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How to watch the 2019 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage

Worlds is back, baby.
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Published: Sep 19, 2019 02:11 pm

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The 2019 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage is almost upon us, kicking off League’s biggest event of the year.

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Representatives from Brazil, Russia, South Korea, North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Hong Kong, South East Asia, Turkey, and Vietnam will fight it out in a double round-robin format.

The four first-place teams will then face off against their second-place counterpart in a best-of-five series before advancing to the main event’s group stage. 

There are many hard-hitting teams competing in the play-in stage, including Splyce, who finished third in the LEC, North America’s third seed underdogs, Clutch Gaming, and South Korea’s up-and-coming talenton DAMWON Gaming. Russia’s (LCL) Unicorns of Love and Turkey’s (TLC) Royal Youth also can’t be underestimated.

Format

Round one

  • Twelve teams participate.
  • Teams are drawn into four groups based on seeding.
  • Double round-robin
  • Each match is a best-of-one.
  • The top two teams from each group advance to the second round.

Round two

  • Eight teams participate.
  • First-place teams from round one face a second-place team.
  • Each match is a best-of-five.
  • The four winning teams advance to the next stage of the event.

Participants

The following teams will compete in the play-in stage:

  • CBLOL (Brazil): Flamengo Esports
  • LCL (Russia): Unicorns of Love
  • LCK third seed (South Korea): DAMWON Gaming
  • LCS third seed (North America): Clutch Gaming
  • LEC third seed (Europe): Splyce
  • LJL (Japan): DetonatioN FocusMe
  • LLA (Latin America): Isurus Gaming
  • LMS third seed: Hong Kong Attitude
  • OPL (Australia): Team Mammoth
  • LST (Southeast Asia): MEGA
  • TCL (Turkey): Royal Youth
  • VCS second seed (Vietnam): Lowkey Esports

Schedule

Play-in stage (Round one): Oct. 2 to 5

Play-in stage (Round two): Oct. 7 to 8

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Stream

Worlds can be watched on Riot Games’ official Twitch channel. Multiple alternative language streams will also be available, each commentated by a different set of hosts.

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