2021 League of Legends World Championship
The 2021 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the eleventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 5 October to 6 November in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] Twenty two teams from 11 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia with ten of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage. Edward Gaming (EDG) of the LPL (China) won the overall tournament after beating DWG KIA of the LCK (South Korea) 3–2 on 6 November 2021.
| 2021 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location |  Iceland |
| Dates | October 5–November 6 |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 10 team single round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
| Venue(s) | Laugardalshöll (Reykjavík) |
| Teams | 22 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Edward Gaming(1st title) |
| Runner-up |  DWG KIA |
| 3rd place | Gen.G T1 |
| MVP | Lee "Scout" Ye-chan (Edward Gaming) |
"Burn It All Down" was the tournament's theme song, put together by PVRIS, while Denzel Curry, CIFIKA, Besomorph, and Wang Yibo from Uniq, produced their own respective remix versions of "Burn It All Down".[2][3]
Impact of coronavirus on the tournament
The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, once again affected the scheduled multi-city hosting format that was most recently present for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. On June 16, Riot Games originally announced the dates and locations of the event, with the event taking place in Shanghai, Qingdao, Wuhan, Chengdu, and the finals taking place in Shenzhen.[4][5] However, due to travel complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Riot Games announced Reykjavík, Iceland (where the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational had been hosted), as the new host city for the event.[6]
Due to complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, two teams from the VCS (Vietnam) were once again unable to participate in the tournament.[7]
Like the 2020 event, the tournament did not feature a live audience as result of the pandemic.[8]
Qualified teams and rosters
Qualified teams
South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) received an additional spot in the group stage, totaling up to four representatives each for their respective region. The qualification format for North America (LCS) changed to a one-season-per-year system, with the seeding decided by the cumulative scoreboard from the whole season and the results from their respective championship series.
Due to Vietnam (VCS) being unable to field teams for the event, the third seed from Europe (LEC) received direct entry into the group stage.[9]
Top 4 regions in 2021 Mid-Season Invitational (LPL, LCK, LEC, PCS) are seeded to pool 1 in the main event's group stage for the summer champion.
| Region | League | Path | Team | ID | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting in the main event's group stage | |||||
| China | LPL | Summer Champion | Edward Gaming |
EDG | 1 |
| Most Championship Points | FunPlus Phoenix |
FPX | 2 | ||
| Regional Finals Winner | Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | 3 | ||
| Europe | LEC | Summer Champion |  MAD Lions |
MAD | 1 |
| Summer Runner-Up | Fnatic |
FNC | 2 | ||
| Summer 3rd Place | Rogue |
RGE | 3 | ||
| South Korea | LCK | Summer Champion | DWG KIA |
