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2016 World Championship
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
Sponsor(s)Acer
FormatGroup Stage + Playoffs
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
United States
Start Date2016-09-29
End Date2016-10-29
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

Overview

Format

  • 16 teams participate: [Show]
  • Group Stage
    • Teams are divided into four groups of four: [Show seeding information]
  • Double Round Robin
  • Matches are best of one
  • Top two teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage
  • Knockout Stage
    • Single elimination
    • Matches are best of five

Prize Pool

  • Initial prize pool $2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR)
  • 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool.
  • In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged.
  • On October 9, the prize pool reached $4,145,000 USD (Approximately € 3,708,927.12 EUR).
  • On October 28, the prize pool reached $5,070,000 USD (Approximately € 4,621,122.46 EUR).

$ 5,070,000 US Dollars (as of October 28, 2016) are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
1$2,028,000€1,845,48040%SK Telecom T1
2$760,500€692,05515%Samsung Galaxy
3-4$380,250€346,027.507.5%ROX Tigers
H2k-Gaming
5-8$202,800€184,5484%Cloud9
RNG
EDward Gaming
Albus NoX Luna
9-12$114,075€103,808.252.25%CLG
ahq eSports Club
TSM
I May
13-16$63,375€57,671.251.25%G2 Esports
INTZ
Splyce
Flash Wolves

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 29, 2016, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.91 Euros

Participants

Qualifications
Region Seed Pool1 Team Qualification Date Qualification Path
CN
China
1 1 EDward Gaming 2016-08-14 (Q)
2016-08-26 (Seed)
LPL Summer Split Champion
2 2 Royal Never Give Up 2016-08-14 (Q)
2016-08-26 (Seed)
Championship Points
3 2 I May 2016-08-28 Regional Finals
KR
Korea
1 1 ROX Tigers 2016-08-05 (Q)
2016-08-20 (Seed)
LCK Summer Split Champion
2 2 SK Telecom T1 2016-08-20 Championship Points
3 2 Samsung Galaxy 2016-09-03 Regional Finals
EU
Europe
1 2 G2 Esports 2016-08-16 (Q)
2016-08-28 (Seed)
EU LCS Summer Split Champion
2 2 H2k-Gaming 2016-08-28 Championship Points
3 3 Splyce 2016-09-05 Regional Finals
NA
North America
1 1 TSM 2016-08-21 (Q)
2016-08-28 (Seed)
NA LCS Summer Split Champion
2 2 Counter Logic Gaming 2016-08-28 Championship Points
3 3 Cloud9 2016-09-05 Regional Finals
LMS
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao
1 1 Flash Wolves 2016-08-21 LMS Summer Split Champion
2 2 ahq eSports Club 2016-09-04 Regional Finals
IWC
International Wildcard
- 3 INTZ
BR
2016-09-03 International Wildcard Qualifier
- 3 Albus NoX Luna
CIS
2016-09-04 International Wildcard Qualifier2
Notes
1 Pools for some seeds are determined based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational.
2 The qualification path for the top IWC seed depends on MSI results. See here for additional information.
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1 Koro1 was allowed to replace Mouse, who returned to China due to the loss of a family member.

Results

Group Stage

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
ROX Tigers
4 - 267%1W
2
CIS
Albus NoX Luna
4 - 267%1L
3
NA
Counter Logic Gaming
3 - 350%1L
4
EU
G2 Esports
1 - 517%1W
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
SK Telecom T1
5 - 183%3W
2
NA
Cloud9
3 - 350%1W
3
CN
I May
2 - 433%2L
4
LMS
Flash Wolves
2 - 433%1L
Group C
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
H2k-Gaming
4 - 267%3W
2
CN
EDward Gaming
4 - 267%1W
3
LMS
ahq eSports Club
3 - 350%1L
4
BR
INTZ
1 - 517%5L
Group D
TeamGamesStr
1
KR
Samsung Galaxy
5 - 183%4W
2
CN
Royal Never Give Up
3 - 350%1W
3
NA
TSM
3 - 350%1L
4
EU
Splyce
1 - 517%2L
Group A Tiebreaker
KR
ROX
1
CIS
ANX
0
Group C Tiebreaker
EU
H2K
1
CN
EDG
0

