Mid-Season Invitational 2019

• Overview
• Play-In
• Group Stage
• Knockout Stage
• Statistics
• Additional Content

[e][h]Mid-Season Invitational 2019

League Information

Series:

MSI

Organizer:

Riot Games

Sponsor:

MasterCard
Alienware
Secretlab

Game Version:

Patch 9.8

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Ho Chi Minh City
 Hanoi
 Taipei

Venue:

GG Stadium
National Convention Center
Heping Basketball Gymnasium

Number of Teams:

13

Prize pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-05-01

End Date:

2019-05-19

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Winners

 

 

 

 

Chronology

  MSI 2018

MSI 2020  

Upcoming Matches

Overview

The Mid-Season Invitational features the winners from 13 individual Riot leagues spring splits competing in the 5th annual tournament.

Format

• Play-In Group Stage - May 1st, 2nd & 5th in GG Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Two groups of four teams each, the Play-In Draw Show will take place on April 23, 2019 - 19:00 CST (4:00PDT)
    • by SwordArt & SofM
  • Bo1 Double round robin
  • The Winner of each group advances to Play-In Knockout
  • Each group contains two teams each from Pool 1 and Pool 2

• Pool 1: Turkey’s TCL, Vietnam’s VCS, Southeast Asia’s LST, and the Commonwealth of Independent States’ LCL
• Pool 2: Japan’s LJL, Latin America’s LLA, Brazil’s CBLOL, and Oceania’s OPL

• Play-In Knockout Stage - May 5th - 7th in GG Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Four teams, in the first round:
    • Winner of Group A against the team from LCS
    • Winner of Group B against the team from LMS
  • Bo5 Double elimination format
  • Three teams qualify for Group Stage
• Group Stage - May 10th - 14th in National Convention Center, Hanoi
  • Six teams: three from the Play-In Stage, three from LEC, LPL and LCK
  • Bo1 Double Round-Robin
  • Top 4 advanced to Knockout Stage

• Knockout Stage - May 17th - 19th in Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei
  • Four teams
  • Bo5 Single Elimination

Broadcast Talent

• English
• Korean
• Show All

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 25th, 2019.

• Hosts
  •  Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
  •  Dash (James Patterson)
  •  Spawn (Jake Tiberi)

• Analysts
  •  MarkZ (Mark Zimmerman)
  •  Deficio (Martin Lynge)

• Play-by-play Commentators
  •  Medic (Aaron Chamberlain)
  •  CaptainFlowers (Clayton Raines)
  •  Drakos (Daniel Drakos)
  •  Phreak (David Turley)
  •  Pastrytime (Julian Carr)
  •  Quickshot (Trevor Henry)
  •  Rivington (Rivington Bruce Bisland III)

• Color Commentators and Analysts
  •  Vedius (Andrew Day)
  •  Raz (Barento Mohammed)
  •  PapaSmithy (Christopher Smith)
  •  Froskurinn (Indiana Juniper Black)
  •  Azael (Isaac Cummings Bentley)
  •  Kobe (Sam Hartman-Kenzler)

• Play-by-play Commentators
  •  전용준 (Jeon Yong-jun)
  •  성승헌 (Seong Seung-heon)

• Color Commentators
  •  김동준 (Kim Dong-jun)
  •  CloudTemplar (Lee Hyun-woo)
  •  KangQui (Kang Seung-hyeon)

• Translator and Interviewer
  •  zeetwo (Park Jee-sun)

Prize Pool

The initial prize pool of the tournament is $1,000,000 USD. 25% of all revenue from Conqueror Alistar & 2019 Conqueror Ward skins will added to the total prize pool and 50% of revenue from team icons will go to their respective teams.

Place	$ USD	Percent	Team
1st	$400,000	40%	G2 Esports
2nd	$200,000	20%	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$100,000	10%	Invictus Gaming
			SK Telecom T1
5th	$50,000	5%	Flash Wolves
6th	$50,000	5%	Phong Vũ Buffalo
7th	$25,000	2.5%	Vega Squadron
8th-9th	$15,000	1.50%	1907 Fenerbahçe Esports
			DetonatioN FocusMe
10th	$12,500	1.25%	MEGA Esports
11th-12th	$11,250	1.125%	Bombers
			Isurus Gaming
13th	$10,000	1%	INTZ eSports

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Caps	G2 Esports

Tournament Awards

Group Stage MVP
Player	MVPs
Clid	4
Ning	3
Caps	2
JackeyLove	2
Meliodas	1
Palette	1
Rookie	1
TheShy	1
Xmithie	1

