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2019 Mid-Season Invitational

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2019 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationVietnam
Taiwan
Dates1 May–19 May
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue
Show list
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsG2 Esports
Runner-upTeam Liquid
MVPRasmus "Caps" Winther
(G2 Esports)
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The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.

Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues sent a team to represent them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in the Play-in Stage, with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.[1][2]

"Bring Home The Glory" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Sara Skinner.[3]

The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei.

G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.

Qualified teams

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The total number of participating regions decreased in 2019, from 14 last year to 13, due to the merger of two professional leagues, the North (LLN) and the South (CLS) of Latin America into a single league (LLA). The format was based on the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

Because of the Regional success in MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) began in the main Group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Losing teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.

Region League Teams[1] ID
Start from Main event's Group stage
China LPL Invictus Gaming IG
Europe LEC G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start from Play-in stage round 2
North America LCS Team Liquid TL
TW/HK/MO LMS Flash Wolves FW
Start from Play-in stage round 1
Vietnam VCS Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB
Brazil CBLOL INTZ e-Sports ITZ
CIS LCL Vega Squadron VEG
Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin America LLA Isurus Gaming ISG
Oceania OPL Bombers BMR
Southeast Asia LST MEGA Esports MG
Turkey TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe FB

Venues

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Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.

Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi
Play-in Stage Group Stage Play-off Stage
VCS Studio (GG Stadium) Vietnam National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity: 120 Capacity: 3,700 Capacity: 6,958

Play-in stage

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Groups

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Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group.[4] Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Phong Vũ Buffalo 7 5 2 0.714 Advance to Play-In Knockouts
2 1907 Fenerbahçe 7 4 3 0.571
3 Bombers 6 2 4 0.333
4 Isurus Gaming 6 2 4 0.333
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Vega Squadron 6 5 1 0.833 Advance to Play-In Knockouts
2 DetonatioN FocusMe 6 4 2 0.667
3 MEGA Esports 6 2 4 0.333
4 INTZ eSports 6 1 5 0.167

Knockouts

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Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.

Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.

VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.

Round 2Round 3
Winner to Group Stage
Team Liquid3
Winner to Group Stage
A1Phong Vũ Buffalo0
Phong Vũ Buffalo3
Winner to Group Stage
Vega Squadron2
Flash Wolves3
B1Vega Squadron1

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Group stage

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Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification
1 Invictus Gaming 10 9 1 0.900 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 SK Telecom T1 10 7 3 0.700
3 G2 Esports 10 5 5 0.500
4 Team Liquid 10 4 6 0.400
5 Flash Wolves 10 3 7 0.300
6 Phong Vũ Buffalo 10 2 8 0.200

Knockout stage

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G2 Esports holding the MSI trophy
  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (IG chose TL).
  • Single elimination, matches are best-of-five
SemifinalsFinal
1Invictus Gaming1
4Team Liquid3
Team Liquid0
G2 Esports3
2SK Telecom T12
3G2 Esports3

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Semifinals

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Semifinals May 17 Invictus Gaming 1 3 Team Liquid Taipei, Taiwan
11:00 UTC    Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
0 Game 1 1
0 Game 2 1
1 Game 3 0
0 Game 4 1
Semifinals May 18 SK Telecom T1 2 3 G2 Esports Taipei, Taiwan
08:00 UTC    Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
1 Game 1 0
0 Game 2 1
1 Game 3 0
0 Game 4 1
0 Game 5 1

Finals

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Final May 19 Team Liquid 0 3 G2 Esports Taipei, Taiwan
08:00 UTC    Source Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
0 Game 1 1
0 Game 2 1
0 Game 3 1

Ranking

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(*) Not including tie-break games.

Place Region Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st LEC G2 Esports 5–5 3–2 3–0
2nd LCS Team Liquid 3–0 4–6 3–1 0–3
3rd–4th LCK SK Telecom T1 7–3 2–3
LPL Invictus Gaming 9–1 1–3
5th LMS Flash Wolves 3–1 3–7
6th VCS Phong Vũ Buffalo* 4–2 0–3 3–2 2–8
7th LCL Vega Squadron 5–1 1–3 2–3
8th–9th LJL DetonatioN FocusMe 4–2
TCL 1907 Fenerbahçe* 4–2
10th–12th LLA Isurus Gaming 2–4
OPL Bombers 2–4
LST MEGA Esports 2–4
13th CBLOL INTZ e-Sports 1–5

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". lolesports. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ "MSI 2019 Format Summary". lolesports. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ^ "Riot Games releases theme song for MSI 2019". DotEsports. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Bracket". lolesports. Retrieved 25 April 2019.