Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi [10] As of April 2017, it has over 26 million views on YouTube.[11]. Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu (김혁규) ... SKT would be taking a bigger advantage – a tower, perhaps, instead of just staying alive. [30], SK Telecom's team shared a $2 million prize purse between its members. Based on the results of 2016 MSI, the European (EU LCS) summer split champion team was seeded to Pool 2 due to didn't qualify for top 4. 2. 1. Notably, when Bengi plays Jungle for SKT T1, he is 2-0 using Olaf. League Of Legends Worlds 2016: And The Winners Are... Spoilers ahoy! [25] Samsung Galaxy, would convincingly win the group with help from the strong play of Kang "Ambition" Chang-yong. H2K vs SSG G1 at S6 Worlds 2016. Knockout Stage - October 13th - October 29st, 2016 in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles LoL , LoL Worlds , Riot Games . Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen Riot partners with Acer for Worlds 2016 and the All-Star Event, Update: Fan Contributions to Worlds Prize Pool, https://lol.gamepedia.com/2016_Season_World_Championship?oldid=2273911, About Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki, 1111 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015. [8] The final prize pool, which included fan contributions via purchase of in-game items, was worth $6.7 million. 1. Hsiung "NL" Wen-An (熊汶銨) [19], Group B's deciding matches all occurred on the last day, when all teams except for the Korean first seed SK Telecom T1 had 2–3 records. Cloud9 and H2k-Gaming were respectively the only North American and European teams to advance out of groups. Group Stage 1.1.1. Mid Jungle (substitute) [8] The total cumulative daily unique impressions (the amount of unique viewers that tuned in every day via online and television channels) reached 396 million. Peak viewers : 1 620 065 . Mid (substitute) One team from Pool 1 - the top seeds from the regions of the four semifinal teams at, One team from Pool 3 - the third seeds from North America and Europe, the last seed from the region of the team at MSI, and the second IWC team, Two teams from Pool 2 (all other teams that do not fall into Pool 1 or 3. [26], The quarterfinals were held at the Chicago Theatre, starting on October 13. Chou "AN" Chun-An (周俊諳) The 2019 Worlds was the biggest yet, breaking esports viewership records . Sixteen teams are divided into four groups of four (group draw will be live). [24] Teams were seeded against each other based on their performance in the group stage, and played a best-of-five, single-elimination bracket. Teams are divided into four groups of four: Maximum of one team per region in each group. LoL Worlds tournaments statistics Prize Pool Peak Viewers Hours Watched . Xie "Jinjiao" Jin-Shan (谢金山) [5] The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, where each team played every other team in their group twice, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage. Tian "Meiko" Ye (田野), Top 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool. 1.1. [34] SKT's Lee Sang-hyeok, who uses the handle "Faker", was named as the tournament MVP. Kang "Blank" Sun-gu (강선구) LoL Worlds 2016 16 Players. [20] I May was also hurt when one of its players was suspended for one match on the last day and fined $2000 for abusive behavior in online games. Its two qualifiers were both considered championship favorites, since H2K-Gaming was a strong European team and EDward Gaming was a strong Chinese team. [19] European first seed G2 Esports underperformed in this group, while ROX Tigers, the second seed from Korea, won the group as expected, but had to do so by defeating Albus NoX Luna in a tiebreaker game. The various stages of the 2016 Worlds were held throughout the United States in Chicago, San Francisco, New York City, and the finals in Los Angeles. Micael "micaO" Rodrigues Now it's the event in esports, selling out Staples Center in 45 minutes. ... 2016 World Championship. Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China. 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After a 1-2 showing in week one of the League of Legends World Championship, many fans and analysts dismissed H2k along with the rest of Europe's … Ming "Clearlove" Kai (明凯) 1.1.2. Support, Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok (장형석) Streams: Twitch.tv; YouTube; Audio only: Mixlr by eSportwikis. On October 28, the prize pool reached $5,070,000 USD (Approximately € 4,621,122.46 EUR). The tournament's group stage was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the quarterfinals at The Chicago The… El 2016 League of Legends World Championship (traducido como: Campeonato mundial de League of Legends 2016) fue la sexta edición del torneo mundial del videojuego multijugador de arena de batalla en línea League of Legends. Facebook; Twitter; Group Stage; [4] The winning team would also receive 25% of revenue from skins created to commemorate the championship victory. [32], Viewership numbers were higher than those for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship. The League of Legends World Championships for Season 6 has begun, which means we’re in for a … Two Chinese teams, EDward Gaming and Royal Never Give Up, advanced by finishing second in their groups. [5][16], Tiebreaking matches were played in groups A and C.