2022 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational is the upcoming seventh Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament is the culmination of the 2022 Spring Split, the first international competition of Season 12.
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location |  South Korea |
| Dates | 10 May–29 May |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (Busan) |
| Teams | 11 |
Each of the 11 premier League of Legends leagues has a team representing them. The competition would continue from the same format which was introduced during the previous year.[1]
The tournament will be hosted in South Korea from 10 to 29 May 2022. The Group Stage will be held in the Busan Esports Arena[2] while the Rumble Stage and Knockout Stage will be held in the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) Exhibition Hall 1 in Busan.[1]
Format
Teams from 11 regions will compete in the Group Stage, the Rumble Stage, and the Knockout Stage.[3]
Group Stage
All teams will be drawn into three groups, with two of the groups having four teams and one group with three teams. All matches will be best-of-one double round robin.
Rumble Stage
The top two teams from each group will compete in the Rumble Stage. The matches will be best-of-one double round robin.
Knockout Stage
The top four teams will advance to the Knockout Stage. The matches will be best-of-one single elimination.
Qualified teams
The qualified team from LPL will compete remotely from China, either from the team training facility or from the LPL Arena in Shanghai.[4]
The LCL will not compete due to the LCL Spring being cancelled.[1][5]
| Region | League | Teams | ID | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | LPL |  Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | 1 |
| Europe | LEC |  G2 Esports |
G2 | |
| South Korea | LCK | T1 |
T1 | |
| North America | LCS |  Evil Geniuses |
EG | 2 |
| TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS |  PSG Talon |
PSG | |
| Vietnam | VCS |  Saigon Buffalo[6] |
SGB | |
| Latin America | LLA |  Team Aze |
AZE | 3 |
| Turkey | TCL |  Istanbul Wildcats |
IW | |
| Brazil | CBLOL |  RED Canids |
RED | 4 |
| Japan | LJL |  DetonatioN FocusMe |
DFM | |
| Oceania | LCO | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} ORDER |
ORD |
Roster
| Players | Coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | |
| Europe (LEC) – G2 Esports | |||||
 Broken Blade(Sergen Çelik) |
 Jankos(Marcin Jankowski) |
 caPs(Rasmus Winther) |
 Flakked(Victor Lirola Tortosa) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Targamas(Raphaël Crabbé) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dylan Falco |
| China (LPL) – Royal Never Give Up | |||||
| Bin (Chen Zebin) |
Wei (Yan Yangwei) |
Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) |
GALA (Chen Wei) |
Ming (Shi Senming) |
KenZhu (Zhu Kai) |
| Bunny (Liu Wenkang) |
Tabe (Wong Pak Kan) | ||||
| South Korea (LCK) – T1 | |||||
| Zeus (Choi Woo-je) |
Oner (Moon Hyeon-joon) |
Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) |
Gumayusi (Lee Min-hyeong) |
Keria (Ryu Min-seok) |
Polt (Choi Seong-hun) |
| Asper (Kim Tae-gi) |
moment (Kim Ji-hwan) | ||||
| North America (LCS) – Evil Geniuses | |||||
| Impact (Jeong Eon-yeong) |
Inspired (Kacper Słoma) |
jojopyun (Joseph Joon Pyun) |
Danny (Kyle Sakamaki) |
Vulcan (Philippe Laflamme) |
Turtle (Gabriel Peixoto) |
| Rigby (Han Earl) | |||||
| Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia (PCS) – PSG Talon | |||||
 Hanabi(Su Chia-Hsiang) |
Juhan (Lee Ju-han) |
Bay (Park Jun-byeong) |
Unified (Wong Chun Kit) |
Kaiwing (Ling Kai Wing) |
CorGi (Cheng Pin-Lun) |
| Azhi (Huang Shang-Chih) |
Tom (Im Jae-hyeon) | ||||
| Brazil (CBLOL) – RED Canids | |||||
| Guigo (Guilherme Ruiz) |
Aegis (Gabriel Vinicius Saes) |
Grevthar (Daniel Xavier) |
TitaN (Alexandre Lima) |
Jojo (Gabriel Dzelme) |
Coelho (Coelho Rabaiolli) |
| Vietnam (VCS) – Saigon Buffalo | |||||
| Hasmed (Lâm Huỳnh Gia Huy) |
BeanJ (Trần Văn Chính) |
Froggy (Bùi Văn Minh Hải) |
Shogun (Nguyễn Văn Huy) |
Taki (Đinh Anh Tài) |
Ren (Nguyễn Văn Trọng) |
| Japan (LJL) – DetonatioN FocusMe | |||||
| Evi (Shunsuke Murase) |
Steal (Moon Geon-yeong) |
Yaharong (Lee Chan-ju) |
Yutapon (Yuta Sugiura) |
Harp (Lee Ji-yoong) |
Kazu (Kazuta Suzuki) |
| Latin America (LLA) – Team Aze | |||||
| Lonely (Han Gyu-joon) |
 Dimitry(Juan Dimitry Hernández González) |
 Aloned(Tomás Díaz Valiente) |
5kid (Park Jeong-hyeon) |
 Straight(Roberto Guallichico) |
Yeti (Rodrigo del Castillo) |
| Oceania (LCO) – ORDER | |||||
| BioPanther (Brandon Alexander) |
Kevy (Shane Allen) |
Kisee (Ronald Vo) |
Puma (Nathan Puma) |
Corporal (Ian Pearse) |
Ceres (Evan Mascarenhas) |
| Turkey (TCL) – Istanbul Wildcats | |||||
| StarScreen (Soner Kaya) |
Ferret (Hakan Mert Çakmak) |
Serin (Tolga Ölmez) |
HolyPhoenix (Anıl Işık) |
Farfetch (Berk Badur) |
TheQep (Melih Akgün) |
Venue
Busan was the city chosen to host the competition. The matches will be played at Busan Esports Arena and BEXCO.
