2019 Mid-Season Invitational

The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene.

2019 Mid-Season Invitational
The Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei hosted the playoffs.
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationVietnam
Taiwan
Dates1 May–19 May
AdministratorRiot Games
Venue
Show list
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsG2 Esports
(1st title)
Runner-upTeam Liquid
3rd placeInvictus Gaming
SK Telecom T1
MVPRasmus "Caps" Winther
(G2 Esports)

Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues sent a team to represent them; Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in the Play-in Stage, with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage. [1][2]

"Bring Home The Glory" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Sara Skinner.[3]

The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei.

G2 Esports from Europe defeated Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the final and brought the region its first MSI championship.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified teams

The total number of participating regions decreased in 2019, from 14 last year to 13, due to the merger of two professional leagues, the North (LLN) and the South (CLS) of Latin America into a single league (LLA). The format was based on the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

Because of the Regional success in MSI and the World Championship in the two years prior (2017 and 2018), three teams from Europe (LEC), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) began in the main Group stage; two teams from North America (LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) begin in the second round of the play-in stage; and the eight remaining teams begin in the first round of the play-in stage. Losing teams in the second round will play in a third final main group stage qualifying round.

Region League Teams[1] ID
Start from Main event's Group stage
China LPL China Invictus Gaming IG
Europe LEC Europe G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start from Play-in stage round 2
North America LCS United States Team Liquid TL
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Start from Play-in stage round 1
Vietnam VCS Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB
Brazil CBLOL Brazil INTZ e-Sports ITZ
CIS LCL Russia Vega Squadron VEG
Japan LJL Japan DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Latin America LLA Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG
Oceania OPL Australia Bombers BMR
Southeast Asia LST Thailand MEGA Esports MG
Turkey TCL Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe FB

