[27] In the other semi-finals, Samsung Galaxy swept H2k-Gaming, the last European team in the tournament, 3–0 to advance to the finals. by Lampstradamus. 3003. [34] SKT was able to grab two Baron kills and two Elder Dragon kills en route to winning the final game. Hsiung "NL" Wen-An (熊汶銨) ), Top two teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage, Initial prize pool $2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR). One team from Pool 1 - the top seeds from Korea, China, Europe and North America. The League of Legends World Championships for Season 6 has begun, which means we’re in for a … Luan "Jockster" Cardoso, Dmitri "Smurf" Ivanov Gabriel "Revolta" Henud The tournament's group stage was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the quarterfinals at The Chicago Theater in Chicago, and the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 1. At most one team per region in each group. [8] The final prize pool, which included fan contributions via purchase of in-game items, was worth $6.7 million. Choi "Huhi" Jae-hyun (최재현) League of Legends Worlds 2016 Championship Venues. Matches are best of one 1.1.4. Jungle (substitute) Liu "Westdoor" Shu-Wei (劉書瑋) Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (이상혁) On October 28, the prize pool reached US$5,070,000, This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 00:42. Lee "Crown" Min-ho (이민호) Chres "Sencux" Laursen [25] Royal Never Give Up defeated the North American champions TSM to even their records at 3–3 and win the head-to-head tiebreaker to move on to the quarterfinals. Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen Support, Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin (이성진) [30], SK Telecom's team shared a $2 million prize purse between its members. 1.1.2. Hu "SwordArT" Shuo-Chieh (胡碩傑), Chen "Ziv" Yi (陳奕) Each time when T1 took part in the competition, they performed the most popular match. Kang "Blank" Sun-gu (강선구) [38][39] Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA 2024, suggested using technology used in certain segments of the League of Legends World Championship such as augmented reality and virtual reality to make the Olympics more accessible to a younger demographic. [27] H2K-Gaming ended the wildcard run of Albus NoX by sweeping them 3–0 in the quarterfinals. Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes The 2016 League of Legends World Championship was the sixth world championship for League of Legends, a video game developed by Riot Games. Knockout Stage - October 13th - October 29st, 2016 in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles Wong Xing "Chawy" Lei (王心磊) The tournament is broken … [27][29], The final lasted six hours and was played in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This happened twice during the semifinals: for the first time during the LoL Worlds 2017, and for the second time this year. [34], Samsung Galaxy then won the fourth game, also after winning a key fight over Baron. Bracket Stage 1.2.1. Streams: Twitch.tv; YouTube; Audio only: Mixlr by eSportwikis. [8] Riot announced that 40% of the prize pool will be awarded to the winning team and 15% to the runner up. [24], Three teams from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) circuit and one from the European League of Legends Championship Series (EULCS) made it to the semi-finals. [22] During Cloud 9's match against Flash Wolves, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi killed 690 minions, which set a new record for this statistic at worlds. Kang "Albis" Chia-Wei (康家維), Felipe "Yang" Zhao [34] SKT's Lee Sang-hyeok, who uses the handle "Faker", was named as the tournament MVP. Mid [4] The winning team would also receive 25% of revenue from skins created to commemorate the championship victory. Mid (substitute) Konstantinos "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou [5][16], Tiebreaking matches were played in groups A and C.[17][18][19], The Cinderella story of the tournament was the run of Albus NoX Luna, the CIS champions who became the first wildcard team to make it to the quarterfinals in the history of the League of Legends World Championship. [14], San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles were four cities chosen to host the tournament. This website stores data such as cookies to enable necessary site functionality, including analytics, targeting, and personalization. It took place in the USA in four cities: the group stage in San Francisco, the quarterfinals in Chicago, the semifinals in New York and the grand finale in Los Angeles. The final prize pool reached $6.7 million, the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history. Bae "Bang" Jun-sik (배준식) It was held from September 29 – October 29, 2016, in cities across the United States. League of Legends Worlds 2016 will take place across October in the United States Riot Games have announced days, dates and locations for the month-long eSports extravaganza that is … Jungle The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was the ninth world championship for League of Legends, an esports tournament for the video game developed by Riot Games.It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris. [37], LA 2024, which is overseeing the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, was inspired by the success of this edition of the League of Legends World Championship to plan and include esports in the Olympic Games if they win the bid. One team from Pool 3 - the third see… Top 4 teams advance to the bracket stage 1.2. Jake "Xmithie" Puchero [4] Riot pledged to add 25% of all revenue generated from selling Championship wards and skins – customizations for the player controlled hero character – to the prize pool. After one long month of countless games, the League of Legends 2016 World Championship is finally coming close to an end. [6][7] The final prize pool reached $6.7 million. Micael "micaO" Rodrigues The tournament's group stage was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the quarterfinals at The Chicago The… [28] Meanwhile, the three Korean teams ended the runs of EDward Gaming and Royal Never Give Up, the last two Chinese teams, and the run of Cloud 9, the last North American team. Oskar "Vander" Bogdan, Martin "Wunder" Hansen [8] The total cumulative daily unique impressions (the amount of unique viewers that tuned in every day via online and television channels) reached 396 million. Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang (黃熠棠) With their win, SKT became the first three-time League of Legends world champion. Hung "Karsa" Hau-Hsuan (洪浩軒) [27] Many commentators called this matchup the true World Finals. [29] SK Telecom T1 won a five-game series against the ROX Tigers, who had won the 2015 Summer League of Legends Championship Korea season and were favorites to win this event. [34], After losing the first two games, Samsung Galaxy won a long third game against SK Telecom. Kang "Baeme" Yang-hyun (강양현) Worlds 2016 is the sixth League of Legends tournament of the World Championship series. [33] The second match was also won by SKT, who were able to continuously build up an insurmountable advantage after winning a battle in the mid-game,[33] ending the game after 31 minutes. On October 28, the prize pool reached $5,070,000 USD (Approximately € 4,621,122.46 EUR). The 2019 Worlds was the biggest yet, breaking esports viewership records . ... SKT would be taking a bigger advantage – a tower, perhaps, instead of just staying alive. One group of 8 teams 1.1.2. 0. Now it's the event in esports, selling out Staples Center in 45 minutes. Russian-German DJ Zedd made an exclusive song for the tournament titled "Ignite", the song became available for streaming viewing on the game's official YouTube channel. [5] The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, where each team played every other team in their group twice, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage. Mid [26], The quarterfinals were held at the Chicago Theatre, starting on October 13. 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd seeds from group stage 1.2.2. Event date : 13.10.16 - … Follow. It was held from September 29 – October 29, 2016, in cities across the United States. [5], To encourage new viewers to watch, Riot Games set up a second stream specifically for new viewers, which would help explain basic game concepts that more experienced viewers on the regular stream would be familiar with. Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao (李元浩) Yoo "Ryu" Sang-wook (유상욱) [5], All three of the Korean teams, SK Telecom T1, ROX Tigers, and Samsung Galaxy, advanced to the quarterfinals from the group stage. In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool money is averaged. SK Telecom T1 and Samsung Galaxy will play at a sold-out Staples Center for the 2016 Worlds title. The video referenced multiple highlights from previous League of Legends world championships. Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki is a Fandom Gaming Community. Cho "Mata" Se-hyoung (조세형), Shek "AmazingJ" Wai Ho (石偉豪) In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool mon… LoL Worlds tournaments statistics Prize Pool Peak Viewers Hours Watched . Groups (4 → 2) then Round Robin. [24] Teams were seeded against each other based on their performance in the group stage, and played a best-of-five, single-elimination bracket. H2K vs SSG G1 at S6 Worlds 2016. $ 5,070,000 US Dollars (as of October 28, 2016) are spread among the teams as seen below: Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on October 29, 2016, as follows: Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[2]: From Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki. Blank is 6-3 at Worlds 2016, and all three of his losses have come using Olaf. William "Meteos" Hartman [32] Despite losing two inhibitor buildings in their base, SKT was able to stall SSG with defensive play until the 42-minute mark, after which SSG took three Dragons – another in game objective – uncontested and gained buffs that allowed them to win the game. 2. [34] After winning a similar engagement over Baron later in the game, Samsung Galaxy was then able to quickly destroy five of SKT's defensive towers and win the game. Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup Chou "AN" Chun-An (周俊諳) Worlds 2016 isn’t going to be your typical tournament. Notably, when Bengi plays Jungle for SKT T1, he is 2-0 using Olaf. Mykhailo "Kira" Harmash Jungle Mid (substitute) Fan Jun "Avoidless" Wei (范俊偉) 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool. The final was held in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This page was last edited on 17 November 2020, at 19:08. Mid File:Worlds 2016 Jin Air Green Wings (Tier 3) profileicon.png File:Worlds 2016 Just Toys Havoks (Tier 3) profileicon.png File:Worlds 2016 Kaos Latin Gamers (Tier 3) profileicon.png [30] It was Faker's first Worlds MVP. Jungle The 2017 Season World Championship is the conclusion of the 2017 League of Legends competitive season. 2016 League of Legends World Championship. [25] Samsung Galaxy, would convincingly win the group with help from the strong play of Kang "Ambition" Chang-yong. Luka "PerkZ" Perković Gabriel "tockers" Claumann Each unbelievable play and phenomenal match created moments and memories that will never be forgotten. The final was followed by 43 million unique viewers, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million. 1. League of Legends' 2016 World Championship will travel across the United States from September 29 through October 29. Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu (김혁규) After a 1-2 showing in week one of the League of Legends World Championship, many fans and analysts dismissed H2k along with the rest of Europe's … Initial prize pool $ 2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR) 2. Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi [21], The semi-finals were held at Madison Square Garden in New York over two days. LoL Worlds 2016: Schedule, standings and results. Kang "Gorilla" Beom-hyeon (강범현), Lee "Duke" Ho-seong (이호성) [33] This third game was the second-longest in competitive League of Legends history,[33] at 71 minutes and 20 seconds. [32], Viewership numbers were higher than those for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship. Vladislav "aMiracle" Scherbyna [19], Group B's deciding matches all occurred on the last day, when all teams except for the Korean first seed SK Telecom T1 had 2–3 records. Cloud9 and H2k-Gaming were respectively the only North American and European teams to advance out of groups.