Region of Winner 5o4e4p |
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| LCK | 1.72 | 1.68 | 1.95 |
| LPL | 2.25 | 2 | 2 |
| LEC | 26 | 25 | 13 |
| LCS | 29 | 50 | 26 |
| Any Other | 81 | 100 | 51 |
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The goal of the LoL World Championship is to bring each region’s strongest performing teams together to duke it out amongst each other. All trying to be the one team left standing, hoisting the summoner’s cup and marking themselves as the seasons undisputed best team.
Since there are no major’s compared to other games such as CS:GO, this will be the event to decide the best LoL team of 2019. Another similar event is the Mid-Season Invitational, but the main differences compared to worlds are more teams representing each region as opposed to MSI where it is just one team from each region. As for LoL Worlds, it starts out with 24 teams representing all 14 regions and dwindles down to 16, until there are two teams standing and one goes home with the Summoner’s Cup and pride for their region until the title is up for grabs again the following year.
This year, the 2019 League of Legends World Championship makes its way to Europe for the first time since 2015. Europe has hosted in the past, both the LoL Worlds Season 1 in Sweden and the season 5 World Championship in Berlin. This year for season 9, the finals will be held in Paris at AccorHotels Arena.
Teams all over the world across their leagues whether they’re from a major or minor region are looking to accrue enough championship points within their region to book a ticket to Europe after their spring and summer split playoffs have concluded. Basically, with enough wins in regular season and pushing those wins to convert them into playoffs wins which gives you the highest chance of moving onto the international stage.
There are 3 ways to qualify for the League of Legends World Championship when coming from a major region. The first is to win the Summer Split playoffs, and that will be the 1st seed from that region and will be placed in the 4 groups. The second is based on championship points, so if a team places highly in both the spring and summer split they will be sent as the 2nd seed and will be auto placed in the 4 groups.
Finally, the teams left over who hold the 5th most to 2nd most championship points from the Spring and Summer Split will play in a single elimination gauntlet, with the 5th playing the 4th, winner of that series plays the 3rd highest and finally the winner of that plays the 2nd highest and the victor of that is sent into Play-in stage.
Regions who won the previous worlds are exempt from this rule and will have their 3rd seed will move into the final 16 group stage. The play in stage is separate from the worlds group stage, where teams in similar fashion play in a 4 groups, 3 teams format, the top move on until there are 3 teams left and those teams round out 16 teams for the LoL Worlds Group Stage.
When the top 16 teams are decided they are placed into 4 groups divided into 4 teams for each group. There is then a random draw hosted by Riot to determine which group each team gets assigned to. There are a few rules to which teams are allowed in the groups.
As previously mentioned, each team is assigned a seed ranking from 1-3 and the only regions who are guaranteed a 3rd seed automatically without needing to go through the play in stage is Korea due to their consistent play at previous international events and this year, we might possibly see China this club. Each group will consist of a number 1 seed each coming from the major regions of China, EU, NA and Korea. The second seeds are drawn from the remaining 8 teams consisting of China, EU, NA, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. No two teams from the same region can be placed in the same group. After the 3rd seeds who made it in through the play ins stage round out the bottom of the groups.
The teams then play a double round robin with all games being a Bo1 format with the top 2 teams of each group advancing to a knockout stage and the bottom 2 are eliminated. The top 4 of the 8 teams remaining are placed into separate brackets and the other 4 are placed randomly amongst them to face off. These matches make the Quarterfinals. These matches are a Bo5 format with the loser being knocked out and winner advancing until 2 teams are left to make the finals for 2019 LoL World Championship.
2018 Results & Winnings
1st – $2,418,750 – Invictus Gaming2nd – $870,750 – Fnatic
3rd – $451,500 – G2 Esports4th – $258,000 – Cloud9
Betting prediction: SK Telecom to win 2019 LoL World Championship
Odds: 7.00
Bookmaker: Betway
Invictus Gaming – 5.0 @ Buff.Bet | Griffin – 5.0 @ Buff.Bet | SK Telecom T1 – 7.0 @ Buff.Bet | Royal Never Give Up – 9.0 @ Buff.Bet | SN Gaming – 13.0 @ Buff.Bet | DAMWON Gaming – 17.0 @ Buff.Bet | Topsports Gaming – 19.0 @ Buff.Bet | G2 Esports – 19.0 @ Buff.Bet | Afreeca Freecs – 21.0 @ Buff.Bet
In 2018, we saw a very different LoL Worlds result than what we quickly became accustomed to from past seasons and how they ended. Last season, Korea didn’t have a team place higher than Afreeca Freecs and KT Rolster. Both teams dropped out during the quarterfinals. Another team who performed below average was Gen.G (formerly known as Samsung Galaxy) the former world champions finished in 13th.
