreign teams. It gave us an upper hand" with Inven Global
- July 6, SSG Crown: "I always try to be confident. I think I've played with confidence in the last match." with Inven Global
- July 6, Interview with Samsung Galaxy "I don't know much about Taiwan, but I want to try all the local food" with Inven Global
- July 6, M17 Dee: "Drinking latte increases the level of my performance" with Inven Global
- July 6, Interview with Royal Never Give up: "We'll be facing KT Rolsters with willingness to learn." with Inven Global
- July 6, Faker on Flash Wolves: "When playing against them, I felt as if I was facing a Korean team." with Inven Global
- July 6, SKT Huni: "I vowed that I'll crush Flash Wolves today." with Inven Global
- July 6, SKT Kkoma: "I wanted to bring them all. I wish the limitation for subs would be lifted" with Inven Global
- July 7, Team WE coach Homme: “Whenever we face Korean teams I think, ‘I’m jealous of kkOma. Maybe I should go back to Korea next year.'” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 7, MVP Max: "The Max now, is different to the Max that played in Taiwan." with Inven Global
- July 7, MVP Ian-Beyond on M17: "We were nervous because they defeated OMG...their draft is very good." with Inven Global
- July 7, J Team on EDG: "We knew we would win from pick and bans, their composition was too late-game" with Inven Global
- July 7, FW SwordArt: "What really matters for Thresh is the lantern, not the hook." with Inven Global
- July 7, 'ahq' on Defeating LCK Teams: "We have to slow down and play at a steady pace." with Inven Global
- July 7, Kkoma receives an unexpected proposal: "Kkoma, please marry me!" with Inven Global
- July 7, SKT Huni-Blank on the most threatening team in the Rift Rivals: "I think our team is the strongest." with Inven Global
- July 8, FW Maple: "I want to defeat all LPL teams that we face" with Inven Global
- July 8, SKT Faker: "I want to work with people's brains after I retire." with Inven Global
- July 8, 'ahq' An: "I thought we were going to lose when we were defending the base 3:5." with Inven Global
- July 8, Pre-finals interview with LCK coaches: "We expect to win 3-0." with Inven Global
- July 8, WE Mystic on Playing With Zero: "Ben lost his passport..." with Inven Global
- July 9, EDG Meiko: "I wasn't crying... I was just rubbing my eyes." with Inven Global
- July 9, EDG coach NoFe before Rift Rivals: “I want to show a good performance by beating down one Korean team as EDG.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 9, KT Deft on Defeating OMG: "Ashe isn't necessarily countered by Xayah." with Inven Global
- July 9, LPL Directors on LCK: "3:0 victory in favor of LCK? Don't underestimate us!" with Inven Global
- July 11, CuVee on their disappointing result at Rift Rivals: “I think there are issues with individual skill right now.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- September 26, SKT Head Coach cCarter: "Clement Chu's statements about LCK teams during Rift Rivals are all lies." with Inven Global
Announcements
Additional Content
Additional Links
References
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EDward Gaming
Oh My God
RNG
Team WE
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KT Rolster
MVP
Samsung Galaxy
SK Telecom T1
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ahq e-Sports Club
Flash Wolves
J Team
Machi E-Sports
SSG
OMG
EDG
RNG
SKT
WE
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