DK | 1 |
| Most Championship Points | Gen.G |
GEN | 2 | ||
| Regional Finals Winner | T1 |
T1 | 3 | ||
| North America | LCS | Summer Champion |  100 Thieves |
100 | 2 |
| Summer Runner-Up | Team Liquid |
TL | 3 | ||
| TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Champion |  PSG Talon |
PSG | 1 |
| Starting in the play-in stage | |||||
| China | LPL | Regional Finals Runner-Up | LNG Esports |
LNG | 1 |
| South Korea | LCK | Regional Finals Runner-Up | Hanwha Life Esports |
HLE | |
| North America | LCS | Summer 3rd Place | Cloud9 |
C9 | |
| TW/HK/MO/SEA | PCS | Summer Runner-Up |  Beyond Gaming |
BYG | |
| CIS | LCL | Summer Champion |  Unicorns of Love |
UOL | 2 |
| Latin America | LLA |  Infinity Esports |
INF | ||
| Turkey | TCL |  Galatasaray Esports |
GS | ||
| Brazil | CBLOL |  RED Canids |
RED | ||
| Japan | LJL |  DetonatioN FocusMe |
DFM | ||
| Oceania | LCO | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} PEACE |
PCE | ||
Rosters
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| Teams | Players | Coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | ||
| China (LPL) | ||||||
| Edward Gaming |
Flandre (Li Xuanjun) |
Jiejie (Zhao Lijie) |
Scout (Lee Ye-chan) |
Viper (Park Do-hyeon) |
Meiko (Tian Ye) |
Maokai (Yang Jisong) |
| JunJia (Yu Chun-Chia) | ||||||
| FunPlus Phoenix |
Nuguri (Jang Ha-gwon) |
Tian (Gao Tianliang) |
Doinb (Kim Tae-sang) |
Lwx (Lin Weixiang) |
Crisp (Liu Qingsong) |
Steak (Chou Lu-Hsi) |
| xiaolaohu (Ping Xiaohu) | ||||||
| Royal Never Give Up |
Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) |
Wei (Yan Yangwei) |
Cryin (Yuan Chengwei) |
GALA (Chen Wei) |
Ming (Shi Senming) |
Tabe (Wong Pak Kan) |
| Yuekai (Zhang Yuekai) |
Poppy (Chang Po-Hao) | |||||
| LNG Esports |
Ale (Hu Jiale) |
Tarzan (Lee Seung-yong) |
icon (Xie Tianyu) |
Light (Wang Guangyu) |
Iwandy (Liao Dingyang) |
YiL (Wang Liangyi) |
| Rather (Shin Hyeong-seop) | ||||||
| Europe (LEC) | ||||||
| MAD Lions |
Armut (İrfan Berk Tükek) |
 Elyoya(Javier Prades Batalla) |
 Humanoid(Marek Brázda) |
Carzzy (Matyáš Orság) |
 Kaiser(Norman Kaiser) |
 Mac(James MacCormack) |
| Fnatic |
 Adam(Adam Maanane) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bwipo(Gabriël Rau) |
Nisqy (Yasin Dinçer) |
Bean (Louis Schmitz) |
 Hylissang(Zdravets Galabov) |
 YamatoCannon(Jakob Mebdi) |
| Upset (Elias Lipp) |
Shaves (Kevin Tolman) | |||||
| Rogue |
 Odoamne(Andrei Pascu) |
 Inspired(Kacper Słoma) |
Larssen (Emil Larsson) |
Hans sama (Steven Liv) |
Trymbi (Adrian Trybus) |
fredy122 (Simon Payne) |
| Blueknight (Nico Jannet) | ||||||
| South Korea (LCK) | ||||||
| DWG KIA |
Khan (Kim Dong-ha) |
Canyon (Kim Geon-bu) |
ShowMaker (Heo Su) |
Ghost (Jang Yong-jun) |
BeryL (Cho Geon-hee) |
kkOma (Kim Jeong-gyun) |
| Rahel (Cho Min-seong) |
PoohManDu (Lee Jeong-hyeon) | |||||
| Gen.G |
Rascal (Kim Kwang-hee) |
Clid (Kim Tae-min) |
Bdd (Gwak Bo-seong) |
Ruler (Park Jae-hyeok) |
Life (Kim Jeong-min) |
oDin (Ju Yeong-dal) |
| Burdol (Noh Tae-yoon) | ||||||
| T1 |
Canna (Kim Chang-dong) |
Oner (Moon Hyeon-joon) |
Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) |
Gumayusi (Lee Min-hyeong) |
Keria (Ryu Min-seok) |
Stardust (Son Seok-hee) |
| Cuzz (Moon Woo-chan) |
Teddy (Park Jin-seong) |
Moment (Kim Ji-hwan) | ||||
| Hanwha Life Esports |
Morgan (Park Gi-tae) |
Willer (Kim Jeong-hyeon) |
Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon) |
