2016 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a League of Legends tournament by Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China.[1][2][3][4][5] The participants were 6 winning teams of the Spring Seasons in their respective regions: 5 teams from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China (LPL), South Korea (LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions (Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia) that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location |  China |
| Dates | 4 May–15 May |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Pudong New Area, Shanghai) |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  SK Telecom T1(1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Counter Logic Gaming |
| 3rd place |  Flash Wolves Royal Never Give Up |
| MVP | Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1) |
SK Telecom T1 from South Korea won their first MSI title after defeating Counter Logic Gaming from North America 3–0 in the final.
Qualified teams and roster
Qualified team
- Royal Never Give Up (2016 LPL Spring winner)
- SK Telecom T1 (2016 LCK Spring winner)
G2 Esports (2016 EU LCS Spring winner)- Flash Wolves (2016 LMS Spring winner)
- Counter Logic Gaming (2016 NA LCS Spring winner)
SuperMassive eSports (2016 TCL Winter winner, Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational winner)
Roster
| Players | Coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | |
| Europe (LEC) – G2 Esports | |||||
 Kikis(Mateusz Szkudlarek) |
Trick (Kim Gang-yun) |
 Perkz(Luka Perković) |
Emperor (Kim Jin-hyeon) |
 Hybrid(Glenn Doornenbal) |
YoungBuck (Joey Steltenpool) |
| North America (LCS) – Counter Logic Gaming | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} ZionSpartan(Darshan Upadhyaya) |
 Xmithie(Jake Puchero) |
Huhi (Choi Jae-hyeon) |
Stixxay (Trevor Hayes) |
Aphromoo (Zaqueri Black) |
Zikzlol (Tony Gray) |
| China (LPL) – Royal Never Give Up | |||||
| Looper (Jang Hyeong-seok) |
mlxg (Liu Shiyu) |
Xiaohu (Li Yuanhao) |
Wuxx (Wang Cheng) |
Mata (Cho Se-hyeong) |
Fly (Kim Sang-cheol) |
| South Korea (LCK) – SK Telecom T1 | |||||
| Duke (Lee Ho-seong) |
Bengi (Bae Seong-woong) |
Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) |
Bang (Bae Jun-sik) |
Wolf (Lee Jae-wan) |
kkOma (Kim Jeong-gyun) |
| Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) – Flash Wolves | |||||
| MMD (Yu Li-hung) |
Karsa (Hung Hau-hsuan) |
Maple (Huang Yi-tang) |
NL (Hsiung Wen-an) |
SwordArT (Hu Shuo-chieh) |
Fluidwind (Shih Yi-hao) |
| Wildcard – SuperMassive eSports | |||||
| Thaldrin (Berke Demir) |
Stomaged (İlyas Furkan Güngör) |
Naru (Koray Bıçak) |
 Achuu(Nicolaj Ellesgaard) |
Dumbledoge (Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu) |
hatchý (Adrian Widera) |
| fabFabulous (Asım Cihat Karakaya) | |||||
Group stage
- Double Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one.
- Top 4 teams advance to Play-off. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
| # | Team | ~ | RNG | CLG | FW | SKT | G2 | SUP | W | L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Never Give Up |
RNG | ~ | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Counter Logic Gaming |
CLG | 1–1 | ~ | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Flash Wolves |
FW | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 4 | SK Telecom T1 |
SKT | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ~ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 5 | G2 Esports |
G2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 2–0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | SuperMassive eSports |
SUP | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ~ | 1 | 9 |
Knockout stage
- The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
- Matches are Best-of-five
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Royal Never Give Up
| 1 | |||||||
| 4 | SK Telecom T1
| 3 | |||||||
| SK Telecom T1
| 3 | ||||||||
| Counter Logic Gaming
| 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Flash Wolves
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Counter Logic Gaming
| 3 | |||||||
References
- "SK Telecom lose four games in a row in crazy MSI group stage". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- "This might be the most embarrassing moment in competitive Counter-Strike history | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- "G2 on poor MSI performance: 'We are doing our best to improve each game'". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- "League Midseason Invitational day one recap | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- "MSI Day Two Recap: A panic in the Shanghai Oriental Center". ABC News.
Final standings
| Place | Team | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | SK Telecom T1 |
$250,000 |
| 2nd | Counter Logic Gaming |
$100,000 |
| 3rd–4th | Flash Wolves |
$50,000 |
| Royal Never Give Up | ||
| 5–6th | G2 Esports |
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1 The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||
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