League of Legends MSI 2024 Play-In: Start date, schedule, and more

The League of Legends MSI (Mid-Season Invitational) 2024 is making its way to Chengdu, China, and will run from May 1 to May 19, 2024. A total of 12 teams will compete in a double-elimination format at this event. The competition will be divided into two parts, the Play-In stage and the Bracket stage.

Riot Games has revamped the format of MSI this year, and it will be interesting to see how teams adapt to it. This article will focus mainly on the first part of the double-elimination format, the Play-In stage.

League of Legends MSI 2024 Play-In stage: Format, teams, and venue

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Format

The Play-In stage will kick off on May 1 and run till May 5. Of the 12 teams, eight will participate in this phase. These eight squads will compete in best-of-three matches, with the winner going to the Upper Bracket and the losers in the lower bracket.

Each team should win two matches before losing two to move on to the next round. After all the matches in the Play-In stage, four teams will join the remaining four in the Bracket stage.

Teams

Currently, each team from the LLA, CBLOL, PCS, and VCS — along with second seeds from the LCK, LPL, LEC, and LCS — will take part in the Play-In stage. The eight teams taking part in the League of Legends MSI 2024 Play-In stage are listed below:

Top Esports
T1
Fnatic
FlyQuest
PSG Talon
GAM Esports
Estral Esports
LOUD

Venue

The League of Legends MSI 2024 Play-In stage will take place at the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center in Chengdu, China.

League of Legends MSI 2024 Play-In stage: Brackets and matchups

The draw for the Play-In stage was held on April 20. Eight teams were divided into four tiers, with each tier containing two teams. The tiers were determined based on their performance in the Spring Split 2024 playoffs. Here are the tiers and teams for the Play-In stage:

Tier 1: T1, Top Esports
Tier 2: Fnatic, FlyQuest
Tier 3: PSG Talon, GAM Esports
Tier 4: Estral Esports, LOUD

Furthermore, these teams were split into two brackets via a draw. Each of the two squads in each tier was kept in separate brackets for fair competition.

Bracket A	Bracket B
T1	Top Esports
FlyQuest	Fnatic
PSG Talon	GAM Esports
Estral Esports	LOUD

MSI 2024 Play-In stage schedule

Bracket A (May 1, 2024)

FlyQuest vs PSG Talon: 1 am PT, 10 am CET, 1:30 pm IST, 4 pm Beijing Time, 5 pm KST
T1 vs Estral Esports: 4 pm PT, 1 pm CET, 4:30 pm IST, 7 pm Beijing Time, 8 pm KST

Bracket B (May 2, 2024)

Fnatic vs GAM Esports: 1 am PT, 10 am CET, 1:30 pm IST, 4 pm Beijing Time, 5 pm KST
Top Esports vs LOUD: 4 pm PT, 1 pm CET, 4:30 pm IST, 7 pm Beijing Time, 8 pm KST

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Ajitesh Rawat is a news and feature writer at Sportskeeda, specializing in mobile games and first-person shooter (FPS) titles. Beyond his writing responsibilities, he holds pivotal roles as an Assistant Content Manager for the website's Esports & Gaming division and a Content Specialist for the Valorant-CS2 vertical.

Armed with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Application (BCA), Ajitesh’s journalistic foray into the esports and gaming industry was a natural progression. He spent his childhood in bustling internet cafes and parlors, where he immersed himself in games like Tekken and Road Rash before transitioning to GTA and CS:GO.

Ajitesh actively follows tournaments like the VCT, OWCS, RLCS, ESL, and PGL. His allegiance lies with Sentinels in Valorant, and he is inspired by four-time League of Legends Worlds champion T1 Faker. He has also participated in multiple esports events, both as a player and a journalist, and his articles on MrBeast and Amouranth reached the duo and won a lot of appreciation from them.

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Apart from his gaming pursuits, Ajitesh loves to travel and indulge in anime marathons.

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