2015 League of Legends World Championship

The 2015 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 1 to 31 in various cities across Europe: the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris, France; the quarterfinals at the Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament.[2] There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch, YouTube and Azubu in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for British IP addresses only. A peak of around 14 million concurrent viewers watched the finals, according to official sources.

League of Legends World Championship
2015
Tournament information
LocationFrance
England
Belgium
Germany
DatesOctober 1–October 31
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)
4 (in 4 host cities)
Teams16
Purse$2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31)
Final positions
ChampionSK Telecom T1
Runner-upKOO Tigers
Tournament statistics
Matches played73
MVPJang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan (SK Telecom T1)[1]

Teams

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[3]

Region League Path Team ID Pool
Europe EU LCS Summer Champion Europe Fnatic FNC 1
Most Championship Points Europe H2k-Gaming H2K 2
Regional Finals Winner Europe Origen OG 3
China LPL Most Championship Points China LGD Gaming LGD 1
Regional Finals 1st-place China EDward Gaming EDG 2
Regional Finals 2nd-place China Invictus Gaming IG
North America NA LCS Summer Champion United States Counter Logic Gaming CLG 1
Most Championship Points United States Team SoloMid TSM 2
Regional Finals Winner United States Cloud9 C9 3
South Korea LCK Summer Champion South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 1
Most Championship Points South Korea KOO Tigers KOO 2
Regional Finals Winner South Korea KT Rolster KT
TW/HK/MO LMS Summer Champion Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club AHQ 2
Regional Finals Winner Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Wildcard Brazil CBLOL IWCT CBLOL Winter Champion
►IWCT Chile Winner
Brazil paiN Gaming PNG 3
Southeast Asia GPL GPL Regional Finals Winner
►IWCT Turkey Winner
Thailand Bangkok Titans BKT 3

Rosters

Team Players
ID Name Role
Europe
Europe Fnatic

South Korea Huni
South Korea Reignover
Netherlands Febiven
Sweden Rekkles
France YellOwStaR
Spain Deilor

Heo Seung-hoon (허승훈)
Kim Yeu-jin (김의진)
Fabian Diepstraten
Martin Larsson
Bora Kim
Luis Sevilla Petit

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

Europe H2k-Gaming

Romania Odoamne
France loulex
South Korea Ryu
Sweden Hjärnan
United Kingdom kaSing
United States PR0LLY

Andrei Pascu
Jean-Victor Burgevin
Yoo Sang-ook (유상욱)
Petter Freyschuss
Raymond Tsang
Neil Hammad

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

Europe Origen

France sOAZ
Germany Amazing
Spain xPeke
Denmark Zven
Spain Mithy
United States Hermit

Paul Boyer
Maurice Stückenschneider
Enrique Cedeño Martínez
Jesper Svenningsen
Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez
Tadayoshi Littleton

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

China
China EDward Gaming

Hong Kong AmazingJ
China Koro1
China ClearLove
South Korea PawN
South Korea Deft
China Meiko
China Aaron

Shek Wai Ho (石偉豪)
Tong Yang (童扬)
Ming Kai (明凯)
Heo Won-seok (허원석)
Kim Hyuk-kyu (김혁규)
Tian Ye (田野)
Ji Xing (姬星)

Top
Top (Sub)
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

China Invictus Gaming

China Zzitai
South Korea KaKAO
South Korea RooKie
China Kid
China Time
China Kitties
South Korea Mafa

Liu Zhi-Hao (刘志豪)
Lee Byung-kwon (이병권)
Song Eui-jin (송의진)
Ge Yan (葛炎)
Tang Jin-Tai (唐金泰)
Liu Hong-Jun (刘洪均)
Won Sang-yeon (원상연)

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
AD (Sub)
Support
Coach

China LGD Gaming

South Korea Acorn
South Korea Flame
China TBQ
China GODV
South Korea Imp
China Pyl
Taiwan FireFox

Choi Cheon-ju (최천주)
Lee Ho-jong (이호종)
Zhu Yong-Quan (朱永权)
Wei Zhen (韦朕)
Gu Seung-bin (구승빈)
Chen Bo (陈博)
Huang Ting-Hsiang (黄鼎翔)

Top
Top (Sub)
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

North America
United States Cloud9

United States Balls
United States Hai
Denmark Incarnati0n
United States Sneaky
United States LemonNation
United States Bubbadub

An Le
Hai Du Lam
Nicolaj Jensen
Zachary Scuderi
Daerek Hart
Royce Newcomb

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

United States Counter Logic Gaming

Canada ZionSpartan
United States Xmithie
United States Pobelter
United States Doublelift
United States Aphromoo
United States Zikz

