The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. All games were made available for free via live streaming. Support player Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong was named the tournament most valuable player (MVP).Īmerican band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song " Warriors" for the tournament, and performed live on the grand final stage in South Korea. The bracket stage started on 3 October in Busan, South Korea, and concluded on 19 October with the grand final hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium, where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions. The group stage began 18 September in Taipei and concluded 28 September in Singapore with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. Riot stopped numbering seasons and instead simply used the year for the 2014 and future championships. The 2014 World Championship featured 16 teams competing for a $2.13 million prize pool, with 14 teams qualifying from the primary League of Legends regions (China, Europe, North America, Korea and Taiwan/SEA) and two international wildcard teams. Main article: 2014 League of Legends World Championship Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 World Championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1.1 million concurrent viewers during the grand final, making the Season 2 World Championship the most watched esports event in history at the time. In the grand final, Taiwan's professional team Taipei Assassins triumphed over South Korea's Azubu Frost 3 to 1 and claimed the US$1 million in prize money. The grand final took place a week after, on 13 October in the University of Southern California's Galen Center in front of 10,000 fans, and were broadcast in 13 different languages. The group stage, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches took place between 4 and 6 October. Twelve qualifying teams from around the world participated in the championship, which boasted the largest prize pool in the history of esports tournaments at the time at US$2 million, with US$1 million going to the champions. The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the US$5 million season. The final $1 million went to other organizers who applied to Riot to host independent League of Legends tournaments. Another $2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. Of this $5 million, $2 million went to Riot's partners including the IGN Pro League and other major esports associations. Main article: League of Legends: Season 2 World Championship A group picture of the Taipei Assassins, the champions of season 2.Īfter Season 1, Riot announced that US$5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Maciej "Shushei" Ratuszniak of the winning team Fnatic was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament. Over 1.6 million viewers watched the streaming broadcast of the event, with a peak of over 210,069 simultaneous viewers in the final. 8 teams from Europe, North America, Southeast Asia participated in the championship. The Season 1 Championship was held in June 2011 at Dreamhack Summer 2011, and featured a US$100,000 tournament prize pool. South Korea's T1 is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won three world championships. The tournament rotates its venues across different major countries and regions each year. The League of Legends World Championships has gained tremendous success and popularity, making it among the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments, as well as the most watched video game in the world. The tournament has been praised for its ceremonial performances, while receiving attention worldwide due to its dramatic and emotional nature. In 2018, the final was watched by 99.6 million people, breaking 2017's final's viewer record. Teams compete for the champion title, the 70-pound (32-kilogram) Summoner's Cup, and a multi-million-dollar championship prize. The League of Legends World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional League of Legends world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season.
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