This year we can expect some innovations in the most important tournament of the season.

The 13th League of Legends World Championship Series will take place again after 5 years in the Esports stronghold of Korea. There, the 22 top international teams will compete for the victory and the title of the world champion.

All important dates and deadlines

Preliminary phase at LoL Park in Seoul:

Tuesday, October 10 09:00am CEST

Wednesday, October 11 09:00am CEST

Thursday, October 12 09:00 CEST

Friday, October 13 09:00 CEST

Saturday, October 14 09:00 CEST

Sunday, October 15 – 05:00 CEST

Swiss phase at the KBS Arena in Seoul:

Thursday, October 19 – 07:00 CEST

Friday, October 20 – 07:00 CEST

Saturday, October 21 09:00am CEST

Sunday, October 22 09:00am CEST

Monday, October 23 09:00am CEST

Thursday, October 26 09:00am CEST

Friday, October 27 09:00am CEST

Saturday, October 28 09:00am CEST

Sunday, October 29 – 06:00am CET

 

K.-o. stage at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan:

Thursday, November 2 09:00am CEST

Friday, November 3 09:00am CEST

Saturday, November 4 09:00am CEST

Sunday, November 5 09:00am CEST

Saturday, November 11 09:00am CEST

Sunday, November 12 09:00am CEST

Finals at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul:

Sunday, November 19 09:00am CEST

Which teams are participating? 

CHINA (LPL)

JDG Intel Esports Club (JDG)

Bilibili Gaming Pingan Bank (BLG)

LNG Esports (LNG)

Weibo Gaming Faw Audi (WBG)

KOREA (LCK)

Gen.G (GEN)

T1 (T1)

KT Rolster (KT)

Dplus KIA (DK)

EUROPE (LEC)

G2 Esports (G2)

Fnatic (FNC)

MAD Lions (MAD)

NORTHAMERICA (LCS)

NRG (NRG)

Cloud9 (C9)

Team Liquid Honda (TL)

SOUTHEAST ASIA (PCS)

PSG.Talon (PSG)

CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO)

VIETNAM (VCS)

GAM Esports (GAM)

Team Whales (TW)

BRAZIL (CBLOL)

LOUD (LLL)

JAPAN (LJL)

DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM)

LATINAMERICA (LLA)

Movistar R7 (R7)

WINNER OF WM QUALIFICATION ROUND

Decided on October 9 between Golden Guardians (GG) from the North American LCS and Team BDS (BDS) from the European LEC.

What’s new?

New is the Swiss Stage, where the remaining 8 teams that made it through the preliminary round will compete against each other. The Swiss System tries to put teams of approximately equal strength against each other. Accordingly, the winners of the first round then play each other in round 2, while the losers also meet in round 2 and so on for the further rounds. The special feature here is that the first 2 matches are best-of-1’s. This is followed by best-of-3’s where the winners and losers are determined.

A detailed graphic of how the Swiss Stage system works can be found here:

(The Swiss Stage, System of Worlds 2023 Source: Riot Games)

The kickoff will be the duel between PSG Talon and Movistar R7 on 10.10 at 09:00 CEST.

How to follow the Worlds

Live you can watch the event on streaming platforms, like Twitch and (YouTube) 

Find more coverage, streams and schedules on the (official website) of Riot Games.

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