2016 Mid-Season Invitational

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2016 Mid-Season Invitational
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Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location China
Dates4 May–15 May
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Venue(s)Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Pudong New Area, Shanghai)
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea SK Telecom T1
(1st title)
Runner-upUnited States Counter Logic Gaming
3rd place Flash Wolves
Royal Never Give Up
MVPSouth Korea Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
(SK Telecom T1)
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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).

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[]

  • China Royal Never Give Up (2016 LPL Spring winner)
  • South Korea SK Telecom T1 (2016 LCK Spring winner)
  • Europe G2 Esports (2016 EU LCS Spring winner)
  • Taiwan Flash Wolves (2016 LMS Spring winner)
  • United States Counter Logic Gaming (2016 NA LCS Spring winner)
  • Turkey SuperMassive eSports (2016 TCL Winter winner, Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational winner)

Roster[]

Region China (LPL) South Korea (LCK) Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS)
Team China Royal Never Give Up (RNG) South Korea SK Telecom T1 (SKT) Taiwan Flash Wolves (FW)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top South Korea Looper Jang Hyeong-seok South Korea Duke Lee Ho-seong Taiwan MMD Yu Li-hung
Jungle China mlxg Liu Shiyu South Korea Blank
South Korea Bengi 		Kang Seon-gu
Bae Seong-woong 		Taiwan Karsa Hung Hau-hsuan
Mid China Xiaohu Li Yuanhao South Korea Faker Lee Sang-hyeok Taiwan Maple Huang Yi-tang
ADC China Wuxx
China NaMei 		Wang Cheng
Zhu Jiawen 		South Korea Bang Bae Jun-sik Taiwan NL Hsiung Wen-an
Support South Korea Mata Cho Se-hyeong South Korea Wolf Lee Jae-wan Taiwan SwordArt Hu Shuo-chieh
Coach South Korea Fly Kim Sang-cheol South Korea Kkoma Kim Jeong-gyun Taiwan Fluidwind Shih Yi-hao
Region Europe (EU LCS) North America (NA LCS) Wildcard (IWC)
Team Europe G2 Esports (G2) United States Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) Turkey SuperMassive eSports (SUP)
Position ID Name ID Name ID Name
Top Poland Kikis Mateusz Szkudlarek Canada Darshan Darshan Upadhyaya Turkey Thaldrin
Turkey fabfabulous 		Berke Demir
Asım Cihat Karakaya
Jungle South Korea Trick Kim Gang-yun United States Xmithie Jake Puchero Turkey Stomaged İlyas Furkan Güngör
Mid Croatia PerkZ Luka Perković South Korea HuHi Choi Jae-hyeon Turkey Naru Koray Bıçak
ADC South Korea Emperor Kim Jin-hyeon United States Stixxay Trevor Hayes Denmark Achuu Nicolaj Ellesgaard
Support Netherlands Hybrid Glenn Doornenbal United States Aphromoo Zaqueri Black Turkey Dumbledoge Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu
Coach Netherlands YoungBuck Joey Steltenpool United States Zikzlol Tony Gray Poland hatchý Adrian Widera

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 China Royal Never Give Up RNG ~ 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 8 2
2 United States Counter Logic Gaming CLG 1–1 ~ 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 7 3
3 Taiwan Flash Wolves FW 0–2 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0 2–0 6 4
4 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT 1–1 1–1 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0 6 4
5 Europe G2 Esports G2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 ~ 2–0 2 8
6 Turkey 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 China Royal Never Give Up 1
4 South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
South Korea SK Telecom T1 3
United States Counter Logic Gaming 0
3 Taiwan Flash Wolves 1
2 United States Counter Logic Gaming 3

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "League Midseason Invitational day one recap | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  5. ^ "MSI Day Two Recap: A panic in the Shanghai Oriental Center". ABC News.

Final standings[]

Place Team Prize money
1st South Korea SK Telecom T1 $250,000
2nd United States Counter Logic Gaming $100,000
3rd–4th Taiwan Flash Wolves $50,000
China Royal Never Give Up
5–6th Europe G2 Esports
Turkey SuperMassive eSports
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