More details regarding the LoL Mid Season Cup have been released and in this article we’ll be covering everything you need to know about the Mid-Season Cup, and how to watch it.
Tournament’s background
The Mid-Season Cup was first announced on the 13th of May, after the announcement of the cancellation of the Mid-Season Invitational on the 23rd of April. The main reason that led to MSI’s cancellation was, since traditionally MSI is an international event, with teams from several regions, this was obviously not possible due to the current health situation going on.
Prize pool
There will be a total of $600,000 USD to be distributed to the top placers at the Mid-Season Cup
How to qualify for the main event
The teams that will be participating in the event were picked out by their placement during the 2020 Spring split. Which meant that the top 4 teams of both regions will be representing their region in the Mid-Season Cup
Tournament format
Group Stage
- 2 Groups of 4 Teams
- Each group contains the 1st and 4th placed teams of one region and the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in the other group.
- Round-Robin format (Each team will play versus every team in their group)
- Top 2 teams advance to Knockout stage and bottom 2 teams are eliminated
- All matches are played in a Best of 1 format.
Knockout Stage
- Single elimination format
- The 1st placing team of each group will face the 2nd placed team of the other group.
- All matches are played in a Best of 5 format.
- The first match of every series is played by using the Blind Pick game mode. The games after the first will be played with the Draft Pick game mode.
Teams Participating
LPL Teams
- JD Gaming
- Top Esports
- FunPlus Phoenix
- Invictus Gaming
LCK Teams
- T1
- Gen.G
- DragonX
- DAMWON Gaming
Schedule list
Thursday 28th May (Timezone CST)
- 15:00 – FunPlus Phoenix vs T1
- 16:00 – Top Esports vs DAMWON
- 17:00 – T1 vs DAMWON
- 18:00 – Top Esports vs FunPlus Phoenix
- 19:00 – DAMWON vs FunPlus Phoenix
- 20:00 – T1 vs Top Esports
Friday 29th May (Timezone CST)
- 15:00 – JD Gaming vs Gen.G
- 16:00 – Invictus Gaming vs DragonX
- 17:00 – DragonX vs Gen.G
- 18:00 – JD Gaming vs Invictus Gaming
- 19:00 – Gen.G vs Invictus Gaming
- 20:00 – DragonX vs JD Gaming
Streaming platform list
The Mid-Season Cup is to be streamed on the official Riot Games Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/riotgames) and on the LoL Esports Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/lolesports).
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Predictions
It is very hard to predict who will be the most dominant team during the Mid-Season Cup as every team participating has a very high chance of winning. However if history were to be the main source of prediction it is likely that Invictus Gaming or T1 will be taking the win at MSC.
Overall it should be a great event to spectate, a chaotic battle between the two most conquering regions in League of Legends.
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