2023 Mid-Season Invitational

2023 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
Sport	League of Legends
Location	United Kingdom
Dates	2 May–21 May
Administrator	Riot Games
Venue(s)	Copper Box Arena (London)
Teams	13

The 2023 Mid-Season Invitational is the ongoing eighth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament will be the culmination of the 2023 Spring Split[lower-alpha 1] and the first interregional competition of Season 13.

The event marks the first time a double elimination format would be applied to a League of Legends esports event, as the event will be split into two stages, that being the play-in stage and the bracket stage.[2][3]

The tournament will be hosted in London, United Kingdom, from 2 to 21 May 2023. All stages of the tournament will be played in the Copper Box Arena.[4]

"Rules (Are Meant to Break)" is the tournament's theme song, put together by Che Lingo.[5]

Royal Never Give Up from China were the two-time defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Bilibili Gaming in the 2023 LPL Spring Playoffs.[6]

Format

8 of the 13 teams would start from the play-in stage. Three final surviving teams from the play-in stage would then proceed to the bracket stage, where they would meet with the other five teams.[7] For the event, the teams were unable to use champions Yuumi and Milio as both were deemed unsuitable by Riot Games for competitive play at the time.[8]

Play-in stage

All teams would be drawn into two groups, with all groups having four teams. Excluding the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) match that is a best-of five match, all the other matches of the stage will have a best-of-three double elimination format.[7]

Bracket stage

The three surviving teams from previous stage would join the other five teams to compete in the bracket stage. All matches of the bracket stage will have a best-of-five double elimination format.[7]

Qualified teams

Four of the nine premier League of Legends leagues had two teams representing them, including the LCK, LPL, LEC and LCS,[9] with both LCK teams will start in the bracket stage due to a team from the region winning the 2022 World Championship. Team from LCL (CIS), TCL (Turkey), LCO (Oceania) have been no longer qualified directly for MSI since 2023. The number of teams taking part in this tournament would be increased from eleven to thirteen.

Region	League	Path	Team	ID	Pool
Starting in the bracket stage
South Korea	LCK	Spring Champion	Gen.G	GEN	1
South Korea	LCK	Spring Runner-Up	T1	T1	3
China	LPL	Spring Champion	JD Gaming	JDG	1
EMEA	LEC	Spring Champion	MAD Lions	MAD	2
North America	LCS	Spring Champion	Cloud9	C9	2
Starting in the play-in stage
China	LPL	Spring Runner-Up	Bilibili Gaming	BLG	1
EMEA	LEC	Winter Champion	G2 Esports	G2	1
North America	LCS	Spring Runner-Up	Golden Guardians	GG	2
TW/HK/MO/SEA/OCE	PCS	Spring Champion	PSG Talon	PSG	2
Vietnam	VCS	Spring Champion	GAM Esports	GAM	3
Japan	LJL	Spring Champion	DetonatioN FocusMe	DFM	3
Latin America	LLA	Spring Champion	Movistar R7	R7	4
Brazil	CBLOL	Spring Champion	LOUD	LLL	4

Venue

London was the city chosen to host the competition. Both Play-In Stage and Bracket Stage would be held at the Copper Box Arena.

London, United Kingdom
Copper Box Arena
London

Play-in stage

Date and time: 2–7 May, begins at 13:00 GMT on weekdays and 12:00 GMT on weekends
Eight teams would be drawn into two groups
Pool 1 team would play with pool 4 team, while pool 2 team would play with pool 3 team in upper bracket round 1
Double elimination; all matches (excluding the lower round 3 match which is a best-of-five match) are best-of-three
Three surviving teams (winners of Match 7, 8 and 11) advanced to the Bracket Stage as pool 3; five teams would be eliminated[10]

Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Match 1 – May 2

DetonatioN FocusMe

0

Match 7 – May 4

PSG Talon

2

W1

PSG Talon

0

Match 2 – May 2

W2

G2 Esports

2

G2 Esports

2

LOUD

0

Match 3 – May 3

Bilibili Gaming

2

Match 8 – May 4

Movistar R7

0

W3

Bilibili Gaming

2

Match 4 – May 3

W4

Golden Guardians

1

GAM Esports

0

Golden Guardians

2

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Match 9 – May 6

Match 5 – May 5

L7

PSG Talon

2

L1

DetonatioN FocusMe

0

W5

LOUD

0

Match 11 – May 7

L2

LOUD

2

W9

PSG Talon

0

Match 10 – May 6

W10

Golden Guardians

3

Match 6 – May 5

L8

Golden Guardians

2

L3

Movistar R7

2

W6

Movistar R7

0

L4

GAM Esports

1

Round 1

Date: May 2

Team	ID	Result
DetonatioN FocusMe	DFM	0
PSG Talon	PSG	2

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	PSG	W	L	DFM
2	DFM	L	W	PSG
3	Not required

