2019 Mid-Season Invitational
{{Short description|2019 League of Legends tournament}}
{{Infobox sport tournament
| name = 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
| sport = League of Legends
| image = 2019 Mid-Season Invitational logo.png
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| location = Vietnam
Taiwan
| start_date = 1 May
| end_date = 19 May
| administrator = Riot Games
| venue = {{Collapsible list
| title = Show list
| Play-in Stage
VCS Studio (Ho Chi Minh City)
| Main event Group stage
National Convention Center (Hanoi)
| Main event Playoffs
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium (Taipei)
}}
| teams = 13
| champions = G2 Esports
| runners-up1 = Team Liquid
| mvp = {{nowrap|Rasmus "Caps" Winther
(G2 Esports)}}
| previous = 2018
| next = 2021
}}
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.
Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues sent a team to represent them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in the Play-in Stage, with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage.{{cite web|title=2019 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview|url=https://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/msi-2019-heads-to-vietnam-and-chinese-taipei|website=lolesports |accessdate=22 January 2019|date=25 April 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/MSI-2019-Format-Summary|title=MSI 2019 Format Summary|date=2018-04-23|work=lolesports|access-date=2018-04-25|language=en-GB}}
"Bring Home The Glory" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Sara Skinner.{{cite news |title=Riot Games releases theme song for MSI 2019|url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/riot-games-releases-theme-song-for-msi-2019|work=DotEsports|date=18 April 2019|access-date=25 March 2022}}
The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei.
G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.
Qualified teams
The total number of participating regions decreased in 2019, from 14 last year to 13, due to the merger of two professional leagues, the North ({{Abbr|LLN|Liga Latinoamérica Norte}}) and the South ({{Abbr|CLS|Copa Latinoamérica Sur}}) of Latin America into a single league (LLA). The format was based on the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.
Because of the Regional success in MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) began in the main Group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Losing teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.
| class="wikitable"
!Region !League !ID |
| colspan="4" |Start from Main event's Group stage |
|---|
| China
| title="League of Legends Pro League" |LPL |IG |
| Europe
| title="League of Legends European Championship" |LEC |G2 |
| South Korea
| title="League of Legends Champion Korea" |LCK |SKT |
| colspan="4" |Start from Play-in stage round 2 |
| North America
| title="League of Legends Championship Series" |LCS |TL |
| title="Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau" |TW/HK/MO
| title="League of Legends Master Series" |LMS |FW |
| colspan="4" |Start from Play-in stage round 1 |
| Vietnam
| title="Vietnam Championship Series" |VCS |PVB |
| Brazil
| title="Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends" |CBLOL |INTZ e-Sports |ITZ |
| title="Commonwealth of Independent States" |CIS
| title="League of Legends Continental League" |LCL |VEG |
| Japan
| title="League of Legends Japan League" |LJL |DFM |
| Latin America
| title="Liga Latinoamérica" |LLA |ISG |
| Oceania
| title="Oceanic Pro League" |OPL |BMR |
| Southeast Asia
| title="League of Legends SEA Tour" |LST |MG |
| Turkey
| title="Turkish Championship League" |TCL |FB |
Venues
Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | Vietnam ! rowspan="2" | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Ho Chi Minh City |
|---|
| Play-in Stage
|Group Stage |Play-off Stage |
| VCS Studio (GG Stadium)
|Heping Basketball Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 120
|Capacity: 3,700 |Capacity: 6,958 |
| | File:Vietnam national convention center.jpg
| 150px |
| colspan="2" |{{Location map+|Vietnam|float=center|width=200|places={{location map~ |Vietnam |lat=21.023472 |long=105.773262 |label=Hanoi |position=left}}
{{location map~ |Vietnam |lat=10.760659 |long=106.663320|label=Ho Chi Minh City |position=right}}|caption=}} !{{Location map+|Taiwan|float=center|width=300|places={{Location map~ |Taiwan|lat=25.066667 |long=121.516667 |label=Taipei |position=bottom}}|caption=}} |
Play-in stage
= Groups =
Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group.{{cite web|title=Bracket|url=https://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/msi-2019-play-in-draw-show-results|website=lolesports|accessdate=25 April 2019}} Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.
