2016 Season World Championship

2016 World Championship
2016 World Championship
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Rulebook	Rulebook
Sponsor(s)	Acer
Format	Group Stage + Playoffs
Links	Website
Location & Dates
Event Type	Offline
Country	; United States
Start Date	2016-09-29
End Date	2016-10-29
Broadcast
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule; Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

A checked version of this page, approved on 19 July 2018, was based on this revision.

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Overview[]

Format[]

16 teams participate: [Show][Hide]
- 3 from China
- 3 from Korea
- 3 from Europe
- 3 from North America
- 2 from Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
- 2 from International Wildcard

Group Stage
- Teams are divided into four groups of four: [Show seeding information][Hide seeding information]

Double Round Robin
Matches are best of one
Top two teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage
- Single elimination
- Matches are best of five
Patch Information
- v6.18
- Disabled Champions

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Prize Pool[]

Initial prize pool $ 2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR)
25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool.
In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged.
On October 9, the prize pool reached $ 4,145,000 USD (Approximately € 3,708,927.12 EUR).
On October 28, the prize pool reached $ 5,070,000 USD (Approximately € 4,621,122.46 EUR).

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Tournament MVP[]

Player	KDA	Most Played Champs
⁠⁠ Faker	3.65	Orianna Viktor Syndra

Top 20 Players[]

Official top 20 players before match.

Click for Full Standings
Place	Role	Player
1	Top	⁠⁠ Smeb
2	Mid	⁠⁠ Faker
3	ADC	⁠⁠ Deft
4	Jungle	⁠⁠ Clearlove
5	Jungle	⁠⁠ Peanut
6	ADC	⁠⁠ Bang
7	Support	⁠⁠ Gorilla
8	Mid	⁠⁠ Bjergsen
9	ADC	⁠⁠ Pray
10	Top	⁠⁠ Duke
11	ADC	⁠⁠ Uzi
12	Support	⁠⁠ Meiko
13	Top	⁠⁠ Looper
14	Jungle	⁠⁠ Trick
15	Support	⁠⁠ Mata
16	ADC	⁠⁠ Zven
17	Support	⁠⁠ Mithy
18	ADC	⁠⁠ Doublelift
19	Mid	⁠⁠ Crown
20	Jungle	⁠⁠ Karsa

Participants[]

Qualifications
Region	Seed	Pool¹	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
CN China	1	1	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	2016-08-14 (Q) 2016-08-26 (Seed)	LPL Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠Royal Never Give Up	2016-08-14	Championship Points
	3	2	⁠⁠I May	2016-08-28	Regional Finals
KR Korea	1	1	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	2016-08-05 (Q) 2016-08-20 (Seed)	LCK Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	2016-08-20	Championship Points
	3	2	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	2016-09-03	Regional Finals
EU Europe	1	2	⁠⁠G2 Esports	2016-08-16 (Q) 2016-08-28 (Seed)	EU LCS Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠H2k-Gaming	2016-08-28	Championship Points
	3	3	⁠⁠Splyce	2016-09-05	Regional Finals
NA North America	1	1	⁠⁠TSM	2016-08-21 (Q) 2016-08-28 (Seed)	NA LCS Summer Split Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠Counter Logic Gaming	2016-08-28	Championship Points
	3	3	⁠⁠Cloud9	2016-09-05	Regional Finals
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	1	1	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	2016-08-21	LMS Summer Split Champion
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	2	2	⁠⁠ahq eSports Club	2016-09-04	Regional Finals
IWC International Wildcard	-	3	⁠⁠INTZ	2016-09-03	International Wildcard Qualifier
IWC International Wildcard	-	3	⁠⁠Albus NoX Luna	2016-09-04	International Wildcard Qualifier²
Notes
¹ Pools for some seeds are determined based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational. ² The qualification path for the top IWC seed depends on MSI results. See here for additional information.

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Pool 1


EDward Gaming¹
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Flash Wolves
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ROX Tigers
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TSM
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Pool 2


ahq eSports Club
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CLG
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G2 Esports
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H2k-Gaming
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I May
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RNG
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Samsung Galaxy
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SK Telecom T1
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Pool 3


Albus NoX Luna
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Cloud9
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INTZ
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Splyce
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¹ Koro1 was allowed to replace Mouse, who returned to China due to the loss of a family member.

Results[]

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Group Stage[]

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29
G2⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠CLG
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX
Oct 1
CLG⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ANX
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
Oct 2
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
CLG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ROX
Oct 6
G2⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ROX
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠CLG
CLG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠G2
ANX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ROX
G2⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠CLG

[showhide] Tiebreakers
ROX⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ANX

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 30
SKT⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠C9
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠IM
Oct 1
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠C9
IM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT
Oct 2
SKT⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠FW
C9⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠IM
Oct 9
IM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠FW
C9⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT
C9⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠FW
SKT⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠IM
IM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠C9
FW⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SKT

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29
H2K⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ahq
ITZ⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG
Sep 30
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ahq
Oct 2
ahq⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠H2K
Oct 7
EDG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠ITZ
ahq⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠H2K
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠ahq
ITZ⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠H2K
ahq⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠EDG

[showhide] Tiebreakers
H2K⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠EDG

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[showhide] Match Results
Sep 29
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
TSM⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠RNG
Sep 30
TSM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SSG
RNG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
Oct 1
SPY⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠TSM
RNG⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SSG
Oct 8
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠TSM
SPY⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠RNG
TSM⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠SPY
SSG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠RNG
SPY⁠⁠	0	1	⁠⁠SSG
RNG⁠⁠	1	0	⁠⁠TSM

