2016 Mid-Season Invitational

The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational is the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a League of Legends tournament owned by Riot Games, that took place from March 4–15, 2016 in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China.[1][2][3][4][5] 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).

2016 Mid-Season Invitational
2016
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationPudong New Area, Shanghai, China
DatesMay 4, 2016–May 15, 2016
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Host(s) China
Venue(s)Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Teams6
Final positions
Champions SK Telecom T1
(1st title)
Runner-up Counter Logic Gaming
MVP Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
(SK Telecom T1)

SK Telecom T1 from South Korea won their first MSI title after defeating Counter Logic Gaming from North America 3-0 at the final.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified team
  • Royal Never Give Up (2016 LPL Spring winner)
  • SK Telecom T1 (2016 LCK Spring winner)
  • G2 Esports (2016 EU LCS Spring winner)
  • Flash Wolves (2016 LMS Spring winner)
  • Counter Logic Gaming (2016 NA LCS Spring winner)
  • SuperMassive eSports (2016 TCL Winter winner, Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational winner)

Roster
Region China (LPL) South Korea (LCK) TW/HK/MO (LMS)
Team Royal Never Give Up (RNG) SK Telecom T1 (SKT) Flash Wolves (FW)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top Looper Jang Hyeong-seok (장형석) Duke Lee Ho-seong (이호성) MMD Yu Li-Hung (游立宏)
Jungle mlxg Liu Shiyu (刘世宇) Blank
Bengi		 Kang Seon-gu (강선구)
Bae Seong-woong (배성웅)		 Karsa Hung Hau-Hsuan (洪浩軒)
Mid Xiaohu Li Yuanhao (李元浩) Faker Lee Sang-hyeok (이상혁) Maple Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠)
ADC Wuxx
NaMei		 Wang Cheng (王城)
Zhu Jiawen (朱佳文)		 Bang Bae Jun-sik (배준식) NL Hsiung Wen-An (熊汶銨)
Support Mata Cho Se-hyeong (조세형) Wolf Lee Jae-wan (이재완) SwordArt Hu Shuo-Chieh (胡碩傑)
Coach Fly Kim Sang-cheol (김상철) Kkoma Kim Jeong-gyun (김정균) Fluidwind Shih Yi-Hao (史益豪)
Region Europe (EU LCS) North America (NA LCS) Wildcard (IWC)
Team G2 Esports (G2) Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) SuperMassive eSports (SUP)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top Kikis Mateusz Szkudlarek Darshan Darshan Upadhyaya Thaldrin
fabfabulous		 Berke Demir
Asım Cihat Karakaya
Jungle Trick Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) Xmithie Jake Puchero Stomaged İlyas Furkan Güngör
Mid PerkZ Luka Perković HuHi Choi Jae-hyeon (최재현) Naru Koray Bıçak
ADC Emperor Kim Jin-hyeon (김진현) Stixxay Trevor Hayes Achuu Nicolaj Ellesgaard
Support Hybrid Glenn Doornenbal Aphromoo Zaqueri Black Dumbledoge Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu
Coach YoungBuck Joey Steltenpool Zikzlol Tony Gray hatchý Adrian Widera

Group stage
  • Double Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one.
  • Top 4 teams advance to Play-off. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
# Team ~ RNG CLG FW SKT G2 SUP W L
1 Royal Never Give Up RNG ~ 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 8 2
2 Counter Logic Gaming CLG 1-1 ~ 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 7 3
3 Flash Wolves FW 0-2 0-2 ~ 2-0 2-0 2-0 6 4
4 SK Telecom T1 SKT 1-1 1-1 0-2 ~ 2-0 2-0 6 4
5 G2 Esports G2 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 ~ 2-0 2 8
6 SuperMassive eSports SUP 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 ~ 1 9

Knockout stage
  • Matches are Best-of-five
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Royal Never Give Up 1
4 SK Telecom T1 3
SK Telecom T1 3
Counter Logic Gaming 0
3 Flash Wolves 1
2 Counter Logic Gaming 3
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References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/msi-day-recap-panic-shanghai-oriental-center/story?id=38932237

Final standings
Place Team Prize money
1st SK Telecom T1 $1,000,000
2nd Counter Logic Gaming $250,000
3rd–4th Flash Wolves $150,000
Royal Never Give Up
5–6th G2 Esports $75,000
SuperMassive eSports


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