Darshan Upadhyaha
Jake Puchero
Eugene Park
Yiliang Peng
Zaqueri Black
Tony Gray

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

United States Team SoloMid

United States Dyrus
Denmark Santorin
Denmark Bjergsen
Canada WildTurtle
South Korea Lustboy
South Korea Locodoco

Marcus Hill
Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen
Søren Bjerg
Jason Tran
Ham Jang-sik (함장식)
Choi Yoon-sub (최윤섭)

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

South Korea
South Korea KOO Tigers

South Korea Smeb
South Korea Hojin
South Korea KurO
South Korea PraY
South Korea GorillA
South Korea NoFe

Song Kyung-ho (송경호)
Lee Ho-jin (이호진)
Lee Seo-haeng (이서행)
Kim Jong-in (김종인)
Kang Beom-hyeon (강범현)
Jeong No-chul (정노철)

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

South Korea KT Rolster

South Korea Ssumday
South Korea Score
South Korea Nagne
South Korea Arrow
South Korea Piccaboo
South Korea ZanDarC

Kim Chan-ho (김찬호)
Go Dong-bin (고동빈)
Kim Sang-moon (김상문)
Noh Dong-hyeon (노동현)
Lee Jong-beom (이종범)
Oh Chang-jong (오창종)

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

South Korea SK Telecom T1

South Korea MaRin
South Korea bengi
South Korea Faker
South Korea Easyhoon
South Korea Bang
South Korea Wolf
South Korea kKoma

Jang Gyeong-hwan (장경환)
Bae Seong-ung (배성웅)
Lee Sang-hyeok (이상혁)
Lee Ji-hoon (이지훈)
Bae Jun-sik (배준식)
Lee Jae-wan (이재완)
Kim Jeong-gyun (김정균)

Top
Jungle
Mid
Mid (Sub)
AD
Support
Coach

Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau
Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club

Taiwan Ziv
Taiwan Mountain
Taiwan westdoor
Taiwan AN
Taiwan Albis
Taiwan Backstairs

Chen Yi (陳奕)
Xue Zhao-Hong (薛兆鴻)
Liu Shu-Wei (劉書瑋)
Chou Chun-An (周俊諳)
Kang Chia-Wei (康家維)
Chen Yan-fu (陳彥甫)

Top laner
Jungle
Mid
AD carry
Support
Coach

Taiwan Flash Wolves

Taiwan Steak
Taiwan Karsa
Taiwan Maple
South Korea Kkramer
Taiwan NL
Taiwan SwordArt
Taiwan Fluidwind

Chou Lu-Hsi (周律希)
Hung Hau-Hsuan (洪浩軒)
Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠)
Ha Jong-hun (하종훈)
Hsiung Wen-An (熊汶銨)
Hu Shuo-Jie (胡碩傑)
Chen Ju-Chih (陳如治)

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
AD
Support
Coach

Wildcard
Brazil paiN Gaming

Brazil Mylon
Brazil SirT
Brazil Kami
Brazil brTT
France Dioud
Brazil MiT

Matheus Borges
Thúlio Carlos
Gabriel Santos
Felipe Gonçalves
Hugo Padioleau
Gabriel Souza

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

Thailand Bangkok Titans

Thailand WarL0cK
Thailand 007x
Thailand G4
Thailand Lloyd
Thailand Moss
Thailand Cabbage

Pawat Ampaporn
Chayut Suebka
Nuttapong Menkasikan
Juckkirsts Kongubon
Sorawat Boonphrom
Akarawat Wangsawat

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD
Support
Coach

Venues

Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin were the four cities chosen to host the competition.

Paris, France London, England, UK
Group Stage Quarterfinals
Le Dock Pullman Wembley Arena
Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 12,500
Brussels, Belgium Berlin, Germany
Semifinals Final
Brussels Expo Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 17,000

Group stage

The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman, Paris and concluded on October 11.[3] In Group B, ahq e-Sports Club and Cloud9 both ended in a 3–3 tie, resulting in a tiebreaker won by ahq e-Sports Club to win second place in the group.