Knockout Stage MVP
Player	MVPs
Caps	3
CoreJJ	2
Clid	1
Doublelift	1
Faker	1
Jankos	1
Mikyx	1
Rookie	1
Wunder	1

Qualification

Event	Date	Teams in contention
Seeded into Play-In Groups
OPL Split 1 Champion	2019-01-18 – 2019-04-06	Bombers
LJL Spring Champion	2019-01-19 – 2019-04-13	DetonatioN FocusMe
VCS Spring Champion	2019-01-17 – 2019-04-13	Phong Vũ Buffalo
TCL Winter Champion	2019-01-19 – 2019-04-13	1907 Fenerbahçe Esports
CBLOL Summer Champion	2019-01-12 – 2019-04-13	INTZ eSports
LCL Spring Champion	2019-02-16 – 2019-04-14	Vega Squadron
LLA Opening Champion	2019-01-19 – 2019-04-20	Isurus Gaming
LST Spring Champion	2019-04-20 – 2019-04-21	MEGA Esports
Seeded into Play-In Knockout
LCS Spring Champion	2019-01-26 – 2019-04-13	Team Liquid
LMS Spring Champion	2019-01-20 – 2019-04-20	Flash Wolves
Seeded into Group Stage
LCK Spring Champion	2019-01-16 – 2019-04-13	SK Telecom T1
LEC Spring Champion	2019-01-18 – 2019-04-14	G2 Esports
LPL Spring Champion	2019-01-14 – 2019-04-21	Invictus Gaming

Participating Teams

Group Stage

G2 Esports

	Wunder
	Jankos
	Caps
	Perkz
	Mikyx
	DNP  promisq
Staff
A22nd

C	GrabbZ
Main Roster
A22nd

C	TBD
A22nd

LEC Spring

Invictus Gaming

	TheShy
	Duke
	Ning
	Rookie
	JackeyLove
	Baolan
Staff
Z8-

C	Karam
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

LPL Spring

SK Telecom T1

	Khan
	Clid
	DNP  Haru
	Faker
	Teddy
	Mata
Staff
A11st

C	kkOma
Main Roster
A11st

C	TBD
A11st

LCK Spring

Play-In Seed

Flash Wolves

	Hanabi
	Bugi
	DNP  Enso
	Rather
	Betty
	ShiauC
Staff
A33 - 4th

C	Sweet
Main Roster
A33 - 4th

C	TBD
A33 - 4th

LMS Spring

Team Liquid

	Impact
	Xmithie
	DNP  MikeYeung
	Jensen
	Doublelift
	CoreJJ
Staff
A55th

C	Cain
Main Roster
A55th

C	TBD
A55th

LCS Spring

1907 Fenerbahçe Esports

	Ruin
	Kirei
	Bolulu
	Hades
	Japone
	Only35
Staff
Z8-

C	Turkinator
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

TCL Winter

Bombers

	Mimic
	Balkhan
	DNP  Seb
	ry0ma
	FBI
	Rogue
Staff
Z8-

C	Westonway
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

OPL Split 1

DetonatioN FocusMe

	Evi
	Steal
	Ceros
	DNP  Ramune
	Yutapon
	Gaeng
Staff
Z8-

C	Kazu
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

LJL Spring

INTZ eSports

	Tay
	Shini
	Envy
	Mills
	RedBert
	DNP  BocaJR
Staff
Z8-

C	Maestro
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

CBLOL Summer

Isurus Gaming

	Buggax
	Oddie
	Seiya
	DNP  Emp
	Warangelus
	Slow
Staff
B212 - 13th

C	Pierre
Main Roster
B212 - 13th

C	TBD
B212 - 13th

LLA Opening

MEGA Esports

	Rockky
	DNP  WarL0cK
	Jjun
	G4
	Lloyd
	POP
Staff
Z8-

C	Bigfafa
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

LST Spring

Phong Vũ Buffalo

	Zeros
	Meliodas
	Xuhao
	Naul
	BigKoro
	Palette
Staff
Z8-

C	Ren
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

VCS Spring

Vega Squadron

	BOSS
	DNP  Razly
	AHaHaCiK
	Nomanz
	Gadget
	SaNTaS
Staff
Z8-

C	Invi
Main Roster
Z8-

C	TBD
Z8-

LCL Spring

Results

Play-In Group Stage

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Phong Vũ Buffalo					4-2
2.	1907 Fenerbahçe Esports					4-2
3.	Bombers					2-4
3.	Isurus Gaming					2-4

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	Vega Squadron					5-1
2.	DetonatioN FocusMe					4-2
3.	MEGA Esports					2-4
4.	INTZ eSports					1-5

 Click here for more information about the Play-In Group Stage matches.

