2017 Mids You Need to Know League
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| Sport | League of Legends |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 (2015) |
| Countdown flavour | 2015 |
| Possessor(s) | Riot Games |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | Rotating locations |
| Virtually recent champion(s) |  Purple Never Give Up(second championship) |
| Near titles |  T1 Regal Never Give Up(2 titles each) |
| Qualification | Winners of regional leagues in Leap split |
| TV partner(s) | Twitch, YouTube |
| Sponsor(due south) | Anarchism Games |
| Related competitions | World Championship |
The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends tournament hosted by publisher Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most of import international League of Legends tournament bated from the World Championship.[1] [2]
In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the 5 major competitive League of Legends regional leagues (LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard squad from a less region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.[3] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 iii–ii in the final.[4]
Since 2017, Spring Split champions from all regions accept been participating in the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region receives a direct spot in the World Championship's Group Phase for that year for their Summer Split champion. The top four regions gets the pool 1 spot in the World Title'southward Group Stage.
Royal Never Requite Up from People's republic of china and T1 from Republic of korea are the most successful teams with two MSI titles each.
Overview [edit]
Results [edit]
| Year | Location | Terminal | Semifinalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2015 |  Tallahassee | Edward Gaming | 3 | ii | SK Telecom T1 |  ahq eastward-Sports Club |  Fnatic |
| 2016 | Shanghai | SK Telecom T1 | 3 | 0 | Counter Logic Gaming | Majestic Never Give Up | Flash Wolves |
| 2017 |  São Paulo Rio de Janeiro | SK Telecom T1 | three | ane | G2 Esports | Flash Wolves | Squad Nosotros |
| 2018 |  Berlin Paris | Royal Never Give Upward | 3 | ane | King-Zone DragonX | Fnatic | Flash Wolves |
| 2019 |  Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi Taipei | G2 Esports | 3 | 0 | Team Liquid | SK Telecom T1 | Invictus Gaming |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-nineteen pandemic [v] and replaced with the Mid-Season Streamathon | ||||||
| 2021 |  Reykjavík | Royal Never Surrender | three | 2 | DWG KIA |  PSG Talon | MAD Lions |
Teams reaching top four [edit]
| Squad | Titles | Runner-up | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1[a] | 2 (2016, 2017) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2019) |
| Majestic Never Surrender | 2 (2018, 2021) | 1 (2016) | |
| G2 Esports | i (2019) | 1 (2017) | |
| Edward Gaming | 1 (2015) | ||
| Counter Logic Gaming | 1 (2016) | ||
| DRX[b] | one (2018) | ||
| Squad Liquid | i (2019) | ||
| DWG KIA | 1 (2021) | ||
| Flash Wolves | 3 (2016, 2017, 2018) | ||
| Fnatic | 2 (2015, 2018) | ||
| ahq e-Sports Club | i (2015) | ||
| Team WE | 1 (2017) | ||
| Invictus Gaming | one (2019) | ||
| MAD Lions | 1 (2021) | ||
| PSG Talon | 1 (2021) |
Notation: Italics indicate that the team no longer exists.
Regions reaching elevation four [edit]
| Region | Titles | Runner-upwardly | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay (LPL) | three (2015, 2018, 2021) | 3 (2016, 2017, 2019) | |
| South Korea (LCK) | 2 (2016, 2017) | iii (2015, 2018, 2021) | 1 (2019) |
| Europe (LEC) | 1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | 3 (2015, 2018, 2021) |
 Northward America (LCS) | two (2016, 2019) | ||
  TW/HK/MO/Bounding main (PCS) | five (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) |
2015 [edit]
The 2015 Mid-Flavour Invitational was held from May 7–10 2015 in Tallahassee, Florida. 5 teams qualified to participate at the Mid-Season Invitational after winning the Spring Split within their own regional leagues, while a team from the Wildcard regions qualified past winning the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).[6]
All games of the tournament were hosted in the Donald 50. Tucker Borough Center. The final was played on 10 May 2015 between Edward Gaming, from Mainland china's League of Legends Pro League, and SK Telecom T1, from League of Legends Champions Korea, with Edward Gaming winning the inaugural title 3–2.[vii] [8] [9]
Top four [edit]
The name and player ID in bold messages refer to the actor who received the final MVP award. This is same in the tournaments beneath.
