Over the past few years, the League of Legends community has asked for a change in format many times. Accordingly, the single elimination bracket hasn’t been a favourites. Bearing this in mind, the recently announced LoL Esports 2023 format changes are exactly what the community wanted!
LoL Esports 2023 Format – Affecting MSI and Worlds
As viewable in the press release by Riot Games here, let’s discuss some of the most important changes. Here’s a list of the changes:
- MSI 2023 Venue – London announced
- Format for MSI – including 13 teams, Play-Ins
- Adjusted seeding for region
- Worlds 2023 – stages of Play-Ins, Swiss and Knockouts
- Worlds Venue – South Korea
In addition, the Worlds Qualifying Series is another level of qualification that Riot Games is introducing – a single match between 4th seeds of the LEC and LCS.
Naturally, the double elimination bracket for MSI is clearly an experiment by Riot Games. Moreover, a double elimination could increase the level of competition and possibly have an effect on viewership.
This all builds up to Worlds 2023 which is anticipated to be the top esports event of the year.
Otherwise, in the coming weeks, regional leagues will be kicking off.
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