Play-In Knockout Stage

Play-In Round 2

Team Liquid

3

Team Liquid

Phong Vũ Buffalo

May 6, 2019 - 17:00 KST

32:00

25:33

29:16

MVP: Impact

 · · 

Phong Vũ Buffalo

0

Flash Wolves

3

Flash Wolves

Vega Squadron

May 6, 2019 - 20:00 KST

41:54

24:48

32:01

32:22

MVPs: Betty, ShiauC

 · · 

Vega Squadron

1

Play-In Round 3

Phong Vũ Buffalo

3

Phong Vũ Buffalo

Vega Squadron

May 7, 2019 - 19:00 KST

27:06

32:07

28:46

29:18

41:33

MVPs: Palette, BigKoro, AHaHaCiK, AHaHaCiK

 · · 

Vega Squadron

2

Qualified for Group Stage

Team Liquid

Flash Wolves

Phong Vũ Buffalo

Group Stage

Group Stage Day 5 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
1.	Invictus Gaming					2-0
1.	Team Liquid					2-0
3.	G2 Esports					1-1
4.	SK Telecom T1					1-1
5.	Flash Wolves					0-2
5.	Phong Vũ Buffalo					0-2
1.	Invictus Gaming					4-0
2.	G2 Esports▲1					3-1
3.	SK Telecom T1▲1					2-2
3.	Team Liquid▼2					2-2
5.	Flash Wolves					1-3
6.	Phong Vũ Buffalo▼1					0-4
1.	Invictus Gaming					6-0
2.	G2 Esports					4-2
3.	SK Telecom T1					3-3
4.	Flash Wolves▲1					2-4
4.	Team Liquid▼1					2-4
6.	Phong Vũ Buffalo					1-5
1.	Invictus Gaming					8-0
2.	SK Telecom T1▲1					6-3
3.	G2 Esports▼1					5-3
4.	Team Liquid					3-6
5.	Flash Wolves▼1					2-6
6.	Phong Vũ Buffalo					1-7
1.	Invictus Gaming					9-1
2.	SK Telecom T1					7-3
3.	G2 Esports					5-5
4.	Team Liquid					4-6
5.	Flash Wolves					3-7
6.	Phong Vũ Buffalo					2-8

Show AggregateShow Individual

		0-1 May 11	0-1 May 12	1-0 May 14	0-1 May 13	0-1 May 10		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0
	1-0 May 13		0-1 May 13	0-1 May 14	1-0 May 10	1-0 May 11	2-0 1-0, 1-0		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1
	1-0 May 14	1-0 May 10		1-0 May 12	1-0 May 11	1-0 May 13	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0		2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0
	0-1 May 11	1-0 May 12	0-1 May 10		0-1 May 13	0-1 May 13	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1
	1-0 May 10	0-1 May 12	1-0 May 14	1-0 May 11		1-0 May 14	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0		2-0 1-0, 1-0
	0-1 May 12	1-0 May 14	0-1 May 11	1-0 May 10	0-1 May 12		1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1

 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches

Knockout Stage

Semifinals (Bo5)

Invictus Gaming

1

Invictus Gaming

Team Liquid

May 17, 2019 - 19:00 KST

41:05

32:42

33:06

33:23

MVPs: Doublelift, CoreJJ, Rookie, CoreJJ

 · · 

Team Liquid

3

SK Telecom T1

2

SK Telecom T1

G2 Esports

May 18, 2019 - 16:00 KST

24:40

31:21

34:36

35:00

30:36

MVPs: Faker, Caps, Clid, Jankos, Wunder

 · · 

G2 Esports

3

Finals (Bo5)

