What to Expect from the 2020 LoL World Championship
The LoL World Championship (Also known as Worlds) is one of the most significant events in eSports history. It features the best professional League of Legends’ teams worldwide with hundreds of thousands of spectators. While many eSports events have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Riot still moved forward with its big event.
Some days ago, Riot announced a lot of information regarding their 2020 edition of the “Worlds” championship. This championship is going to feature 22 teams from all around the world who are ready to face each other in one of the most epic gaming events of the year. In this article, we are going to go over all the details for the upcoming 2020 LoL World Championship.
Worlds 2020 Dates
This event is scheduled to start on Friday, September 25th, with the play-ins. This phase is going to run from September 25th to September 30th. As for the remaining phases, they are going to go as follows:
- Groups Phase: October 3rd to October 11th
- Quarter-Finals: October 15th to October 18th
- Semi-Finals: October 24th to October 25th
- Finals: October 31st
As for the type of competition, each team is going to compete in a “Best-of-Five” format, with a single-elimination bracket.
Worlds 2020 Prize Pool
The prize pool for this edition of Worlds has not been announced yet. Still, it’s expected to be higher than the previous years since Riot stated that it was doing a redistribution of the prize pool to achieve a more “equitable structure” In this redistribution, the amount given to the winning team is going to be reduced and reallocated to the other finisher teams.
This redistribution was also made to account for the VCS teams that are not going to attend this years’ championship because of the pandemic’s travel restrictions.
Which Teams Are Participating in the Worlds 2020?
As stated before, 22 teams are going to participate in this year’s edition of Worlds. The following list is about all the qualifying teams and their region:
Europe – LEC
- G2 Esports
- Fnatic
- Rogue
- MAD Lions
North America – LCS
- Team SoloMid
- FlyQuest
- Team Liquid
China – LPL
- Top Esports
- JD Gaming
- Suning
- LGD Gaming
Korea – LCK
- DAMWON Gaming
- DRX
- Gen.G Esports
Southeast Asia – PCS
- Machi Esports
- PSG Talon
Other Regions
- CBLOL (Brazil) – INTZ
- LCL (CIS) – Unicorns of Love
- LJL (Japan) – V3 Esports
- LLA (Latam) – Rainbow7
- OPL (Oceania) – Legacy Esporta
- TCL (Turkey) – Papara SuperMassive
What to Expect
The fact that Faker and his team “T1” weren’t able to qualify to the championship, there’s a big opportunity for other fan favorites, such as Fnatic, G2, and Gen.G. Overall, there seems to be a lot of expectations for this year’s edition of Worlds since fans thought that Riot would postpone the event due to the pandemic. The fact that the company managed to hold the event with all the safety and security measures checked makes both the participants and the fans eager to see how the event plays.
Initially, Riot was planning to hold the qualifying phases across several cities in China, but now they’ve decided to hold all the phases of the competition within Shanghai, China, to reduce travel risks.
Conclusion
The 2020 LoL World Championship is going to be broadcasted online for everyone around the world to see. Regardless of the event’s conditions due to the pandemic, fans are still looking forward to some of the most epic showdowns for LoL eSports in 2020.