Roster
Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
Europe (LEC) – Europe G2 Esports
Denmark Wunder
(Martin Hansen)		 Poland Jankos
(Marcin Jankowski)		 Denmark Caps
(Rasmus Winther)		 Croatia Perkz
(Luka Perković)		 Slovenia Mikyx
(Mihael Mehle)		 Germany GrabbZ
(Fabian Lohmann)
North America (LCS) – United States Team Liquid
South Korea Impact
(Jeong Eon-yeong)		 United States Xmithie
(Jake Puchero)		 Denmark Jensen
(Nicolaj Jensen)		 United States Doublelift
(Yiliang Peter Peng)		 South Korea CoreJJ
(Jo Yong-in)		 South Korea Cain
(Jang Nu-ri)
China (LPL) – China Invictus Gaming
South Korea TheShy
(Kang Seung-lok)		 China Ning
(Gao Zhenning)		 South Korea Rookie
(Song Ui-jin)		 China JackeyLove
(Yu Wenbo)		 China Baolan
(Wang Liuyi)		 South Korea Karam
(Kim Ga-ram)
South Korea (LCK) – South Korea SK Telecom T1
South Korea Khan
(Kim Dong-ha)		 South Korea Clid
(Kim Tae-min)		 South Korea Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok)		 South Korea Teddy
(Park Jin-seong)		 South Korea Mata
(Cho Se-hyeong)		 South Korea Zefa
(Lee Jae-min)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) – Taiwan Flash Wolves
Taiwan Hanabi
(Su Chia-Hsiang)		 South Korea Bugi
(Lee Seong-yeop)		 South Korea Rather
(Shin Hyeong-seop)		 Taiwan Betty
(Lu Yu-Hung)		 Taiwan ShiauC
(Liu Chia-Hao)		 South Korea Sweet
(Cheon Jeong-hee)
Vietnam (VCS) – Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo
Vietnam Zeros
(Phạm Minh Lộc)		 Vietnam Meliodas
(Hoàng Tiến Nhật)		 Vietnam Naul
(Võ Thành Luân)		 Vietnam BigKoro
(Đặng Ngọc Tài)		 Vietnam Palette
(Nguyễn Hải Trung)		 Vietnam Ren
(Nguyễn Văn Trọng)
Vietnam XuHao
(Bùi Hoàng Sơn Vương)
Brazil (CBLOL) – Brazil INTZ e-Sports
Brazil Tay
(Rodrigo Panisa)		 Brazil Shini
(Diogo Rogê)		 Brazil Envy
(Bruno Farias)		 Brazil Mills
(Guilherme Conti)		 Brazil RedBert
(Ygor Freitas)		 Brazil Maestro
(Lucas Pierre)
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) – Russia Vega Squadron
Russia BOSS
(Vladislav Fomin)		 Russia AHaHaCiK
(Kirill Skvortsov)		 Russia Nomanz
(Lev Yakshin)		 Belarus Gadget
(Ilya Makavchuk)		 Russia SaNTaS
(Aleksandr Lifashin)		 Russia Invi
(Dmitrii Protasov)
Japan (LJL) – Japan DetonatioN FocusMe
Japan Evi
(Shunsuke Murase)		 South Korea Steal
(Moon Geon-yeong)		 Japan Ceros
(Kyohei Yoshida)		 Japan Yutapon
(Yuta Sugiura)		 South Korea Gaeng
(Yang Gwang-woo)		 Japan Kazu
(Kazuta Suzuki)
Latin America (LLA) – Argentina Isurus Gaming
Uruguay Buggax
(Mateo Aroztegui)		 Peru Oddie
(Sebastián Niño)		 Mexico Seiya
(Édgar Bracamontes)		 Chile Warangelus
(Fabián Llanos)		 Chile Slow
(Eduardo Garcés)		 Argentina Pierre
(Misael Di Ciancia)
Oceania (OPL) – Australia Bombers
South Korea Mimic
(Min Ju-seong)		 South Korea BalKhan
(Choi Hyeon-jin)		 Australia ry0ma
(Tommy Le)		 Australia FBI
(Victor Huang)		 Australia Rogue
(Jake Sharwood)		 Australia Westonway
(Scott Farmer)
Southeast Asia (LST) – Thailand MEGA Esports
Thailand Rockky
(Atit Phaomuang)		 South Korea Jjun
(Kwon Jun-seok)		 Thailand G4
(Nuttapong Menkasikan)		 Thailand Lloyd
(Juckkirsts Kongubon)		 South Korea PoP
(Ha Min-wook)		 South Korea Bigfafa
(Seo Min-seok)
Turkey (TCL) – Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe
South Korea Ruin
(Kim Hyeong-min)		 Netherlands Kirei
(Thomas Yuen)		 Sweden Bolulu
(Onur Can Demirol)		 Sweden Hades
(Volkan Dinçer)		 Turkey Japone
(Bahadır Çolak)		 Turkey Turkinator
(Aykut Emre Başkal)
Turkey Only35
(Mehmet Emin Aydın)

Venues

Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei were the three cities chosen to host the tournament.

 Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi
Play-in Stage Group Stage Play-off Stage
VCS Studio (GG Stadium) Vietnam National Convention Center Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Capacity: 120 Capacity: 3,700 Capacity: 6,958

Play-in stage

Round 1

Only two teams of each pool is drawn into a group.[4] Double Round Robin. First place teams from each group advance to Round 2.

Pool 1 Pool 2
Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe Australia Bombers
Thailand MEGA Esports Japan DetonatioN FocusMe
Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo Brazil INTZ e-Sports
Russia Vega Squadron Argentina Isurus Gaming
Group A[4]
# Team ~ PVB FB ISG BMR W L ±
1 Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB ~ 1–1 2–0 1–1 4 2 2
2 Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe FB 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 2 2
3 Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1 2 4 −2
3 Australia Bombers BMR 1–1 0–2 1–1 ~ 2 4 −2
Group A 1st-place tie-break match
   
Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo W
Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe L
Group B[4]
# Team ~ VEG DFM MG ITZ W L ±
1 Russia Vega Squadron VEG ~ 2–0 1–1 2–0 5 1 4
2 Japan DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0 4 2 2
3 Thailand MEGA Esports MG 1–1 0–2 ~ 1–1 2 4 −2
4 Brazil INTZ e-Sports ITZ 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1 5 −4

Round 2

Team Liquid plays against Group A 1st-place. Flash Wolves plays against Group B 1st-place. Winners of the series advance to Group stage. Losers will be dropped to Round 3.