Team Liquid

0

Team Liquid

G2 Esports

May 19, 2019 - 16:00 KST

24:40

27:58

18:05

MVPs: Mikyx, Caps, Caps

 · · 

G2 Esports

3

Additional Data

Statistics

		Total				Blue Side				Red Side							Match Length (mins)
	Champion	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	Played By	Played With	Played Vs.	<25			25-30			30-35			35-40			40-45			>45
1	Galio	40	21	19	53%	19	11	8	58%	21	10	11	48%	6 (2-4) 5 (3-2) 5 (2-3) 4 (4-0) 4 (2-2)	14 (6-8) 10 (4-6) 9 (6-3) 9 (4-5) 8 (5-3)	16 (8-8) 14 (9-5) 12 (7-5) 11 (6-5) 8 (6-2)	1	1-0	100%	12	6-6	50%	20	9-11	45%	4	3-1	75%	3	2-1	67%	0	0-0	0%
2	Ryze	35	13	22	37%	22	10	12	45%	13	3	10	23%	6 (4-2) 5 (2-3) 5 (0-5) 4 (2-2) 3 (3-0)	10 (4-6) 9 (4-5) 8 (3-5) 7 (3-4) 7 (1-6)	15 (5-10) 9 (4-5) 9 (2-7) 8 (2-6) 8 (2-6)	3	2-1	67%	12	5-7	42%	12	3-9	25%	5	2-3	40%	3	1-2	33%	0	0-0	0%
3	Sylas	34	21	13	62%	12	10	2	83%	22	11	11	50%	7 (3-4) 6 (4-2) 6 (2-4) 4 (3-1) 3 (3-0)	10 (7-3) 8 (5-3) 8 (4-4) 8 (4-4) 7 (5-2)	15 (10-5) 10 (7-3) 8 (7-1) 8 (5-3) 7 (5-2)	2	1-1	50%	7	4-3	57%	21	14-7	67%	1	0-1	0%	3	2-1	67%	0	0-0	0%
4	Rek'Sai	33	16	17	48%	14	7	7	50%	19	9	10	47%	6 (3-3) 4 (3-1) 4 (2-2) 3 (2-1) 3 (2-1)	10 (7-3) 9 (4-5) 9 (4-5) 8 (4-4) 8 (3-5)	9 (5-4) 9 (5-4) 8 (5-3) 8 (4-4) 7 (5-2)	2	1-1	50%	10	4-6	40%	16	11-5	69%	3	0-3	0%	2	0-2	0%	0	0-0	0%
5	Jarvan IV	32	16	16	50%	18	11	7	61%	14	5	9	36%	6 (3-3) 6 (3-3) 4 (3-1) 4 (3-1) 3 (2-1)	9 (3-6) 8 (5-3) 8 (5-3) 7 (5-2) 7 (3-4)	10 (3-7) 7 (5-2) 7 (4-3) 7 (3-4) 7 (2-5)	3	3-0	100%	12	5-7	42%	14	6-8	43%	2	1-1	50%	1	1-0	100%	0	0-0	0%
		79 games played				46W - 33L (58%)				33W - 46L (42%)							6 games			27 games			33 games			8 games			5 games			0 games
Click here for complete Champion Statistics table

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	South Korea	20 / 78 (26%)	Balkhan, Bugi, Clid, CoreJJ, Duke, Faker, Gaeng, Haru, Impact, Jjun, Khan, Mata, Mimic, POP, Rather, Rookie, Ruin, Steal, Teddy, TheShy
2	Brazil	6 / 78 (8%)	BocaJR, Envy, Mills, RedBert, Shini, Tay
3	Vietnam	6 / 78 (8%)	BigKoro, Meliodas, Naul, Palette, Xuhao, Zeros
4	Russia	5 / 78 (6%)	AHaHaCiK, BOSS, Nomanz, Razly, SaNTaS
5	Japan	4 / 78 (5%)	Ceros, Evi, Ramune, Yutapon
6	Taiwan	4 / 78 (5%)	Betty, Enso, Hanabi, ShiauC
7	Thailand	4 / 78 (5%)	G4, Lloyd, Rockky, WarL0cK
8	Australia	3 / 78 (4%)	FBI, Rogue, Ryoma
9	Chile	3 / 78 (4%)	Emp, Slow, Warangelus
10	China	3 / 78 (4%)	Baolan, JackeyLove, Ning
11	Denmark	3 / 78 (4%)	Caps, Jensen, Wunder
12	Sweden	3 / 78 (4%)	Bolulu, Hades, promisq
13	United States	3 / 78 (4%)	Doublelift, MikeYeung, Xmithie
14	Turkey	2 / 78 (3%)	Japone, Only35
15	Belarus	1 / 78 (1%)	Gadget
16	Croatia	1 / 78 (1%)	Perkz
17	Italy	1 / 78 (1%)	Seb
18	Mexico	1 / 78 (1%)	Seiya
19	Netherlands	1 / 78 (1%)	Kirei
20	Peru	1 / 78 (1%)	Oddie
21	Poland	1 / 78 (1%)	Jankos
22	Slovenia	1 / 78 (1%)	Mikyx
23	Uruguay	1 / 78 (1%)	Buggax

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Announcements

• 2019-01-28 |  MSI 2019 Heads to Vietnam and Chinese Taipei by Riot Eroica of Nexus
• 2019-04-23 |  MSI 2019 - Format Summary by LoL Esports
• 2019-04-23 |  Play-In Draw Show - 2019 Mid-Season Invitational by LoL Esports

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