{{stack begin|float=left|margin=true}}
;Group A
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom
|num_cols=4
|colstyle1=pld
|colstyle2=win
|colstyle3=loss
|colstyle4=pct
| update = complete | source = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Rock Paper Shotgun]
| team1= PVB | name_PVB = Phong Vũ Buffalo
| team2= FEN | name_FEN = 1907 Fenerbahçe
| team3= BMB | name_BMB = Bombers
| team4= IG | name_IG = Isurus Gaming
| win_PVB = 5 | loss_PVB = 2
| win_FEN = 4 | loss_FEN = 3
| win_BMB = 2 | loss_BMB = 4
| win_IG = 2 | loss_IG = 4
| result1 = PK
| res_col_header = Q
| col_PK = green1 | text_PK = Advance to Play-In Knockouts
}}
{{stack end}}
{{stack begin|float=left}}
;Group B
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom
|num_cols=4
|colstyle1=pld
|colstyle2=win
|colstyle3=loss
|colstyle4=pct
| update = complete | source = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Rock Paper Shotgun]
| team1= VS | name_VS = Vega Squadron
| team2= DFM | name_DFM = DetonatioN FocusMe
| team3= MEG | name_MEG = MEGA Esports
| team4= INT | name_INT = INTZ eSports
| win_VS = 5 | loss_VS = 1
| win_DFM = 4 | loss_DFM = 2
| win_MEG = 2 | loss_MEG = 4
| win_INT = 1 | loss_INT = 5
| result1 = PK
| res_col_header = Q
| col_PK = green1 | text_PK = Advance to Play-In Knockouts
}}
{{stack end}}
{{clear}}
= Knockouts =
Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.
Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.
VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.
{{4TeamBracket-Info|losernext=y
| boldwinner = high
| RD1 = Round 2
| RD2 = Round 3
| RD1-text1 = Winner to Group Stage
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = Team Liquid
| RD1-score1 = 3
| RD1-seed2 = A1
| RD1-team2 = Phong Vũ Buffalo
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-text2 = Winner to Group Stage
| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = Flash Wolves
| RD1-score3 = 3
| RD1-seed4 = B1
| RD1-team4 = Vega Squadron
| RD1-score4 = 1
| RD2-text1 = Winner to Group Stage
| RD2-team1 = Phong Vũ Buffalo
| RD2-score1 = 3
| RD2-team2 = Vega Squadron
| RD2-score2 = 2
}}
{{resize|Source: [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Rock Paper Shotgun]}}
Group stage
Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom
|num_cols=4
|colstyle1=pld
|colstyle2=win
|colstyle3=loss
|colstyle4=pct
| update = complete | source = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Rock Paper Shotgun]
| team1= INV | name_INV = Invictus Gaming
| team2= SKT | name_SKT = SK Telecom T1
| team3= G2 | name_G2 = G2 Esports
| team4= LT | name_LT = Team Liquid
| team5= FW | name_FW = Flash Wolves
| team6= PVB | name_PVB = Phong Vũ Buffalo
| win_INV = 9 | loss_INV = 1
| win_SKT = 7 | loss_SKT = 3
| win_G2 = 5 | loss_G2 = 5
| win_LT = 4 | loss_LT = 6
| win_FW = 3 | loss_FW = 7
| win_PVB = 2 | loss_PVB = 8
| result1 = KO | result2 = KO | result3 = KO | result4 = KO
| res_col_header = Q
| col_KO = green1 | text_KO = Advance to Knockout Stage
}}
Knockout stage
File:G2 Esports lifting the 2019 MSI Trophy.jpg
- 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (IG chose TL).
