League of legends – World Region Rankings Coefficient

League of legends region ranking using a similar coefficient ranking to http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/ a ranking of countries performance by clubs in major European tournaments. I did this mainly for discussion purposes and a bit of bragging rights.

The results are very predictable except maybe the gap between EU and NA and the Lack of gap between NA and the LMS. Despite China constantly getting the bad end of the stick (Only two teams sent to Season 3 WC) in international majors they’ve done extremely well. Now probably more importantly you want to now how the coefficient is calculated so see below:

Point breakdown
World Championship needs to carry more weight than say MSI this is done not only by point differences but also buy the number of teams invited to the tournament effects the coefficient eg 16 at WC to 5 at MSI.

MSI-2015
Max points possible:18
Final win: 5
Semi win: 5
Semi Qualification: 3
Group stage win: 1

IEM-2015
Max points possible:23
Final win: 5
Semi-final win: 5
Group stage win: 2
(Only bottom tier Chinese teams invited)

WC-2014
Max points possible:54
Final win: 5
Semi-final win: 5
Quarter-final win: 5
Quarter-final Qualification: 2
Group stage win: 1

IEM-2014
Max points possible:23
Final win: 5
Semi-final win: 5
Group stage win: 2
(Only 1 Korean and North American team invited, middle tier Chinese teams invited)

WC-2013
Max points possible:54
Final win: 5
Semi-final win: 5
Quarter-final win: 5
Quarter-Qualification: 2
Group stage win: 1
(teams auto-qualified to Quarters-Najin, C9, Bears, Royal where awarded 2 group points as consolation for not being able to compete in groups)
(Only 2 Chinese teams Invited!!!, Europe had no auto-qualification)

IPL5-2012
Final win: 5
Round 6 win: 5
Round 5 win: 3
Round 4 win: 2
Round 3 win: 1
Round 2 win: 1
Round 1 and groups stage win: 1

WC-2012
Max points possible:34
Final win: 5
Semi-final win: 5
Quarter-final win: 5
Quarter-Qualification: 2
Group stage win: 1
(teams that auto-qualified-TSM, TPA, M5, WE awarded 2 group points)
(korea no auto Q and only 2 China and korea)

Disclaimer: Very hard to calculate because the wide range of good and horrifically bad tournament formats and how each major region isn’t given equal invites and seeding to the major tournaments. All information provided by http://lol.esportspedia.com/wiki/League_of_Legends_Wiki

Hopefully in the future more tournaments and better tournament format will lead to more accurate coefficients. I plan to maybe make a team power ranking that mathematically takes into account  the strength of the region they are playing in using these coefficients.