Group A

# Team Record ~ FW KOO PNG CLG
1 Taiwan Flash Wolves 4–2 FW ~ 2–0 1–1 1–1
2 South Korea KOO Tigers 4–2 KOO 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0
3 Brazil paiN Gaming 2–4 PNG 1–1 0–2 ~ 1-1
United States Counter Logic Gaming 2–4 CLG 1–1 0–2 1-1 ~

Group B

# Team Record ~ FNC AHQ C9 IG Tie-Break
1 Europe Fnatic 4–2 FNC ~ 1–1 1–1 2–0
2 Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club 3–3 AHQ 1–1 ~ 1–1 1–1 Win
3 United States Cloud9 3–3 C9 1–1 1–1 ~ 1–1 Loss
4 China Invictus Gaming 2–4 IG 0–2 1–1 1–1 ~

Group C

# Team Record ~ SKT EDG H2K BKT
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 6–0 SKT ~ 2–0 2–0 2–0
2 China EDward Gaming 4–2 EDG 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0
3 Europe H2k-Gaming 2–4 H2K 0–2 0–2 ~ 2–0
4 Thailand Bangkok Titans 0–6 BKT 0–2 0–2 0–2 ~

Group D

# Team Record ~ KT OG LGD TSM
1 South Korea KT Rolster 5–1 KT ~ 1–1 2–0 2–0
2 Europe Origen 4–2 OG 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0
3 China LGD Gaming 2–4 LGD 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1
4 United States Team SoloMid 1–5 TSM 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~

Knockout stage

Wembley Arena stage during the Flash Wolves versus Origen game

The bracket stage started on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London, continued to Brussels Expo in Brussels, and concluded on October 31 with the grand finals hosted in Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.[4] The knockout stage has been streamed on BBC Three,[5] while the final will be streamed on ESPN3.[6] The bracket stage is played in a best of 5 format. In the grand final, SK Telecom T1 beat KOO Tigers 3 to 1, dropping their only game of the whole tournament.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 October – Wembley Arena
 
 
Taiwan Flash Wolves 1
 
24 October – Brussels Expo
 
Europe Origen 3
 
Europe Origen 0
 
16 October – Wembley Arena
 
South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
 
South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
 
31 October – Mercedes-Benz Arena
 
Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club 0
 
South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
 
17 October – Wembley Arena
 
South Korea KOO Tigers 1
 
Europe Fnatic 3
 
25 October – Brussels Expo
 
China EDward Gaming 0
 
Europe Fnatic 0
 
18 October – Wembley Arena
 
South Korea KOO Tigers 3
 
South Korea KT Rolster 1
 
 
South Korea KOO Tigers 3
 

Final standings

Players for SK Telecom T1 holding the championship trophy
Place Team Prize money[7]
1st South Korea SK Telecom T1 $1,000,000
2nd South Korea KOO Tigers $250,000
3rd–4th Europe Fnatic $150,000
Europe Origen
5–8th Taiwan ahq e-Sports Club $75,000
China EDward Gaming
Taiwan Flash Wolves
South Korea KT Rolster
9–11th United States Cloud9 $45,000
Europe H2k-Gaming
China LGD Gaming
12–13th Brazil paiN Gaming $35,000
United States Counter Logic Gaming
14–16th Thailand Bangkok Titans $25,000
China Invictus Gaming
United States Team SoloMid

Viewership numbers

The final was expected to have over 30 million people streaming it online.[8] The finals were watched by 36 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14 million viewers.[9]

Controversies

Obscenity incident

During the final day of the group stage in Paris, Cloud9's Hai "Hai" Lam made an obscene gesture towards an opponent while on stage. Hai was fined €500.[10]

Technical issues

In game 2 of the quarterfinals between Fnatic and EDward Gaming, an in-game bug occurred to Fnatic's Kim "Reignover" Ui-Jin which prevented the game from continuing, forcing the game to be remade from scratch. EDG lost 0–3 to FNC, but because the remade of game 2, in which FNC had an advantage over EDG, EDG was taunted "lost 0–4 in a BO5" in China. After investigating the issue, Riot Games chose to disable Gragas, the champion Reignover was playing, for the rest of the tournament, along with Lux and Ziggs, champions who were deemed susceptible to the same issue.[11]

Notes

    References

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    3. Fields, Frank (September 7, 2015). "Everything you need to know about the 2015 World Championship". Retrieved September 15, 2015.
    4. "2015 World Championship Venues | LoL Esports". Retrieved April 9, 2015.
    5. Ward, Mark (October 16, 2015). "League of Legends makes global gains". BBC. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
    6. "Team CLG Gets Focused - League of Legends Finals - ESPN".
    7. "2015 World Championship Rules" (PDF). Riot Games. July 7, 2015. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
    8. Ramgobin, Ryan (October 30, 2015). "SKT rises above KOO Tigers 3–1 to become the 2015 World Champion". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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