| 2022 Mid-Season Invitational | |
| Sport: | League of Legends |
| Location: | South Korea |
| Start Date: | 10 May |
| End Date: | 29 May |
| Administrator: | Riot Games |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Champions: | Royal Never Give Up |
| Runners-Up1: | T1 |
| Runner-Up2: | --> |
| Mvp: | Yan "Wei" Yangwei (Royal Never Give Up) |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational was the seventh Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Gamesorganised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2022 Spring Split and the first interregional competition of Season 12.
11 of the 12 premier League of Legends leagues had a team representing them; the LCL was not participating due to the Spring Split being cancelled as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The competition continued the same format that was introduced during MSI 2021. The minimum prize pool was 250,000.
"Set It Off" was the tournament's theme song, put together by DPR Live, and DPR Cline.[1]
The tournament was hosted in Busan, South Korea, from 10 to 29 May 2022. The Group Stage was held in the Busan Esports Arena,[2] while the Rumble Stage and Knockout Stage was held in the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) Exhibition Hall 1 in Busan.[3] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, the qualified team from LPL competed remotely from China, in the team's training facility.[4]
Defending champion Royal Never Give Up from China defeated T1 from South Korea 3–2 in the final, winning their third MSI title.[5]
Teams from 11 regions competed in the Group Stage, the Rumble Stage, and the Knockout Stage, similar to the format used in the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.[6]
All teams were drawn into three groups, with two of the groups having four teams and one group with three teams. All matches was a best-of-one double round robin.
The top two teams from each group competed in the Rumble Stage. The matches was a best-of-one double round robin.
The top four teams advanced to the Knockout Stage. The matches was a best-of-one single elimination.
Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the LCL Spring Split had been cancelled, and the CIS region therefore could not participate in the tournament.[7]
| Region | League | Teams | ID | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | LPL | Royal Never Give Up | RNG | 1 |
| Europe | LEC | G2 Esports | G2 | |
| South Korea | LCK | T1 | T1 | |
| North America | LCS | Evil Geniuses | EG | 2 |
| TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | PSG Talon | PSG | |
| Vietnam | VCS | Saigon Buffalo | SGB | |
| Latin America | LLA | Team Aze | AZE | 3 |
| Turkey | TCL | Istanbul Wildcats | IW | |
| Brazil | CBLOL | RED Canids | RED | 4 |
| Japan | LJL | DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM | |
| Oceania | LCO | ORDER | ORD |
Busan was the city chosen to host the competition. The Group Stage was held at the, while the Rumble Stage and Knockout Stage was held at the BEXCO.
(*) Not including tie-break games.
| Place | League | Team | GS | RS | SF | Final | Prize (USD)[10] | Prize (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | LPL | Royal Never Give Up | 6–0 | 8–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | $75,000 | 30% |
| 2nd | LCK | T1 | 6–0 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | $50,000 | 20% |
| 3rd–4th | LEC | G2 Esports | 8–0 | 5–5 | 0–3 | $25,000 | 10% | |
| LCS | Evil Geniuses | 4–4 | 5–5 | 0–3 | ||||
| 5th | PCS | PSG Talon | 3–3 | 3–7 | $17,500 | 7% | ||
| 6th | VCS | Saigon Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–8 | ||||
| 7th–8th | CBLOL | RED Canids | 2–4 | $8,325 | 3.33% | |||
| LCO | ORDER | 0–8 | ||||||
| 9th–10th | LJL | DetonatioN FocusMe | 1–5 | $6,675 | 2.67% | |||
| LLA | Team Aze | 1–5 | ||||||
| 11th | TCL | Istanbul Wildcats | 1–5 | $5,000 | 2% |