- Single elimination, matches are best-of-five
{{4TeamBracket-Info
| boldwinner = high
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = Invictus Gaming
| RD1-score1 = 1
| RD1-seed2 = 4
| RD1-team2 = Team Liquid
| RD1-score2 = 3
| RD1-seed3 = 2
| RD1-team3 = SK Telecom T1
| RD1-score3 = 2
| RD1-seed4 = 3
| RD1-team4 = G2 Esports
| RD1-score4 = 3
| RD2-seed1 =
| RD2-team1 = Team Liquid
| RD2-score1 = 0
| RD2-seed2 =
| RD2-team2 = G2 Esports
| RD2-score2 = 3
}}
{{resize|Source: [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Rock Paper Shotgun]}}
= Semifinals =
{{Esports match
| match = Semifinals | date = May 17 | year = 2019 | time = 11:00 UTC
| team1 = Invictus Gaming | team1score = 1
| team2 = Team Liquid | team2score = 3
| map1 = Game 1 | map1team1score = 0 | map1team2score = 1
| map2 = Game 2 | map2team1score = 0 | map2team2score = 1
| map3 = Game 3 | map3team1score = 1 | map3team2score = 0
| map4 = Game 4 | map4team1score = 0 | map4team2score = 1
| recap = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Source] | location = Taipei, Taiwan | stadium = Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | host = }}
{{Esports match
| match = Semifinals | date = May 18 | year = 2019 | time = 08:00 UTC
| team1 = SK Telecom T1 | team1score = 2
| team2 = G2 Esports | team2score = 3
| map1 = Game 1 | map1team1score = 1 | map1team2score = 0
| map2 = Game 2 | map2team1score = 0 | map2team2score = 1
| map3 = Game 3 | map3team1score = 1 | map3team2score = 0
| map4 = Game 4 | map4team1score = 0 | map4team2score = 1
| map5 = Game 5 | map5team1score = 0 | map5team2score = 1
| recap = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Source] | location = Taipei, Taiwan | stadium = Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | host =
| final_in_list=yes}}
= Finals =
{{Esports match
| match = Final | date = May 19 | year = 2019 | time = 08:00 UTC
| team1 = Team Liquid | team1score = 0
| team2 = G2 Esports | team2score = 3
| map1 = Game 1 | map1team1score = 0 | map1team2score = 1
| map2 = Game 2 | map2team1score = 0 | map2team2score = 1
| map3 = Game 3 | map3team1score = 0 | map3team2score = 1
| recap = [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-msi-2019-guide-teams-schedule-and-results#results Source] | location = Taipei, Taiwan | stadium = Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | host =
| final_in_list=yes}}
Ranking
(*) Not including tie-break games.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap;"
!Place !Region !Teams !PS1 !PS2 !PS3 !GS !SF !Final |
| style="background-color: gold;" |1st
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends European Championship" |LEC | style="text-align: left;" |G2 Esports | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|5–5 | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–2 | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–0 |
| style="background-color: silver;" |2nd
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Championship Series" |LCS | style="text-align: left;" |Team Liquid | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–0 | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|4–6 | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–1 | style="background-color:#fcc"|0–3 |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: #c96;" |3rd–4th
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Champion Korea" |LCK | style="text-align: left;" |SK Telecom T1 | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|7–3 | style="background-color:#fcc"|2–3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Pro League" |LPL
| style="text-align: left;" |Invictus Gaming | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|9–1 | style="background-color:#fcc"|1–3 | |
| 5th
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Master Series" |LMS | style="text-align: left;" |Flash Wolves | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–1 | style="background-color:#cfc"| | style="background-color:#fcc"|3–7 | | |
| 6th
| style="text-align: left;" title="Vietnam Championship Series" |VCS | style="text-align: left;" |Phong Vũ Buffalo* | style="background-color:#cfc"|4–2 | style="background-color:#efa"|0–3 | style="background-color:#cfc"|3–2 | style="background-color:#fcc"|2–8 | | |
| 7th
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Continental League" |LCL | style="text-align: left;" |Vega Squadron | style="background-color:#cfc"|5–1 | style="background-color:#efa"|1–3 | style="background-color:#fcc"|2–3 | | | |
| rowspan="2" |8th–9th
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends Japan League" |LJL | style="text-align: left;" |DetonatioN FocusMe | style="background-color:#fcc" |4–2 | | | | | |
| style="text-align: left;" title="Turkish Championship League" |TCL
| style="text-align: left;" |1907 Fenerbahçe* | style="background-color:#fcc" |4–2 | | | | | |
| rowspan="3" |10th–12th
| style="text-align: left;" title="Liga LatinoAmérica" |LLA | style="text-align: left;" |Isurus Gaming | style="background-color:#fcc" |2–4 | | | | | |
| style="text-align: left;" title="Oceanic Pro League" |OPL
| style="text-align: left;" |Bombers | style="background-color:#fcc" |2–4 | | | | | |
| style="text-align: left;" title="League of Legends SEA Tour" |LST
| style="text-align: left;" |MEGA Esports | style="background-color:#fcc" |2–4 | | | | | |
| 13th
| style="text-align: left;" title="Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends" |CBLOL | style="text-align: left;" |INTZ e-Sports | style="background-color:#fcc" |1–5 | | | | | |
References
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