If you haven’t been able to follow Worlds and the play-in stage, here’s everything you need to know to quickly catch up on the results ahead of the next matches.

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Worlds 2023: Play-Ins standings and results

After Team BDS quickly swept Golden Guardians in the Worlds Qualifying Series, Worlds 2023 have confirmed its 22 participants. The LEC #4 seed have joined the other 7 teams that will fight in the play-in stage.

Over six days, they will battle for the last two spots left in the Main Event Swiss stage. With the teams divided into two groups of four, there will be several best-of-three matches in the following days the best four teams will clash in two Bo5 qualifying matches. The winners of those series will join the top 16 on the Swiss stage.

Considering Worlds is held in South Korea, it might be tough for fans to follow all the action, especially in the Western regions. With that in mind, we have created a comprehensive page that will allow you to stay up-to-date on all the results of the Play-in stage at Worlds 2023, as well as the schedule of the remaining matches.

If you don’t want to have the results spoiled, make sure to not scroll past this section. If you want to know what teams are looking stronger at the tournament, go and check out our LoL Worlds 2023 Power Rankings. We also have extensive analysis on the Worlds meta and make sure to lock in your Pick’Em in the next stages!

Worlds 2023: Play-Ins scores and schedule

Play-in stage of Worlds 2023 kicked off on Oct. 10 and it will last five days until October 15. You can find the full schedule of the matches below with the results (and eliminations) updated on a daily basis. All times will be listed as CET but it might be subject to changes depending on how the series go.

Round 1

Tuesday, October 10

09:00 CET | Movistar R7 0-2 PSG Talon
12:00 CET | LOUD 2-0 GAM Esports

Wednesday, October 11

09:00 CET | DetonatioN FM 0-2 CTBC Flying Oyster
12:00 CET | Team BDS 1-2 Team Whales

Friday, October 13

09:00 CET | GAM Esports vs. Movistar R7
12:00 CET | TBD vs. TBD

Round 2

Thursday, October 12

09:00 CET | LOUD vs. PSG Talon
12:00 CET | TBD vs. TBD

Saturday, October 14

09:00 CET | TBD vs. TBD
12:00 CET | TBD vs. TBD

Qualifiers

Sunday, October 15

05:00 CET | TBD vs TBD
10:00 CET | TBD vs. TBD

Which are the Play-Ins participants at Worlds this year?

DetonatioN FocusMe – LJL #1 seed
GAM Esports – VCS #1 seed
Team Whales – VCS #2 seed
PSG Talon – PCS #1 seed
CTBC Flying Oyster – PCS #2 seed
LOUD – CBLOL #1 seed
Movistar R7 – LLA #1 seed
Team BDS – LEC #4 seed (qualified through the Worlds Qualifying Series)

How to watch the League Worlds 2023 Play-In stage

You can watch the action live on YouTube, Twitch, or the official LoL Esports channel. Among them, we recommend the latter if you want to earn rewards (remember to log in with your Riot Games account to earn them). If you like interacting with other users, then Twitch and YouTube are both great platforms.

If you want to watch the games in non-English broadcasts, you can check out the list of the other broadcasts on Leaguepedia. Games are broadcast in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and many more languages. Otherwise, you can also enjoy the company of your favorite co-streamers at Worlds 2023, which you can find here.

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