2015 League of Legends World Championship
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| Location |  France United Kingdom Belgium Germany |
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| Dates | October 1–October 31 | ||
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games | ||
| Tournament format(s) | 16 team round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
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| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Purse | $2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champion | SK Telecom T1 (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up | KOO Tigers | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 73 | ||
| MVP |  Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan (SK Telecom T1)[2] |
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| Highest KDA | Bae "Bang" Jun-sik (SK Telecom T1)[note 1][1] |
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| Highest CSPM |  Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño Martinez (Origen)[1] |
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The 2015 League of Legends World Championship was the world championship held from October 1–31, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends. It was the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship. The different stages of the event were held in various cities across Europe: the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris, France; the quarterfinals at the Wembley Arena in London, England; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament.[3] There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on twitch.tv, YouTube and Azubu in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for United Kingdom IP addresses only. A peak of around 14 million concurrent viewers watched the finals, according to official sources.
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Teams
The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[4]
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Group stage
The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman, Paris and concluded on October 11.[4] In Group B, ahq e-Sports Club and Cloud9 both ended in a 3-3 tie, resulting in a tiebreaker won by ahq e-Sports Club to win second place in the group.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Record |
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| 1 | Flash Wolves | 4–2 |
| 2 | KOO Tigers | 4–2 |
| 3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 2–4 |
| 3 | paiN Gaming | 2–4 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Record |
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| 1 | Fnatic | 4–2 |
| 2 | ahq e-Sports Club | 4–3 |
| 3 | Cloud9 | 3–4 |
| 4 | Invictus Gaming | 2–4 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Record |
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| 1 | SK Telecom T1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | EDward Gaming | 4–2 |
| 3 | H2k-Gaming | 2–4 |
| 4 | Bangkok Titans | 0–6 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Record |
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| 1 | KT Rolster | 5–1 |
| 2 | Origen | 4–2 |
| 3 | LGD Gaming | 2–4 |
| 4 | Team SoloMid | 1–5 |
Knockout stage
The bracket stage started on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London, will continue to Brussels Expo in Brussels, and conclude on October 31 with the grand finals hosted in Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.[5] The knockout stage has been streamed on BBC Three,[6] while the final will be streamed on ESPN3.[7] The bracket stage is played in a best of 5 format. In the grand final, SK Telecom T1 beat KOO Tigers 3 to 1, dropping their only game of the whole tournament.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
| Flash Wolves | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 October – Brussels Expo | ||||||||||
| Origen | 3 | |||||||||
| Origen | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
| SK Telecom T1 | 3 | |||||||||
| SK Telecom T1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena | ||||||||||
| ahq e-Sports Club | 0 | |||||||||
| SK Telecom T1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
| KOO Tigers | 1 | |||||||||
| Fnatic | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 October – Brussels Expo | ||||||||||
| EDward Gaming | 0 | |||||||||
| Fnatic | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 October – Wembley Arena | ||||||||||
| KOO Tigers | 3 | |||||||||
| KT Rolster | 1 | |||||||||
| KOO Tigers | 3 | |||||||||
Final standings
| Place | Team | Prize money[8] |
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| 1st | SK Telecom T1 | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | KOO Tigers | $250,000 |
| 3rd–4th | Fnatic | $150,000 |
| Origen | ||
| 5–8th | ahq e-Sports Club | $75,000 |
| EDward Gaming | ||
| Flash Wolves | ||
| KT Rolster | ||
| 9–11th | Cloud9 | $45,000 |
| H2k-Gaming | ||
| LGD Gaming | ||
| 12–13th | Counter Logic Gaming | $35,000 |
| paiN Gaming | ||
| 14–16th | Bangkok Titans | $25,000 |
| Invictus Gaming | ||
| Team SoloMid |
Viewership numbers
The final was expected to have over 30 million people streaming it online.[9] The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers.[10]
Controversies
Obscenity incident
During the final day of the group stage in Paris, Cloud9's Hai "Hai" Lam made an obscene gesture towards an opponent while on stage. Hai was fined €500.[11]
Technical issues
In game 2 of the quarterfinals between Fnatic and EDward Gaming, an in-game bug occurred to Fnatic's Kim "Reignover" Ui-Jin which prevented the game from continuing, forcing the game to be remade from scratch. After investigating the issue, Riot Games chose to disable Gragas, the champion Reignover was playing, for the rest of the tournament, along with Lux and Ziggs, champions who were deemed susceptible to the same issue.[12]
Notes
- ↑ Tang "Time" Jintai, the substitute player of Invictus Gaming, had the overall highest KDA of 22.0; however, he only played one game.
References
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