2023 League of Legends World Championship is officially announced

“League of Legends” is back in South Korea! Five years after hosting the Riot Games‘ MOBA World Championship, the Asian country will once again host the world’s premier “LoL” tournament, one of the biggest events on the planet’s eSports scene.

This weekend, they announced officially the details of the 2023 League of Legends World Championship, which will take place in Busan and Seoul, South Korea, between October 10th and November 19th.

The grand final of the championship will take place in the emblematic Sky Dome, in the South Korean capital.

“Korea is synonymous with excellence in esports and gaming, with a passionate fan community and a legacy of nurturing some of the most talented players in the world”, said Naz Aletaha, LOL Esports General Manager. “We’re excited to bring Worlds back to the birthplace of esports and home of the LCK, and look forward to celebrating the best of LOL with fans across Korea and around the world.”

Tickets will be sold in three batches, with the first batch going on sale on July 10th. The second batch goes on sale on the 19th of the same month and the third on the 2nd of August.

This is the thirdturn that South Korea will host the League of Legends World Championship. Previously, the country hosted the championship in 2014 and 2018.

New League of Legends World Championship format

The 2023 League of Legends World Championship will feature an unprecedented format in the history of the championship. There will be 22 teams that will compete in three different stages: Play-Ins, Swiss Stage and Knockouts.

Even before the Worlds, there is also a new qualification level: the Worlds Qualifying Series.

Play-Ins

Play-Ins are a pair of four-team double-elimination brackets that will qualify two teams into the Swiss Stage. Each group will play a best of three double elimination bracket, with the “upper winner” from one group playing a best of five against the “lower winner” from the other for a spot in Swiss.

Swiss Stage

• To start the Swiss Stage, the two Play-In Stage winners will join the 14 teams that prequalified for Swiss.
• Swiss Stage will feature a five-round, Swiss-style format where teams with the same win-loss record will compete against each other until they achieve 3 wins or 3 losses.
• The stage will begin with each team being randomly paired against a team from a different region. Each of these pairs will play a single best-of-1 match.
• In Round 2, teams will be re-matched against teams that have the same record as them (i.e. teams with a 1-0 record will play against other teams with a 1-0 record). This rematching will continue for a total of five rounds, with teams advancing to the Knockout stage when they reach 3 wins, or being eliminated from the tournament when they reach 3 losses. All of the matches that will either advance or eliminate a team will be best-of-three, and the remaining matches will be best-of-1.

Knockouts

Knockouts will feature 8 teams that qualify from the Swiss Stage, who will be drawn into a single elimination bracket based on their placement from Swiss. This bracket, which includes Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals, will determine the 2023 World Champion.

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