Thanks to the meta being geared more towards aggression due to in-game changes to vision and less tanks being viable, this also helped the region who have been historically the most aggressive, China. After groups, all Chinese teams reached top 8 with tournament favourites Royal Never Give Up amongst them, who have come off their first international title win at the Mid Season Invitational.
But they were stopped in their tracks with one of the biggest upsets we’ve seen at Worlds with the 3rd seed EU team G2 taking out RNG after a close back and forth 5 game series ultimately knocking out RNG resulting in a 3-2. The only Chinese team left standing was the Chinese 3rd seed, Invictus Gaming who were also touted as a top team despite finishing 2nd in their group under Fnatic.
Their road after groups included LCK 1st seed KT Rolster who looked very dominant, only dropping a single game to Invictus Gaming in their group. Invictus was able to squeak out a 3-2 series which could’ve gone either way and it was considered whoever won this series would most likely take the tournament. And they did. Afterwards Invictus took on G2 and after a 3-0, they entered the finals to face Fnatic. Despite Fnatic being possibly one of the best Western teams sent to the tournament it was another 3-0 from IG who looked untouchable thanks to great performances across the map, but the most notable players were their Top laner TheShy and Mid laner Rookie.
Before when these teams fought in groups it it looked like Fnatic was able to crack the armor due to superior Jungle play from Broxah. But the finals was a different story. Invictus Gaming’s Jungler Ning was able to step up along with his strong solo lanes to strangle out Fnatic with only the first game looking to be remotely close and ended without any contest from Fnatic. Eyes are still on Invictus’s TheShy and Rookie as they continue to look in worlds form during 2019 region play and are looking to return this to the finals again this year and defend their crown.
2018 LoL worlds was possibly the best western performance we’ve seen in recent years with a semi final consisting of both Cloud 9 after a 3-0 series against Afreeca Freecs and Fnatic the EU 1st seed beating out the Chinese 2nd seed Invictus Gaming meaning for the first time since season 1 we had a western team in the finals.
The early years saw the west being a legitimate threat as the competitive side of the game was not nearly as popular in most Asian countries. This was the humble beginnings for what would become not only an iconic team in Fnatic but as well as an iconic esport LoL, which still plays a huge part in the realm of competitive video games to this day. Fnatic claimed the first championship after defeating fellow European team, Against All Authority 2-1, back when it was only a Bo3 format.
The following year, Asia caught up as the Taiwanese team Taipei Assassins took the 2012 League of Legends World Championship after defeating the Korean team Azubu Frost 3-1, paving the way for Taiwan to be a feared darkhorse region for years to come.
Now we move on to the unquestionably most dominant team to ever play the game at LoL worlds. SK Telecom T1, also known as SKT claimed 3 LoL World championships with season 3 being their first conquest.
Their opposition in Royal Club, now known as Royal Never Give Up, heralded as the aggressive squad hailing from China and was considered to be the only team to challenge SKT. The finals ended 3-0 and this dominance started a legacy of Korea consistently producing LoL World champions from here on out, with their calculated and slow macro style.
They went on to also win back to back titles in both season 5 and season 6. The team that won back to back titles was composed of the same squad which makes it all the more impressive. They only switched out their Top laner MaRin for Duke. Needless to say, this cemented Faker as being possibly the best player to ever play the game, after proving dominance in and out of lanes and evidently receiving the a ton of respect from other professional lol gamers.
Samsung White
The 2014 LoL World Championship saw an all Asian final four. Two teams from China and two from Korea found themselves in either semi-final. The two Korean teams being sister teams Samsung White and Samsung Blue and Chinese teams being Star Horn Royal Club, known now as Royal Never Give Up and the other team being Oh My God. The surge of dominant Korean teams continued as Samsung White Edged out Star Horn Royal Club 3-1 earning their name on the summoner’s cup and being crowned champs of the 2014 League of Legends World Championship.
Season 7 saw the return of Samsung taking the crown over SKT under a new team as the sister teams had to disband under riots ruling. The team made quite the journey as they only made worlds through the Korean Regional qualifier making them the 3rd seed from Korea. SKT looked fairly dominant once again, only to fall short in the finals at a 3-0 causing SKT to make a shake up as Samsung went on to be heralded as the undisputed champs of the 2017 League of Legends Worlds.
Region of Winner 5o4e4p |
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| LCK | 1.72 | 1.68 | 1.95 |
| LPL | 2.25 | 2 | 2 |
| LEC | 26 | 25 | 13 |
| LCS | 29 | 50 | 26 |
| Any Other | 81 | 100 | 51 |
Even though it’s early, we still see some teams who can be a safe bet on the League of Legends Worlds Championships as possible contenders to take the cup. Here We’ll pick 4 teams that have high potential this spring who if they keep their form will stand a good chance of making a name for themselves this year.
