League of Legends Worlds 2019: Play-In and Group Stage draws announced by Riot Games

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Image Credit: Riot Games
Image Credit: Riot Games

League of Legends Worlds 2019 will kick-start on October 3 with the Play-In stage. The best teams around the globe will battle out in a month-long tournament for the ultimate glory. The tournament will begin with the Play-In stage followed by the Group stage and the knockout round. The group draws has finished and one thing is for certain; the tournament will be an interesting one!

Here is the official Group draw list for League of Legends Worlds 2019-

Play-In Stage(1):

Pool A -Clutch Gaming, Unicorns of Love and MAMMOTH.

Pool B -Splyce, Isarus Gaming, and Detonation FocusMe.

Pool C -Hong Kong Attitude, Lowkey Esports, and MEGA.

Pool D -DAMWON Gaming, Royal Youth, and Flamengo Esports.

The Play-In stage will feature eight teams from the minor region along with four from the major region. It will run from October 2-5, followed by a day’s gap and the tournament will continue from October 7-8. All the matches will be BO1 and two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout phase of the Play-In Stage.

Play-In stage(2):

The first placed team from each group will face the face the runners-up from another group after drawn randomly. It will be a B05 and the winner of each series will qualify for the Group stage of Worlds 2019. The entire Play-In stage will take place in Berlin, Germany

Group stage:

Pool A- G2 Esports, Griffin, Cloud9, TBD.

Pool B- FunPlus Phoenix, J Team, GAM Esports, TBD.

Pool C- SK Telecom T1, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up, TBD.

Pool D- Team Liquid, AHQ Esports Club, Invictus Gaming, TBD.

The four teams from the Play-In stage will slot themselves in each group, respectively. The Group stage will run from October 12th to 20th, where every team will play a B01 in a Double Round Robin. Two teams from each group will qualify for the Knockout phase of the tournament. The Group stage will also take place in Berlin, Germany.

Knockout phase:

After the completion of the Group stage, the winners of each group will take on the second-placed team from the other group (randomly drawn). The Quarterfinals will be held on October 26 and October 27, followed by the Semifinals on November 2 and November 3. The entire Knockout stage will be a B05 and will be held in Madrid, Spain.

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The finals will take place on November 10 in Paris, France, at the AccorHotels Arena, where one team will lift the Summoner’s Cup.