2015 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational is the first event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games that was held after Spring Season, from May 7–10, 2015 at the Florida State University Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida.[1] The participants is 6 winner teams of the Spring Season: 5 teams from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China (LPL), South Korea (LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).[2][3]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tallahassee, Florida, United States |
| Dates | May 7, 2015–May 10, 2015 |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 6 team round-robin group stage 4 team single-elimination bracket |
| Host(s) |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center |
| Teams | 6 |
| Purse | $200,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Edward Gaming(1st title) |
| Runner-up |  SK Telecom T1 |
EDward Gaming from China won the first ever MSI title after defeating SK Telecom T1 from South Korea 3-2 at the final.[4][5][6]
Qualified teams and roster
Qualified team
- EDward Gaming (2015 LPL Spring winner)
- SK Telecom T1 (2015 LCK Spring winner)
Fnatic (2015 EU LCS Spring winner)
ahq e-Sports Club (2015 LMS Spring winner)- Team SoloMid (2015 NA LCS Spring winner)
Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (2015 TCL Winter winner, Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational winner)
Roster
| Region | China (LPL) | South Korea (LCK) | TW/HK/MO (LMS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | EDward Gaming (EDG) |
SK Telecom T1 (SKT) |
ahq e-Sports Club (AHQ) | |||
| Position | ID | Name | ID | Name | ID | Name |
| Top | Koro1 |
Tong Yang (童扬) | MaRin |
Jang Gyeong-hwan (장경환) | Ziv |
Chen Yi (陳奕) |
| Jungle | Clearlove |
Ming Kai (明凯) | Bengi |
Bae Seong-woong (배성웅) | Mountain |
Xue Zhao-Hong (薛兆鴻) |
| Mid | Pawn |
Heo Won-seok (허원석) | Faker Easyhoon |
Lee Sang-hyeok (이상혁) Lee Ji-hun (이지훈) |
westdoor |
Liu Shu-Wei (劉書瑋) |
| ADC | Deft |
Kim Hyeok-kyu (김혁규) | Bang |
Bae Jun-sik (배준식) | AN |
Chou Chun-An (周俊諳) |
| Support | Meiko |
Tian Ye (田野) | Wolf |
Lee Jae-wan (이재완) | Albis |
Kang Chia-Wei (康家維) |
| Coach | Aaron Reapered |
Ji Xing (姬星) Bok Han-gyu (복한규) |
Kkoma |
Kim Jeong-gyun (김정균) | Backstairs |
Chen Yan-Fu (陳彥甫) |
| Region | Europe (EU LCS) | North America (NA LCS) | Wildcard (IWC) | |||
| Team | Fnatic (FNC) |
Team SoloMid (TSM) |
Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (BJK) | |||
| Position | ID | Name | ID | Name | ID | Name |
| Top | Huni |
Heo Seung-hun (허승훈) | Dyrus |
Marcus Hill | Thaldrin |
Berke Demir |
| Jungle | Reignover |
Kim Ui-jin (김의진) |  Santorin |
Lucas Larsen | Theokoles |
Muhammed Işık |
| Mid |  Febiven |
Fabian Diepstraten | Bjergsen |
Søren Bjerg |  Energy |
Isak Pettersen Fjell |
| ADC |  Steeelback |
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Jason Tran |  Nardeus |
Tomáš Maršálek |
| Support | YellOwStaR |
Bora Kim | Lustboy |
Ham Jang-sik (함장식) | Dumbledoge |
Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu |
| Coach |  Deilor |
Luis Sevilla Petit | Locodoco |
Choi Yun-seop (최윤섭) | Lethilion |
İbrahim Onur Aksu |
Group Stage
- Single Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one.
- Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out Stage.
| # | Teams | W | L | SKT | EDG | AHQ | FNC | TSM | BJK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Telecom T1 |
5 | 0 | SKT | W | W | W | W | W | ||
| 2 | Edward Gaming |
4 | 1 | EDG | L | W | W | W | W | ||
| 3 | ahq e-Sports Club |
3 | 2 | AHQ | L | L | W | W | W | ||
| 4 | Fnatic |
2 | 3 | FNC | L | L | L | W | W | ||
| 5 | Team SoloMid |
1 | 4 | TSM | L | L | L | L | W | ||
| 6 | Beşiktaş e-Sports Club |
0 | 5 | BJK | L | L | L | L | L |
Knock-out Stage
- The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
- All matches are Best-of-five.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | SK Telecom T1
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Fnatic
| 2 | |||||||
| SK Telecom T1
| 2 | ||||||||
| Edward Gaming
| 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Edward Gaming
| 3 | |||||||
| 3 | ahq e-Sports Club
| 0 | |||||||
Top four
| Place | Team | Players[7] | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | |||
| 1st | EDward Gaming |
|
$100,000 | |
| 2nd | SK Telecom |
$50,000 | ||
References
- http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/why-tallahassee-scenes-from-the-league-of-legends.html
- http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/paste-goes-to-the-league-of-legends-mid-season-inv.html
- http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2015/05/08/league-legend-gamers-occupy-civic-center/26986393/
- http://www.pcgamesn.com/league-of-legends/sk-telecom-yield-league-of-legends-msi-title-to-chinas-edg-as-faker-falls-short
- http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/05/edward-gaming-wins-the-2015-league-of-legends-mid-.html
- http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331722970647/edward-gaming-beats-skt-in-mid-season-invitational
- "2015 World Championship - Leaguepedia - Competitive League of Legends eSports Wiki". Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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