[17][18][19], The Cinderella story of the tournament was the run of Albus NoX Luna, the CIS champions who became the first wildcard team to make it to the quarterfinals in the history of the League of Legends World Championship. [34], Samsung Galaxy then won the fourth game, also after winning a key fight over Baron. Lee "Scout" Ye-chan (이예찬) At the end of the match, Samsung’s mid-laner Crown looked utterly miserable. [28] Meanwhile, the three Korean teams ended the runs of EDward Gaming and Royal Never Give Up, the last two Chinese teams, and the run of Cloud 9, the last North American team. September 21, 2016. [32], The first match of the best of five series lasted 40 minutes and was won by SK Telecom,[32] who were able to attack Samsung Galaxy's undefended base after winning a big "all-in" battle between the two teams. Alfonso Aguirre "mithy" Rodríguez, Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong (배성웅) SK Telecom T1 defended their title from the 2015 League of Legends World Championship by defeating runner-up Samsung Galaxy 3–2 in a best of five final series. Hours watched : 22 936 435 . Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (박재혁) Matches are best of one 1.1.4. The final prize pool reached $6.7 million, the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history. Tournaments . Kim "Trick" Gang-yun (김강윤) Jungle The video referenced multiple highlights from previous League of Legends world championships. Mid Zaqueri "aphromoo" Black, Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong (정언영) [30] The championship victory was SKT's third in four years, and a successful defense of their 2015 title. Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup [25] Royal Never Give Up defeated the North American champions TSM to even their records at 3–3 and win the head-to-head tiebreaker to move on to the quarterfinals. eSports. Each unbelievable play and phenomenal match created moments and memories that will never be forgotten. Blank is 6-3 at Worlds 2016, and all three of his losses have come using Olaf. SKT's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was named MVP of the tournament. Mihael "Mikyx" Mehle, Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho (송경호) Groups (4 → 2) then Round Robin. 1.1.3. By remaining on this website you indicate your consent. The final was held in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. [34] SKT was able to grab two Baron kills and two Elder Dragon kills en route to winning the final game. Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski William "Meteos" Hartman Matches are be… Ongoing Recent Upcoming Events series Compare. [37], LA 2024, which is overseeing the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, was inspired by the success of this edition of the League of Legends World Championship to plan and include esports in the Olympic Games if they win the bid. Group Stage (October 1-4th, October 8-11th) 1.1. [27] Many commentators called this matchup the true World Finals. Andy "Smoothie" Ta, Tong "Koro1" Yang (童扬) Host: Eefje " Sjokz " Depoortere & James " Dash " Patterson. Mid (substitute) Support, Ki "Expect" Dae-han (기대한) This page was last edited on 17 November 2020, at 19:08. by Lampstradamus. Groups (4 → 2) then Round Robin. Gabriel "Revolta" Henud The 2016 League of Legends World Championship was the sixth world championship for League of Legends, a video game developed by Riot Games. The tournament is broken … [21], The semi-finals were held at Madison Square Garden in New York over two days. Hu "SwordArT" Shuo-Chieh (胡碩傑), Chen "Ziv" Yi (陳奕) Kirill "Likkrit" Malofeyev, *Tong "Koro1" Yang replaced Chen "Mouse" Yu-Hao after the latter retired from the tournament due to a private issue. The semi-finals for the LoL Worlds 2016 will take place in New York at the famous Madison Square Garden which is home to many sporting teams. [27] H2K-Gaming ended the wildcard run of Albus NoX by sweeping them 3–0 in the quarterfinals. Support (substitute), Yu "MMD" Li-Hung (游立宏) Season Four featured the incredible and nearly invincible Samsung White. [27] In the other semi-finals, Samsung Galaxy swept H2k-Gaming, the last European team in the tournament, 3–0 to advance to the finals. The 2017 Season World Championship is the conclusion of the 2017 League of Legends competitive season. [32] It was the first finals series in a League of Legends world championship to go the full five games. Initial prize pool $ 2,130,000 USD (Approximately € 1,896,990 EUR) 2. Jake "Xmithie" Puchero Worlds 2016 isn’t going to be your typical tournament. Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (이상혁) Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen Support, Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin (이성진) Luan "Jockster" Cardoso, Dmitri "Smurf" Ivanov Liu "Mlxg" Shi-Yu (刘世宇) In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Group Stage teams, prize pool mon… Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (简自豪) Hung "Karsa" Hau-Hsuan (洪浩軒) 0. Top 4 teams advance to the bracket stage 1.2. Each time when T1 took part in the competition, they performed the most popular match. [34] The turning point in this game was a fight over Baron, an important in-game objective, where Samsung Galaxy was able to kill half of SK Telecom's team and destroy two of their turrets afterwards. [14], San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles were four cities chosen to host the tournament. Kwon "Wraith" Ji-min (권지민), Top Kang "Athena" Ha-woon (강하운) [33] This third game was the second-longest in competitive League of Legends history,[33] at 71 minutes and 20 seconds. At most one team per region in each group. Cho "Mata" Se-hyoung (조세형), Shek "AmazingJ" Wai Ho (石偉豪) The final was followed by 43 million unique viewers, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million. [33] The second match was also won by SKT, who were able to continuously build up an insurmountable advantage after winning a battle in the mid-game,[33] ending the game after 31 minutes. Han "Peanut" Wang-ho (한왕호) Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki is a Fandom Gaming Community. ADC 3003. [30] SKT dominated the early stages of the game and built up a lead in both kills and gold. Jungle The 2016 League of Legends World Championship was the sixth world championship for League of Legends, a video game developed by Riot Games. Choi "Huhi" Jae-hyun (최재현) 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool. League of Legends Worlds 2016 Championship Venues. Vladislav "aMiracle" Scherbyna [32] Faker's performance on the map's middle lane broke the previous 208 kills record at Worlds by the third map of the finals, and he ended up with 217 kills. Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang (黃熠棠) File:Worlds 2016 Jin Air Green Wings (Tier 3) profileicon.png File:Worlds 2016 Just Toys Havoks (Tier 3) profileicon.png File:Worlds 2016 Kaos Latin Gamers (Tier 3) profileicon.png The Groups of teams were decided through a live Group Draw Show on 10 September. One team from Pool 3 - the third see… It took place in the USA in four cities: the group stage in San Francisco, the quarterfinals in Chicago, the semifinals in New York and the grand finale in Los Angeles. Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng (이서행) Mykhailo "Kira" Harmash With their win, SKT became the first three-time League of Legends world champion. Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao (李元浩) [6][7] The final prize pool reached $6.7 million. It was held from September 29 – October 29, 2016, in cities across the United States. The best place to watch LoL Esports and earn rewards! [29] SK Telecom T1 won a five-game series against the ROX Tigers, who had won the 2015 Summer League of Legends Championship Korea season and were favorites to win this event. [27] ESPN's Timothy Lee called the finals "an instant classic". League of Legends; January 10, 2015 at 2:45 AM EST Organized by storyyy. 1.1.1. Worlds 2016 is the sixth League of Legends tournament of the World Championship series. The games were played on the 6.18 patch of the game with Yorick disabled and Aurelion Sol was disabled for days 1-3. Twitch - Riot Games Player Experience Stream, YouTube - Riot Games Player Experience Stream, 2016 World Championship hits North America, MSI 2016 Update and Worlds 2016 Implications, How to get your 2016 World Championship Tickets, Player Experience Streams for Worlds 2016, Update: Fan Contribution to Worlds Prize Pool, Coke Esports returns with World Finals big-screen viewing parties. Xue "Mountain" Zhao-Hong (薛兆鴻) Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg ADC Win a gaming chair used throughout Worlds 2016! Nikolaj "Jensen" Jensen Bae "Bang" Jun-sik (배준식) [30] A projection of the minimap which showed each team's map control was shown on the floor of the arena between the two teams. IN 2011, A FEW hundred people at a Swedish computer festival saw the first League of Legends World Championship.