Worlds 2018

2018 World Championship
2018 World Championship
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Rulebook	Rulebook
Location & Dates
Region	INTInternational
Event Type	Offline
Country	; South Korea
Start Date	2018-10-01
End Date	2018-11-03
Broadcast
Streams	; Twitch; ; Twitch; Full List
Social Media & Links

Overview

Play-In

Main Event

New to League

Overview

Prospective Participant Timeline

Media

The 2018 Season World Championship (Worlds 2018) is the conclusion of the 2018 League of Legends competitive season.

Overview

Format

24 teams are invited: [Show][Hide]
- 3 from China
- 3 from Korea
- 3 from Europe
- 3 from North America
- 3 from LMS
- 1 from Brazil
- 1 from CIS
- 1 from Japan
- 1 from LAN
- 1 from LAS
- 1 from Oceania
- 1 from SEA
- 1 from Turkey
- 1 from Vietnam
Play-In is played in Seoul

Group Stage (Round 1)

Twelve teams participate
Teams are drawn into four groups based on seeding
Double Round Robin
Matches are best of one
Top two teams per group advance to Round 2

Knockout Stage (Round 2)

Eight teams participate
1st place teams from the group stage each face a 2nd place team
Matches are best of five
Winners advance to the Main Event

Main Event

Group Stage is played in Busan

Teams are divided into four groups
Double Round Robin
Matches are best of one
Top two teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals are played in Busan
Semifinals are played in Gwangju
Finals are played in Incheon
Single elimination bracket
Matches are best of five

Official Rulebook
Patch Information: v8.19

Prize Pool

Initial prize pool is $ 2,250,000 USD (approx. € 1,950,734 EUR)
12.5% of sales from Championship Kha'Zix skins & Championship ward skins is added to the prize pool.
Another 12.5% of sales of the aforementioned skins will be shared between all teams at the event.
In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged.
Approximate final prize pool is $ 6,450,000 USD

$ 6,450,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

Local • Euro

Place	Prize	Prize (%)	Team
1	$2,418,750€2,097,039.32	37.5%	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming
2	$870,750€754,934.15	13.5%	⁠⁠Fnatic
3-4	$451,500€391,447.34	7%	⁠⁠G2 Esports
3-4	$451,500€391,447.34	7%	⁠⁠Cloud9
5-8	$258,000€223,684.19	4%	⁠⁠KT Rolster
			⁠⁠RNG
			⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs
			⁠⁠EDward Gaming
9-12	$145,125€125,822.36	2.25%	⁠⁠Team Vitality
			⁠⁠Flash Wolves
			⁠⁠Team Liquid
			⁠⁠100 Thieves
13-16	$80,625€69,901.31	1.25%	⁠⁠Gen.G
			⁠⁠Phong Vũ Buffalo
			⁠⁠MAD Team
			⁠⁠G-Rex
17-20	$48,375€41,940.79	0.75%	⁠⁠Gambit Esports
			⁠⁠DetonatioN FM
			⁠⁠INFINITY
			⁠⁠SuperMassive
21-24	$32,250€27,960.52	0.5%	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers
			⁠⁠KaBuM! Esports
			⁠⁠Ascension Gaming
			⁠⁠Dire Wolves

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 3, 2018, as follows:

$ 1 US Dollar = € 0.866993 Euros

Participants

Qualified for Group Stage
Region	Seed	Pool	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
KR Korea	1	1	⁠⁠KT Rolster	2018-08-15 (Q) 2018-09-08 (Seed)	2018 LCK Summer Champion
	2	2	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	2018-09-08	2018 Championship Points
	3	2	⁠⁠Gen.G	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
CN China	1	1	⁠⁠Royal Never Give Up	2018-09-09 (Q) 2018-09-14 (Seed)	2018 LPL Summer Champion
CN China	2	2	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	2018-09-10 (Q) 2018-09-14 (Seed)	2018 Championship Points
EU Europe	1	1	⁠⁠Fnatic	2018-08-25 (Q) 2018-09-09 (Seed)	2018 EU LCS Summer Champion
EU Europe	2	2	⁠⁠Team Vitality	2018-09-09	2018 Championship Points
NA North America	1	2	⁠⁠Team Liquid	2018-09-02 (Q) 2018-09-09 (Seed)	2018 NA LCS Summer Champion
NA North America	2	2	⁠⁠100 Thieves	2018-09-09	2018 Championship Points
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	1	1	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	2018-08-04 (Q) 2018-09-15 (Seed)	2018 LMS Summer Champion
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	2	2	⁠⁠MAD Team	2018-09-09 (Q) 2018-09-15 (Seed)	2018 Championship Points
VN Vietnam	1	2	⁠⁠Phong Vũ Buffalo	2018-09-22	2018 VCS Summer Champion
INT World Championship	Q	3	⁠⁠Cloud9	2018-10-06	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	2018-10-06	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	⁠⁠G2 Esports	2018-10-07	Qualified from Play-In Stage
	Q	3	⁠⁠G-Rex	2018-10-07	Qualified from Play-In Stage