Date: May 2

Team	ID	Result
G2 Esports	G2	2
LOUD	LLL	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	G2	W	L	LLL
2	G2	W	L	LLL
3	Not required

Date: May 3

Team	ID	Result
Bilibili Gaming	BLG	2
Movistar R7	R7	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	BLG	W	L	R7
2	BLG	W	L	R7
3	Not required

Date: May 3

Team	ID	Result
GAM Esports	GAM	0
Golden Guardians	GG	2

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GG	W	L	GAM
2	GAM	L	W	GG
3	Not required

Round 2

Date: May 4

Team	ID	Result
Bilibili Gaming	BLG	2
Golden Guardians	GG	1

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	BLG	W	L	GG
2	BLG	L	W	GG
3	BLG	W	L	GG

Date: May 4

Team	ID	Result
PSG Talon	PSG	0
G2 Esports	G2	2

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	G2	W	L	PSG
2	PSG	L	W	G2
3	Not required

Lower round 1

Date: May 5

Team	ID	Result
Movistar R7	R7	2
GAM Esports	GAM	1

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GAM	L	W	R7
2	GAM	W	L	R7
3	GAM	L	W	R7

Date: May 5

Team	ID	Result
DetonatioN FocusMe	DFM	0
LOUD	LLL	2

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	LLL	W	L	DFM
2	DFM	L	W	LLL
3	Not required

Lower round 2

Date: May 6

Team	ID	Result
PSG Talon	PSG	2
LOUD	LLL	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	PSG	W	L	LLL
2	LLL	L	W	PSG
3	Not required

Date: May 6

Team	ID	Result
Golden Guardians	GG	2
Movistar R7	R7	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GG	W	L	R7
2	GG	W	L	R7
3	Not required

Lower round 3

Date: May 7

Team	ID	Result
PSG Talon	PSG	0
Golden Guardians	GG	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GG	W	L	PSG
2	PSG	L	W	GG
3	PSG	L	W	GG
4	Not required
5	Not required

Bracket stage

Date and time: 9–21 May, begins at 13:00 GMT on weekdays and 12:00 GMT on weekends
Teams of same pool 1 or same pool 2 would be on opposite sides of the upper bracket. All four teams could not face each other in upper bracket round 1.
Teams of the same region could not face each other in upper bracket round 1 too.
Double elimination; matches are best-of-five[10]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Finals

Match 1 – May 9

Gen.G

3

Match 7 – May 13

G2 Esports

1

W1

Gen.G

2

Match 2 – May 10

W2

T1

3

MAD Lions

0

Match 11 – May 18

T1

3

W7

T1

2

Match 3 – May 11

W8

JD Gaming

3

Cloud9

0

Match 8 – May 14

Bilibili Gaming

3

W3

Bilibili Gaming

0

Match 4 – May 12

W4

JD Gaming

3

JD Gaming

3

Match 14 – May 21

Golden Guardians

0

W11

JD Gaming

W13

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower round 4

Match 9 – May 16

Match 5 – May 13

L8

Bilibili Gaming

3

Match 13 – May 20

L1

G2 Esports

3

W5

G2 Esports

1

Match 12 – May 19

L11

T1

L2

MAD Lions

0

W9

Bilibili Gaming

3

W12

Bilibili Gaming

Match 10 – May 17

W10

Gen.G

0

Match 6 – May 14

L7

Gen.G

3

L3

Cloud9

3

W6

Cloud9

0

L4

Golden Guardians

1

Round 1

Date: May 9

Team	ID	Result
Gen.G	GEN	3
G2 Esports	G2	1

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GEN	W	L	G2
2	G2	L	W	GEN
3	G2	W	L	GEN
4	GEN	W	L	G2
5	Not required

Date: May 10

Team	ID	Result
MAD Lions	MAD	0
T1	T1	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	T1	W	L	MAD
2	MAD	L	W	T1
3	MAD	L	W	T1
4	Not required
5	Not required

Date: May 11

Team	ID	Result
Cloud9	C9	0
Bilibili Gaming	BLG	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	C9	L	W	BLG
2	C9	L	W	BLG
3	BLG	W	L	C9
4	Not required
5	Not required

Date: May 12

Team	ID	Result
JD Gaming	JDG	3
Golden Guardians	GG	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	JDG	W	L	GG
2	GG	L	W	JDG
3	GG	L	W	JDG
4	Not required
5	Not required

Round 2

Date: May 14

Team	ID	Result
Gen.G	GEN	2
T1	T1	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GEN	L	W	T1
2	GEN	L	W	T1
3	T1	L	W	GEN
4	GEN	W	L	T1
5	T1	W	L	GEN

Date: May 15

Team	ID	Result
Biliblili Gaming	BLG	0
JD Gaming	JDG	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	JDG	W	L	BLG
2	BLG	L	W	JDG
3	BLG	L	W	JDG
4	Not required
5	Not required

