League of Legends World Championship
2015
Tournament information
Location
four cities in Western Europe
Dates
October 1, 2015–October 31, 2015
Administrator(s)
Riot Games
Tournament format(s)
16 team Round Robin Group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Teams
16
Purse
$2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31)
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The 2015 League of Legends World Championship is the ongoing world championship being held from October 1–31, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends . It is the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship . The different stages of the event will be held in various cities across Europe : the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris , France ; the quarterfinals at the the Wembley Arena in London , England ; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels , Belgium ; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin , Germany . The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament.[ 1] There is a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on twitch.tv in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for United Kingdom IP addresses only.
The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[ 2]
China (LPL )
Europe (EU LCS )
North America (NA LCS )
South Korea (LCK )
Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau (LMS )
International Wildcards
Group stage [ edit ]
The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman , Paris and concluded on October 11.[ 2]
Group A [ edit ]
Pos
Team
Record
1
Flash Wolves
4–2
2
KOO Tigers
4–2
3
Counter Logic Gaming
2–4
3
paiN Gaming
2–4
Group B [ edit ]
Pos
Team
Record
1
Fnatic
4–2
2
ahq e-Sports Club
4–3
3
Cloud9
3–4
4
Invictus Gaming
2–4
Group C [ edit ]
Pos
Team
Record
1
SK Telecom T1
6–0
2
EDward Gaming
4–2
3
H2k-Gaming
2–4
4
Bangkok Titans
0–6
Group D [ edit ]
Pos
Team
Record
1
KT Rolster
5–1
2
Origen
4–2
3
LGD Gaming
2–4
4
Team SoloMid
1–5
Knockout stage [ edit ]
The bracket stage started on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London , will continue to Brussels Expo in Brussels , and conclude on October 31 with the grand finals hosted in Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin .[ 3] The knockout stage has been streamed on BBC Three ,[ 4] while the final will be streamed on ESPN3 .[ 5]
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
15 October – Wembley Arena
Flash Wolves
1
24 October – Brussels Expo
Origen
3
Origen
16 October – Wembley Arena
SK Telecom T1
SK Telecom T1
3
31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena
ahq e-Sports Club
0
TBD
17 October – Wembley Arena
TBD
Fnatic
3
25 October – Brussels Expo
EDward Gaming
0
Fnatic
18 October – Wembley Arena
KOO Tigers
KT Rolster
1
KOO Tigers
3
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]