LoL Worlds 2022 Game Format, Teams, Schedule, Streams

LoL Worlds 2022 is around the corner. Check out the 2022 League of Legends World Championship's format, teams, schedule, and streams below.

LoL Worlds 2022 Overview

The League of Legends Worlds 2022, the MOBA game's crowning tournament, will be held across North America from Thursday, September 29 to November 5. The venues are as follows:

• Play-In – Arena Esports Stadium (LLA Studio), Mexico City
• Group Stage & Quarterfinals – Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, New York
• Semifinals – State Farm Arena (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Grand Final – Chase Center (San Francisco, California)

Twenty-four (24) participating teams will battle it out to claim the coveted Summoner's Cup trophy and the lion's share of a massive USD 2,225,000 (around PHP 130 million) prize pool. With the LCL (CIS) unable to send a representative to the tournament this year, their seed has been granted to the LEC (Europe), making it the only major region with two representatives in the Play-In round.

Worlds 2022 Game Format

Here's the tournament format for the 2022 LoL World Championship.

Play-Ins Stage (September 29 to October 4)

The twelve teams are split between two groups. In the Play-in stage, there will be two rounds. In Round 1, the format will be a Single Round-Robin, best-of-one. The top squads will move to the Group Stage. Meanwhile, in Round 2, the third and fourth place squads will play a best-of-five series, with the winners facing the second seed from the other group for the final Groups spot.

Group Stage (October 7 to 10 and October 13 to 16)

In the Group Stage, 12 direct invited teams and the 4 Play-ins qualifiers will be split into four groups, where squads will play against each other in a double round-robin format, best-of-one series. Then, the top two squads in each group will advance to the Knockout Stage.

Knockout Stage (October 20 to 23, October 29 to 30, and November 5)

In the Knockout Stage (Playoffs), the remaining 8 teams will play in a single-elimination bracket where first-placed teams will compete against second-placed teams from another group in a best-of-five series.

Teams qualified for Worlds 2022

Below are the 24 teams qualified for LoL Worlds 2022, sorted by Play-In and Group Stage teams.

Play-In Teams

Group A:

• Fnatic (LEC 3rd seed)
• Beyond Gaming (PCS 2nd seed)
• Detonation FocusMe (LJL 1st seed)
• Evil Geniuses (LCS 3rd seed)
• LOUD (CBLOL 1st seed)
• Chiefs Esports Club (LCO 1st seed)

Group B:

• DRX (LCK 4th seed)
• Royal Never Give Up (LPL 4th seed)
• Saigon Buffalo (VCS 1st seed)
• MAD Lions (LEC 4th seed)
• İstanbul Wildcats (TCL 1st seed)
• Isurus (LLA 1st seed)

Group Stage Teams (Direct Invites)

Group A:

• Cloud9 (LCS 1st seed)
• T1 (LCK 2nd seed)
• Edward Gaming (LPL 3rd seed)

Group B:

• JD Gaming (LPL 1st seed)
• G2 Esports (LEC 2nd seed)
• DAMWON KIA (LCK 3rd seed)

Group C:

• Rogue Esports (LEC 1st seed)
• Top Esports (LPL 2nd seed)
• GAM Esports (VCS 1st seed)

Group D:

• 100 Thieves (LCS 2nd seed)
• CBTC Flying Oyster (PCS 1st seed)
• Gen.G Esports (LCK 1st seed)

LoL Worlds 2022 Schedule

Here are the dates of each stage for LoL Worlds 2022:

• Play-In Round 1: September 29 to October 2
• Play-In Round 2: October 3 to 4
• Group Stage: October 7 to 10; October 13 to 16
• Quarterfinals: October 20 to 23
• Semifinals: October 29 to 30
• Grand Final: November 5

Where to watch LoL Worlds 2022?

You can watch the livestream of the Worlds 2022 via Riot Games' Twitch channel and the official LoL Esports YouTube channel.

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