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
KR
SKT
3
CN
RNG
1
KR
ROX
3
CN
EDG
1
KR
SSG
3
NA
C9
0
EU
H2K
3
CIS
ANX
0
Semifinals
KR
SKT
3
KR
ROX
2
KR
SSG
3
EU
H2K
0
Finals
KR
SKT
3
KR
SSG
2

Player of the Series

Series Player KDA Champions Played
SSG vs. C9 CuVee 6.2 Ekko Kennen Poppy
SKT vs. RNG Bang 11.0 Ezreal Jhin
ROX vs. EDG Peanut 8.0 Lee Sin Olaf
H2K vs. ANX Odoamne 5.0 Jayce
SKT vs. ROX Bengi 4.1 Olaf Nidalee Lee Sin
SSG vs. H2K Ambition 3.5 Olaf Nidalee
SKT vs. SSG Faker 2.9 Orianna Ryze Viktor

Tournament MVP

Player KDA Most Played Champs
Faker 3.65 Orianna Viktor Syndra

Match Schedule

Show AllHide All
Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 1
Thu 29 SepFri 30 SepFri 30 Sep2016,9,29,23,30 - 2016,9,30,04,30
    
Thu 2016-09-29
Fri 2016-09-30
Fri 2016-09-30
2016,9,29,23,30
G201CLG
2016,9,30,00,30
ROX10ANX
2016,9,30,01,30
H2K01ahq
2016,9,30,02,30
ITZ10EDG
2016,9,30,03,30
SSG10SPY
2016,9,30,04,30
TSM01RNG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 2
Fri 30 SepSat 1 OctSat 1 Oct2016,9,30,23,00 - 2016,10,01,04,00
    
Fri 2016-09-30
Sat 2016-10-01
Sat 2016-10-01
2016,9,30,23,00
SKT10C9
2016,10,01,00,00
FW01IM
2016,10,01,01,00
TSM10SSG
2016,10,01,02,00
RNG10SPY
2016,10,01,03,00
H2K10ITZ
2016,10,01,04,00
EDG10ahq
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 3
Sat 1 OctSun 2 OctSun 2 Oct2016,10,01,23,00 - 2016,10,02,04,00
    
Sat 2016-10-01
Sun 2016-10-02
Sun 2016-10-02
2016,10,01,23,00
CLG01ANX
2016,10,02,00,00
ROX10G2
2016,10,02,01,00
FW01C9
2016,10,02,02,00
IM01SKT
2016,10,02,03,00
SPY01TSM
2016,10,02,04,00
RNG01SSG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 4
Sun 2 OctMon 3 OctMon 3 Oct2016,10,02,23,00 - 2016,10,03,04,00
    
Sun 2016-10-02
Mon 2016-10-03
Mon 2016-10-03
2016,10,02,23,00
ahq10ITZ
2016,10,03,00,00
EDG10H2K
2016,10,03,01,00
ANX10G2
2016,10,03,02,00
CLG10ROX
2016,10,03,03,00
SKT01FW
2016,10,03,04,00
C910IM
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 5
Thu 6 OctFri 7 OctFri 7 Oct2016,10,06,23,00 - 2016,10,07,05,00
    
Thu 2016-10-06
Fri 2016-10-07
Fri 2016-10-07
2016,10,06,23,00
G201ROX
2016,10,07,00,00
ANX10CLG
2016,10,07,01,00
CLG10G2
2016,10,07,02,00
ANX10ROX
2016,10,07,03,00
G210ANX
2016,10,07,04,00
ROX10CLG
2016,10,07,05,00
ROX10ANX
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 6
Fri 7 OctSat 8 OctSat 8 Oct2016,10,07,23,00 - 2016,10,08,05,00
    
Fri 2016-10-07
Sat 2016-10-08
Sat 2016-10-08
2016,10,07,23,00
EDG10ITZ
2016,10,08,00,00
ahq01H2K
2016,10,08,01,00
H2K10EDG
2016,10,08,02,00
ITZ01ahq
2016,10,08,03,00
ITZ01H2K
2016,10,08,04,00
ahq01EDG
2016,10,08,05,00
H2K10EDG
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 7
Sat 8 OctSat 8 Oct - Sun 9 OctSun 9 Oct2016,10,08,20,00 - 2016,10,09,01,00
    