Round 2
   
United States Team Liquid 3
A1 Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo 0
Taiwan Flash Wolves 3
B1 Russia Vega Squadron 1

Round 3

Winner of the series advances to Group stage. Loser is eliminated.

Round 3
   
Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo 3
Russia Vega Squadron 2

VCS of Vietnam gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship.

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to the knock-out stage. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

# Team ~ IG SKT G2 TL FW PVB W L ±
1 China Invictus Gaming IG ~ 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 9 1 8
2 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 1–1 ~ 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 7 3 4
3 Europe G2 Esports G2 0–2 2–0 ~ 1–1 2–0 0–2 5 5 0
4 United States Team Liquid TL 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 6 -2
5 Taiwan Flash Wolves FW 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 2–0 3 7 -4
6 Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo PVB 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 ~ 2 8 -6

China, South Korea, Europe and North America get pool 1 in Main Group Stage at 2019 League of Legends World Championship for Summer Split winner. TW/HK/MO and Vietnam get pool 2.

Knockout stage
  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (IG chose TL).
  • Single elimination, matches are best-of-five
Semifinals Finals
      
1 China Invictus Gaming 1
4 United States Team Liquid 3
United States Team Liquid 0
G2 Esports 3
2 South Korea SK Telecom T1 2
3 G2 Esports 3

Match 1
  • Date and time: 17 May, 11:00 UTC.
Team ID Result
1 Invictus Gaming IG 1
4 Team Liquid TL 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 IG L W TL
2 IG L W TL
3 TL L W IG
4 IG L W TL
5 X - - X


Match 2
  • Date and time: 18 May, 08:00 UTC.
Team ID Result
2 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 2
3 G2 Esports G2 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 SKT W L G2
2 G2 W L SKT
3 SKT W L G2
4 G2 W L SKT
5 SKT L W G2

Finals
  • Date and time: 19 May, 08:00 UTC
  • The members of the winning team will lift the MSI trophy, earning their title as the League of Legends 2019 Mid-Season Invitational Champions.
Team ID Result
Team Liquid TL 0
G2 Esports G2 3
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 G2 W L TL
2 TL L W G2
3 G2 W L TL
4 X - - X
5 X - - X

Ranking

(*) Not including tie-break games.

Place Region League Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st Europe LEC Europe G2 Esports 5–5 3–2 3–0
2nd North America LCS United States Team Liquid 3–0 4–6 3–1 0–3
3rd–4th South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 7–3 2–3
China LPL China Invictus Gaming 9–1 1–3
5th TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves 3–1 3–7
6th Vietnam VCS Vietnam Phong Vũ Buffalo* 4–2 0–3 3–2 2–8
7th CIS LCL Russia Vega Squadron 5–1 1–3 2–3
8th–9th Japan LJL Japan DetonatioN FocusMe 4–2
Turkey TCL Turkey 1907 Fenerbahçe* 4–2
10th–12th Latin America LLA Argentina Isurus Gaming 2–4
Oceania OPL Australia Bombers 2–4
Southeast Asia LST Thailand MEGA Esports 2–4
13th Brazil CBLOL Brazil INTZ e-Sports 1–5

References
  1. "2019 Mid-Season Invitational Event Overview". lolesports. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "MSI 2019 Format Summary". lolesports. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. "Riot Games releases theme song for MSI 2019". DotEsports. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "Bracket". lolesports. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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