| Busan, South Korea |
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| Busan Esports Arena, BEXCO |
Group stage
- Date and time: 10–15 May
- Eleven teams are drawn into three groups, with four teams in each group
- Quadruple round robin for Group A, double round robin for Groups B and C; all matches are best-of-one
- If two teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record then a tiebreaker match is played
- Top two teams will advance to the Rumble Stage; bottom two teams are eliminated
Group A
| # | Team | ~ | T1 | SGB | AZE | DFM | W | L | ||
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| – | T1 |
T1 | ||||||||
| – | Saigon Buffalo |
SGB | ||||||||
| – | Team Aze |
AZE | ||||||||
| – | DetonatioN FocusMe |
DFM |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | 1 | T1 |
– | – | SGB |
| 2 | AZE |
– | – | DFM | |
| May 11 | 3 | DFM |
– | – | SGB |
| 4 | AZE |
– | – | T1 | |
| May 12 | 5 | SGB |
– | – | AZE |
| 6 | T1 |
– | – | DFM | |
| May 15 | 7 | AZE |
– | – | SGB |
| 8 | DFM |
– | – | T1 | |
| 9 | SGB |
– | – | DFM | |
| 10 | T1 |
– | – | AZE | |
| 11 | DFM |
– | – | AZE | |
| 12 | SGB |
– | – | T1 | |
Group B
| # | Team | ~ | RNG | PSG | IW | RED | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | ||||||||
| – | PSG Talon |
PSG | ||||||||
| – | Istanbul Wildcats |
IW | ||||||||
| – | RED Canids |
RED |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | 1 | IW |
– | – | RNG |
| 2 | RED |
– | – | PSG | |
| May 11 | 3 | IW |
– | – | RED |
| 4 | RNG |
– | – | PSG | |
| May 12 | 5 | PSG |
– | – | IW |
| 6 | RNG |
– | – | RED | |
| May 13 | 7 | PSG |
– | – | RED |
| 8 | RNG |
– | – | IW | |
| 9 | IW |
– | – | PSG | |
| 10 | RED |
– | – | RNG | |
| 11 | RED |
– | – | IW | |
| 12 | PSG |
– | – | RNG | |
Group C
| # | Team | ~ | G2 | ORD | EG | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | G2 Esports |
G2 | |||||||
| – | ORDER |
ORD | |||||||
| – | Evil Geniuses |
EG |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | 1 | ORD |
– | – | G2 |
| 2 | EG |
– | – | G2 | |
| May 11 | 3 | G2 |
– | – | EG |
| 4 | EG |
– | – | ORD | |
| May 12 | 5 | ORD |
– | – | EG |
| 6 | G2 |
– | – | ORD | |
| May 14 | 7 | EG |
– | – | G2 |
| 8 | EG |
– | – | ORD | |
| 9 | G2 |
– | – | ORD | |
| 10 | G2 |
– | – | EG | |
| 11 | ORD |
– | – | EG | |
| 12 | ORD |
– | – | G2 | |
Rumble stage
- Date and time: 20–24 May[2]
- Six teams will play in a double round robin; matches are best-of-one
- If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, then tiebreaker matches are played for first, second, and fourth place
- Top four teams will advance to the Knockout Stage; bottom two teams are eliminated
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Knockout stage
- Date and time: 27–29 May
- Single elimination, matches are best-of-five
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Match 1
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Match 2
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Finals
- Date and time:
- The members of the winning team will lift the MSI trophy, earning their title as the League of Legends 2022 Mid-Season Invitational Champions.
| Team | ID | Result |
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Ranking
(*) Not including tie-break games.
| Place | Region | League | Teams | GS | RS | SF | Final |
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References
- "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- Miter, Mateusz (22 April 2022). "MSI 2022 format, explained". Dot Esports. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "The LCL will miss MSI 2022 due to the ongoing war in Ukraine". Upcomer. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- The VCS Spring 2022 Champions GAM Esports decided not to participate in the MSI due to their participation in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games as the Vietnam National Team. Saigon Buffalo are invited to MSI as the runners-up.
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