2019 League of Legends World Championship

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League of Legends
World Championship

2019
Tournament information
Sport	League of Legends
Location	France Germany Spain
Dates	October 2–November 10
Administrator	Riot Games
Tournament format(s)	12 team double round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities) LEC Studio (Berlin, Play-in stage) Verti Music Hall (Berlin, Main group stage) Palacio Vistalegre (Madrid, Quarterfinals & Semifinals) AccorHotels Arena (Paris, Finals)
Teams	24
Final positions
Champion	FunPlus Phoenix
Runner-up	G2 Esports
Tournament statistics
Attendance	Peak viewership: 43.982.055[1]
MVP	Gao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix)
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The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the ninth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris.^[2] Twenty four teams from 13 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.

"Phoenix" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Chrissy Costanza and Cailin Russo, while Blanke, Carpenter Brut, and 1788-L produced their own remix versions of "Phoenix".^[3][4] A virtual rap group named "True Damage" was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon from (G)I-dle, Duckwrth, Thutmose, Keke Palmer and Becky G representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of their debut song, "Giants", in the finals.^[5]