The League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) is back in South Korea after five years. This major esports event will run from October to November in the Land of the Morning Calm. Worlds 2023 introduces a fresh format with the Swiss Stage and provides new ways for teams to qualify. Get all the details about Worlds 2023, such as its schedule, results, format, participating teams, streaming details, and more.

NOTE: All times & dates will be in (UTC+8)

Details

Date: 10–19 October (UTC+8)
Prizepool: US$2,225,000
Venues:

• [Play-ins] LoL Park, 33 Jong-ro, Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• [Swiss Stage] KBS Arena, 376 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• [Quarterfinals & Semifinals] Sajik Arena, 55-32 Sajik-ro, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea
• [Grand Finals] Gocheok Sky Dome, 430 Gyeongin-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Format

• Qualification
  • 22 teams from professional leagues will qualify for the event.
  • LPL and LCK will have 4 slots, while LEC and LCS will have 3 slots, PCS and VCS will have 2 slots, remaining slots will be one each for CBLOL, LJL, LLA and Worlds Qualifying Series.

• Play-In Round 1 – 10–14 October
  • Eight teams are divided into two groups where they play a Double Elimination bracket
  • All matches are played in a Best of 3.
  • Top 2 teams in each group advance to Play-In Round 2.
  • Bottom 2 teams in each group are eliminated.

• Play-In Round 2 – 15 October
  • Four teams from Play-In: Round 1.
  • The Upper Bracket winner from each group compete against Lower Bracket winners of the other group
  • All matches are played in a Best of 5.
  • Two winners will advance to Swiss.

• Swiss – 19–23 October and 26–29 October 
  • Two teams from the Play-In Stage join fourteen teams with direct entry from China, South Korea, Europe and North America
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • Round 1 teams will be paired against teams from a different region
    • Rounds 2 to 5 are seeded based on each team win-loss record
    • Elimination and Advancement matches are Best of 3
    • All other matches are Best of 1.
  • Teams that reach 3 wins in swiss advance to Knockout Stage.
  • Teams that reach 3 losses in swiss are eliminated.
  • Throughout the Swiss Stage, side selection will be determined by initial draw pool – the higher pool will receive side selection.
  • In matches between teams from the same draw pool, side selection will be determined by coinflip.

• Knockout Stage – 2–19 November
  • Eight teams play in a single elimination bracket.
  • Side Selection Privilege
    • Teams with Side Selection Privilege can choose the side in game 1, after that, the losing team can choose the side in the next game.
    • In Quarterfinals, higher ranked side in Swiss will have the Side Choice Privilege.
    • In the following matches, the Side Choice Privilege will be determined by coin flip.
  • All matches are Best of 5.

• Patch Information
  • Worlds 2023 will be played on Patch 13.19.
  • Naafiri and Briar were disabled for this tournament due to the “New Champions and VGUs must be enabled for playoffs in all four of the top regions in order to be playable at the next international tournament.” policy.

Worlds 2023 Draw Show

• The Worlds Draw Show will be held after LEC Season Finals to place teams into groups for the Play-In Stage of the 2023 World Championship.

• Swiss Stage Draw Show will be held after the completion of the Play-in and each round of play.
• Quarterfinal matchups will be decided by an on-stage draw following the final day of the Swiss Stage.
  • In this draw, teams that advanced with a 3-0 record will be matched against teams that advanced with a 3-2 record.
  • The remaining teams will then be matched against one another.

Final Results

Teams

Play-In Teams

• CTBC Flying Oyster – PCS Summer (Taiwan)
• DetonatioN FocusMe – LJL Summer (Japan)
• GAM Esports – VCS Dusk (Vietnam)
• LOUD – CBLOL Split 2 (Brazil)
• PSG Talon – PCS Summer (Taiwan)
• Rainbow7 – LLA Closing (Latin America)
• Team BDS – Worlds Qualifying Series (Europe)
• Team Whales – VCS Dusk (Vietnam)

Swiss Stage Teams

• Gen.G – LCK Regional Finals (Korea)
• T1 – LCK Regional Finals (Korea)
• KT Rolster – LCK Regional Finals (Korea)
• Dplus – LCK Regional Finals (Korea)
• JD Gaming – LPL Regional Finals (China)
• Bilibili Gaming – LPL Regional Finals (China)
• LNG Esports – LPL Regional Finals (China)
• Weibo Gaming – LPL Regional Finals (China)
• G2 Esports – LEC Finals (Europe)
• Fnatic – LEC Finals (Europe)
• MAD Lions – LEC Finals (Europe)
• NRG – LCS Summer (North America)
• Cloud9 – LCS Summer (North America)
• Team Liquid – LCS Summer (North America)

Play-In Stage

Matches

Play-In Stage – Phase 1

10 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – PSG Talon [2] vs [0] Rainbow7 (Group A Opening Matches)
5:00 PM (UTC+8) – GAM Esports [0] vs [2] LOUD (Group A Opening Matches)

11 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – CTBC Flying Oyster [2] vs [0] DetonatioN FocusMe (Group B Opening Matches)
5:00 PM (UTC+8) – Team BDS [1] vs [2] Team Whales (Group B Opening Matches)

