2024 Mid-Season Invitational

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2024 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationChengdu, China
DatesMay 1–19, 2024
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue(s)Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center [zh]
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsGen.G
Runner-upBilibili Gaming
MVPSon "Lehends" Si-woo[1]
(Gen.G)
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The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational was the ninth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was hosted in Chengdu, China, from May 1 to 19, 2024. All stages of the tournament were played at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center [zh].

JD Gaming from China were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Top Esports in the lower bracket final of the 2024 LPL Spring Playoffs.[2]

The event was won by Gen.G of South Korea after defeating the previous years' finalist, Bilibili Gaming of China, in the final with a score of 3–1.[3] Gen.G became the second Korean team (after T1) to win an MSI title, and their win marked the first time a non-LPL (Chinese) team has won the event after three consecutive years of prior Chinese winners.[a][5][6]

Format[edit]

Eight of the twelve teams started in the play-in stage, with the second seeds from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), and League Championship Series (LCS) facing the top seeds from Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL), Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), and Pacific Championship Series (PCS). The play-in stage is split into two double-elimination brackets, where each match is in a best-of-three format. The top four teams from the play-in stage advance to the bracket stage, where they will face off against the top seeds from the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL. This stage will consist of four matches, each being a best-of-five series, forming a double-elimination bracket.[7]

For the first time, the winner of the MSI will automatically qualify for the 2024 World Championship, provided that they qualify for the playoffs during the 2024 Summer Split in their respective domestic league.[8]

Qualified teams[edit]

A total of twelve teams have qualified for the event. The LPL, LCK, LEC and LCS have two teams each represented in event, with one team from each league qualifying directly to the bracket stage. The remaining four teams have qualified for the play-in stage, along with one team each from the PCS, VCS, LLA, and CBLOL.[2][9]

Region League Path Team Pool
Starting in the bracket stage
China LPL Spring champion Bilibili Gaming 1
South Korea LCK Spring champion Gen.G
EMEA LEC Spring champion G2 Esports 2
North America LCS Spring champion Team Liquid
Starting in the play-in stage
China LPL Spring runner-up Top Esports 1
South Korea LCK Spring runner-up T1
EMEA LEC Championship points[b] Fnatic 2
North America LCS Spring runner-up FlyQuest
Asia-Pacific PCS Spring champion PSG Talon 3
Vietnam VCS Spring champion GAM Esports
Brazil CBLOL Spring champion LOUD 4
Latin America LLA Spring champion Estral Esports

Venue[edit]

Chengdu was the city chosen to host the competition, marking the second time that China will host the tournament, having held the event in 2016. All stages of the tournament will be held at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center [zh].[10]

Chengdu, China
Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center

Play-in stage[edit]

  • Date and time: 1–5 May, began at 16:00 CST (08:00 UTC)[11]
  • Eight teams would be drawn into two groups.
  • Pool 1 team would play with pool 4 team, while pool 2 team would play with pool 3 team in upper bracket round 1.
  • Double elimination; all matches are best-of-three.
  • The four teams consisting of the winners and runners-up of each group advance to the Bracket Stage as pool 3 and pool 4. Remaining four teams are eliminated.

Brackets[edit]

Group A
Upper round 1Upper finalAdvance to bracket stage
Match 1 – 1 May
PSG Talon1
Match 3 – 3 May
FlyQuest2
FlyQuest0
Match 2 – 1 MayT1
T12
Estral Esports0
T12
Lower round 1Lower final
Match 5 – 5 May
Match 4 – 4 MayFlyQuest0
PSG Talon
PSG Talon2PSG Talon2
Estral Esports0

Source: LoL Esports

Group B
Upper round 1Upper finalAdvance to bracket stage
Match 1 – 2 May
Fnatic2
Match 3 – 3 May
GAM Esports0
Fnatic1
Match 2 – 2 MayTop Esports
Top Esports2
Top Esports2
LOUD0
Lower round 1Lower final
Match 5 – 5 May
Match 4 – 4 MayFnatic2
Fnatic
GAM Esports2GAM Esports0
LOUD1

