Rift Rivals 2017 LCK-LPL-LMS

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Rift Rivals 2017 LCK-LPL-LMS
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Location & Dates
Region	INT  International
Event Type	Offline
Country	Taiwan
Start Date	2017-07-06
End Date	2017-07-09
Broadcast
Schedule	Link (Spoiler-Free)

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:

Place	Prize (%)	Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	Team
1	13.89%	$ 20,000	€ 17,543.04	EDward Gaming
				Oh My God
				Royal Never Give Up
				Team WE
2	6.94%	$ 10,000	€ 8,771.52	KT Rolster
				MVP
				Samsung Galaxy
				SK Telecom T1
3	4.17%	$ 6,000	€ 5,262.91	ahq e-Sports Club
				Flash Wolves
				J Team
				Machi E-Sports

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on July 9, 2017, as follows:

• $ 1 US Dollars = € 0.8771517883 Euros

Participants

Rosters

LMS  TW, HK, MCO ahq e-Sports Club  Ziv  Mountain  Chawy  Westdoor  AN  Albis LMS  TW, HK, MCO Flash Wolves  MMD  Karsa  Maple  Betty  SwordArt LMS  TW, HK, MCO J Team  Morning  Alex  FoFo  BeBe  Jay LMS  TW, HK, MCO Machi E-Sports  3z  Taizan  Apex  Dee  Dreamer KR  Korea KT Rolster  Smeb  Score  PawN  Deft  Mata KR  Korea Samsung Galaxy  CuVee  Ambition  Crown  Ruler  CoreJJ KR  Korea SK Telecom T1  Huni  Peanut  Blank  Faker  Bang  Wolf KR  Korea MVP  ADD  Beyond  Ian  MaHa  Max CN  China EDward Gaming  Mouse  Audi  Clearlove7  Scout  Zet  Meiko CN  China Oh My God  Xiyang  Jiekou  Icon  Smlz  Five CN  China RNG  Letme  Mlxg  Xiaohu  y4  Ming CN  China Team WE  957  Condi  xiye  Mystic  Zero

Results

Standing 1. Team LCK 6-2 2. Team LMS 4-4 3. Team LPL 2-6 Toggle Overall - 0 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 6 2 - 6 3 - 1 3 - 1 - 0 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 1 6 - 2 6 - 2 3 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 4 - 4 4 - 4

Bracket Stage

	Semifinals				Finals
					LCK	1
	LMS	2
					LPL	3
	LPL	3

Matches

Matches

Day 1 [showhide] Match Results JT  0 1  SSG MVP  0 1  OMG SSG  1 0  EDG M17  1 0  OMG ahq  0 1  RNG FW  0 1  SKT Day 2 [showhide] Match Results M17  0 1  MVP KT  1 0  RNG JT  1 0  EDG FW  1 0  WE ahq  1 0  KT SKT  1 0  WE

Bracket Stage

Semifinals LMS  2 3  LPL JT  0 1  WE FW  1 0  OMG ahq  1 0  EDG M17  0 1  RNG FW  0 1  WE Finals LCK  1 3  LPL SSG  0 1  EDG SKT  0 1  WE KT  1 0  OMG MVP  0 1  RNG

Schedule

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Semifinals
• Finals

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PDT	CEST	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
RR	JT  vs  SSG	0:1	2017,7,06,06,00	2017,7,06,06,00	23:00	08:00	15:00	6 July 2017 06:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	MVP  vs  OMG	0:1	2017,7,06,07,00	2017,7,06,07,00	00:00	09:00	16:00	6 July 2017 07:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	SSG  vs  EDG	1:0	2017,7,06,08,00	2017,7,06,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	6 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	M17  vs  OMG	1:0	2017,7,06,09,00	2017,7,06,09,00	02:00	11:00	18:00	6 July 2017 09:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	ahq  vs  RNG	0:1	2017,7,06,10,00	2017,7,06,10,00	03:00	12:00	19:00	6 July 2017 10:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	FW  vs  SKT	0:1	2017,7,06,11,00	2017,7,06,11,00	04:00	13:00	20:00	6 July 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	1	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PDT	CEST	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
RR	M17  vs  MVP	0:1	2017,7,07,06,00	2017,7,07,06,00	23:00	08:00	15:00	7 July 2017 06:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	KT  vs  RNG	1:0	2017,7,07,07,00	2017,7,07,07,00	00:00	09:00	16:00	7 July 2017 07:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	JT  vs  EDG	1:0	2017,7,07,08,00	2017,7,07,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	7 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	FW  vs  WE	1:0	2017,7,07,09,00	2017,7,07,09,00	02:00	11:00	18:00	7 July 2017 09:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	ahq  vs  KT	1:0	2017,7,07,10,00	2017,7,07,10,00	03:00	12:00	19:00	7 July 2017 10:00:00 +0000-	1	-
RR	SKT  vs  WE	1:0	2017,7,07,11,00	2017,7,07,11,00	04:00	13:00	20:00	7 July 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	1	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PDT	CEST	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Semi	JT  vs  WE	0:1	2017,7,08,08,00	2017,7,08,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	8 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Semi	OMG  vs  FW	0:1	2017,7,08,08,00	2017,7,08,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	8 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Semi	ahq  vs  EDG	1:0	2017,7,08,08,00	2017,7,08,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	8 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Semi	RNG  vs  M17	1:0	2017,7,08,08,00	2017,7,08,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	8 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Semi	FW  vs  WE	0:1	2017,7,08,08,00	2017,7,08,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	8 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PDT	CEST	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Finals	SSG  vs  EDG	0:1	2017,7,09,08,00	2017,7,09,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	9 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Finals	WE  vs  SKT	1:0	2017,7,09,08,00	2017,7,09,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	9 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Finals	KT  vs  OMG	1:0	2017,7,09,08,00	2017,7,09,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	9 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-
Finals	RNG  vs  MVP	1:0	2017,7,09,08,00	2017,7,09,08,00	01:00	10:00	17:00	9 July 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	1	-

Media

Peak viewers

Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts:

• 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

• Twitch
• YouTube
• Garena

• YouTube
• Twitch
• YouTube

• Twitch
• Twitch

Articles

• July 6, LCK pros attend Rift Rivals with more comfortable mindset: “Honestly, the regional league is more important than this inter-regional competition.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
• July 12, Rift Rivals struggles revealed Samsung Galaxy’s increasingly visible flaws by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports

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