The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational is the ninth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament will be hosted in Chengdu, China, from May 1 to 19, 2024. All stages of the tournament will be played at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location | Chengdu, China |
| Dates | May 1–19, 2024 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center |
| Teams | 12 |
JD Gaming from China were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Top Esports in the lower bracket final of the 2024 LPL Spring Playoffs.[1]
Format edit
Eight of the 12 teams will start in the play-in stage, with the second seeds from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), and League Championship Series (LCS) facing the top seeds from Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL), Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), and Pacific Championship Series (PCS). The play-in stage is split into two double-elimination brackets, where each match is in a best-of-three format. The top four teams from the play-in stage advance to the bracket stage, where they will face off against the top seeds from the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL. This stage will consist of four matches, each being a best-of-five series, forming a double-elimination bracket.[2]
For the first time, the winner of the MSI will automatically qualify for the 2024 World Championship, provided that they qualify for the playoffs during the 2024 Summer Split in their respective domestic league.[3]
Qualified teams edit
A total of twelve teams have qualified for the event. The LPL, LCK, LEC and LCS have two teams each represented in event, with one team from each league qualifying directly to the bracket stage. The remaining four teams have qualified for the play-in stage, along with one team each from the PCS, VCS, LLA, and CBLOL.[1][4]
| Region | League | Path | Team | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting in the bracket stage | ||||
| China | LPL | Spring champion | Bilibili Gaming | 1 |
| South Korea | LCK | Spring champion | Gen.G | |
| EMEA | LEC | Spring champion | G2 Esports | 2 |
| North America | LCS | Spring champion | Team Liquid | |
| Starting in the play-in stage | ||||
| China | LPL | Spring runner-up | Top Esports | 1 |
| South Korea | LCK | Spring runner-up | T1 | |
| EMEA | LEC | Championship points[a] | Fnatic | 2 |
| North America | LCS | Spring runner-up | FlyQuest | |
| Asia-Pacific | PCS | Spring champion | PSG Talon | 3 |
| Vietnam | VCS | Spring champion | GAM Esports | |
| Brazil | CBLOL | Spring champion | LOUD | 4 |
| Latin America | LLA | Spring champion | Estral Esports | |
Venue edit
Chengdu was the city chosen to host the competition, marking the first time that Chengdu will host the event. Both Play-In Stage and Bracket Stage will be held at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center.[5]
| Chengdu, China | |
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| Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center | |
Play-in stage edit
- Date and time: 1–5 May.
- Eight teams would be drawn into two groups.
- Pool 1 team would play with pool 4 team, while pool 2 team would play with pool 3 team in upper bracket round 1.
- Double elimination; all matches are best-of-three.
- The four teams consisting of the winners and runners-up of each group advance to the Bracket Stage as pool 3 and pool 4. Remain four teams are eliminated
Brackets edit
- Group A
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Advance to bracket stage | |||||||||||
| Estral Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| T1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| T1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| T1 | |||||||||||||
| FlyQuest | 0 | ||||||||||||
| PSG Talon | 1 | ||||||||||||
| FlyQuest | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| FlyQuest | |||||||||||||
| PSG Talon | 2 | PSG Talon | |||||||||||
| Estral Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
- Group B
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Advance to bracket stage | |||||||||||
| LOUD | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Top Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Top Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Top Esports | |||||||||||||
| Fnatic | 1 | ||||||||||||
| GAM Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Fnatic | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| Fnatic | |||||||||||||
| GAM Esports | 2 | GAM Esports | |||||||||||
| LOUD | 1 | ||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Bracket stage edit
- Date and time: 7–19 May
- Teams from the same pool will be drawn into different sides of the bracket, with pool 1 teams facing pool 4 teams, and pool 2 teams playing against pool 3 teams in upper quarterfinals.
- Teams of the same region could not face each other in upper quarterfinals .
- Double elimination; matches are best-of-five
- The members of the winning team will lift the MSI trophy, earning their title as the League of Legends 2024 Mid-Season Invitational Champions.
| Upper quarterfinals | Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower quarterfinals | Lower semifinal | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Ranking edit
Team ranking edit
| Place | Region | Team | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||||
| 2nd | ||||
| 3rd | ||||
| 4th | ||||
| 5th–6th | ||||
| 7th–8th | ||||
| 9th–10th | ||||
| 11th–12th | CBLOL | LOUD | ||
| LLA | Estral Esports |
Notes edit
- ^ Due to G2 Esports winning both the LEC Winter and Spring splits, Fnatic qualified by being the next highest LEC team in terms of championship points after the Spring split.
References edit
- ^ a b Cecilia Ciocchetti; Mateusz Miter; Nicholas Taifalos (April 9, 2024). "All LoL teams qualified for Mid-Season Invitational 2024". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (March 29, 2024). "MSI 2024: Venue locations, dates, and format". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (January 4, 2024). "LoL's 2024 MSI winner will now earn automatic spot at Worlds". Dot Esports.
- ^ David Jang (14 April 2024). "All teams qualified for MSI 2024". Inven Global. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Gwynn, Dafydd (March 29, 2024). "MSI Chengdu 2024 venue announced". Esports Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2024.