Source: LoL Esports

Bracket stage[edit]

  • Date and time: 7–19 May, began at 17:00 CST (09:00 UTC).[11]
    • Exlcuding games played on 11–12 May, which began at 12:00 CST (04:00 UTC).
  • Teams from the same pool will be drawn into different sides of the bracket, with pool 1 teams facing pool 4 teams, and pool 2 teams playing against pool 3 teams in upper quarterfinals.
  • Teams of the same region could not face each other in upper quarterfinals.
  • Double elimination; matches are best-of-five.
  • Notation: "W1" and "L1" indicate the winner and loser from Match 1, respectively. "W2" and "L2" indicate the winner and loser from Match 2, respectively, and so on.
Upper quarterfinalsUpper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
Match 1 – 7 May
Team Liquid0
Match 6 - 11 May
Top Esports3
W1Top Esports2
Match 2 – 8 May
W2Gen.G3
Gen.G3
Match 11 - 16 May
Fnatic0
W6Gen.G3
Match 3 – 9 May
W8Bilibili Gaming1
Bilibili Gaming3
Match 8 - 12 May
PSG Talon2
W3Bilibili Gaming3
Match 4 – 10 May
W4T11
G2 Esports2Match 14 - 19 May
T13W11Gen.G3
W13Bilibili Gaming1
Lower round 1Lower quarterfinalsLower semifinalLower final
Match 9 - 15 May
Match 5 - 11 MayL8T13Match 13 - 18 May
L1Team Liquid3W5Team Liquid1Match 12 - 17 MayL11Bilibili Gaming3
L2Fnatic1W9T13W12T12
Match 10 - 14 MayW10G2 Esports0
Match 7 - 12 MayL6Top Esports0
L3PSG Talon0W7G2 Esports3
L4G2 Esports3

Source: LoL Esports

Ranking[edit]

Team ranking[edit]

Place Region Team Prize (%) Prize (USD)
1st LCK Gen.G 20%
2nd LPL Bilibili Esports 16%
3rd LCK T1 12%
4th LEC G2 Esports 10%
5th–6th LCS Team Liquid 8%
LPL Top Esports
7th–8th PCS PSG Talon 6%
LEC Fnatic
9th–10th VCS GAM Esports 4%
LCS FlyQuest
11th–12th CBLOL LOUD 3%
LLA Estral Esports

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ There was no MSI event held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
  2. ^ Due to G2 Esports winning both the LEC Winter and Spring splits, Fnatic qualified by being the next highest LEC team in terms of championship points after the Spring split.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yeonjae Shin; David Jang (19 May 2024). "Gen.G crowned champions of MSI 2024, Lehends named MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cecilia Ciocchetti; Mateusz Miter; Nicholas Taifalos (April 9, 2024). "All LoL teams qualified for Mid-Season Invitational 2024". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Mary Yang (20 May 2024). "Gen.G 3-1 Bilibili Gaming to win MSI and League of Legends Worlds spot". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ Andreas Stavropoulos (23 April 2020). "Riot officially cancels 2020 Mid-Season Invitational". Dot Esports. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ^ Mike Stubbs (20 May 2024). "Gen.G Wins The 'League Of Legends' Mid-Season Invitational". Forbes. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ Cecilia Ciocchetti (20 May 2024). "Gen.G breaks LPL stranglehold over MSI with historic win to secure Worlds spot". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (March 29, 2024). "MSI 2024: Venue locations, dates, and format". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (January 4, 2024). "LoL's 2024 MSI winner will now earn automatic spot at Worlds". Dot Esports.
  9. ^ David Jang (14 April 2024). "All teams qualified for MSI 2024". Inven Global. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ Gwynn, Dafydd (March 29, 2024). "MSI Chengdu 2024 venue announced". Esports Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "MSI Primer 2024". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

External links[edit]

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