2017 Mid-Season Invitational

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2017 Mid-Season Invitational
Arena Olímpica do Rio.jpg
The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location Brazil
Dates28 April–21 May
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Venue(s)CBLOL Studio
(São Paulo, Play-in stage)
Jeunesse Arena
(Rio de Janeiro, Main Event)
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea SK Telecom T1
(2nd title)
Runner-upEurope G2 Esports
3rd place Flash Wolves
Team WE
MVPSouth Korea Han "Peanut" Wang-ho
(SK Telecom T1)
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The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a tournament for the MOBA video game League of Legends was hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[1]

SK Telecom T1 from South Korea defended successfully their championship in last year after defeating G2 Esports from Europe 3–1 at the final.

Qualified teams and roster[]

Qualified team[]

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group stage, 2 teams from North America (NA LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) are started in Play-in round 2, and instead of the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational in 2015–2016, 8 teams from Wildcard regions are started in Play-in round 1.

Region League Team ID
Start in Main Group stage
China LPL China Team WE WE
Europe EU LCS Europe G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT
Start in Play-in round 2
North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid TSM
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves FW
Start in Play-in round 1
Brazil CBLOL Brazil RED Canids RED
CIS LCL Russia Virtus.pro VP
Japan LJL Japan Rampage RPG
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN
Latin America South CLS Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves DW
Vietnam►Southeast Asia VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive eSports SUP

Roster[]

Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
Europe (LEC) – Europe G2 Esports
South Korea Expect
(Ki Dae-han) 		South Korea Trick
(Kim Gang-yun) 		Croatia Perkz
(Luka Perković) 		Denmark Zven
(Jesper Svenningsen) 		Spain mithy
(Alfonso Aguirre Rodríguez) 		Netherlands YoungBuck
(Joey Steltenpool)
North America (LCS) – United States Team SoloMid
United States Hauntzer
(Kevin Yarnell) 		Denmark Svenskeren
(Dennis Johnsen) 		Denmark Bjergsen
(Søren Bjerg) 		Canada Wildturtle
(Jason Tran) 		Canada Biofrost
(Vincent Wang) 		United States Parth
(Parth Naidu)
China (LPL) – China Team WE
China 957
(Ke Changyu) 		China Condi
(Xiang Renjie) 		China xiye
(Su Hanwei) 		South Korea Mystic
(Jin Seong-jun) 		South Korea Ben
(Nam Dong-hyeon) 		South Korea Homme
(Yun Seong-yeong)
South Korea Zero
(Yun Gyeong-seop)
South Korea (LCK) – South Korea SK Telecom T1
South Korea Huni
(Heo Seung-hun) 		South Korea Peanut
(Han Wang-ho) 		South Korea Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok) 		South Korea Bang
(Bae Jun-sik) 		South Korea Wolf
(Lee Jae-wan) 		South Korea kkOma
(Kim Jeong-gyun)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) – Taiwan Flash Wolves
Taiwan MMD
(Yu Li-hung) 		Taiwan Karsa
(Hung Hau-hsuan) 		Taiwan Maple
(Huang Yi-tang) 		Taiwan Betty
(Lu Yu-hung) 		Taiwan SwordArT
(Hu Shuo-chieh) 		Taiwan Steak
(Chou Lu-hsi)
Vietnam►Southeast Asia (VCS►GPL) – Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines
Vietnam Stark
(Phan Công Minh) 		Vietnam Levi
(Đỗ Duy Khánh) 		Vietnam Optimus
(Trần Văn Cường) 		Vietnam Slay
(Nguyễn Ngọc Hùng) 		Vietnam Archie
(Trần Minh Nhựt) 		Vietnam Tinikun
(Dương Nguyễn Duy Thanh)
Brazil (CBLOL) – Brazil RED Canids
Brazil Robo
(Leonardo Souza) 		Brazil Nappon
(Carlos Rücker) 		Brazil tockers
(Gabriel Claumann) 		Brazil brTT
(Felipe Gonçalves) 		France Dioud
(Hugo Padioleau) 		France Brokenshard
(Ram Djemal)
Brazil YoDa
(Felipe Noronha)
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) – Russia Virtus.pro
Denmark Doxy
(Rafael Adl Zarabi) 		Russia Kreox
(Ilya Grom) 		Ukraine Paranoia
(Ivan Tipuhov) 		Latvia Blasting
(Daniel Kudrin) 		Russia SaNTaS
(Aleksandr Lifashin) 		Russia Moo
(Dmitry Sukhanov)
Japan (LJL) – Japan Rampage
Japan Evi
(Shunsuke Murase) 		South Korea Tussle
(Lee Mun-yong) 		Japan Ramune
(Osamu Ozawa) 		Japan YutoriMoyashi
(Yuta Noguchi) 		South Korea Dara
(Jeon Jeong-hun) 		South Korea 34
(Kim Dong-hun)
Latin America North (LLN) – Mexico Lyon Gaming
Mexico Jirall
(Daniel del Castillo) 		Peru Oddie
(Sebastián Niño) 		Mexico Seiya
(Édgar Bracamontes) 		Argentina WhiteLotus
(Matías Musso) 		Argentina Genthix
(Mariano Polonsky) 		Mexico Yeti
(Rodrigo del Castillo)
Latin America South (CLS) – Argentina Isurus Gaming
Chile Pride
(Franco Sanzana) 		Chile QQmore
(Diego Apablaza) 		Chile Emp
(Benjamín Ramírez) 		Chile Kindless
(Benjamín Fuenzalida) 		Argentina Newbie
(Leandro Marcos) 		Argentina Ukkyr
(Markus Leuemberger)
Oceania (OPL) – Australia Dire Wolves
New Zealand Chippys
(Ryan Short) 		Australia Shernfire
(Shern Tai) 		Australia Phantiks
(Richard Su) 		Australia k1ng
(Calvin Truong) 		Australia Destiny
(Mitchell Shaw) 		Australia Sharp
(Curtis Morgan)
Turkey (TCL) – Turkey SuperMassive eSports
Turkey fabFabulous
(Asım Cihat Karakaya) 		Turkey Stomaged
(İlyas Furkan Güngör) 		Turkey Naru
(Koray Bıçak) 		Turkey Zeitnot
(Berkay Aşıkuzun) 		Turkey Dumbledoge
(Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu) 		Romania Exorant
(Daniel Hume)

