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League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship

2011 esports tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship
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The League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, held from June 18 to 20, 2011, in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was won by Fnatic, who defeated Against All Authority 2–1 in the final.

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Background

League of Legends released in 2009, and after two years, it had built a strong community of players around its free-to-play model. However, the game lacked a full competitive experience until the introduction of ranked play and draft mode in mid-2010. Initially, only a handful of people at Riot believed in the future of competitive play, but as data suggested a growing viewership, the company decided to test the competitive landscape, organizing the first World Championship tournament in 2011, hosted by DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden. Players brought their own computers, networked them together, and competed in front of fans.[3]

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Teams

Eight teams qualified for the World Championship: three from North America, three from Europe, one from Singapore, and one from the Philippines.[4]

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Venues

Jönköping was selected as the host city for the World Championship.[5]

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Group stage

Group A
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Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine)
Group B
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Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine)
Relegation matches
FinalsAdvance to knockouts
Against All Authority2
Against All Authority
Gamed!de0
Counter Logic Gaming1
Fnatic
Fnatic2
Fifth place
Gamed!de0
Counter Logic Gaming1

Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine)

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Knockout stage

Upper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
Team SoloMid1
Against All Authority2
Against All Authority0
Fnatic2
Epik Gaming0
Fnatic2
Fnatic2
Against All Authority1
Lower semifinalLower final
Against All Authority2
Team SoloMid2Team SoloMid0
Epik Gaming0

Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

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Broadcast and viewership

The Season One World Championship accumulated over 1.6 million viewers and peaked at 210,000 concurrent viewers.[6]

References

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