| Place | Team | Players | Prize money | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | |||
| 1st | Edward Gaming | Koro1 (Tong Yang) | Clearlove (Ming Kai) | PawN (Heo Won-seok) | Deft (Kim Hyuk-kyu) | Meiko (Tian Ye) | $100,000 |
| 2d | SK Telecom T1 | MaRin (Jang Gyeong-hwan) | Bengi (Bae Seong-woong) | Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) | Bang (Bae Jun-sik) | Wolf (Lee Jae-wan) | $50,000 |
| Easyhoon (Lee Ji-hoon) | |||||||
| 3rd–quaternary | Fnatic | Huni (Heo Seung-hoon) | Reignover (Kim Yeu-jin) |  Febiven(Fabian Diepstraten) | Steeelback (Pierre Medjaldi) | YellOwStaR (Bora Kim) | $25,000 |
| ahq e-Sports Gild | Ziv (Chen Yi) | Mountain (Xue Zhao-Hong) | westdoor (Liu Shu-Wei) | AN (Chou Chun-An) | Albis (Kang Chia-Wei) | ||
2016 [edit]
The 2016 Mid-Flavour Invitational was held from May iv–xv 2016 in Shanghai, Red china. In line with concluding years iteration, 5 teams qualified to participate at the Mid-Season Invitational after winning the Spring Split inside their own regional leagues, while a squad from the Wildcard regions qualified by winning the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).[x]
All games of the tournament were hosted in the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The terminal was played on 10 May 2015 between Counter Logic Gaming, from the North American League of Legends Championship Series, and SK Telecom T1, from League of Legends Champions Korea, with SK Telecom T1 winning the championship 3–0.[11] [12] Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was awarded the MVP in the final.
Acme four [edit]
| Identify | Squad | Players | Prize money | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | |||
| 1st | SK Telecom T1 | Duke (Lee Ho-seong) | Bare (Kang Sun-gu) | Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) | Blindside (Bae Jun-sik) | Wolf (Lee Jae-wan) | $250,000 |
| 2d | Counter Logic Gaming | ZionSpartan (Darshan Upadhyaha) |  Xmithie(Jake Puchero) | Huhi (Choi Jae-hyun) | Stixxay (Trevor Hayes) | Aphromoo (Zaqueri Blackness) | $100,000 |
| third–4th | Royal Never Give Up | Looper (Jang Hyeong-seok) | mlxg (Liu Shiyu) | Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) | Wuxx (Wang Cheng) | Mata (Cho Se-hyeong) | $fifty,000 |
| Wink Wolves | MMD (Yu Li-Hong) | Karsa (Hung Hao-Hsuan) | Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) | NL (Hsiung Wen-An) | SwordArt (Hu Shuo-Chieh) | ||
2017 [edit]
The 2017 Mid-Season Invitation was held from 28 April to 21 May 2017, in ii cities across Brazil: São Paulo (play in) and Rio de Janeiro (groups and knockout stage). Departing from the previous years, thirteen teams qualified for the event by winning their respective Leap Splits, with the representatives from Europe (Eu LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event, while the other teams were admitted into the "play-in phase", where the top three teams in that phase qualified for the group stage.[13]
The concluding was played on 21 May 2017, hosted in the Jeunesse Arena, between defending champions SK Telecom T1, from South Korea'southward League of Legends Champions Korea, and G2 Esports, from the European League of Legends Title Series, with SK Telecom T1 retaining the championship three–1, condign the first team to win back-to-back Mid-Season Invitationals.[14] Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan was awarded the MVP in the finals.
Elevation four [edit]
| Place | Squad | Players | Prize money | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | |||
| 1st | SK Telecom T1 | Huni (Heo Seung-hoon) | Peanut (Han Wang-ho) | Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) | Blindside (Bae Jun-sik) | Wolf (Lee Jae-wan) | $676,000 |
| 2nd | G2 Esports | Expect (Ki Dae-han) | Trick (Kim Gang-yun) |  Perkz(Luka Perković) |  Zven(Jesper Svenningsen) |  Mithy(Alfonso Aguirre Rodríguez) | $338,000 |
| 3rd–quaternary | Team WE | 957 (Ke Changyu) | Condi (Xiang Renjie) | xiye (Su Hanwei) | Mystic (Jin Seong-jun) | Ben (Nam Dong-hyun) | $169,000 |
| Wink Wolves | MMD (Yu Li-Hong) | Karsa (Hung Hao-Hsuan) | Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) | Betty (Lu Yu-Hung) | SwordArt (Hu Shuo-Chieh) | ||
2018 [edit]
The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was held between iii–20 May 2018, in 2 countries and cities in Europe: Berlin (play-in & groups), and Paris (knockout stage).[15] Xiv teams qualified later on winning their respective Spring Splits, with the teams from South Korea (LCK), North America (NA LCS) and China (LPL) automatically seeded into the grouping stage, whereas the other 10 leagues volition compete among each other in a "play-in" with the superlative 2 teams advancing to bring together the chief event.[16]
The last was played on 20 May 2018, hosted in the Zénith Paris, betwixt Rex-Zone DragonX, from Republic of korea's League of Legends Champions Korea, and Majestic Never Give up, from Cathay'due south League of Legends Pro League, with Royal Never Give Upwards winning the championship 3–i, with Jian "Uzi" Zihao beingness awarded the MVP of the finals.[17]
The finals, became 1 of the most watched esports matches in history, being watched by over 127 meg unique viewers (mostly attributed to China's viewership), while the entire upshot boasted a total viewing time of over two billion hours.[18] [nineteen] [20] [21]
