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2018 Mid-Season Invitational

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2018 Mid-Season Invitational
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The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was the fourth edition of the Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament is the culmination of the 2018 spring split, the first part of 8th season of the game competitive scene.

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Each of 14 premier League of Legends leagues have a team representing them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), North America (NA LCS) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues will compete among each other in a "play-in" with the top 2 teams advancing to join the main event. [1][2]

The tournament was hosted in Germany and France from 3 to 20 May 2018. Matches of the play-in and group stages were held in EU LCS Studio in Berlin, while playoffs took place in multi-purpose indoor arena Zénith Paris.[3] Royal Never Give Up are the champions of the 2018 MSI, after taking down Kingzone DragonX in the finals. Jian "Uzi" Zihao was named the MVP of the entire tournament, due to his outstanding performances. The results of the tournament have received numerous international debates and reactions.[4][5]

The event's finals, where LPL (China)'s Royal Never Give Up took on LCK (South Korea)'s Kingzone DragonX, became one of the most watched eSports matches in history, greatly attributed to China's viewership. The finals were watched by over 127 million unique viewers, while the entire event boasted a total viewing time of over 2 billion hours. The event also became one of the greatest League of Legends' tournaments in history, as well as one of its historical milestones, as a South Korean team was thwarted by a non-South Korean team in a major match for the first time in 3 years.[6][7][8][9]

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Qualified teams

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Last year, team from Vietnam had qualified for MSI via Southeast Asian league. From 2018, Vietnam region will be separated from Southeast Asia region. The Spring split Champion team from Vietnamese league will qualify for MSI without take part in the Southeast Asian league. Number of regions up to 14.

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2016–2017), 4 teams from Europe (EU LCS), North America (NA LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group Stage, 2 teams from Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and Vietnam (VCS) are started in Play-in round 2, 10 remaining teams are started in Play-in round 1. Unlike last year, loser at round 2 will be eliminated because there's no round 3 in Play-in Stage.

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Venues

Berlin, Paris were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

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Play-In Stage

Groups

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage

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Group A
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Group B
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Knockouts

Random draw. Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers will be eliminated.

As the highest ranking emerging region in the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam (VCS) was given a direct spot in the main event at the 2018 World Championship, which was awarded to their summer champions.

Semifinals
Winner to Group Stage
1EVOS Esports3
2SuperMassive eSports1
Winner to Group Stage
1Flash Wolves3
2Gambit eSports0

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out stage.

China, Europe, South Korea and TW/HK/MO will get pool 1 in 2018 World Championship Main Group Stage for Summer split Champion. North America and Vietnam will get pool 2.

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Knockout stage

  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (RNG chose FNC)
  • Matches are best of five
SemifinalsFinal
1Royal Never Give Up3
4Fnatic0
Royal Never Give Up3
King-Zone DragonX1
2Flash Wolves1
3King-Zone DragonX3

Semifinals

Semifinals May 18 Royal Never Give Up 3 0 Fnatic Paris, France
11:00 UTC    Recap Zénith Paris
1 Game 1 0
1 Game 2 0
1 Game 3 0
Semifinals May 19 Flash Wolves 1 3 King-Zone DragonX Paris, France
11:00 UTC    Recap Zénith Paris
0 Game 1 1
1 Game 2 0
0 Game 3 1
0 Game 4 1

Finals

Final May 20 Royal Never Give Up 3 1 King-Zone DragonX Paris, France
11:00 UTC    Recap Zénith Paris
1 Game 1 0
0 Game 2 1
1 Game 3 0
1 Game 4 0
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Ranking

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