Sat 2016-10-08
Sat 2016-10-08
Sun 2016-10-09
2016,10,08,20,00
SSG10TSM
2016,10,08,21,00
SPY10RNG
Sun 2016-10-09
2016,10,08,22,00
TSM10SPY
2016,10,08,23,00
SSG10RNG
2016,10,09,00,00
SPY01SSG
2016,10,09,01,00
RNG10TSM
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Day 8
Sun 9 OctSun 9 Oct - Mon 10 OctMon 10 Oct2016,10,09,20,00 - 2016,10,10,01,00
    
Sun 2016-10-09
Sun 2016-10-09
Mon 2016-10-10
2016,10,09,20,00
IM10FW
2016,10,09,21,00
C901SKT
Mon 2016-10-10
2016,10,09,22,00
C901FW
2016,10,09,23,00
SKT10IM
2016,10,10,00,00
IM01C9
2016,10,10,01,00
FW01SKT
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Quarterfinals
Thu 13 Oct - Sun 16 OctFri 14 Oct - Mon 17 OctFri 14 Oct - Mon 17 Oct2016,10,13,22,00 - 2016,10,16,22,00
    
Thu 2016-10-13
Fri 2016-10-14
Fri 2016-10-14
2016,10,13,22,00
SSG30C9
Fri 2016-10-14
Sat 2016-10-15
Sat 2016-10-15
2016,10,14,22,00
SKT31RNG
Sat 2016-10-15
Sun 2016-10-16
Sun 2016-10-16
2016,10,15,22,00
ROX31EDG
Sun 2016-10-16
Mon 2016-10-17
Mon 2016-10-17
2016,10,16,22,00
H2K30ANX
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Semifinals
Fri 21 Oct - Sat 22 OctSat 22 Oct - Sun 23 OctSat 22 Oct - Sun 23 Oct2016,10,21,22,00 - 2016,10,22,22,00
    
Fri 2016-10-21
Sat 2016-10-22
Sat 2016-10-22
2016,10,21,22,00
SKT32ROX
Sat 2016-10-22
Sun 2016-10-23
Sun 2016-10-23
2016,10,22,22,00
SSG30H2K
Patch: 6.18
[showhide]
Finals
Sat 29 OctSun 30 OctSun 30 Oct2016,10,29,23,30 - 2016,10,29,23,30
    
Sat 2016-10-29
Sun 2016-10-30
Sun 2016-10-30
2016,10,29,23,30
SKT32SSG

VODs & Match Links

Regional Distribution

Teams

BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
LMS
LMS
Qualified
1313332
Quarterfinals
21131
Semifinals
13
Finals
2
Winner
1

Players

  • Nationality
  • Country of Birth
  • Residency

Brazil

Canada

China

Croatia

Denmark

Greece

Hong Kong

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

Ukraine

United States
Qualified
527181221212611038
Quarterfinals
16112122132
Semifinals
12116
Finals
10
Winner
5

Brazil

Canada

China

Croatia

Denmark

France

Greece

Hong Kong

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan

Ukraine

United States
Qualified
52818112121212511036
Quarterfinals
16112122132
Semifinals
12116
Finals
10
Winner
5
BR
Brazil
CN
China
CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
LMS
LMS
Qualified
59514251210
Quarterfinals
655213
Semifinals
416
Finals
10
Winner
5
Note: Only the 5 players who played the most games for each team are counted.

Regional Records

Note: Each individual game of the tournament in which a team from one region plays a team from another is included. Games between teams from the same region are not included, so there may be some discrepancy between the sum of individual team records within a region and the net records shown here.

Media

Streams

Due to a high volume of content, click here for articles, interviews, and videos.

On-Air Talent

Announcements

Peak Viewers

Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[2]:

  • The tournament's Overall peak was 28 263 260 viewers
  • The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 1 585 072 viewers
  • English streams peak was 922 673 viewers
  • Russian streams peak was 16 015 viewers
  • Chinese streams peak was 26 820 666 viewers
  • Twitch.tv peak was 971 092 viewers

Venues

Groups Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
San Francisco, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY Los Angeles, CA
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium The Chicago Theatre Madison Square Garden Staples Center
Capacity - 8,500 Capacity - 3,600 Capacity - 20,000 Capacity - 20,000
99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 175 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 1111 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

References

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