2014 League of Legends World Championship

The 2014 League of Legends World Championship was the world championship that was held from September 18, 2014, to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends. It was the fourth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship. Matches were held in Taipei, Singapore, and Seoul, with grand finals being at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.[3] The 16 teams qualified by either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch and Azubu in several languages and the finals were aired online on ESPN3.

League of Legends World Championship
2014
Tournament information
Location Taiwan
 Singapore
 South Korea
DatesSeptember 18–October 19
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)
Teams16
Purse$2,130,000
Final positions
Champions Samsung White
(1st title)
Runner-up Star Horn Royal Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Attendance40,000+ (final)
MVP Cho "Mata" Se-Hyeong (Samsung White)[1]
Highest KDA Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok (Samsung White)[2]
Highest GPM Heo "Pawn" Won-seok (Samsung White)[2]

The group stage began September 18 in Taipei at the National Taiwan University Sports Center and concluded September 28 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage.[4] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, and concluded on October 19 with the grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,[5][6] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.[7][8][9]

American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,[10] and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea.[11] All games were made available for free via live streaming.[12]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.

Teams

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[13]

Region League Path Team ID Pool
South Korea The Champions Most Circuit Points #1 Samsung Galaxy Blue SSB 1
Most Circuit Points #2 Samsung Galaxy White SSW 2
Regional Finals Winner NaJin White Shield NWS
China LPL Regional Finals Winner #1 EDward Gaming EDG 1
Regional Finals Winner #2 Star Horn Royal Club SHR 2
Regional Finals Winner #3 OMG OMG
Europe EU LCS Summer Champion Alliance ALL 1
Summer Runner-up Fnatic FNC 2
Summer Third-place SK Gaming SK 3
North America NA LCS Summer Champion Team SoloMid TSM 1
Summer Runner-up Cloud9 C9 2
Summer Third-place LMQ LMQ 3
TW/HK/MO & SEA GPL Summer Champion Taipei Assassins TPA 2
Regional Finals Winner ahq e-Sports Club AHQ
Wildcard Brazil CBLol IWCT CBLol Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT PAX 2014 Winner		 KaBuM! e-Sports KBM 3
Turkey TCL TCL Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT Gamescom 2014 Winner		 Dark Passage DP 3

Venues

Taipei, Singapore, Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition.

Taipei, Taiwan Tampines, Singapore South Korea
Busan Seoul
Group Stage A & B Group Stage C & D Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
National Taiwan University Sports Center Singapore EXPO BEXCO Center Olympic Gymnastics Arena Seoul World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 4,200 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 4,002 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 66,704

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.

Group A
# Team ~ SSW EDG AHQ DP W L TB
1 Samsung Galaxy White SSW ~ 2-0 2-0 2-0 6 0
2 Edward Gaming EDG 0-2 ~ 1-1 2-0 3 3 W
3 ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 0-2 1-1 ~ 2-0 3 3 L
4 Dark Passage DP 0-2 0-2 0-2 ~ 0 6

Group B
# Team ~ SHR TSM SK TPA W L
1 Star Horn Royal Club SHR ~ 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1
2 Team SoloMid TSM 1-1 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 2
3 SK Gaming SK 0-2 1-1 ~ 1-1 2 4
4 Taipei Assassins TPA 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1 5

Group C
# Team ~ SSB OMG FNC LMQ W L
1 Samsung Galaxy Blue SSB ~ 2-0 1-1 2-0 5 1
2 OMG OMG 0-2 ~ 2-0 1-1 3 3
3 Fnatic FNC 1-1 0-2 ~ 1-1 2 4
3 LMQ LMQ 0-2 1-1 1-1 ~ 2 4

Group D
# Team ~ NWS C9 ALL KBM W L TB
1 NaJin White Shield NWS ~ 1-1 1-1 2-0 4 2 W
2 Cloud 9 C9 1-1 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 2 L
3 Alliance ALL 1-1 1-1 ~ 1-1 3 3
4 KaBuM! e-Sports KBM 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1 5

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 2014-10-03 – Busan[lower-alpha 1]
 
 
 Team SoloMid 1
 
 2014-10-11 – Seoul[lower-alpha 2]
 
 Samsung Galaxy White 3
 
 Samsung Galaxy White 3
 
 2014-10-04 – Busan
 
 Samsung Galaxy Blue 0
 
 Cloud9 1
 
 2014-10-19 – Seoul[lower-alpha 3]
 
 Samsung Galaxy Blue 3
 
 Samsung Galaxy White 3
 
 2014-10-05 – Busan
 
 Star Horn Royal Club 1
 
 Star Horn Royal Club 3
 
 2014-10-12 – Seoul
 
 EDward Gaming 2
 
 Star Horn Royal Club 3
 
 2014-10-06 – Busan
 
 OMG 2
 
 NaJin White Shield 0
 
 
 OMG 3
 
  1. Busan Exhibition and Convention Center
  2. Olympic Gymnastics Arena
  3. Seoul World Cup Stadium

Final standings
Place Team Prize money[14]
1st Samsung Galaxy White $1,000,000
2nd Star Horn Royal Club $250,000
3rd–4th OMG $150,000
Samsung Galaxy Blue
5–8th Cloud9 $75,000
EDward Gaming
NaJin White Shield
Team SoloMid
9–11th ahq e-Sports Club $45,000
Alliance
SK Gaming
12–13th Fnatic $35,000
LMQ
14–16th Dark Passage $25,000
KaBuM! e-Sports
Taipei Assassins

Viewership and attendance

Around 40,000 fans attended the grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club.[15] It is estimated that there were 288 million cumulative views throughout the entire tournament.[16][17][18]

The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers.[16][17]

Racism incident

Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong". Johnsen was fined US$2,500 and was suspended from his team's first three games in the tournament.[19]

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