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LoL Worlds 2024: Schedule, matches, teams, more

Declan Mclaughlin
Worlds 2023 trophyColin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

The League of Legends World Championship is only a few weeks away, and teams are still qualifying for the tournament that will crown the best team of 2024.

Riot Games is keeping LoL Worlds simple this year by maintaining the same format, albeit with some slight tweaks to help streamline the competition. The tournament will be held across Europe, with matches taking place in the Riot Berlin Studio and two stadiums, one in Paris and one in London.

The event will test the limits of every team involved, especially now that Hanwha Life Esports have shut down Gen.G’s run for the golden road. They’ll surely want revenge. Meanwhile, T1 just barely made it.

Here is all the information you will need about the tournament before, during, and after it has concluded. This article will be updated as more information is revealed and matches are played.

LoL Worlds 2024 Schedule

Peyz-GenG-all-time-kill-record-MSI-2024Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games
Gen.G are coming off of an historic MSI win.

The 2024 League of Legends World Championship will take place from September 25 to November 2 and be held in venues across Europe.

Here’s a breakdown of the schedule by each stage:

  • Play-In Stage: September 25-29 (Riot Games Arena, Berlin)
  • Swiss Stage: October 3-13 (Riot Games Arena, Berlin)
  • Knockout Stage: October 17- November 2 (Adidas Arena, Paris & O2 Arena, London)

LoL Worlds format

Play-In Stage

  • Eight teams will be drawn into two best-of-three double-elimination brackets with the two winners of each moving on to the Swiss Stage.
  • The teams with 1-1 records will play the opposite group’s lower bracket round 1 winner to decide the final two spots in the next stage.

Swiss Stage

  • 16 teams will compete in a five-round Swiss Stage.
  • In the first stage, teams will be drawn into non-regional matches against each other. After that, teams will face opponents with the same win-loss record who are not from their region.
  • Teams with three wins progress to the Knockout Stage. Teams with three losses are eliminated.
  • Progression and elimination matches are best-of-three. The remaining matches are best-of-one.

Knockout Stage

  • Eight teams compete in a single-elimination bracket.
  • All matches are best-of-five.

Matches

Riot Games has yet to release the day-to-day schedule for the tournament, so below are approximations of when matches will be played at different stages of the event. This will be updated as more info is released.

Play-in Stage: September 25-29

Day 1: September 25

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A R1MAD Lions KOI vs Vikings Esports5 AM8 AM12 PM
Group A R1PSG Talon vs paiN Gaming6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 2: September 26

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group B R1GAM Esports vs Softbank Hawks5 AM8 AM12 PM
Group B R1100 Thieves vs Rainbow 76 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 3: September 27

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A WinnersTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Group B WinnersTBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 4: September 28

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A LosersTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Group B LosersTBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 5: September 29

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A DeciderTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Group B DeciderTBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Swiss Stage: October 3-13

League of Legends MSI 2024 all teams qualifiedColin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
Gen.G claimed the MSI trophy a few months ago.

Below is the Swiss table that will be updated after every match to showcase which teams have made it out and which are still fighting to make the Knockout Stage.

PositionTeamRecord
1BLG0-0
2Fnatic0-0
3G2 Esports0-0
4Gen.G0-0
5LNG Esports0-0
6Team Liquid0-0
7Top Esports0-0
8Weibo Gaming0-0
9TBD0-0
10TBD0-0
11TBD0-0
12TBD0-0
13TBD0-0
14TBD0-0
15TBD0-0
16TBD0-0

Day 1: October 3

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD7 AM10 AM2 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD8 AM11 AM3 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD9 AM12 PM4 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD10 AM1 PM5 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD11 AM2 PM6 PM
Swiss Round 1TBD vs TBD12 PM3 PM7 PM

Day 2: October 4

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD7 AM10 AM2 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD8 AM11 AM3 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD9 AM12 PM4 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD10 AM1 PM5 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD11 AM2 PM6 PM
Swiss Round 2TBD vs TBD12 PM3 PM7 PM

Day 3: October 5

StageMatchPTETGMT
QF Qualify BO3TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
QF Qualify BO3TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 4: October 6

StageMatchPTETGMT
Tiebreaker BO1TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Tiebreaker BO1TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM
Tiebreaker BO1TBD vs TBD7 AM10 AM2 PM
Tiebreaker BO1TBD vs TBD8 AM11 AM3 PM

Day 5: October 7

StageMatchPTETGMT
Elimination BO3TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Elimination BO3TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 6: October 10

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 7: October 11

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 8: October 12

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Day 9: October 13

StageMatchPTETGMT
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM
Swiss Round 4TBD vs TBD6 AM9 AM1 PM

Knockout Stage: October 17- November 2

Day 1: October 17

StageMatchPTETGMT
QuarterfinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 2: October 18

StageMatchPTETGMT
QuarterfinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 3: October 19

StageMatchPTETGMT
QuarterfinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 4: October 20

StageMatchPTETGMT
QuarterfinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 5: October 26

StageMatchPTETGMT
SemifinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 6: October 27

StageMatchPTETGMT
SemifinalsTBD vs TBD5 AM8 AM12 PM

Day 7: November 2

StageMatchPTETGMT
FinalsTBD vs TBD7 AM10 AM2 PM

Teams

T1-Worlds-2023-winColin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
T1 won Worlds in 2023, but they’re in danger of missing the event in 2024

The World Championships will see the return of many top teams to the stage like Gen.G, BLG, and G2 Esports. Here are all the teams and players participating in the event.

Swiss Stage Teams:

TeamRegionPlayers
Gen.GLCKKiin, Canyon, Chovy, Peyz, Lehends
Bilibili GamingLPLBin, Wei, Knight, Elk, ON
Top EsportsLPL369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko
LNG EsportsLPLZika, Weiwei, Scout, GALA, Hang
Weibo GamingLPLBreathe, Tarzan, Xiaohu, Light, Crisp
G2 EsportsLECBrokenBlade, Yike, Caps, Hans Sama, Mikyx
FnaticLECOscarinin, Razork, Humanoid, Noah, Jun
Team LiquidLCSImpact, UmTi, APA, Yeon, CoreJJ
FlyquestLCSBwipo, Inspired, Quad, Massu, Busio
Hanwha Life EsportsLCKDoran, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight
DPlus KIALCKKingen, Lucid, Showmaker, Aiming, Moham
T1LCKZeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria

Play-In Stage Teams:

TeamRegionPlayers
MAD Lions KOILECMyrwn, Elyoya, Fresskowy, Supa, Alvaro
PSG TalonPCSAzhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody
GAM EsportsVCSKiaya, Levi, Emo, EasyLove, Elio
SoftBank HAWKSPCSEvi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta
Vikings EsportsVCSNanaue, Gury, Kati, Shogun, Bie
Movistar R7LLASummit, Oddie, Keine, Ceo, Lyonz
100 ThievesLCSSniper, River, Quid, Tomo, Eyla
paiN GamingCBLOLWizer, Cariok, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri
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