Venues[]

São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

 Brazil
São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Play-in Stage Main Event
CBLoL Studio Jeunesse Arena
Capacity: Capacity: 15,430

Play-In Stage[]

Round 1[]

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[2]

Draw

Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group.

Pool 1 Pool 2
Brazil RED Canids Argentina Isurus Gaming
Russia Virtus.pro Mexico Lyon Gaming
Turkey SuperMassive eSports Japan Rampage
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines Australia Dire Wolves

Group A

# Team ~ SUP RED DW RPG W L
1 Turkey SuperMassive eSports SUP ~ 1–1 2–0 2–0 5 1
2 Brazil RED Canids RED 1–1 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 2
3 Australia Dire Wolves DW 0–2 1–1 ~ 1–1 2 4
4 Japan Rampage RPG 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1 5

Group B

# Team ~ GAM LYN VP ISG W L
1 Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM ~ 2–0 1–1 2–0 5 1
2 Mexico Lyon Gaming LYN 0–2 ~ 2–0 2–0 4 2
3 Russia Virtus.pro VP 1–1 0–2 ~ 1–1 2 4
4 Argentina Isurus Gaming ISG 0–2 0–2 1–1 ~ 1 5

Round 2[]

Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

  Round 2
                 
  United States Team SoloMid 3
  Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 2
 
  Taiwan Flash Wolves 3
  Turkey SuperMassive eSports 0

Round 3[]

GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3–1. GPL of Southeast Asia gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage for Summer Split Runner-up at 2017 World Championship.[3]

Round 3
   
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3
Turkey SuperMassive eSports 1

Group stage[]

# Team ~ SKT WE G2 FW TSM GAM W L
1 South Korea SK Telecom T1 SKT ~ 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 8 2
2 China Team WE WE 1–1 ~ 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 7 3
3 Europe G2 Esports[A] G2 0–2 0–2 ~ 2–0 1–1 1–1 4 6
4 Taiwan Flash Wolves[B] FW 1–1 0–2 0–2 ~ 1–1 2–0 4 6
5 United States Team SoloMid[B] TSM 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 ~ 1–1 4 6
6 Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 ~ 3 7
4th-place tie-break Match
   
Taiwan Flash Wolves Win
United States Team SoloMid Loss
Notes
  1. ^ After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3–1) against the other two teams.
  2. ^ a b Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.

Knockout stage[]

  • 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.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 19
 
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 21
 
Taiwan Flash Wolves 0
 
South Korea SK Telecom T13
 
May 20
 
Europe G2 Esports 1
 
China Team WE 1
 
 
Europe G2 Esports 3
 

Ranking[]

Place Region League Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st South Korea LCK South Korea SK Telecom T1 8–2 3–0 3–1
2nd Europe EU LCS Europe G2 Esports 4–6 3–1 1–3
3rd–4th China LPL China Team WE 7–3 1–3
TW/HK/MO LMS Taiwan Flash Wolves 3–1 4–6 0–3
5th North America NA LCS United States Team SoloMid 3–2 4–6
6th Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 5–1 2–3 3–1 3–7
7th Turkey TCL Turkey SuperMassive e-Sports 5–1 0–3 1–3
8–9th Brazil CBLOL Brazil RED Canids 4–2
Latin America North LLN Mexico Lyon Gaming 4–2
10–11th CIS LCL Russia Virtus.pro 2–4
Oceania OPL Australia Dire Wolves 2–4
12–13th Japan LJL Japan Rampage 1–5
Latin America South CLS Argentina Isurus Gaming 1–5

References[]

  1. ^ "What is the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational?". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 MSI Play-In". LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Marines avança no MSI e garante vaga extra no Mundial para a GPL". mycnb.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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