12 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – PSG Talon [2] vs [0] LOUD (Group A Winners’ Match)

5:00 PM (UTC+8) – CTBC Flying Oyster [1] vs [2] Team Whales (Group B Winners’ Match)

13 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – Rainbow7 [0] vs [2] GAM Esports (Group A Elimination Match)

5:00 PM (UTC+8) – DetonatioN FocusMe [0] vs [2] Team BDS (Group B Elimination Match)

14 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – LOUD [0] vs [2] GAM Esports (Group A Decider Match)

5:00 PM (UTC+8) – CTBC Flying Oyster [0] vs [2] Team BDS (Group B Decider Match)

Play-In Stage – Phase 2

15 October

11:00 AM (UTC+8) – Team Whales [1] vs [3] GAM Esports (Qualifying Match)

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – PSG Talon [2] vs [3] Team BDS (Qualifying Match)

Swiss Stage

19 October

1:00 PM (UTC+8) – T1 [1] vs [0] Team Liquid (Round 1)
2:00 PM (UTC+8) – Cloud9 [1] vs [0] MAD Lions (Round 1)
3:00 PM (UTC+8) – Gen.G Esports [1] vs [0] GAM Esports (Round 1)
4:00 PM (UTC+8) – JD Gaming [1] vs [0] Team BDS (Round 1)
5:00 PM (UTC+8) – G2 Esports [1] vs [0] Dplus (Round 1)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – NRG [0] vs [1] Weibo Gaming (Round 1)
7:00 PM (UTC+8) – Fnatic [0] vs [1] LNG Esports (Round 1)
8:00 PM (UTC+8) – Bilibili Gaming [1] vs [0] KT Rolster (Round 1)

20 October

1:00 PM (UTC+8) – NRG [1] vs [0] Team Liquid (Round 2 – Low 0-1)

2:00 PM (UTC+8) – Cloud9 [0] vs [1] LNG Esports (Round 2 – High 1-0)

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – MAD Lions [1] vs [0] Team BDS (Round 2 – Low 0-1)

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – Fnatic [1] vs [0] GAM Esports (Round 2 – Low 0-1)

5:00 PM (UTC+8) – Gen.G Esports [1] vs [0] T1 (Round 2 – High 1-0)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – G2 Esports [1] vs [0] Weibo Gaming (Round 2 – High 1-0)
7:00 PM (UTC+8) – JD Gaming [1] vs [0] Bilibili Gaming (Round 2 – High 1-0)

8:00 PM (UTC+8) – KT Rolster [1] vs [0] Dplus (Round 2 – Low 0-1)

21 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – JD Gaming [2] vs [1] LNG Esports (Round 3 – High 2-0)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – G2 Esports [0] vs [2] Gen.G Esports (Round 3 – High 2-0)

22 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – T1 [1] vs [0] Cloud9 (Round 3 – Middle 1-1)
4:00 PM (UTC+8) – NRG [1] vs [0] MAD Lions (Round 3 – Middle 1-1)
5:00 PM (UTC+8) – Bilibili Gaming [1] vs [0] Fnatic (Round 3 – Middle 1-1)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – KT Rolster [1] vs [0] Weibo Gaming (Round 3 – Middle 1-1)

23 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – Team Liquid [1] vs [2] GAM Esports (Round 3 – Low 0-2)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – Dplus [2] vs [0] Team BDS (Round 3 – Low 0-2)

26 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – Cloud9 [1] vs [2] Fnatic (Round 4 – Low 1-2)
6:00 PM (UTC+8) – MAD Lions [0] vs [2] Weibo Gaming (Round 4 – Low 1-2)

27 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – NRG [2] vs [0] G2 Esports (Round 4 – High 2-1)

6:00 PM (UTC+8) – T1 [2] vs [0] Bilibili Gaming (Round 4 – High 2-1)

28 October

3:00 PM (UTC+8) – Dplus [2] vs [0] GAM Esports (Round 4 – High 2-1)

4:45 PM (UTC+8) – KT Rolster [1] vs [2] LNG Esports (Round 4 – High 2-1)

29 October

12:00 PM (UTC+8) – KT Rolster [2] vs [0] Dplus (Round 5)
2:00 PM (UTC+8) – Fnatic [1] vs [2] Weibo Gaming (Round 5)
4:00 PM (UTC+8) – G2 Esports [1] vs [2] Bilibili Gaming (Round 5)

Playoffs

2 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – Gen.G Esports [2] vs [3] Bilibili Gaming (Quarterfinal)

3 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – NRG [0] vs [3] Weibo Gaming (Quarterfinal)

4 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – JD Gaming [3] vs [1] KT Rolster (Quarterfinal)

5 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – LNG Esports [0] vs [3] T1 (Quarterfinal)

11 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – Bilibili Gaming [2] vs [3] Weibo Gaming (Semifinal)

12 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – JD Gaming [1] vs [3] T1 (Semifinal)

19 November

4:00 PM (UTC+8) – Weibo Gaming [0] vs [3] T1 (Grand Final)

Where to Watch?

Twitch / YouTube