2015 Mid-Season Invitational

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2015 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
LocationTallahassee, Florida, United States
DatesMay 7, 2015–May 10, 2015
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
6 team round-robin group stage
4 team single-elimination bracket
Host(s) United States
Venue(s)Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
Teams6
Purse$200,000
Final positions
ChampionsChina Edward Gaming
(1st title)
Runner-upSouth Korea SK Telecom T1
← event inaugurated
2016 →

The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational is the first event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games that was held after Spring Season, from May 7–10, 2015 at the Florida State University Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida.[1] The participants is 6 winner teams of the Spring Season: 5 teams from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China (LPL), South Korea (LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).[2][3]

EDward Gaming from China won the first ever MSI title after defeating SK Telecom T1 from South Korea 3-2 at the final.[4][5][6]

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified team

Roster

Region China (LPL) South Korea (LCK) TW/HK/MO (LMS)
Team China EDward Gaming (EDG) South Korea SK Telecom T1 (SKT) Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club (AHQ)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top China Koro1 Tong Yang (童扬) South Korea MaRin Jang Gyeong-hwan (장경환) Taiwan Ziv Chen Yi (陳奕)
Jungle China Clearlove Ming Kai (明凯) South Korea Bengi Bae Seong-woong (배성웅) Taiwan Mountain Xue Zhao-Hong (薛兆鴻)
Mid South Korea Pawn Heo Won-seok (허원석) South Korea Faker
South Korea Easyhoon 		Lee Sang-hyeok (이상혁)
Lee Ji-hun (이지훈) 		Taiwan westdoor Liu Shu-Wei (劉書瑋)
ADC South Korea Deft Kim Hyeok-kyu (김혁규) South Korea Bang Bae Jun-sik (배준식) Taiwan AN Chou Chun-An (周俊諳)
Support China Meiko Tian Ye (田野) South Korea Wolf Lee Jae-wan (이재완) Taiwan Albis Kang Chia-Wei (康家維)
Coach China Aaron
South Korea Reapered 		Ji Xing (姬星)
Bok Han-gyu (복한규) 		South Korea Kkoma Kim Jeong-gyun (김정균) Taiwan Backstairs Chen Yan-Fu (陳彥甫)
Region Europe (EU LCS) North America (NA LCS) Wildcard (IWC)
Team Europe Fnatic (FNC) United States Team SoloMid (TSM) Turkey Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (BJK)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top South Korea Huni Heo Seung-hun (허승훈) United States Dyrus Marcus Hill Turkey Thaldrin Berke Demir
Jungle South Korea Reignover Kim Ui-jin (김의진) Denmark Santorin Lucas Larsen Turkey Theokoles Muhammed Işık
Mid Netherlands Febiven Fabian Diepstraten Denmark Bjergsen Søren Bjerg Norway Energy Isak Pettersen Fjell
ADC France Steeelback Pierre Medjaldi Canada WildTurtle Jason Tran Czech Republic Nardeus Tomáš Maršálek
Support France YellOwStaR Bora Kim South Korea Lustboy Ham Jang-sik (함장식) Turkey Dumbledoge Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu
Coach Spain Deilor Luis Sevilla Petit South Korea Locodoco Choi Yun-seop (최윤섭) Turkey Lethilion İbrahim Onur Aksu

Group Stage

  • Single Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one.
  • Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out Stage.
# Teams W L SKT EDG AHQ FNC TSM BJK
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 5 0 SKT W W W W W
2 China Edward Gaming 4 1 EDG L W W W W
3 Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club 3 2 AHQ L L W W W
4 Europe Fnatic 2 3 FNC L L L W W
5 United States Team SoloMid 1 4 TSM L L L L W
6 Turkey Beşiktaş e-Sports Club 0 5 BJK L L L L L

Knock-out Stage

  • The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
  • All matches are Best-of-five.
Semifinals Final
      
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
4 Europe Fnatic 2
South Korea SK Telecom T1 2
China Edward Gaming 3
2 China Edward Gaming 3
3 Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club 0

Top four

Place Team Players[7] Prize money
ID Name
1st China EDward Gaming

China Koro1
China Clearlove
South Korea Pawn
South Korea Deft
China Meiko
China Aaron(coach)

$100,000
2nd South Korea SK Telecom

South Korea MaRin
South Korea Bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Easyhoon (sub*)
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea kkOma (coach)

$50,000

References

  1. ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/why-tallahassee-scenes-from-the-league-of-legends.html
  2. ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/paste-goes-to-the-league-of-legends-mid-season-inv.html
  3. ^ http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2015/05/08/league-legend-gamers-occupy-civic-center/26986393/
  4. ^ http://www.pcgamesn.com/league-of-legends/sk-telecom-yield-league-of-legends-msi-title-to-chinas-edg-as-faker-falls-short
  5. ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/edward-gaming-wins-the-2015-league-of-legends-mid-.html
  6. ^ http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331722970647/edward-gaming-beats-skt-in-mid-season-invitational
  7. ^ "2015 World Championship - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends eSports Wiki". Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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