Mid-Season Invitational

The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends tournament hosted by publisher Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship.[1][2]

Mid-Season Invitational
SportLeague of Legends
Founded2015 (2015)
Inaugural season2015
Owner(s)Riot Games
No. of teams13
Venue(s)Rotating locations
Most recent
champion(s)		 G2 Esports
(1st title)
Most titles T1
(2 titles)
QualificationWinners of regional leagues in Spring split .
TV partner(s)Twitch, YouTube
Sponsor(s)Riot Games
Level on pyramidMajor
Related
competitions		World Championship

In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues (LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard team from a less region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.[3] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final.[4]

Since 2017, Spring Split champions of all regions will qualify for the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region in MSI will directly receive a spot in the World Championship's Group Stage for that year for their Summer Split champion. The top four regions in MSI will get the pool-1 spot in the World Championship's Group Stage.

T1 from LCK of South Korea is the most successful team with two MSI titles (2016 and 2017).

Overview

Results
Year Final location Final Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up
2015 Tallahassee Edward Gaming 3 2 SK Telecom T1 ahq e-Sports Club Fnatic
2016 Shanghai SK Telecom T1 3 0 Counter Logic Gaming Flash Wolves Royal Never Give Up
2017 Rio de Janeiro SK Telecom T1 3 1 G2 Esports Team WE Flash Wolves
2018 Paris Royal Never Give Up 3 1 Kingzone DragonX Flash Wolves Fnatic
2019 Taipei G2 Esports 3 0 Team Liquid SK Telecom T1 Invictus Gaming
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] and replaced by Mid-Season Streamathon

Teams reaching top four
Team Titles Runner-up Semifinalists
T1[6] 2 (2016, 2017) 1 (2015) 1 (2019)
G2 Esports 1 (2019) 1 (2017)
Royal Never Give Up 1 (2018) 1 (2016)
Edward Gaming 1 (2015)
Team Liquid 1 (2019)
Counter Logic Gaming 1 (2016)
DRX[7] 1 (2018)
Flash Wolves 3 (2016, 2017, 2018)
Fnatic 2 (2015, 2018)
ahq e-Sports Club 1 (2015)
Team WE 1 (2017)
Invictus Gaming 1 (2019)

Regions reaching top four
Region Titles Runner-up Semifinalists
South Korea (LCK) 2 (2016, 2017) 2 (2015, 2018) 1 (2019)
China (LPL) 2 (2015, 2018) 3 (2016, 2017, 2019)
Europe (LEC) 1 (2019) 1 (2017) 2 (2015, 2018)
North America (LCS) 2 (2016, 2019)
TW/HK/MO/SEA (PCS) 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

References
  1. Erzberger, Tyler (May 2, 2016). "The Mid-Season Invitational Power Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Inc. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. Lingle, Samuel (May 4, 2016). "League Midseason Invitational day one recap". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. Johnson, Michael (May 3, 2016). "League Of Legends Mid-Season Invitational – What You Need To Know!". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  4. Scott, Jake (May 1, 2015). "MSI recap: Edward Gaming defeat SKT 3-2, become MSI 2015 champions". theScore eSports. Score Media Ventures. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  5. Stavropoulos, Andreas (23 April 2020). "Riot officially cancels 2020 Mid-Season Invitational". Dot Esports. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Rebranded from SK Telecom T1 in last 2019.
  7. Rebranded from Kingzone DragonX to DragonX in 2019, then rebranded to DRX in 2020.


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