Watch the battle for the world's best!　The 2019 World Championship, the international tournament of League of Legends, will be broadcast today, October 2, from 9:00 p.m!

The 2019 World Championship, the largest international League of Legends (LoL) tournament in eSports, begins today, Wednesday, October 2. All of its matches will be broadcast live, Raiatto Games announced.

LoL is a five-player PC game. Players control a character called "Champion" and attack the opponent's position. The game was launched in the U.S. in 2009, and by September 2016, the number of monthly active players had surpassed 100 million.

The upcoming tournament, the 2019 World Championship, will be held in Europe from October 2 to November 10. Representative teams from around the world, including Japan, Korea, China, North America, and Southeast Asia, will gather to compete for the title and trophy of World Champion.

The matches will be streamed on the official Raiatto Games Twitch channel. The games will be broadcast on the official RYAT Games Twitch channel, with Japanese-language commentary and commentary, and can be watched free of charge. For more information on this tournament, please check the following.

[Tournament Outline].
League of Legends 2019 World Championship
Schedule:
Play-in Stage
October 2-5, 7-8 (Berlin, Germany / LEC Studio)
Group Stage
October 12-15, 17-20 (Berlin, Germany / Verti Music Hall)
Knockout Stage
Quarterfinal October 26-27 (Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain)
Semifinal November 2-3 (Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain)
Final November 10 (Paris, France / AccorHotels Arena)

Participating teams:
Korea (LCK) ●SK Telecom T1 ●Griffin ●Damwon Gaming
China (LPL) ●FunPlus Phoenix ●Royal Never Give Up ●Invictus Gaming
Europe (LEC) ●G2 Esports ●Fnatic ●Splyce
North America (LCS) ●Team Liquid ●Cloud9 ●Clutch Gaming
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau (LMS) ●CTBC J Team ●AHQ E-Sports Club ●Hong Kong Attitude
Vietnam (VCS) ●GAM eSports ●Lowkey Esports
Southeast Asia (LST) ●MEGA
Brazil (CBLoL) ●Flamengo Esports
Flamengo Esports ●Community of Independent States including Russia (LCL) ●Unicorns of Love
Japan (LJL) ●DetonatioN FocusMe
Latin America (LLA) ●Isurus Gaming
Oceania (OPL) ●MAMMOTH
Turkey (TCL) ●Royal Youth


Broadcast time of the Japan National Team matches:
October 2 (Wed.) 21:00 - vs Splyce (Europe) / 23:00 - vs Isurus Gaming (Latin America)
October 4 (Fri.) 20:00 - vs Splyce (Europe) / 22:00 - vs Isurus Gaming (Latin America)



Tournament format:
Play-in Stage
12 teams will be divided into 4 groups of 3 teams. Each group will play a double round robin (two rounds of round robin) of Bo1 (one win first), and the top two teams will advance to the play-in knockout stage. The first-place team from each group is randomly combined with the second-place team from another group to play in Bo5 (three-win first-round). The four winners of these matches advance to the group stage.

Group Stage
The 12 teams exempted from the play-in stage and the 4 teams that won the play-in stage, for a total of 16 teams, will participate in the group stage. 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage.

Knockout Stage
The 8 teams that have won their group stage will advance to the knockout stage, which consists of the Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final rounds. In the knockout stage, the teams will play in a Bo5 single-elimination tournament (no resurrection). The matchups will be decided on the day of the event (before the start of the games) at a lottery held on stage. The team that comes out on top after winning the knockout stage will become the 2019 "LoL" World Champion.


Tournament format introduction video


Reference videos of past tournaments:

Worlds 2018 was the year Invictus Gaming (iG) won the championship and China's LPL was crowned world champion for the first time ever. We look back at this historic moment from a new angle, focusing on the semi-final match iG vs G2, which was key in achieving this major breakthrough.

Product Information.
League of Legends
Genre: Multiplayer online battle arena
Compatibility: Microsoft Windows/macOS
Number of players: 1-10
Price: Free (with some charges)
Distribution date: Available now

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