Riot Games announced a while ago how the two biggest tournaments of the year will be held in League of Legends. We tell you everything on TyC Sports E.
The League of Legends community has been clamoring for new formats for their tournaments due to the disparity seen between some regions. Riot heard the prayers and announced drastic changes for 2023. Debut of the Swiss System and Worlds Qualifying Series. Will there be more teams and more emotions? They also announced the venues for both the tournaments.
How to play the next League of Legends MSI: venue, number of teams and format
Unlike the MSI played in 2022 which was played between 11 teams, held this year in London will have 13 participants. the stage of The Play-In will consist of 8 teams and will take place in two groups with double direct elimination in a Bo3. Representatives of the leagues of LLA, Brazil, Japan, Southeast Asia and Vietnam will be present in the first stage along with the second classified from Europe, China and North America. The winners of the keys and the winner of the second repechage, will qualify for the Keys Phase.
In the last stage called Key Phases, the 3 Play-In qualifiers join the top two teams from Korea and the top two teams from China, Europe and North America. They are direct elimination duels in a Bo5.
How to play the next League of Legends Worlds: venue, number of teams, Qualifying Series and Swiss System
The next MOBA World Cup will once again be held in South Koreacradle of esports. There will be 22 participating squads and not 24 as in 2021. The first news of the event is that it will have Worlds Qualifying Series which will face the 4th team from North America along with the 4th from Europe for a spot at Worlds.
The Play-In will face 8 teams in a direct elimination system in a Bo3 and there will be two tickets for the next stage. The first stage will see the representatives of LLA, Brazil, Japan, the winner of the Qualifying Series and two teams from Vietnam and two from Southeast Asia. The winner of one bracket will play a best-of-five series against the runner-up of the other bracket for a place in the Swiss System stage.
Next time, the Swiss System, the best four from China, Korea and the best three from Europe and North America will face off with the two qualifiers from the Play-In. In it there will be 5 rounds pitting teams with the same win or loss record until they reach three games won or three lost. That means, a team qualifies for the Elimination Phase if it achieves three wins and is eliminated if it achieves three losses. The first round will be decided by a draw but from the second, they will be matched according to their results.
The Elimination Phase will include the 8 classified teams of the Swiss System, arranged by their location in the table this time. All keys will be held in a Bo5 and will determine the 2023 Worlds champion.
Source: Tycsports
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