Mid-Season Invitational 2019

[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

Chronology

Mid-Season Invitational 2018

Mid-Season Invitational 2021

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

Format[edit]

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)^[1]
  - 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[edit]

English
Korean
Show All

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 25th, 2019.^[2]

Host:
- Dash (James Patterson)

Interviewers:
- Rivington (Rivington Bruce Bisland III)
- Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)

Analysts:
- Deficio (Martin Lynge)
- MarkZ (Mark Zimmerman)
- Raz (Barento Mohammed)

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

Color Commentator and Analysts:
- Azael (Isaac Cummings Bentley)
- Froskurinn (Indiana Juniper Black)
- Kobe (Sam Hartman-Kenzler)
- PapaSmithy (Christopher Smith)
- Vedius (Andrew Day)
- Spawn (Jake Tiberi)

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[edit]

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.^[3]

Place	$ USD	Percent	Team
1st	$400,000	40%	G2 Esports
2nd	$200,000	20%	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$100,000	10%	Invictus Gaming
3rd-4th	$100,000	10%	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
8th-9th	$15,000	1.50%	DetonatioN FocusMe
10th	$12,500	1.25%	MEGA Esports
11th-12th	$11,250	1.125%	Bombers
11th-12th	$11,250	1.125%	Isurus Gaming
13th	$10,000	1%	INTZ eSports

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Caps	G2 Esports

Play-In MVP
Player	MVPs
Yutapon	3
FBI	2
G4	2
Gadget	2
Meliodas	2
AHaHaCiK	1
BigKoro	1
Bolulu	1
Ceros	1
Envy	1
Kirei	1
Nomanz	1
Oddie	1
Only35	1
Palette	1
Ruin	1
SaNTaS	1
Warangelus	1
Zeros	1

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

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

Participating Teams[edit]

Group Stage Teams[edit]

G2 Esports

	Wunder
	Jankos
	Caps
	Perkz
	Mikyx
SubstitutesStaff
BA2nd

	DNP promisq
Main RosterStaff
BA2nd

C	GrabbZ
Main RosterSubstitutes
BA2nd


LEC Spring

Invictus Gaming

	TheShy
	Ning
	Rookie
	JackeyLove
	Baolan
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP Duke
Main RosterStaff

C	Karam
Main RosterSubstitutes


LPL Spring

SK Telecom T1

	Khan
	Clid
	Faker
	Teddy
	Mata
SubstitutesStaff
AA1st

	DNP Haru
Main RosterStaff
AA1st

C	kkOma
Main RosterSubstitutes
AA1st


LCK Spring

Play-In Teams[edit]

1907 Fenerbahçe Esports

	Ruin
	Kirei
	Bolulu
	Hades
	Japone
SubstitutesStaff

	Only35
Main RosterStaff

C	Turkinator
Main RosterSubstitutes


TCL Winter

Bombers

	Mimic
	BalKhan
	ry0ma
	FBI
	Rogue
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP Seb
Main RosterStaff

C	Westonway
Main RosterSubstitutes


OPL Split 1

DetonatioN FocusMe

	Evi
	Steal
	Ceros
	Yutapon
	Gaeng
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP Ramune
Main RosterStaff

C	Kazu
Main RosterSubstitutes


LJL Spring

Flash Wolves

	Hanabi
	Bugi
	Rather
	Betty
	ShiauC
SubstitutesStaff
CA3 - 4th

	DNP Enso
Main RosterStaff
CA3 - 4th

C	Sweet
Main RosterSubstitutes
CA3 - 4th


LMS Spring

INTZ eSports

	Tay
	Shini
	Envy
	Mills
	RedBert
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP BocaJR
Main RosterStaff

C	Maestro
Main RosterSubstitutes


CBLOL Summer

Isurus Gaming

	Buggax
	Oddie
	Seiya
	Warangelus
	Slow
SubstitutesStaff
LA12 - 13th

	DNP Emp
Main RosterStaff
LA12 - 13th

C	Pierre
Main RosterSubstitutes
LA12 - 13th


LLA Opening

MEGA Esports

	Rockky
	Jjun
	G4
	Lloyd
	PoP
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP WarL0cK
Main RosterStaff

C	Bigfafa
Main RosterSubstitutes


LST Spring

Phong Vũ Buffalo

	Zeros
	Meliodas
	Naul
	BigKoro
	Palette
SubstitutesStaff

	XuHao
Main RosterStaff

C	Ren
Main RosterSubstitutes


VCS Spring

Team Liquid

	Impact
	Xmithie
	Jensen
	Doublelift
	CoreJJ
SubstitutesStaff
EA5th

	DNP MikeYeung
Main RosterStaff
EA5th

C	Cain
Main RosterSubstitutes
EA5th


LCS Spring

Vega Squadron

	BOSS
	AHaHaCiK
	Nomanz
	Gadget
	SaNTaS
SubstitutesStaff

	DNP Razly
Main RosterStaff

C	Invi
Main RosterSubstitutes


LCL Spring

Results[edit]

