2015 League of Legends World Championship
The 2015 League of Legends World Championship was the world championship held from October 1–31, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends. It was the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship. The different stages of the event were held in various cities across Europe: the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris, France; the quarterfinals at the Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament.[3] There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch, YouTube and Azubu in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for United Kingdom IP addresses only. A peak of around 14 million concurrent viewers watched the finals, according to official sources.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | October 1–October 31 |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Purse | $2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31) |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 73 |
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| Highest CSPM |  |
Teams
The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[4]
| Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool | ||
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| Europe | EU LCS | Summer Champion |  |
FNC | 1 | ||
| Most Championship Points | |
H2K | 2 | ||||
| Regional Finals Winner | |
OG | 3 | ||||
| China | LPL | Most Championship Points |  |
LGD | 1 | ||
| Regional Finals 1st-place | |
EDG | 2 | ||||
| Regional Finals 2nd-place | |
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| North America | NA LCS | Summer Champion |  |
CLG | 1 | ||
| Most Championship Points | |
TSM | 2 | ||||
| Regional Finals Winner | |
C9 | 3 | ||||
| South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | |
SKT | 1 | ||
| Most Championship Points | |
KOO | 2 | ||||
| Regional Finals Winner | |
KT | |||||
| TW/HK/MO | LMS | Summer Champion |  |
AHQ | 2 | ||
| Regional Finals Winner | |
FW | |||||
| Wildcard | Brazil | CBLOL | IWCT | CBLOL Winter Champion ►IWCT Chile Winner |
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PNG | 3 |
| Southeast Asia | GPL | GPL Regional Finals Winner ►IWCT Turkey Winner |
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BKT | 3 | ||
Rosters
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Heo Seung-hoon (허승훈) |
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Shek Wai Ho (石偉豪) |
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An Le |
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Chen Yi (陳奕) |
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Chou Lu-Hsi (周律希) |
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Pawat Ampaporn |
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Venues
Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin were the four cities chosen to host the competition.
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| Group Stage | Quarterfinals |
| Le Dock Pullman | Wembley Arena |
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 12,500 |
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| Semifinals | Final |
| Brussels Expo | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 17,000 |
Group stage
The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman, Paris and concluded on October 11.[4] In Group B, ahq e-Sports Club and Cloud9 both ended in a 3-3 tie, resulting in a tiebreaker won by ahq e-Sports Club to win second place in the group.
Group A
| # | Team | Record | ~ | FW | KOO | CLG | PNG | |
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4–2 | FW | ~ | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
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4–2 | KOO | 0-2 | ~ | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
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2–4 | CLG | 1-1 | 0-2 | ~ | 1-1 | |
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2–4 | PNG | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ |
Group B
| # | Team | Record | ~ | FNC | AHQ | C9 | IG | Tie-Break | |
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4–2 | FNC | ~ | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | ||
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3–3 | AHQ | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 1-1 | Win | |
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3–3 | C9 | 1-1 | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | Loss | |
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2–4 | IG | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | ~ |
Group C
| # | Team | Record | ~ | SKT | EDG | H2K | BKT | |
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6–0 | SKT | ~ | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
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4–2 | EDG | 0-2 | ~ | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
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2–4 | H2K | 0-2 | 0-2 | ~ | 2-0 | |
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0–6 | BKT | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ~ |
Group D
| # | Team | Record | ~ | KT | OG | LGD | TSM | |
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5–1 | KT | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
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4–2 | OG | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | 2-0 | |
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2–4 | LGD | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ | 1-1 | |
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1–5 | TSM | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | ~ |
Knockout stage
The bracket stage started on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London, continued to Brussels Expo in Brussels, and concluded on October 31 with the grand finals hosted in Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.[5] The knockout stage has been streamed on BBC Three,[6] while the final will be streamed on ESPN3.[7] The bracket stage is played in a best of 5 format. In the grand final, SK Telecom T1 beat KOO Tigers 3 to 1, dropping their only game of the whole tournament.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
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| 24 October – Brussels Expo | ||||||||||
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| 16 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
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| 31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena | ||||||||||
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| 17 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
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| 25 October – Brussels Expo | ||||||||||
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| 18 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
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Final standings
| Place | Team | Prize money[8] |
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| 1st | |
$1,000,000 |
| 2nd | |
$250,000 |
| 3rd–4th | |
$150,000 |
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| 5–8th | |
$75,000 |
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| 9–11th | |
$45,000 |
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| 12–13th | |
$35,000 |
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| 14–16th | |
$25,000 |
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Viewership numbers
The final was expected to have over 30 million people streaming it online.[9] The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers.[10]
Controversies
Obscenity incident
During the final day of the group stage in Paris, Cloud9's Hai "Hai" Lam made an obscene gesture towards an opponent while on stage. Hai was fined €500.[11]
Technical issues
In game 2 of the quarterfinals between Fnatic and EDward Gaming, an in-game bug occurred to Fnatic's Kim "Reignover" Ui-Jin which prevented the game from continuing, forcing the game to be remade from scratch. EDG lost 0-3 to FNC, but because the remade of game 2, in which FNC had an advantage over EDG, EDG was taunted "lost 0-4 in a BO5" in China. After investigating the issue, Riot Games chose to disable Gragas, the champion Reignover was playing, for the rest of the tournament, along with Lux and Ziggs, champions who were deemed susceptible to the same issue.[12]
Notes
- Tang "Time" Jintai, the substitute player of Invictus Gaming, had the overall highest KDA of 22.0; however, he only played one game.
References
- Magrino, Tom (October 31, 2015). "SKT rises above KOO Tigers 3-1 to become the 2015 World Champion". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- "World Championship – Stats". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- "League of Legends World Championships: What you need to know". BBC. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- Fields, Frank (September 7, 2015). "Everything you need to know about the 2015 World Championship". Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- "2015 World Championship Venues | LoL Esports". Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- Ward, Mark (October 16, 2015). "League of Legends makes global gains". BBC. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- http://espn.go.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/13497547/image/1/team-clg-gets-focused-league-legends-finals
- "2015 World Championship Rules" (PDF). Riot Games. July 7, 2015. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- Ramgobin, Ryan (October 30, 2015). "SKT rises above KOO Tigers 3-1 to become the 2015 World Champion". The Independent. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- "League of Legends 2015 ChampionShip Saw 334 million Unique Impressions | SegmentNext". Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- Leigh, Hunter (October 21, 2015). "Competitive Ruling: C9 Hai". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- Leigh, Hunter (October 18, 2015). "Gragas Disabled for Rest of Worlds 2015". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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