Qualified for Play-In Stage
Region	Seed	Pool	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
CN China	3	1	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
EU Europe	3	1	⁠⁠G2 Esports	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
NA North America	3	1	⁠⁠Cloud9	2018-09-16	2018 Regional Finals
LMS Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao	3	1	⁠⁠G-Rex	2018-09-22	2018 Regional Finals
BR Brazil	1	2	⁠⁠KaBuM! Esports	2018-09-08	2018 CBLOL Split 2 Champion
CIS CIS	1	2	⁠⁠Gambit Esports	2018-09-02	2018 LCL Summer Champion
LAN Latin America - North	1	2	⁠⁠INFINITY	2018-09-08	2018 LLN Closing Champion
TR Turkey	1	2	⁠⁠SuperMassive Esports	2018-09-16	2018 TCL Summer Champion
JP Japan	1	3	⁠⁠DetonatioN FocusMe	2018-09-15	2018 LJL Summer Champion
LAS Latin America - South	1	3	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers	2018-09-09	2018 CLS Closing Champion
OCE Oceania	1	3	⁠⁠Dire Wolves	2018-09-02	2018 OPL Split 2 Champion
SEA Southeast Asia	1	3	⁠⁠Ascension Gaming	2018-08-19	2018 SEA Tour Champion

Results

Play-In Stage

Group Stage (Round 1)

Group A

Team

Games

Str

1

CN

⁠

⁠EDward Gaming

3 - 1

75%

1W

2

LAN

⁠

⁠INFINITY

2 - 2

50%

2W

3

OCE

⁠

⁠Dire Wolves

1 - 3

25%

3L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		0 - 2	1 - 1	1 - 3	25%
⁠⁠	2 - 0		1 - 1	3 - 1	75%
⁠⁠	1 - 1	1 - 1		2 - 2	50%

Group B

Team

Games

Str

1

EU

⁠

⁠G2 Esports

3 - 1

75%

3W

2

TR

⁠

⁠SuperMassive Esports

3 - 1

75%

1W

3

SEA

⁠

⁠Ascension Gaming

0 - 4

0%

4L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 4	0%
⁠⁠	2 - 0		1 - 1	3 - 1	75%
⁠⁠	2 - 0	1 - 1		3 - 1	75%

Group C

Team

Games

Str

1

NA

⁠

⁠Cloud9

4 - 0

100%

4W

2

JP

⁠

⁠DetonatioN FocusMe

1 - 3

25%

3L

3

BR

⁠

⁠KaBuM! Esports

1 - 3

25%

1L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		2 - 0	2 - 0	4 - 0	100%
⁠⁠	0 - 2		1 - 1	1 - 3	25%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	1 - 1		1 - 3	25%

Group D

Team

Games

Str

1

LMS

⁠

⁠G-Rex

4 - 0

100%

4W

2

CIS

⁠

⁠Gambit Esports

2 - 2

50%

1W

3

LAS

⁠

⁠Kaos Latin Gamers

0 - 4

0%

4L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		2 - 0	2 - 0	4 - 0	100%
⁠⁠	0 - 2		2 - 0	2 - 2	50%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	0 - 2		0 - 4	0%

Group C Tiebreaker

JP

⁠

⁠DFM

1

BR

⁠

⁠KBM

0

Group B Tiebreaker

EU

⁠

⁠G2

1

TR

⁠

⁠SUP

0

Round 2

Match 1

Qualification Match

NA

⁠

⁠C9

3

CIS

⁠

⁠GMB

2

Match 2

Qualification Match

CN

⁠

⁠EDG

3

JP

⁠

⁠DFM

0

Match 3

Qualification Match

EU

⁠

⁠G2

3

LAN

⁠

⁠INF

1

Match 4

Qualification Match

LMS

⁠

⁠GRX

3

TR

⁠

⁠SUP

1

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Main Event

Group Stage

Group A

Team

Games

Str

1

KR

⁠

⁠Afreeca Freecs

4 - 2

67%

4W

2

EU

⁠

⁠G2 Esports

3 - 3

50%

2L

3

LMS

⁠

⁠Flash Wolves

3 - 3

50%

1L

4

VN

⁠

⁠Phong Vũ Buffalo

2 - 4

33%

1W

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 0	4 - 2	66.67%
⁠⁠	1 - 1		1 - 1	1 - 1	3 - 3	50%
⁠⁠	1 - 1	1 - 1		1 - 1	3 - 3	50%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	1 - 1	1 - 1		2 - 4	33.33%