Even though last worlds Korea failed to make it past the quarterfinals, this year Griffin looks to take Korea back to their dominant form at worlds. Griffin was said to possibly be one of the best teams in the world who didn’t make it to the event. Due to only ing LCK in summer of 2018, the roster full of rookies played very well into the lane smashing and skirmish loving meta we saw worlds turn into. They lost 3-2 to Gen.G in the regional qualifier and that was the last we heard of them until this season.
Currently in LCK, Griffin is sitting at 14-2 Bo3 series record and a 29-6 match record, only losing a full Bo3 to Afreeca Freecs and Gen.G. In their wins, they have shown several highlight reels coming from all across the maps and the players that should be noted the most is their Jungle/Mid duo in Chovy and Tarzan. If the meta continues to see this being a pivotal piece to winning the game, this is possibly the best you can get. They’ve proved their strength with flashy plays, insane KDAs and the odds for Griffin at this lol worlds championships if they can continue this level, looks really good. The scariest part of this team is that the squad is full of rookies so as of right now, we have to see where their ceiling caps at. Another Korean squad worth noting is SKT.
Despite a tragic finish last year, they made a roster overhaul will keeping the centerpiece in Faker. Adding Khan, Clid, Teddy and Mata the team on paper looks to be amazing and they so far have delivered. Sitting behind Griffin in second place and taking a game off them in a series proves that this team has earned their place to be in contention for the best team in the world. With more dependable laners and possibly one of the strongest s playing the game makes this team hard to count out.
After winning worlds even though Invictus is not on top of the LPL standings, they sit at a very respectable 2nd place. To be fair when they won worlds, they weren’t event the first seed so this isn’t the worst thing for the squad. We still see what made them world champions with very strong solo lanes through Top laner TheShy and Mid Laner Rookie and even great carry performances coming out of Bot laner JackeyLove. When on form we see the glimpses of the strong former world champs with possibly the highest highs of any team, but currently there is a team standing in 1st ahead of them who is also worth talking about. And that team is FunPlus Phoenix. Despite their early part of the season having a relatively easy schedule, FunPlus had their test of strength coming out of playoffs contenders such as Invictus, RNG and Topsports. Unfortunately out of these teams, the only team they beat was Invictus Gaming, so playoffs will for most determine whether this is a team to be considered for the League of Legends World Championship odds.
As of right now, I don’t see these teams having the best shot of making a run for the cup when you bet on lol worlds, but it is not out of the realm of possibility after what we saw last year at worlds. EU has several squads in the top 3 before playoffs who look very strong and can possibly take games when playing at 100%. The teams being Fnatic, G2 and Origen. I’d hold off any hard predictions until we see who ends up winning the split and how they perform at the Mid-Season Invitational, but that being said out of these teams I have more faith in what Fnatic can do with their recent surge in the latter half of the season showing that their worlds finals appearance wasn’t a fluke. Despite losing their explosive Mid laner in Caps, Nemesis has been serviceable and if he can play as well as he has been against a strong mid region like EU, they can possibly surprise at international events.
My other dark horse pick would be RNG. Which is a weird sentence to jot down for lol world odds, but they are currently 4th in LPL. When the team is on, we see why household names like Xiaohu and Uzi are just that. Unfortunately we’ve seen them drop a few games and again much like Fnatic, there is faith that they can ramp up and stamp yet another worlds ticket and perform when it matters. I have a hard time counting a team like this out due to them historically being so strong come time for international events, but we will see in playoffs if they will end as studs or duds.
If you were to ask me right now my picks for the finals, it would be a mixture of Griffin/SKT/Invictus Gaming/RNG and possibly a dark horse like EU representatives or whomever is LCK/LPL 3rd seed in the end. It’s so hard to bet against teams from LPL and LCK due to their consistent performances at worlds, but if we take last year into anything can happen so keep that in mind when things shake out in groups you bet on the League of Legends World Championships.
Invictus Gaming – 5.0 @ Buff.Bet | Griffin – 5.0 @ Buff.Bet | SK Telecom T1 – 7.0 @ Buff.Bet | Royal Never Give Up – 9.0 @ Buff.Bet | SN Gaming – 13.0 @ Buff.Bet | DAMWON Gaming – 17.0 @ Buff.Bet | Topsports Gaming – 19.0 @ Buff.Bet | G2 Esports – 19.0 @ Buff.Bet | Afreeca Freecs – 21.0 @ Buff.Bet
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