Playoffs[]

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Player of the Series[]

Series	Player	KDA	Champions Played
⁠⁠SS vs. ⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠ CuVee	6.2	Ekko Kennen Poppy
⁠⁠SKT vs. ⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠ Bang	11.0	Ezreal Jhin
⁠⁠ROX vs. ⁠⁠EDG	⁠⁠ Peanut	8.0	Lee Sin Olaf
⁠⁠H2K vs. ⁠⁠ANX	⁠⁠ Odoamne	5.0	Jayce
⁠⁠SKT vs. ⁠⁠ROX	⁠⁠ Bengi	4.1	Olaf Nidalee Lee Sin
⁠⁠SS vs. ⁠⁠H2K	⁠⁠ Ambition	3.5	Olaf Nidalee
⁠⁠SKT vs. ⁠⁠SS	⁠⁠ Faker	2.9	Orianna Ryze Viktor

Schedule[]

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

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Regional Distribution[]

Teams
Players

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Note: Country of Birth is used. Only the 5 players who played the most games for each team are counted.

Regional Records[]

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Note: Each individual game of the tournament in which a team from one region plays a team from another is included. Games between teams from the same region are not included, so there may be some discrepancy between the sum of individual team records within a region and the net records shown here.

Media[]

Peak viewers[]

Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts^[2]:

The tournament's Overall peak was 28 263 260 viewers
The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 1 585 072 viewers
English streams peak was 922 673 viewers
Russian streams peak was 16 015 viewers
Chinese streams peak was 26 820 666 viewers
Twitch.tv peak was 971 092 viewers

Streams[]

Due to a high volume of content, click here for articles, interviews, and videos.

Announcements[]

February 16, 2016 World Championship hits North America
April 15, MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications
July 13, How to get your 2016 World Championship Tickets
July 18, Worlds 2016 - Group Stage tickets
July 25, Worlds 2016 - Quarterfinals tickets
August 1, Worlds 2016 - Semifinals tickets
August 8, Worlds 2016 - Finals tickets
September 8, Last Chance: Worlds 2016 Tickets
September 10, Group Draw Show Results
September 10, Group Stage Draw
September 15, Worlds 2016: On-Air Team
September 28, Player Experience Streams for Worlds 2016
October 9, Update: Fan Contribution to Worlds Prize Pool
October 11, Coke Esports returns with World Finals big-screen viewing parties
October 13, Worlds Quarterfinals Alt Streams
October 21, Worlds Semifinals Alt Streams
October 25, Worlds 2016: Finals Survival Guide
October 25, Win a gaming chair used throughout Worlds 2016!
October 27, Worlds Finals Alt Streams
October 27, Riot partners with Acer for Worlds 2016 and the All-Star Event
October 28, Update: Fan Contributions to Worlds Prize Pool

Additional Links[]

Locations & Broadcast[]

Group Stage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
San Francisco, California	Chicago, Illinois	New York, New York	Los Angeles, California
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	The Chicago Theatre	Madison Square Garden	Staples Center
Capacity - 7,000	Capacity - 3,880	Capacity - 18,200	Capacity - 18,188

99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102	175 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601	4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001	1111 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Photo by J. Ash Bowie on Wikipedia	Photo by Daniel Schwen on Wikipedia	Photo by Rich Mitchell on Wikipedia	Photo by Praytino on Wikipedia

Notable Casters & Analysts[]

Riot
- English
  - North America (NA LCS)
    - Casters/Analysts - Rivington, Phreak, Jatt, Kobe, Zirene, Dash, PastryTime, and Azael
    - Player Experience Guest Analysts - Matt, Inori, Froggen, Alex Ich, Gate, KiWiKiD, and zig
  - Europe (EU LCS) - Quickshot, Deficio, Sjokz, Krepo, PiraTechnics, Pulse, Stress, and Tsepha
  - Korea (LCK) - PapaSmithy (OGN) and LastShadow (SPOTV)
  - Oceania (LPL/OPL) - Atlus, Rusty, Spawn, and Froskurinn
  - Taiwan (LMS) - Clement Chu (Garena)
- Spanish
  - Latin America (CLS/CLN) - Corsario, Rafamaik, XavyBecker, Skyshock, Nosfeh, JJ EX, and Raytone
- Portuguese
  - Brazil (CBLOL)
    - Casters/Analysts - Schaeppi, Toboco, Tixinha, Skeat, Melao13, gstv1 and Gustavo Docil
    - Guest - Kami
- Korean
  - Korea (OGN)
    - Guest Analysts - CloudTemplar, Spirit, Acorn, GBM, and Jeon Yong-jun (전용준)
- Taiwanese
  - Garena (LMS)
    - Guest Analysts - Lilballz and Mistake
- Cantonese
  - iGamers (LMS)
    - Casters/Analysts - Gavin, Colour, LoSing, and DexterW
- Russian
  - Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL)
    - Casters/Analysts - Olsior and ATRemains
    - Guest - LeX

References[]

↑ MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications lolesports.com
↑ 2016 World Championship esc.watch

[1] MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications lolesports.com

[2] 2016 World Championship esc.watch

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2016 Season World Championship

Contents

Overview[]

Format[]

Prize Pool[]

Tournament MVP[]

Top 20 Players[]

Participants[]

Results[]

Group Stage[]

Playoffs[]

Player of the Series[]

Schedule[]

Regional Distribution[]

Regional Records[]

Media[]

Peak viewers[]

Streams[]

Announcements[]

Additional Links[]

Locations & Broadcast[]

Notable Casters & Analysts[]

References[]

Fan Feed