Everything you need to know about league of legends worlds 2018
We are few days away from the biggest league of legends event of the year it’s Worlds 2018 with 24 teams competing for the crown and the final title in Korea.
In less than a week, the World Championship play-in stage will begin, pitting teams from both major and emerging regions against one another. With 12 teams participating in the six-day event. So we will give you the full guide about this tournament including the schedule, main groups and streaming channels.
Here is everything you need to know about Worlds 2018 in this report:
Teams
Play-in stage groups:
This year’s play-in stage will include 12 teams, split across four different groups. Eight of those 12 teams will be the champions of various emerging regions, while the last four are the third seeds from China, Europe, Taiwan, and North America. The 12 teams participating in the play-in stage include:
Group A
- Edward Gaming
- Infinity Esports
- Dire Wolves
Group B
- Bahçeşehir SuperMassive
- Ascension Gaming
- G2 Esports
Group C
- Cloud9
- KaBuM! e-Sports
- DetonatioN FocusMe
Group D
- G-Rex
- Kaos Latin Gamers
- Gambit Esports
Group stage:
Group A
- Flash Wolves
- Afreeca Freecs
- Phong Vũ Buffalo
- TBD
Group B
- RNG
- Gen.G
- Vitality
- TBD
Group C
- kt Rolster
- Mad Team
- Team Liquid
- TBD
Group D
- Fnatic
- 100 Thieves
- Invictus Gaming
- TBD
Schedule
This year’s play-in stage will run for six days, with the first four being the group stage, and the knockout stage taking place on the final two. The play-in stage begins on 1 Oct.
Play-in Group Stage
Monday, Oct. 1 at 3am CT (5pm local time)
- Edward Gaming vs. Infinity Esports
- G2 Esports vs. Bahçeşehir SuperMassive
- Dire Wolves vs. Infinity Esports
- Ascension Gaming vs. Bahçeşehir SuperMassive
- Dire Wolves vs. Edward Gaming
- Ascension Gaming vs. G2 Esports
Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 3am CT (5pm local time)
- Cloud9 vs. KaBuM! e-Sports
- Gambit Esports vs. G-Rex
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. KaBuM! e-Sports
- G-Rex vs. Kaos Latin Gamers
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Cloud9
- Gambit Esports vs. Kaos Latin Gamers
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 3am CT (5pm local time)
- Bahçeşehir SuperMassive vs. G2 Esports
- Infinity Esports vs. Edward Gaming
- Bahçeşehir SuperMassive vs. Ascension Gaming
- Infinity Esports vs. Dire Wolves
- G2 Esports vs. Ascension Gaming
- Edward Gaming vs. Dire Wolves
Thursday, Oct. 4 at 3am CT (5pm local time)
- G-Rex vs. Gambit Esports
- KaBuM! e-Sports vs. DetonatioN FocusMe
- Kaos Latin Gamers vs. Gambit Esports
- KaBuM! e-Sports vs. Cloud9
- Kaos Latin Gamers vs. G-Rex
- Cloud9 vs. DetonatioN FocusMe
Play-in Knockout Stage
Saturday, Oct. 6 at 11pm CT (1pm local time)
- TBD vs. TBD
- TBD vs. TBD
Sunday, Oct. 7 at 11pm CT (1pm local time)
- TBD vs. TBD
- TBD vs. TBD
Format
The play-in stage will be divided into parts: the group and knockout stages. As mentioned earlier, all 12 teams have been divided into four groups. In these groups, the teams will play a double round robin, with each match being a best-of-one.
The top two teams of each group at the end of the double round robin will advance to the play-in knockout stage. The knockout stage randomly pairs the four first seed teams from groups with the four second seeds, though the only stipulation being that they couldn’t have played in the same group previously. The four pairs will play in a best-of-five, with the winners moving onto the World Championship main-stage.
Stream
Similar to previous years, the play-in stage will be streamed on Riot Games’ official Twitch channel, in addition to the League esports YouTube channel.
And you can watch the official broadcast at lolesports to take advantage of in-game Worlds missions and rewards.