Round 3

Date: May 18

Team	ID	Result
T1	T1	2
JD Gaming	JDG	3

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	JDG	W	L	T1
2	T1	W	L	JDG
3	JDG	L	W	T1
4	JDG	W	L	T1
5	T1	L	W	JDG

Lower round 1

Date: May 13

Team	ID	Result
G2 Esports	G2	3
MAD Lions	MAD	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	MAD	L	W	G2
2	G2	W	L	MAD
3	G2	W	L	MAD
4	Not required
5	Not required

Date: May 14

Team	ID	Result
Cloud9	C9	3
Golden Guardians	GG	1

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GG	L	W	C9
2	C9	W	L	GG
3	C9	L	W	GG
4	C9	W	L	GG
5	Not required

Lower round 2

Date: May 16

Team	ID	Result
Bilibili Gaming	BLG	3
G2 Esports	G2	1

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	G2	L	W	BLG
2	G2	W	L	BLG
3	G2	L	W	BLG
4	G2	L	W	BLG
5	Not required

Date: May 17

Team	ID	Result
Gen.G	GEN	3
Cloud9	C9	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	GEN	W	L	C9
2	C9	L	W	GEN
3	C9	L	W	GEN
4	Not required
5	Not required

Lower round 3

Date: May 19

Team	ID	Result
Bilibili Gaming	BLG	3
Gen.G	GEN	0

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1	BLG	W	L	GEN
2	GEN	L	W	BLG
3	GEN	L	W	BLG
4	Not required
5	Not required

Lower round 4

Date: May 20

Team	ID	Result
T1	T1
Bilibili Gaming	BLG

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Finals

Date: May 21
The members of the winning team will lift the MSI trophy, earning their title as the League of Legends 2023 Mid-Season Invitational Champions.

Team	ID	Result
JD Gaming	JDG

Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
1
2
3
4
5

Ranking

Team ranking

Place	Region	Team	Prize (%)	Prize (USD)
1st			20%	$50,000
2nd			15%	$37,500
3rd			12%	$30,000
4th	LCK	Gen.G	10%	$25,000
5th–6th	LCS	Cloud9	8%	$20,000
5th–6th	LEC	G2 Esports	8%	$20,000
7th–8th	LCS	Golden Guardians	6%	$15,000
7th–8th	LEC	MAD Lions	6%	$15,000
9th	PCS	PSG Talon	5%	$12,500
10th–11th	CBLOL	LOUD	3%	$7,500
10th–11th	LLA	Movistar R7	3%	$7,500
12th–13th	VCS	GAM Esports	2%	$5,000
12th–13th	LJL	DetonatioN FocusMe	2%	$5,000
Place	Region	Team	Prize (%)	Prize (USD)

Notes

For the 2023 season, the Winter and Spring champion from EMEA (LEC) will qualify for the event, as a result of the introduction of three splits to the LEC season.[1]

References

Miter, Mateusz (3–20 January 2023). "This is how LEC teams will qualify for MSI and Worlds following 2023 changes". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
"Save-the-Date: MSI 2023 is Coming to London!". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
"State of the Game: LoL Esports in 2023". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
Ciocchetti, Cecilia (8 February 2023). "Riot confirms MSI 2023 location, dates, and more". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
"Riot is 'ready to defy your expectations' with shadow-dropped MSI 2023 anthem". Dot Esports. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
Younger, Warren (29 May 2022). "RNG defeat T1 to win MSI 2022". Upcomer. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
Czar, Michael (8 February 2023). "MSI 2023: How to watch, schedule, teams, and more". Upcomer. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
Esguerra, Tyler (19 April 2023). "Riot confirms 2 top LoL supports will be disabled for MSI 2023". Dot Esports. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
"Worlds 2023 to be held in Korea, MSI 2023 in London". InvenGlobal. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
"MSI 2023 Primer". lolesports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

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[2] For the 2023 season, the Winter and Spring champion from EMEA (LEC) will qualify for the event, as a result of the introduction of three splits to the LEC season.[1]

[1] Miter, Mateusz (3–20 January 2023). "This is how LEC teams will qualify for MSI and Worlds following 2023 changes". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[3] "Save-the-Date: MSI 2023 is Coming to London!". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[4] "State of the Game: LoL Esports in 2023". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[5] Ciocchetti, Cecilia (8 February 2023). "Riot confirms MSI 2023 location, dates, and more". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[6] "Riot is 'ready to defy your expectations' with shadow-dropped MSI 2023 anthem". Dot Esports. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[7] Younger, Warren (29 May 2022). "RNG defeat T1 to win MSI 2022". Upcomer. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

[msiformat-8] Czar, Michael (8 February 2023). "MSI 2023: How to watch, schedule, teams, and more". Upcomer. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[9] Esguerra, Tyler (19 April 2023). "Riot confirms 2 top LoL supports will be disabled for MSI 2023". Dot Esports. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[10] "Worlds 2023 to be held in Korea, MSI 2023 in London". InvenGlobal. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[msiprimer-11] "MSI 2023 Primer". lolesports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.