world championship league of legends from 2019 to 2021
The League of Legends World Championship is an annual tournament hosted by Riot Games. This is the pinnacle event of the season, and determines the ultimate global League of Legends Champion. Worlds 2021 will take place between October 5 and November 6, 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
The first LoL Worlds was staged in 2011 at DreamHack in Sweden. Team Fnatic is the first League of Legends World Champion. Since then, six different teams have won the trophy, with SKT T1 as the only team to hold the triple crown. The following season, Riot Games commissioned the winner's trophy (the Summoner's Cup), which weighed over 70 pounds. Lifting the Summoner Cup is the ultimate achievement for all aspiring League players and athletes. In addition, the World Championship offers a huge prize pool that exceeds $10,000,000 USD.
As the League of Legends scene and player base grew larger, especially with the growing interest in Esports, the League of Legends Championship followed suit. Compared to its first iteration with only eight teams, mainly from the EU or NA, LoL Worlds 2021 will include twenty-two teams from around the world. The steady increase in teams has forced Riot Games to extend the tournament format several times.
The World Championship currently consists of three competitive stages: Play-Ins, Group Stage and Knockouts.
Play-In and Group Stage are both played in a round-robin group format. The knockout stages are played in a single-elimination Playoff format featuring a best-of-five series.
HISTORY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
Starting in 2011, the tournament has undergone several changes over the years. Prize money, host goals, competing teams, and rules are constantly being tweaked and adjusted as the tournament size increases. Since 2014, Riot Games have released official event songs to pair with their World events. For an overview of LoL Worlds Songs, visit the following article.
The ever-growing demand for League of Legends action only helps ensure that the event will continue to thrive in the future. Let's now review all of the previous League of Legends World Championship seasons.
SEASON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
Words back to Europe dropped by Germany for Play-Ins & Groups, moved to Spain for the Quarterfinals and Semi-finals, and ended up in Paris, France for the Finals.
The prize pool is set at $2,250,000 (base). Through the sale of LoL Worlds passes and special skins for the League of Legends World Championship, the number of prizes will increase, but until now we do not know the exact amount.
No format changes were made for Worlds 2019. 24 teams from around the world, including; China, Korea, Europe, North America, Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau, Vietnam, Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and Turkey were present at the event. Given that Invictus Gaming won the 2018 League of Legends World championship, all Chinese qualifying teams passed the play-in stage.
With European and Korean teams looking strong, Worlds 2019 is the most competitive event to date. G2 Esports which issued the 2019 Mid-Season Invitation, advanced to the final to face LPL Champions FunPlus Phoenix.
All European hopes were in G2 claiming the trophy at home, but in the end, FunPlus won the final with a 3-0 clean sweep over the EU candidates.
SEASON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
The 2020 World Championships are envisioned as a traveling roadshow across China. The final will take place at the Pudong Football Stadium in Shanghai. However, due to the growing global crisis, the event was downsized to just a Shanghai event. All players must go through a period of quarantine and extensive health checks before arriving in China.
In addition, the original format featuring 24 teams had to be changed because the Vietnamese team canceled their participation. Adjustments were made to the Play-in and Group Stage, mainly promoting all Korean teams directly to the Group Stage.
TOP Esports and JD Gaming pre-tournament favorites flopped at this event, as a new team of up-and-coming superstars was founded at Suning. In the end, it was LCK who reigned supreme and reclaimed the dominance of the League of Legends they defeated two years earlier. Damwon Gaming are crowned champions after dominating the entire competition and losing just three games in their entire 2021 Worlds.
SEASON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
The 11th LoL Worlds is intended with Shenzhen, China as the host city. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, the final time for the change of venue and location was announced. Reykjavik, Iceland was chosen as the host destination. Worlds 2021 will be held at the same venue as the Mid-Season Invitational earlier this year.
Again, the original format featuring 24 teams had to be changed as the Vietnamese team canceled their participation. This time, Europe's 3rd seed, Rogue was instantly promoted to the Group Stage as a result.
The Chinese team EDward Gaming (EDG) finally tasted the beauty of winning the League of Legends World Championship after defeating the giant South Korean team and defending champion DWG KIA with a narrow score of 3-2 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Before advancing to the final, EDG had to overcome tough obstacles from the three-time T1 champions but managed to win 3-2. An identical score was also achieved by DWG KIA who succeeded in taming Gen's tough resistance. G Esports to create a duel for the representatives of South Korea and China in the final.
In the edge of determination EDG lead at the beginning with three Kill in 15 minutes, DWG Kia had tried to rise but the Chinese team managed to maintain the momentum to win the crucial victory in this circuit and stepped into the championship staircase. This success also made EDG successfully bring home a $ 498,500 prize, while as Runner-up DWG Kia drove sucipers containing US $ 333,750.