Deft (Kim Hyuk-kyu) |
Vsta (Oh Hyo-seong) |
Kezman (Son Dae-young) |
| North America (LCS) | ||||||
| 100 Thieves |
Ssumday (Kim Chan-ho) |
Closer (Can Çelik) |
Abbedagge (Felix Braun) |
FBI (Ian Victor Huang) |
huhi (Choi Jae-hyun) |
Reapered (Bok Han-gyu) |
| Kenvi (Shane Kenneth) | ||||||
| Team Liquid |
Alphari (Barney Morris) |
 Santorin(Lucas Larsen) |
Jensen (Nicolaj Jensen) |
Tactical (Edward Ra) |
CoreJJ (Jo Yong-in) |
Kold (Jonas Andersen) |
| Jenkins (Thomas Tran) | ||||||
| Cloud9 |
Fudge (Ibrahim Allami) |
Blaber (Robert Huang) |
 Perkz(Luka Perković) |
Zven (Jesper Svenningsen) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Vulcan(Philippe Laflamme) |
Mithy (Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez) |
| Reignover (Kim Yeu-jin) | ||||||
| Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/SEA (PCS) | ||||||
| PSG Talon |
Hanabi (Su Chia-Hsiang) |
River (Kim Dong-woo) |
Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) |
Unified (Wong Chun Kit) |
Kaiwing (Ling Kai Wing) |
Helper (Kwon Yeong-jae) |
| Kartis (Wong Ka Lok) | ||||||
| Beyond Gaming |
PK (Hsieh Yu-Ting) |
HuSha (Huang Zi-Wei) |
(Chien Mao-An) |
Doggo (Chiu Tzu-Chuan) |
Kino (Chu Wu Hsin-Jung) |
Benny (Lien Hsiu-Chi) |
| Liang (Wu Liang-Te) |
PK (Hsieh Yu-Ting) |
Wulala (Liu Sheng-Wei) | ||||
| Brazil (CBLOL) | ||||||
| RED Canids |
Guigo (Guilherme Ruiz) |
Aegis (Gabriel Vinicius Saes) |
Grevthar (Daniel Xavier) |
TitaN (Alexandre Lima) |
Jojo (Gabriel Dzelme) |
Coelho (Coelho Rabaiolli) |
| Avenger (Adriano Perassoli) | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) | ||||||
| Unicorns of Love |
BOSS (Vladislav Fomin) |
AHaHaCiK (Kirill Skvortsov) |
Nomanz (Lev Yakshin) |
 Argonavt(Andrey Yakovlev) |
SaNTaS (Aleksandr Lifashin) |
Sheepy (Fabian Mallant) |
| Japan (LJL) | ||||||
| DetonatioN FocusMe |
Evi (Shunsuke Murase) |
Steal (Moon Geon-yeong) |
Aria (Lee Ga-eul) |
Yutapon (Yuta Sugiura) |
Gaeng (Yang Gwang-woo) |
Yang (Yang Gwang-pyo) |
| Ceros (Kyohei Yoshida) |
Kazu (Kazuta Suzuki) | |||||
| Latin America (LLA) | ||||||
| Infinity Esports |
 Buggax(Mateo Zamora) |
 SolidSnake(Diego Vallejo Trujillo) |
 cody(Cristian Yampara) |
 WhiteLotus(Matías Musso) |
Ackerman (Gabriel Aparicio) |
Von (Gabriel Barbosa) |
| Oceania (LCO) | ||||||
| PEACE |
 Vizicsacsi(Tamás Kiss)[10] |
Babip (Leo Romer) |
Tally (James Shute) |
Violet (Vincent Wong) |
Aladoric (Ryan Richardson) |
Coach Daniel (Shiao Cheng) |
| Lived (Tristan Fulcher) |
Halo (James Giacoumakis) | |||||
| Turkey (TCL) | ||||||
| Galatasaray Esports |
Crazy (Kim Jae-hee) |
Mojito (Berk Kocaman) |
Bolulu (Onur Can Demirol) |
Alive (Noh Jin-wook) |
Zergsting (Onur Ünalan) |
Irean (Heo Yeong-cheol) |
Venue
Reykjavík was the city chosen to host the competition. All matches were played at Laugardalshöll without spectators.[1]
| Reykjavík, Iceland |
|---|
| Laugardalshöll |
Play-in stage
Play-in groups
- Date and time: October 5–7, began at 11:00 UTC.
- Ten teams are drawn into two groups, with five teams in each group.
- Single round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have same win–loss record at the end of play-in groups, tie-breaker matches are played. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.
- The top team automatically qualifies for the Main Event, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receive a bye to match 2. The bottom team is eliminated.
