2017 Mid-Season Invitational

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2017 Mid-Season Invitational
2017
The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
DatesApril 28, 2017–May 21, 2017
AdministratorRiot Games
Host(s)Brazil
Venue(s)CBLoL Studio, Rio Arena
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsSK Telecom T1
Runner-upG2 Esports
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The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was a tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends that started on April 28, 2017, and will end on May 21, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team represent them; Europe (EU LCS), 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 a "play-in" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[2] The six teams that competed in the main event were Team Solomid of NA LCS, Gigabyte Marines of GPL, Flash Wolves of LMS, G2 eSports of EU LCS, SK Telecom T1 of LCK, and Team WE of LPL.[3]

This was the 3rd annual Mid-Season Invitational hosted by Riot Games.

Teams and qualification

Qualification pathway Team Qualification date Elimination stage
Group stage
European Championship Series G2 Esports[4] 23 April 2017 Finals
Champions Korea SK Telecom T1[5] 22 April 2017
LoL Pro League Team WE[6] 29 April 2017 Semifinals
Second play-in round
League of Legends Master Series Flash Wolves[7] 23 April 2017 Semifinals
North American Championship Series Team SoloMid[8] 23 April 2017 Group stage
First play-in round
Circuito Brasileiro Red Canids[9] 7 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
Copa Latinoamérica Sur Isurus Gaming[10] 8 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
Continental League Virtus.pro[11] 9 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
LoL Japan League Rampage[12] 1 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
Liga Latinoamérica Norte Lyon Gaming[13] 15 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
Turkish Championship League SuperMassive eSports[14] 22 April 2017 Play-in (3rd round)
Oceanic Pro League Dire Wolves 16 April 2017 Play-in (1st round)
Garena Premier League GIGABYTE Marines 16 April 2017[15] Group stage

Play-In Stage

Round 1

Legend
First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[16]

Draw

Pool 1 Pool 2

Red Canids
Virtus.pro
SuperMassive eSports
GIGABYTE Marines

Isurus Gaming
Lyon Gaming
Rampage
Dire Wolves

Group A[17]

# Team W L
1 SuperMassive eSports 5 1
2 Red Canids 4 2
3 Dire Wolves 2 4
4 Rampage 1 5

Group B[17]

# Team W L
1 GIGABYTE Marines 5 1
2 Lyon Gaming 4 2
3 Virtus.pro 2 4
4 Isurus Gaming 1 5

Round 2

Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

Dаtа CET  Blue side Result  Red side
4 May 2017 20:00 Team SoloMid 3:2 GIGABYTE Marines
5 May 2017 20:00 Flash Wolves 3:0 SuperMassive eSports

Round 3

GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3-1 resulting in Garena Premier League gets additional spot for 2017 League of Legends World Championship.[18]

Date CET  Blue side Result  Red side
6 May 2017 20:00 GIGABYTE Marines 3:1 SuperMassive eSports

Group stage

Pos[19] Team Record
1 SK Telecom T1 8-2
2 Team WE 7-3
3 G2 Esports[A] 4-6
4 Flash Wolves[B] 5-6
5 Team SoloMid[B] 4–7
6 GIGABYTE Marines 3-7
Notes
  1. ^ After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3-1) against the other two teams.
  2. ^ a b Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 19
 
 
SK Telecom T1 3
 
May 21
 
Flash Wolves 0
 
SK Telecom T1 3
 
May 20
 
G2 Esports 1
 
Team WE 1
 
 
G2 Esports 3
 

References

  1. ^ "Где пройдут матчи турнира MSI и чемпионата мира по League of Legends". Championat.com. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ "What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "MSI 2017 Group Standings". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "На Весеннем сплите 2017 EU LCS одержал победу коллектив G2 Esports". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ^ "SK Telecom T1 dominuje wiosenny finał LCK!". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Team WE, 2017 LPL Spring 우승 - LOL 인벤 실시간유저정보 게시판". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Тайваньская Flash Wolves выиграла LMS Spring 2017". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Голубь и другие важные новости с американского финала LoL". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Com elenco afiado, Red domina Keyd, fatura o CBLoL e vai ao MSI no Brasil". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Isurus Gaming se consagró campeón de la CLS 2017". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Континентальная лига. Virtus.pro победила Vaevictis и стала чемпионом". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Primeira equipe se classifica para o MSI 2017 no Brasil". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Lyon Gaming extiende hegemonía y consigue octavo título de LLN". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Kış Mevsimi'nin şampiyonu SuperMassive". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ^ "GIGABYTE Marines đè bẹp tuyệt đối ASC để trở thành nhà vô địch GPL Mùa Xuân 2017". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ^ "2017 MSI Play-In". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Virtus.pro узнала соперников по 2017 Mid-Season Invitational". 20 April 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL". mycnb.uol.com.br. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  19. ^ Hess, Britton. "North America loses Worlds Pool 1 seed at the Mid-Season Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved May 15, 2017.