Play-In Group Stage[edit]

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[edit]

Play-In Round 2

Team Liquid

3

Phong Vũ Buffalo

0

Flash Wolves

3

Vega Squadron

1

Play-In Round 3

Phong Vũ Buffalo

3

Vega Squadron

2

Qualified for Group Stage

Team Liquid

Flash Wolves

Phong Vũ Buffalo

Group Stage[edit]

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[edit]

Semifinals (Bo5)

Invictus Gaming

1

Team Liquid

3

SK Telecom T1

2

G2 Esports

3

Finals (Bo5)

Team Liquid

0

G2 Esports

3

Additional Data[edit]

Streams[edit]

Language
Streams

Viewership Statistics[edit]

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers	1 704 326
Average Viewers	537 619
Hours Watched	43 412 707

Statistics[edit]

		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[edit]

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	South Korea	18 / 67 (27%)	BalKhan, Bugi, Clid, CoreJJ, Faker, Gaeng, Impact, Jjun, Khan, Mata, Mimic, PoP, Rather, Rookie, Ruin, Steal, Teddy, TheShy
2	Vietnam	6 / 67 (9%)	BigKoro, Meliodas, Naul, Palette, XuHao, Zeros
3	Brazil	5 / 67 (7%)	Envy, Mills, RedBert, Shini, Tay
4	Russia	4 / 67 (6%)	AHaHaCiK, BOSS, Nomanz, SaNTaS
5	Australia	3 / 67 (4%)	FBI, Rogue, ry0ma
5	China	3 / 67 (4%)	Baolan, JackeyLove, Ning
5	Denmark	3 / 67 (4%)	Caps, Jensen, Wunder
5	Japan	3 / 67 (4%)	Ceros, Evi, Yutapon
5	Taiwan	3 / 67 (4%)	Betty, Hanabi, ShiauC
5	Thailand	3 / 67 (4%)	G4, Lloyd, Rockky
11	Chile	2 / 67 (3%)	Slow, Warangelus
11	Sweden	2 / 67 (3%)	Bolulu, Hades
11	Turkey	2 / 67 (3%)	Japone, Only35
11	United States	2 / 67 (3%)	Doublelift, Xmithie
15	Belarus	1 / 67 (1%)	Gadget
15	Croatia	1 / 67 (1%)	Perkz
15	Mexico	1 / 67 (1%)	Seiya
15	Netherlands	1 / 67 (1%)	Kirei
15	Peru	1 / 67 (1%)	Oddie
15	Poland	1 / 67 (1%)	Jankos
15	Slovenia	1 / 67 (1%)	Mikyx
15	Uruguay	1 / 67 (1%)	Buggax

Additional Content[edit]

Announcements[edit]

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

Tease[edit]

Represent[edit]

References[edit]

↑ LOLESPORTS STAFF (2019-04-17). "MSI 2019 PLAY-IN DRAW SHOW GUIDE". LoL eSports.
↑ LOLESPORTS STAFF (2019-04-25). "2019 MID-SEASON INVITATIONAL EVENT OVERVIEW". lolesports.
↑ Aether (2019-04-25). "Celebrate MSI 2019". LoLesports.

[draw_show-1] LOLESPORTS STAFF (2019-04-17). "MSI 2019 PLAY-IN DRAW SHOW GUIDE". LoL eSports.

[overview-2] LOLESPORTS STAFF (2019-04-25). "2019 MID-SEASON INVITATIONAL EVENT OVERVIEW". lolesports.

[3] Aether (2019-04-25). "Celebrate MSI 2019". LoLesports.

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Mid-Season Invitational 2019

Contents

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participating Teams[edit]

Group Stage Teams[edit]

Play-In Teams[edit]

Results[edit]

Play-In Group Stage[edit]

Play-In Knockout Stage[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Knockout Stage[edit]

Additional Data[edit]

Streams[edit]

Viewership Statistics[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Announcements[edit]

Tease[edit]

Represent[edit]

More Additional Content[edit]

References[edit]

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Contents

Mid-Season Invitational 2019

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participating Teams[edit]

Group Stage Teams[edit]

Play-In Teams[edit]

Results[edit]

Play-In Group Stage[edit]

Play-In Knockout Stage[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Knockout Stage[edit]

Additional Data[edit]

Streams[edit]

Viewership Statistics[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Announcements[edit]

Tease[edit]

Represent[edit]

More Additional Content[edit]

References[edit]

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