2022 League of Legends World Championship

The 2022 League of Legends World Championship is a major esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is the twelfth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament will be held from 29 September to 5 November in Mexico and United States. Twenty-four teams from 11 regions (the Russia & CIS's league being banned) qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia and Vietnam, with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.

On August 29, Riot Games announced and revealed the new Summoner's Cup that will be awarded to the winner of the finals. "Star Walkin'" was announced as the tournament's theme song, put together by Lil Nas X.




Anthem - Star Walkin' by Lil Nas X


Watch the matches here :
https://lolesports.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/lolesports/featured


Qualification

       24 teams from professional leagues will qualify for the event.
       LPL (China), LCK (South Korea), LEC (Europe) will have 4 slots, while LCS (North America, co-hosts) will have 3 slots, PCS (Pacific) and VCS (Vietnam) will have 2 slots, remaining slots will be one each for CBLOL (Brazil), LJL (Japan), LLA (Latin America, co-hosts), LCO (Oceania) and TCL (Turkey). LCL (Russia & CIS) will not send a team this year.

Play-In Round 1 - September 29th - October 2nd

       Twelve teams are divided into two groups where they play a Single Round Robin format.
       All matches are played in a Bo1.
       Top teams in each group advance to Group Stage.
       2nd, 3rd and 4th teams in each group advance to Play-In: Round 2.
       Bottom 2 teams in each group are eliminated.


Detailled informations about teams :

Play-In Round 1 schedule :


Play-In Round 2 - October 3rd - 4th
       
       Six teams from Play-In: Round 1.
       The 3rd and 4th placed teams of the same group of Round 1 face each other, winners compete against the 2nd placed team of the other group.
       All matches are played in a Bo5.
       Two winners will advance to Group Stage.
       Four losers will be eliminated.



Group Stage - October 7th - 10th and 13th - 16th

   Four teams from the Play-In Stage join twelve teams with direct entry from China, South Korea, Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and Vietnam.
   All sixteen teams are divided into four groups where they play a Double Round Robin format.


Group Stage schedule :



Knockout Stage - October 20th - 23rd, October 29th - 30th and November 5th
       
       Eight teams play in a single elimination bracket where 1st placed team of each group faces 2nd placed team from another group.
       Side Selection Privilege
           Teams with Side Selection Privilege can choose the side in game 1, after that, the team lost can choose the side in the next game.
           In Quarterfinals, 1st placed team from each group will have the Side Choice Previlege.
           In the following matches, the Side Choice Previlege will be determined by coin flip.
       All matches are Bo5.
   All matches are played in a Bo1.
   Top two teams in each group advance to Knockout Stage.
   Bottom two teams in each group are eliminated.



Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_League_of_Legends_World_Championship
https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/2022_Season_World_Championship
https://liquipedia.net/leagueoflegends/World_Championship/2022