Group B

Team

Games

Str

1

CN

⁠

⁠Royal Never Give Up

4 - 2

67%

1W

2

NA

⁠

⁠Cloud9

4 - 2

67%

3W

3

EU

⁠

⁠Team Vitality

3 - 3

50%

1L

4

KR

⁠

⁠Gen.G

1 - 5

17%

3L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 0	4 - 2	66.67%
⁠⁠	1 - 1		0 - 2	0 - 2	1 - 5	16.67%
⁠⁠	1 - 1	2 - 0		1 - 1	4 - 2	66.67%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 1		3 - 3	50%

Group C

Team

Games

Str

1

KR

⁠

⁠KT Rolster

5 - 1

83%

1W

2

CN

⁠

⁠EDward Gaming

4 - 2

67%

1L

3

NA

⁠

⁠Team Liquid

3 - 3

50%

2W

4

LMS

⁠

⁠MAD Team

0 - 6

0%

6L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		1 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 1	4 - 2	66.67%
⁠⁠	1 - 1		2 - 0	2 - 0	5 - 1	83.33%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	0 - 2		0 - 2	0 - 6	0%
⁠⁠	1 - 1	0 - 2	2 - 0		3 - 3	50%

Group D

Team

Games

Str

1

EU

⁠

⁠Fnatic

5 - 1

83%

4W

2

CN

⁠

⁠Invictus Gaming

5 - 1

83%

1L

3

NA

⁠

⁠100 Thieves

2 - 4

33%

1W

4

LMS

⁠

⁠G-Rex

0 - 6

0%

6L

	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	⁠⁠	Total	WR %
⁠⁠		0 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 2	2 - 4	33.33%
⁠⁠	2 - 0		2 - 0	1 - 1	5 - 1	83.33%
⁠⁠	0 - 2	0 - 2		0 - 2	0 - 6	0%
⁠⁠	2 - 0	1 - 1	2 - 0		5 - 1	83.33%

Group B Tiebreaker

CN

⁠

⁠RNG

1

NA

⁠

⁠C9

0

Group A Tiebreaker

LMS

⁠

⁠FW

0

EU

⁠

⁠G2

1

Group D Tiebreaker

EU

⁠

⁠FNC

1

CN

⁠

⁠iG

0

Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals

KR

⁠

⁠AF

0

NA

⁠

⁠C9

3

EU

⁠

⁠FNC

3

CN

⁠

⁠EDG

1

CN

⁠

⁠RNG

2

EU

⁠

⁠G2

3

KR

⁠

⁠KT

2

CN

⁠

⁠iG

3

Semifinals

NA

⁠

⁠C9

0

EU

⁠

⁠FNC

3

EU

⁠

⁠G2

0

CN

⁠

⁠iG

3

Finals

EU

⁠

⁠FNC

0

CN

⁠

⁠iG

3

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Regional Distribution

Teams

BR

Brazil

CN

China

CIS

EU

Europe

JP

Japan

KR

Korea

LAN

LAS

NA

North America

OCE

Oceania

SEA

LMS

TR

Turkey

VN

Vietnam

Qualified

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

Main

3

1

Quarterfinals

3

2

1

Semifinals

1

2

1

Finals

1

Winner

1

Players

Nationality
Country of Birth
Residency

Qualified

2

1

4

5

1

3

12

1

5

2

1

3

1

3

1

3

34

2

14

4

3

2

8

1

6

Main

1

3

12

1

5

2

1

3

1

30

2

14

8

6

Winner

3

Qualified

2

1

4

5

1

3

12

1

5

2

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

34

2

14

4

3

2

7

1

6

Main

1

3

12

1

5

2

1

3

1

30

2

14

7

6

Winner

3

BR

Brazil

CN

China

CIS

EU

Europe

JP

Japan

KR

Korea

LAN

LAS

NA

North America

OCE

Oceania

SEA

LMS

TR

Turkey

VN

Vietnam

Qualified

5

12

5

18

3

34

5

10

6

4

15

3

6

Main

12

17

30

10

15

6

Winner

3

Players who played at least one game are listed here.

Media

Streams

Announcements

February 27, 2018 Global Esports Event Announcement
July 31, 2018 World Championship Korea Cities & Dates
July 31, On The Worlds Korea Announcement Delay
August 16, 2018 World Championship Tickets & Venues
September 18, Worlds 2018 Draw Show Guide
September 28, Worlds 2018: Play-In Schedule Modification

Additional Content

See Media.

Venues

Play-In	Groups / Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Seoul	Busan	Gwangju	Incheon
LoL PARK	Busan Exhibition and Convention Center	Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium	Incheon Munhak Stadium
Capacity - 450	Capacity - 4,000	Capacity - 8,327	Capacity - 50,256

33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea	55 APEC-ro, U-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea	201 Yeodae-gil, Sanjeong-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, South Korea	482, Munhak-dong, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, South Korea

Worlds 2018

Contents

Overview

Format

Prize Pool

Participants

Results

Play-In Stage

Group Stage (Round 1)

Round 2

Main Event

Group Stage

Knockout Stage

Regional Distribution

Teams

Players

Media

Streams

Announcements

Additional Content

Venues

References