2017 Mid-Season Invitational Explained

2017 Mid-Season Invitational
Sport:League of Legends
Location:Brazil
Start Date:28 April
End Date:21 May
Administrator:Riot Games
Venues:CBLOL Studio
(São Paulo, Play-in stage)
Jeunesse Arena
(Rio de Janeiro, Main Event)
Teams:13
Champions:SK Telecom T1
Mvp:
(SK Telecom T1)
Previous:2016

The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) tournament, hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), 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 a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[1]

SK Telecom T1 from South Korea successfully defended their championship from the previous year, defeating G2 Esports 3–1 in the final.

Qualified teams

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group stage, 2 teams from North America (NA LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) are started in Play-in round 2, and instead of the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational in 2015–2016, 8 teams from Wildcard regions are started in Play-in round 1.

RegionLeagueTeamID
Start in Main Group stage
ChinaLPLTeam WEWE
EuropeEU LCSG2 EsportsG2
South KoreaLCKSK Telecom T1SKT
Start in Play-in round 2
North AmericaNA LCSTeam SoloMidTSM
Taiwan/Hong Kong/MacauLMSFlash WolvesFW
Start in Play-in round 1
BrazilCBLOLRED CanidsRED
CISLCLVirtus.proVP
JapanLJLRampageRPG
Latin America NorthLLNLyon GamingLYN
Latin America SouthCLSIsurus GamingISG
OceaniaOPLDire WolvesDW
Vietnam►Southeast AsiaVCS►GPLGIGABYTE MarinesGAM
TurkeyTCLSuperMassive eSportsSUP

Venues

São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

Brazil
São PauloRio de Janeiro
Play-in StageMain Event
CBLoL StudioJeunesse Arena
Capacity: Capacity: 15,430

Play-In Stage

Groups

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[2]

Group A
  • Group B
  • Knockouts

    Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

    GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3–1. GPL of Southeast Asia gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage for Summer Split Runner-up at 2017 World Championship.[3]

    Knockout stage

    Ranking

    PlaceLeagueTeamsPS1PS2PS3GSSFFinal
    1stLCKSK Telecom T18–23–03–1
    2ndEU LCSG2 Esports4–63–11–3
    3rd–4thLPLTeam WE7–31–3
    LMSFlash Wolves3–14–60–3
    5thNA LCSTeam SoloMid3–24–6
    6thVCS►GPLGIGABYTE Marines5–12–33–13–7
    7thTCLSuperMassive e-Sports5–10–31–3
    8–9thCBLOLRED Canids4–2
    LLNLyon Gaming4–2
    10–11thLCLVirtus.pro2–4
    OPLDire Wolves2–4
    12–13thLJLRampage1–5
    CLSIsurus Gaming1–5

    Notes and References

    1. News: What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?. 10 May 2017. 24 April 2017.
    2. Web site: 2017 MSI Play-In. LoL Esports. 13 May 2017.
    3. Web site: Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL. mycnb.uol.com.br. 14 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170509043331/http://mycnb.uol.com.br/noticias/5529-marines-avanca-no-msi-e-garante-vaga-extra-no-mundial-para-a-gpl. 9 May 2017. dead.