Group A
| # | Team | ~ | LNG | HLE | PCE | RED | INF | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LNG Esports |
LNG | ~ | W | W | W | W | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
HLE | L | ~ | W | W | W | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | PEACE |
PCE | L | L | ~ | W | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | RED Canids |
RED | L | L | L | ~ | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Infinity Esports |
INF | L | L | L | L | ~ | 0 | 4 |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | 1 | HLE |
L | W | LNG |
| 2 | INF |
L | W | RED | |
| 3 | LNG |
W | L | PCE | |
| 4 | HLE |
W | L | INF | |
| Oct 6 | 5 | PCE |
L | W | HLE |
| 6 | RED |
L | W | LNG | |
| 7 | INF |
L | W | PCE | |
| 8 | RED |
L | W | HLE | |
| Oct 7 | 9 | LNG |
W | L | INF |
| 10 | PCE |
W | L | RED | |
Group B
| # | Team | ~ | DFM | C9 | GS | BYG | UOL | W | L | TB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DetonatioN FocusMe |
DFM | ~ | L | W | W | W | 3 | 1 | W | ||
| 2 | Cloud9 |
C9 | W | ~ | W | W | L | 3 | 1 | L | ||
| 3 | Galatasaray Esports |
GS | L | L | ~ | W | W | 2 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Beyond Gaming |
BYG | L | L | L | ~ | W | 1 | 3 | W | ||
| 5 | Unicorns of Love |
UOL | L | W | L | L | ~ | 1 | 3 | L | ||
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | 1 | UOL |
L | W | DFM |
| 2 | GS |
W | L | BYG | |
| 3 | DFM |
L | W | C9 | |
| 4 | UOL |
L | W | GS | |
| Oct 6 | 5 | BYG |
L | W | C9 |
| 6 | GS |
L | W | DFM | |
| 7 | BYG |
W | L | UOL | |
| 8 | C9 |
W | L | GS | |
| Oct 7 | 9 | DFM |
W | L | BYG |
| 10 | C9 |
L | W | UOL | |
| TB-4th | UOL |
L | W | BYG | |
| TB-1st | DFM |
W | L | C9 | |
Play-in knockouts
- Date and time: October 8–9
- King of the hill format with two branch. The 3rd-place teams from the group stage facing 4th-place teams from the same group in match 1. Winner will play against with the 2nd-place team from other group in match 2.
- Single-elimination. All matches are best-of-five.
- The upper-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the lower-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
- The winners of the match 2 in each branch advances to the main event group stage.
Branch A2-B3-B4
| Match 1 | Match 2 | ||||||||
| A2 | Hanwha Life Esports
| 3 | |||||||
| B4 | Beyond Gaming
| 0 | |||||||
| B3 | Galatasaray Esports
| 2 | |||||||
| B4 | Beyond Gaming
| 3 | |||||||
Match 1
- Date: October 8, 11:00 UTC
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| B3 | Galatasaray Esports |
GS | 2 |
| B4 | Beyond Gaming |
BYG | 3 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GS |
W | L | BYG |
| 2 | GS |
W | L | BYG |
| 3 | GS |
L | W | BYG |
| 4 | BYG |
W | L | GS |
| 5 | GS |
L | W | BYG |
Match 2
- Date: October 9, 11:00 UTC
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
HLE | 3 |
| B4 | Beyond Gaming |
BYG | 0 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYG |
L | W | HLE |
| 2 | HLE |
W | L | BYG |
| 3 | HLE |
W | L | BYG |
| 4 | X | – | – | X |
| 5 | X | – | – | X |
Branch B2-A3-A4
| Match 1 | Match 2 | ||||||||
| B2 | Cloud9
| 3 | |||||||
| A3 | PEACE
| 0 | |||||||
| A3 | PEACE
| 3 | |||||||
| A4 | RED Canids
| 2 | |||||||
Match 1
- Date: October 8, 16:00 UTC
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A3 | PEACE |
PCE | 3 |
| A4 | RED Canids |
RED | 2 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PCE |
L | W | RED |
| 2 | PCE |
W | L | RED |
| 3 | RED |
L | W | PCE |
| 4 | PCE |
L | W | RED |
| 5 | RED |
L | W | PCE |
Match 2
- Date: October 9, 16:00 UTC
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| B2 | Cloud9 |
C9 | 3 |
| A3 | PEACE |
PCE | 0 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PCE |
L | W | C9 |
| 2 | PCE |
L | W | C9 |
| 3 | C9 |
W | L | PCE |
| 4 | X | – | – | X |
| 5 | X | – | – | X |
Group stage
- Date and time: October 11–18, began at 11:00 UTC.
- Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
- Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
- If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, tiebreaker matches are played for first or second place. If more than 2 teams, tiebreaker placement is based on the combined times of teams' victorious games.
- Top two teams will advance to Knockout Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.
Group A
| # | Team | ~ | DK | C9 | RGE | FPX | W | L | TB1 | TB2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWG KIA |
DK | ~ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Cloud9 |
C9 | 0–2 | ~ | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 | 4 | W | |||
| 3 | Rogue |
RGE | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2 | 4 | W | L | ||
| 4 | FunPlus Phoenix |
FPX | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ~ | 2 | 4 | L |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | 1 | DK |
W | L | FPX |
| 2 | RGE |
W | L | C9 | |
| 12 Oct | 3 | RGE |
L | W | DK |
| 4 | C9 |
L | W | FPX | |
| 13 Oct | 5 | FPX |
W | L | RGE |
| 6 | DK |
W | L | C9 | |
| 15 Oct | 7 | FPX |
L | W | DK |
| 8 | C9 |
W | L | RGE | |
| 9 | FPX |
L | W | C9 | |
| 10 | DK |
W | L | RGE | |
| 11 | RGE |
W | L | FPX | |
| 12 | C9 |
L | W | DK | |
| TB1 | FPX |
L | W | RGE | |
| TB2 | C9 |
W | L | RGE | |
Cloud9, FunPlus Phoenix and Rogue were in a three-way-tie for second place at the end of the group stage. Because all three teams had a tied record (1–1) with the other two, placement in the subsequent tiebreaker matches was determined by the combined game time of each team's wins. Cloud9 was awarded a bye to the second tiebreaker match for having the shortest total game time.
Group B
| # | Team | ~ | T1 | EDG | 100 | DFM | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1 |
T1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Edward Gaming |
EDG | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 100 Thieves |
100 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | DetonatioN FocusMe |
DFM | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 0 | 6 |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | 1 | T1 |
W | L | DFM |
| 2 | EDG |
W | L | 100 | |
| 12 Oct | 3 | T1 |
L | W | EDG |
| 4 | DFM |
L | W | 100 | |
| 13 Oct | 5 | EDG |
W | L | DFM |
| 6 | 100 |
L | W | T1 | |
| 16 Oct | 7 | DFM |
L | W | EDG |
| 8 | T1 |
W | L | 100 | |
| 9 | EDG |
L | W | T1 | |
| 10 | 100 |
W | L | DFM | |
| 11 | DFM |
L | W | T1 | |
| 12 | 100 |
W | L | EDG | |
Group C
| # | Team | ~ | RNG | HLE | PSG | FNC | W | L | TB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4 | 2 | W | ||
| 2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
HLE | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4 | 2 | L | ||
| 3 | PSG Talon |
PSG | 0–2 | 1–1 | ~ | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Fnatic |
FNC | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 1 | 5 |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | 1 | RNG |
W | L | PSG |
| 2 | HLE |
W | L | FNC | |
| 12 Oct | 3 | PSG |
W | L | HLE |
| 4 | FNC |
L | W | RNG | |
| 13 Oct | 5 | RNG |
W | L | HLE |
| 6 | PSG |
W | L | FNC | |
| 17 Oct | 7 | HLE |
W | L | PSG |
| 8 | RNG |
L | W | FNC | |
| 9 | PSG |
L | W | RNG | |
| 10 | FNC |
L | W | HLE | |
| 11 | HLE |
W | L | RNG | |
| 12 | FNC |
L | W | PSG | |
| TB | HLE |
L | W | RNG | |
Group D
| # | Team | ~ | GEN | MAD | TL | LNG | W | L | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gen.G |
GEN | ~ | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | W | W | |||
| 2 | MAD Lions |
MAD | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | W | L | |||
| 3 | Team Liquid |
TL | 1–1 | 1–1 | ~ | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | L | ||||
| 3 | LNG Esports |
LNG | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ~ | 3 | 3 | L |
| Date | Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | 1 | LNG |
L | W | GEN |
| 2 | TL |
W | L | MAD | |
| 12 Oct | 3 | GEN |
L | W | MAD |
| 4 | TL |
L | W | LNG | |
| 13 Oct | 5 | MAD |
L | W | LNG |
| 6 | TL |
L | W | GEN | |
| 18 Oct | 7 | GEN |
W | L | MAD |
| 8 | LNG |
L | W | TL | |
| 9 | GEN |
L | W | LNG | |
| 10 | MAD |
W | L | TL | |
| 11 | TL |
W | L | GEN | |
| 12 | LNG |
L | W | MAD | |
| TB1 | GEN |
W | L | TL | |
| TB2 | MAD |
W | L | LNG | |
| TB3 | GEN |
W | L | MAD | |
All four teams in Group D were tied at the end of the group stage due to each team having a tied record (1–1) with the other three. The bracket of the subsequent tiebreaker matches was determined by the combined game time of each team's wins, with LNG Esports (shortest total time) facing MAD Lions (longest total time) and Team Liquid facing Gen.G in the first two matches. The losers were eliminated, while the winners qualified for the knockout stage and faced each other to decide the first and second place teams of the group.