Top four [edit]
| Place | Team | Players | Prize coin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | |||
| 1st | Royal Never Give Up | Letme (Yan Junze) | Mlxg (Liu Shiyu) | Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) | Uzi (Jian Zihao) | Ming (Shi Senming) | $527,650 |
| Karsa (Hung Hao-Hsuan) | |||||||
| 2nd | King-Zone DragonX | Khan (Kim Dong-ha) | Peanut (Han Wang-ho) | Bdd (Gwak Bo-seong) | PraY (Kim Jong-in) | GorillA (Kang Beom-hyun) | $267,251 |
| Cuzz (Moon Woo-chan) | |||||||
| 3rd–fourth | Fnatic |  Bwipo(Gabriël Rau) | Broxah (Mads Brock-Pedersen) | Caps (Rasmus Winther) |  Rekkles(Martin Larsson) |  Hylissang(Zdravets Iliev Galabov) | $133,626 |
| sOAZ (Paul Boyer) | |||||||
| Flash Wolves | Hanabi (Su Chia-Hsiang) | Moojin (Kim Moo-jin) | Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) | Betty (Lu Yu-Hung) | SwordArt (Hu Shuo-Chieh) | ||
2019 [edit]
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was held betwixt 1–xix May 2018, in 2 countries and 3 cities in Asia: Ho Chi Minh City (play-in), Hanoi (groups), and Taipei (knockout phase). Like to the 2017 Mid-Flavour Invitational, thirteen teams qualified for the result, as based on the regional results of the MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), 3 teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and People's republic of china (LPL) began in the principal group phase; 2 teams from N America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second circular of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first circular of the play-in stage.[22]
The terminal was played on 19 May 2019, hosted in the Taipei Heping Basketball game Gymnasium, between G2 Esports, from Europe's League of Legends European Championship, and Team Liquid, from N America's League of Legends Championship Series, with G2 Esports winning the championship 3–0, condign the offset European team to win the Mid-Season Invitational.[23] [24] Rasmus "Caps" Winther was given the MVP award for his operation in the final.[25]
Top four [edit]
| Place | Team | Players | Prize coin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevation | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | |||
| 1st | G2 Esports | Wunder (Martin Hansen) |  Jankos(Marcin Jankowski) | Caps (Rasmus Winther) | Perkz (Luka Perković) |  Mikyx(Mihael Mehle) | $400,000 |
| 2nd | Team Liquid | Impact (Jeong Eon-young) | Xmithie (Jake Puchero) | Jensen (Nicolaj Jensen) | Doublelift (Yiliang Peng) | CoreJJ (Jo Yong-in) | $200,000 |
| third–4th | Invictus Gaming | TheShy (Kang Seung-lok) | Ning (Gao Zhenning) | Rookie (Song Eui-jin) | JackeyLove (Yu Wenbo) | Baolan (Wang Liuyi) | $100,000 |
| SK Telecom T1 | Khan (Kim Dong-ha) | Clid (Kim Tae-min) | Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) | Teddy (Park Jin-seong) | Mata (Cho Se-hyeong) | ||
2020 [edit]
Due to the COVID-nineteen pandemic, Anarchism Games cancelled the event, replacing it with the Mid-Season Streamathon, a series of international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions.[26] [27]
2021 [edit]
The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational was held from half-dozen-23 May 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Twelve teams qualified for the effect, where all teams began in the aforementioned stage of the tournament, unlike previous years where the winners of the minor leagues had to win play-in matches to confront teams from the larger regions.[28] GAM Esports, from the Vietnam Title Series, was unable to attend the event due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29]
All games of the tournament were hosted in the Laugardalshöll, with no fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The final was played on 23 May 2021 between the 2018 Mid-Flavour Invitational champions Royal Never Give up, from Communist china's League of Legends Pro League, and the previous World champions DWG KIA (formerly Damwon Gaming), from League of Legends Champions Korea. Imperial Never Give Up won the championship 3–2, condign the 2d team after T1 (formerly SK Telecom T1) to win 2 Mid-Season Invitationals.[30] [31] Chen "GALA" Wei was awarded the MVP in the final.[32]
Top four [edit]
| Place | Squad | Players | Prize money | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Back up | |||
| 1st | Royal Never Surrender | Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) | Wei (Yan Yangwei) | Cryin (Yuan Chengwei) | GALA (Chen Wei) | Ming (Shi Senming) | $75,000 |
| Xiaobai (Yang Zhonghe) | |||||||
| 2nd | DWG KIA | Khan (Kim Dong-ha) | Canyon (Kim Geon-bu) | ShowMaker (Heo Su) | Ghost (Jang Yong-jun) | BeryL (Cho Geon-hee) | $50,000 |
| 3rd–quaternary | MAD Lions |  Armut(İrfan Berk Tükek) | Elyoya (Javier Prades Batalla) |  Humanoid(Marek Brázda) | Carzzy (Matyáš Orság) | Kaiser (Norman Kaiser) | $25,000 |
| PSG Talon | Hanabi (Su Chia-Hsiang) | River (Kim Dong-woo) | Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) | Doggo (Chiu Tzu-Chuan) | Kaiwing (Ling Kai Wing) | ||
Notes [edit]
- ^ Rebranded from SK Telecom T1 in 2019.
- ^ Rebranded from Kingzone DragonX to DragonX in 2019, so to DRX in 2020.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Season_Invitational
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