2015 Mid-Season Invitational
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  United States |
| Dates | 7 May–10 May |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| Teams | 6 |
| Purse | $200,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Edward Gaming(1st title) |
| Runner-up |  SK Telecom T1 |
| 3rd place |  ahq e-Sports Club Fnatic |
The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational is the first event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) – a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games that was held after Spring Season, from May 7–10, 2015 at the Florida State University Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida.[1]The participants is 6 winner teams of the Spring Season: 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).[2]
EDward Gaming from China won the first ever MSI title after defeating SK Telecom T1 from South Korea 3–2 at the final.[3][4][5]
Qualified teams and roster[]
Qualified team[]
EDward Gaming (2015 LPL Spring winner)
SK Telecom T1 (2015 LCK Spring winner)
Fnatic (2015 EU LCS Spring winner)
ahq e-Sports Club (2015 LMS Spring winner)
Team SoloMid (2015 NA LCS Spring winner)
Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (2015 TCL Winter winner, Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational winner)
Roster[]
| Region | China (LPL) | South Korea (LCK) | Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | EDward Gaming (EDG)
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SK Telecom T1 (SKT)
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ahq e-Sports Club (AHQ)
| |||
| Position | ID | Name | ID | Name | ID | Name |
| Top | Koro1
|
Tong Yang | MaRin
|
Jang Gyeong-hwan | Ziv
|
Chen Yi |
| Jungle | Clearlove
|
Ming Kai | Bengi
|
Bae Seong-woong | Mountain
|
Xue Zhao-hong |
| Mid | Pawn
|
Heo Won-seok | Faker Easyhoon
|
Lee Sang-hyeok Lee Ji-hun |
westdoor
|
Liu Shu-wei |
| ADC | Deft
|
Kim Hyeok-kyu | Bang
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Bae Jun-sik | AN
|
Chou Chun-an |
| Support | Meiko
|
Tian Ye | Wolf
|
Lee Jae-wan | Albis
|
Kang Chia-wei |
| Coach | Aaron Reapered
|
Ji Xing Bok Han-gyu |
Kkoma
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Kim Jeong-gyun | Backstairs
|
Chen Yan-fu |
| Region | Europe (EU LCS) | North America (NA LCS) | Wildcard (IWC) | |||
| Team | Fnatic (FNC)
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Team SoloMid (TSM)
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 Beşiktaş e-Sports Club (BJK)
| |||
| Position | ID | Name | ID | Name | ID | Name |
| Top | Huni
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Heo Seung-hun | Dyrus
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Marcus Hill | Thaldrin
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Berke Demir |
| Jungle | Reignover
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Kim Eui-jin |  Santorin
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Lucas Larsen | Theokoles
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Muhammed Işık |
| Mid |  Febiven
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Fabian Diepstraten | Bjergsen
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Søren Bjerg |  Energy
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Isak Pettersen Fjell |
| ADC |  Steeelback
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Pierre Medjaldi |  WildTurtle
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Jason Tran |  Nardeus
|
Tomáš Maršálek |
| Support | YellOwStaR
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Bora Kim | Lustboy
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Ham Jang-sik | Dumbledoge
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Mustafa Gökseloğlu |
| Coach |  Deilor
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Luis Sevilla Petit | Locodoco
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Choi Yun-seop | Lethilion
|
İbrahim Onur Aksu |
Group Stage[]
- Single Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one.
- Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out Stage.
| # | Teams | SKT | EDG | AHQ | FNC | TSM | BJK | W | L | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Telecom T1
|
SKT | W | W | W | W | W | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Edward Gaming
|
EDG | L | W | W | W | W | 4 | 1 | |||
| 3 | ahq e-Sports Club
|
AHQ | L | L | W | W | W | 3 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Fnatic
|
FNC | L | L | L | W | W | 2 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Team SoloMid
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TSM | L | L | L | L | W | 1 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Beşiktaş e-Sports Club
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BJK | L | L | L | L | L | 0 | 5 |
Knock-out Stage[]
Some members of Edward Gaming with their championship medals
- The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals.
- All matches are Best-of-five.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | SK Telecom T1
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Fnatic
| 2 | |||||||
| SK Telecom T1
| 2 | ||||||||
| Edward Gaming
| 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Edward Gaming
| 3 | |||||||
| 3 | ahq e-Sports Club
| 0 | |||||||
References[]
- ^ Bishop, Rollin (May 15, 2015). "Why Tallahassee? Scenes From The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational". Paste Magazine. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ Miller, Brian (May 8, 2015). "League of Legends gamers occupy Civic Center". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ Zacny, Rob (May 11, 2015). "SK Telecom yield League of Legends MSI title to China's EDG as Faker falls short". PCGamesN. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ Bishop, Rollin (May 11, 2015). "EDward Gaming Wins the 2015 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational". Paste Magazine. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ Deesing, Jonathan. "Edward Gaming Beats SKT in Mid-Season Invitational". Red Bull. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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