| Season 1 World Championship | |
| Sport: | League of Legends |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Location: | Jönköping, Sweden |
| Start Date: | June 18 |
| End Date: | 20, 2011 |
| Administrator: | Riot Games |
| Host: | DreamHack |
| Venues: | Elmia |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Purse: | [1] |
| Champion: | Fnatic |
| Runner-Up1: | Against All Authority |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Mvp: | Maciej "Shushei" Ratuszniak[2] |
| Next: | 2012 |
The League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, held from June 18 to 20, 2011, in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was won by Fnatic, who defeated Against All Authority 2–1 in the final.
League of Legends released in 2009, and after two years, it had built a strong community of players around its free-to-play model. However, the game lacked a full competitive experience until the introduction of ranked play and draft mode in mid-2010. Initially, only a handful of people at Riot believed in the future of competitive play, but as data suggested a growing viewership, the company decided to test the competitive landscape, organizing the first World Championship tournament in 2011, hosted by DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden. Players brought their own computers, networked them together, and competed in front of fans.[3]
Eight teams qualified for the World Championship: three from North America, three from Europe, one from Singapore, and one from the Philippines.[4]
| Region | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | Against All Authority | |
| Gamed!de | ||
| Fnatic | ||
| North America | Team SoloMid | |
| Epik Gaming | ||
| Counter Logic Gaming | ||
| Singapore | Xan | |
| Philippines | Team Pacific |
Jönköping was selected as the host city for the World Championship.[5]
| Jönköping, Sweden | ||
|---|---|---|
| Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre | ||
| Capacity: 2,000 | ||
| Place | Team | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fnatic | $50,000 | |
| 2 | Against All Authority | $25,000 | |
| 3 | Team SoloMid | $10,000 | |
| 4 | Epik Gaming | $7,000 | |
| 5 | Counter Logic Gaming | $3,500 | |
| 6 | Gamed | de | $2,000 |
| 7–8 | Team Pacific | $1,000 | |
| Xan |
The Season One World Championship accumulated over 1.6million viewers and peaked at 210,000 concurrent viewers.[6]