The League of Legends World Championship is only a few weeks away, and teams are still qualifying for the tournament that will crown the best team of 2024.
Riot Games is keeping LoL Worlds simple this year by maintaining the same format, albeit with some slight tweaks to help streamline the competition. The tournament will be held across Europe, with matches taking place in the Riot Berlin Studio and two stadiums, one in Paris and one in London.
The event will test the limits of every team involved, but none more so than Gen.G who are trying to complete the Golden Road of winning their domestic league in both splits, MSI, and Worlds.
Here is all the information you will need about the tournament before, during, and after it has concluded. This article will be updated as more information is revealed and matches are played.
LoL Worlds 2024 Schedule
Gen.G are coming off of an historic MSI win.
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship will take place from September 25 to November 2 and be held in venues across Europe.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule by each stage:
- Play-In Stage: September 25-29 (Riot Games Arena, Berlin)
- Swiss Stage: October 3-13 (Riot Games Arena, Berlin)
- Knockout Stage: October 17- November 2 (Adidas Arena, Paris & O2 Arena, London)
LoL Worlds format
Play-In Stage
- Eight teams will be drawn into two best-of-three double-elimination brackets with the two winners of each moving on to the Swiss Stage.
- The teams with 1-1 records will play the opposite group’s lower bracket round 1 winner to decide the final two spots in the next stage.
Swiss Stage
- 16 teams will compete in a five-round Swiss Stage.
- In the first stage, teams will be drawn into non-regional matches against each other. After that, teams will face opponents with the same win-loss record who are not from their region.
- Teams with three wins progress to the Knockout Stage. Teams with three losses are eliminated.
- Progression and elimination matches are best-of-three. The remaining matches are best-of-one.
Knockout Stage
- Eight teams compete in a single-elimination bracket.
- All matches are best-of-five.
Matches
Riot Games has yet to release the day-to-day schedule for the tournament, so below are approximations of when matches will be played at different stages of the event. This will be updated as more info is released.
Play-in Stage: September 25-29
Day 1: September 25
Day 2: September 26
Day 3: September 27
Day 4: September 28
Day 5: September 29
Swiss Stage: October 3-13
Colin Young-Wolff/Riot GamesGen.G claimed the MSI trophy a few months ago.
Below is the Swiss table that will be updated after every match to showcase which teams have made it out and which are still fighting to make the Knockout Stage.
Day 1: October 3
Day 2: October 4
Day 3: October 5
Day 4: October 6
Day 5: October 7
Day 6: October 10
Day 7: October 11
Day 8: October 12
Day 9: October 13
Knockout Stage: October 17- November 2
Day 1: October 17
Day 2: October 18
Day 3: October 19
Day 4: October 20
Day 5: October 26
Day 6: October 27
Day 7: November 2
Teams
Colin Young-Wolff/Riot GamesT1 won Worlds in 2023.
The World Championships will see the return of many top teams to the stage like Gen.G, BLG, and G2 Esports. Here are all the teams and players participating in the event.
Swiss Stage Teams:
Play-In Stage Teams:
