2019 League of Legends World Championship
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was the ninth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris. Twenty four teams from 13 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.
Qualified teams and rosters
Qualified teams
Based on the results of the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship in the year prior, with the 2018 MSI victory of Royal Never Give Up and 2018 Worlds victory of Invictus Gaming, the third seed team from China will start in the group stage, replacing the third seed team from South Korea that will now instead begin in the play-in stage. Due to the merger of Latin America North's and Latin America South's professional leagues into a single league and the results of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam will have a direct spot in the group stage for the summer champions and an additional spot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up, the same format used in 2017 Worlds. The summer champions of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau have also been dropped to pool #2.Rosters
Player didn't play any games.Venues
, Madrid, Paris were the three cities chosen to host the competition.Play-in stage
- Venue: LEC Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Round 1
- Date and time: October 2–5, began at 13:00 CEST in the first leg and 12:00 in the second.
- Twelve teams are drawn into four groups, with three teams in each group.
- Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have same win-loss record and head to head, they will play a tie-breaker match for first or second-place.
- The top two teams of each group advance to the second round. The third-place team is eliminated.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Round 2
- Eight teams are drawn randomly into a single-elimination match, with first-place teams of each group facing second-place teams of another group.
- All matches are best-of-five.
- The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
- The winner advances to the main event group stage as pool #3.
Match 1
- Date and time: October 7, 13:00 CEST
Match 2
- Date and time: October 7, 18:00 CEST
Match 3
- Date and time: October 8, 13:00 CEST
Match 4
- Date and time: October 8, 18:00 CEST
Group stage
- Venue: Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany
- Date: October 12–20.
- Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
- Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have the same win-loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for first or second place.
- The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The bottom two teams are eliminated.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
- Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
- All matches are best-of-five.
- The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
- The first-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the second-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
- Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
Quarter-finals
- Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain
- The winner will advance to the semi-finals.
Match 1
- Date: October 26.
Match 2
- Date: October 26
Match 3
- Date: October 27.
Match 4
- Date: October 27.
Semi-finals
- Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain
- The winner will advance to the Finals.
Match 1
- Date: November 2.
| Team | Result |
 Invictus Gaming | 1 |
| FunPlus Phoenix | 3 |
Match 2
- Date: November 3.
- The most viewed live match in esports history, peaking at 3,985,787 viewers globally.
| Team | Result |
 G2 Esports | 3 |
 SK Telecom T1 | 1 |
Finals
- Venue: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
- Date: November 10 12:00 UTC
- The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2019 World Champions.
| Team | Result |
| FunPlus Phoenix | 3 |
| G2 Esports | 0 |
Ranking
Team ranking
- Not include tie-break games.
| Place | Region | Team | PS1 | PS2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize | Prize |
| 1st | LPL | FunPlus Phoenix | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 37.5% | |||
| 2nd | LEC | G2 Esports | 5-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 13.5% | |||
| 3rd–4th | LCK | SK Telecom T1 | 5-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 7% | ||||
| 3rd–4th | LPL | Invictus Gaming | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 7% | ||||
| 5th–8th | LCK | DAMWON Gaming | 4-0 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 1-3 | 4% | |||
| 5th–8th | LCK | Griffin* | 5-1 | 1-3 | 4% | |||||
| 5th–8th | LEC | Splyce* | 3-1 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 4% | |||
| 5th–8th | LEC | Fnatic | 4-2 | 1-3 | 4% | |||||
| 9th–11th | LMS |  J Team | 3-3 | 2.25% | ||||||
| 9th–11th | LPL | Royal Never Give Up | 3-3 | 2.25% | ||||||
| 9th–11th | LCS |  Team Liquid | 3-3 | 2.25% | ||||||
| 12th | LCS | Cloud9 | 2-4 | 2.25% | ||||||
| 13th | VCS |  GAM Esports | 1-5 | 1.25% | ||||||
| 14th–16th | LMS | ahq e-Sports Club | 0-6 | 1.25% | ||||||
| 14th–16th | LMS |  Hong Kong Attitude | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-6 | 1.25% | ||||
| 14th–16th | LCS | Clutch Gaming* | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-6 | 1.25% | ||||
| 17th | LCL |  Unicorns of Love* | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0.75% | |||||
| 18th–19th | VCS | Lowkey Esports | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0.75% | |||||
| 18th–19th | LLA |  Isurus Gaming | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0.75% | |||||
| 20th | TCL |  Royal Youth* | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0.75% | |||||
| 21st | OPL |  Mammoth* | 2-2 | 0.5% | ||||||
| 22nd–24th | CBLOL |  Flamengo eSports* | 1-3 | 0.5% | ||||||
| 22nd–24th | LJL |  DetonatioN FocusMe | 1-3 | 0.5% | ||||||
| 22nd–24th | LST |  MEGA Esports | 1-3 | 0.5% | ||||||
| Place | Region | Team | PS1 | PS2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize | Prize |
Regional ranking
- The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
- Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
- Does not include tiebreaker games.
| Place | Region | League | Teams | Play-in Round 1 | Play-in Round 2 | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| 1st | China | LPL | 3 | 3 teams 13W-7L | 2 teams 6W-2L | 2 teams 4W-4L | 3W-0L | ||
| 2nd | Europe | LEC | 2+1 | 1 team 3W-1L | 1 team3W-2L | 3 teams 13W-5L | 3 teams 5W-7L | 1 team 3W-1L | 0W-3L |
| 3rd | Korea | LCK | 2+1 | 1 team 4W-0L | 1 team3W-1L | 3 teams 15W-3L | 3 teams 5W-7L | 1 team 1W-3L | |
| 4th | North America | LCS | 2+1 | 1 team 2W-2L | 1 team3W-0L | 3 teams 5W-13L | |||
| 5th | TW/HK/MO | LMS | 2+1 | 1 team 3W-1L | 1 team 3W-1L | 3 teams 3W-15L | |||
| 6th | Vietnam | VCS | 1+1 | 1 team 2W-2L | 1 team 1W-3L | 1 team 1W-5L | |||
| 7th | CIS | LCL | 1 | 1 team 2W-2L | 1 team2W-3L | ||||
| 8th | Latin America | LLA | 1 | 1 team 2W-2L | 1 team 1W-3L | ||||
| 9th | Turkey | TCL | 1 | 1 team 1W-3L | 1 team0W-3L | ||||
| 10th | Oceania | OPL | 1 | 1 team 2W-2L | |||||
| 11th–13th | Brazil | CBLOL | 1 | 1 team1W-3L | |||||
| 11th–13th | Japan | LJL | 1 | 1 team1W-3L | |||||
| 11th–13th | Southeast Asia | LST | 1 | 1 team 1W-3L |