2017 Mid-Season Invitational

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]

2017 Mid-Season Invitational
The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationBrazil
Dates28 April–21 May
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue(s)CBLOL Studio
(São Paulo, Play-in stage)
Jeunesse Arena
(Rio de Janeiro, Main Event)
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsSK Telecom T1
Runner-upG2 Esports
MVPLee "Wolf" Jae-wan
(SK Telecom T1)

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

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified team

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.

Region League Team ID
Start in Main Group stage
China LPL China Team WE WE
Europe EU LCS Europe G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start in Play-in round 2
North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid TSM
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Start in Play-in round 1
Brazil CBLOL Brazil RED Canids RED
CIS LCL Russia Virtus.pro VP
Japan LJL Japan Rampage RPG
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN
Latin America South CLS Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves DW
Vietnam►Southeast Asia VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive eSports SUP

Venues

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

 Brazil
São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Play-in Stage Main Event
CBLoL Studio Jeunesse Arena
Capacity: Capacity: 15,430

Play-In Stage

Round 1

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

Draw

Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group.

Pool 1 Pool 2
Brazil RED Canids Argentina Isurus Gaming
Russia Virtus.pro Mexico Lyon Gaming
Turkey SuperMassive eSports Japan Rampage
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines Australia Dire Wolves

Group A

# Team ~ SUP RED DW RPG W L
1Turkey SuperMassive eSports SUP ~ 1–1 2–0 2–0 5 1
2Brazil RED Canids RED 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 2
3Australia Dire Wolves DW 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1 2 4
4Japan Rampage RPG 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1 5

Group B

# Team ~ GAM LYN VP ISG W L
1Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM ~ 2–0 1–1 2–0 5 1
2Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0 4 2
3Russia Virtus.pro VP 1–1 0–2 ~ 1–1 2 4
4Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1 5

Round 2

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

Round 2
  
United States Team SoloMid 3
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 2
Taiwan Flash Wolves 3
Turkey SuperMassive eSports 0

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]

Round 3
   
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3
Turkey SuperMassive eSports 1

Group stage

# Team ~ SKT WE G2 FW TSM GAM W L
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT ~ 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 8 2
2 China Team WE WE 1–1 ~ 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 7 3
3 Europe G2 Esports[upper-alpha 1] G2 0–2 0–2 ~ 2–0 1–1 1–1 4 6
4 Taiwan Flash Wolves[upper-alpha 2] FW 1–1 0–2 0–2 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 6
5 United States Team SoloMid[upper-alpha 2] TSM 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 ~ 1–1 4 6
6 Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 ~ 3 7
4th-place tie-break Match
   
Taiwan Flash Wolves Win
United States Team SoloMid Loss
Notes
  1. After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3–1) against the other two teams.
  2. Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.

Knockout stage

  • The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
  • All matches are Best-of-five.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 19
 
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 21
 
Taiwan Flash Wolves 0
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 20
 
Europe G2 Esports 1
 
China Team WE 1
 
 
Europe G2 Esports 3
 

Ranking

Place Region League Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 8–2 3–0 3–1
2nd Europe EU LCS Europe G2 Esports 4–6 3–1 1–3
3rd–4th China LPL China Team WE 7–3 1–3
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves 3–1 4–6 0–3
5th North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid 3–2 4–6
6th Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 5–1 2–3 3–1 3–7
7th Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive e-Sports 5–1 0–3 1–3
8–9th Brazil CBLOL Brazil RED Canids 4–2
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming 4–2
10–11th CIS LCL Russia Virtus.pro 2–4
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves 2–4
12–13th Japan LJL Japan Rampage 1–5
Latin America South CLS Argentina Isurus Gaming 1–5

References

  1. "What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. "2017 MSI Play-In". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. "Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL". mycnb.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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