Knockout stage
- Date and time: 22 October–6 November, time for all matches 12:00 UTC.
- Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
- All matches are best-of-five.
- The first-place team of each group is drawn against the second-place team of a different group.
- The first-place team chooses the side for the first games, loser of the previous game chooses the side for the next game.
- Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Royal Never Give Up
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Edward Gaming
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Edward Gaming
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Gen.G
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| D1 | Gen.G
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Cloud9
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Edward Gaming
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| DWG KIA
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| B1 | T1
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Hanwha Life Esports
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| T1
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| DWG KIA
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | DWG KIA
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | MAD Lions
| 0 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
- The winner(s) will advance to the semi-finals.
Match 1
- Date: 22 October
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | T1 |
T1 | 3 |
| C2 | Hanwha Life Esports |
HLE | 0 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1 |
W | L | HLE |
| 2 | HLE |
L | W | T1 |
| 3 | HLE |
L | W | T1 |
| 4 | X | – | – | X |
| 5 | X | – | – | X |
Match 2
- Date: 23 October
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | 2 |
| B2 | Edward Gaming |
EDG | 3 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EDG |
L | W | RNG |
| 2 | EDG |
W | L | RNG |
| 3 | RNG |
L | W | EDG |
| 4 | EDG |
L | W | RNG |
| 5 | EDG |
W | L | RNG |
Match 3
- Date: 24 October
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | DWG KIA |
DK | 3 |
| D2 | MAD Lions |
MAD | 0 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DK |
W | L | MAD |
| 2 | MAD |
L | W | DK |
| 3 | MAD |
L | W | DK |
| 4 | X | – | – | X |
| 5 | X | – | – | X |
Match 4
- Date: 25 October
| Seed | Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Gen.G |
GEN | 3 |
| A2 | Cloud9 |
C9 | 0 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEN |
W | L | C9 |
| 2 | C9 |
L | W | GEN |
| 3 | C9 |
L | W | GEN |
| 4 | X | – | – | X |
| 5 | X | – | – | X |
Semi-finals
- The winner(s) advanced to the Finals.
Match 1
- Date: 30 October
| Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|
| T1 |
T1 | 2 |
| DWG KIA |
DK | 3 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DK |
W | L | T1 |
| 2 | T1 |
W | L | DK |
| 3 | DK |
L | W | T1 |
| 4 | DK |
W | L | T1 |
| 5 | T1 |
L | W | DK |
Match 2
- Date: 31 October
| Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Gaming |
EDG | 3 |
| Gen.G |
GEN | 2 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EDG |
W | L | GEN |
| 2 | GEN |
W | L | EDG |
| 3 | EDG |
L | W | GEN |
| 4 | EDG |
W | L | GEN |
| 5 | GEN |
L | W | EDG |
Finals
- Date: 6 November
- The members of the winning team will lift the Summoner's Cup, earning their title as the League of Legends 2021 World Champions.
| Team | ID | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Gaming |
EDG | 3 |
| DWG KIA |
DK | 2 |
| Game | Blue side | Result | Red side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DK |
L | W | EDG |
| 2 | DK |
W | L | EDG |
| 3 | EDG |
L | W | DK |
| 4 | EDG |
W | L | DK |
| 5 | DK |
L | W | EDG |
Ranking
Team ranking
- (*) Not include tie-break games.
| Place | Region | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | LPL | Edward Gaming |
– | – | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 22% | $495,000 |
| 2nd | LCK | DWG KIA |
– | – | – | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 15% | $337,500 |
| 3rd–4th | LCK | T1 |
– | – | – | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 8% | $180,000 | |
| LCK | Gen.G* |
– | – | – | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | ||||
| 5th–8th | LPL | Royal Never Give Up* |
– | – | – | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4.5% | $101,250 | ||
| LCK | Hanwha Life Esports* |
3–1 | – | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | |||||
| LEC | MAD Lions* |
– | – | – | 3–3 | 0–3 | |||||
| LCS | Cloud9* |
3–1 | – | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | |||||
| 9th–11th | LCS | 100 Thieves |
– | – | – | 3–3 | 2.5% | $62,500 | |||
| PCS | PSG Talon |
– | – | – | 3–3 | ||||||
| LEC | Rogue* |
– | – | – | 2–4 | ||||||
| 12th–13th | LPL | LNG Esports* |
4–0 | – | – | 3–3 | 2.375% | $53,347.50 | |||
| LCS | Team Liquid* |
– | – | – | 3–3 | ||||||
| 14th–16th | LPL | FunPlus Phoenix* |
– | – | – | 2–4 | 2.25% | $56,250 | |||
| LEC | Fnatic |
– | – | – | 1–5 | ||||||
| LJL | DetonatioN FocusMe* |
3–1 | – | – | 0–6 | ||||||
| 17th–18th | LCO | PEACE |
2–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1.75% | $43,750 | ||||
| PCS | Beyond Gaming* |
1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | |||||||
| 19th–20th | TCL | Galatasaray Esports |
2–2 | 2–3 | 1.25% | $28,125 | |||||
| CBLOL | RED Canids |
1–3 | 2–3 | ||||||||
| 21st–22nd | LCL | Unicorns of Love* |
1–3 | 1% | $22,500 | ||||||
| LLA | Infinity Esports |
0–4 | |||||||||
| Place | Region | Team | PG | PK1 | PK2 | GS | QF | SF | Finals | Prize (%) | Prize (USD) |
Regional ranking
- The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
- Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
- (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.
| Place | Region | League | Teams | Play-in Stage | Main Event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups (4 games total) |
K.O Match 1 (Best-of-five) |
K.O Match 2 (Best-of-five) | ||||||||
| Group stage (6 games total) |
Quarterfinals (Best-of-five) |
Semifinals (Best-of-five) |
Finals (Best-of-five) | |||||||
| 1st | China |
LPL | 3G+1P | 1 team 4W-0L (100%) |
4 teams* 13W-11L (54.17%) |
2 teams 5W-5L (50%) |
1 team 3W-2L (60%) |
1 team 3W-2L (60%) | ||
| 2nd | South Korea |
LCK | 3G+1P | 1 team 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 3W-0L (100%) |
4 teams* 18W-6L (75%) |
4 teams 9W-3L (75%) |
3 teams 7W-8L (46.66%) |
1 team 2W-3L (40%) | |
| 3rd | North America |
LCS | 2G+1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 3W-0L (100%) |
3 teams* 8W-10L (44.44%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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| 4th | Europe |
LEC | 3G | 3 teams* 6W-12L (33.33%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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| 5th |   TW/HK/MO/SEA |
PCS | 1G+1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
1 team 3W–2L (60%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
1 team 3W-3L (50%) |
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| 6th | Japan |
LJL | 1P | 1 team* 3W-1L (75%) |
1 team 0W-6L (0%) |
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| 7th |  Oceania |
LCO | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 3W–2L (60%) |
1 team 0W-3L (0%) |
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| 8th | Turkey |
TCL | 1P | 1 team 2W-2L (50%) |
1 team 2W-3L (40%) |
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| 9th | Brazil |
CBLOL | 1P | 1 team 1W-3L (25%) |
1 team 2W–3L (40%) |
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| 10th |  CIS |
LCL | 1P | 1 team* 1W-3L (25%) |
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| 11th |  Latin America |
LLA | 1P | 1 team 0W-4L (0%) |
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Notes
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