2022 Mid-Season Invitational

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2022 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Location South Korea
Dates10 May–29 May
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Venue(s)
2 (in Busan)
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Royal Never Give Up
(3rd title)
Runner-up T1
3rd place Evil Geniuses
G2 Esports
MVP Yang "Wei" Yangwei
(Royal Never Give Up)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational was the seventh Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games–organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2022 Spring Split and the first interregional competition of Season 12.

11 of the 12 premier League of Legends leagues had a team representing them; the LCL was not participating due to the Spring Split being cancelled as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The competition continued the same format that was introduced during MSI 2021. The minimum prize pool was US$250,000.

"Set It Off" was the tournament's theme song, put together by DPR Live, and DPR Cline.[1]

The tournament was hosted in Busan, South Korea, from 10 to 29 May 2022. The Group Stage was held in the Busan Esports Arena,[2] while the Rumble Stage and Knockout Stage was held in the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) Exhibition Hall 1 in Busan.[3] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, the qualified team from LPL competed remotely from China, in the team's training facility.[4]

Defending champion Royal Never Give Up from China defeated T1 from South Korea 3–2 in the final, winning their third MSI title.[5]

Format[]

Teams from 11 regions competed in the Group Stage, the Rumble Stage, and the Knockout Stage, similar to the format used in the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.[6]

Group Stage[]

All teams were drawn into three groups, with two of the groups having four teams and one group with three teams. All matches was a best-of-one double round robin.

Rumble Stage[]

The top two teams from each group competed in the Rumble Stage. The matches was a best-of-one double round robin.

Knockout Stage[]

The top four teams advanced to the Knockout Stage. The matches was a best-of-one single elimination.

Qualified teams[]

Due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the LCL Spring Split had been cancelled, and the CIS region therefore could not participate in the tournament.[3][7]

Region League Teams ID Pool
China LPL Royal Never Give Up RNG 1
Europe LEC G2 Esports G2
South Korea LCK T1 T1
North America LCS Evil Geniuses EG 2
TW/HK/MO/SEA PCS PSG Talon PSG
Vietnam VCS Saigon Buffalo[a] SGB
Latin America LLA Team Aze AZE 3
Turkey TCL Istanbul Wildcats IW
Brazil CBLOL RED Canids RED 4
Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Oceania LCO ORDER ORD

Roster[]

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Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
Europe (LEC) – Europe G2 Esports[9]
Broken Blade
(Sergen Çelik) 		Jankos
(Marcin Jankowski) 		caPs
(Rasmus Winther) 		Flakked
(Victor Lirola Tortosa) 		Targamas
(Raphaël Crabbé) 		Dylan Falco
China (LPL) – China Royal Never Give Up[10]
Bin
(Chen Zebin) 		Wei
(Yan Yangwei) 		Xiaohu
(Li Yuanhao) 		GALA
(Chen Wei) 		Ming
(Shi Senming) 		KenZhu
(Zhu Kai)
Bunny
(Liu Wenkang) 		Tabe
(Wong Pak Kan)
South Korea (LCK) – South Korea T1[11]
Zeus
(Choi Woo-je) 		Oner
(Mun Hyeon-jun) 		Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok) 		Gumayusi
(Lee Min-hyeong) 		Keria
(Ryu Min-seok) 		Polt
(Choi Seong-hun)
Asper
(Kim Tae-gi) 		moment
(Kim Ji-hwan)
North America (LCS) – United States Evil Geniuses[12]
Impact
(Jeong Eon-yeong) 		Inspired
(Kacper Słoma) 		jojopyun
(Joseph Joon Pyun) 		Danny
(Kyle Sakamaki) 		Vulcan
(Philippe Laflamme) 		Turtle
(Gabriel Peixoto)
Kaori
(Muhammed Hasan Şentürk) 		Rigby
(Han Earl)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia (PCS) – Hong Kong PSG Talon[13]
Hanabi
(Su Chia-Hsiang) 		Juhan
(Lee Ju-han) 		Bay
(Park Jun-byeong) 		Unified
(Wong Chun Kit) 		Kaiwing
(Ling Kai Wing) 		CorGi
(Cheng Pin-Lun)
Azhi
(Huang Shang-Chih) 		Tom
(Im Jae-hyeon)
Vietnam (VCS) – Vietnam Saigon Buffalo[14]
Hasmed
(Lâm Huỳnh Gia Huy) 		BeanJ
(Trần Văn Chính) 		Froggy
(Bùi Văn Minh Hải) 		Shogun
(Nguyễn Văn Huy) 		Taki
(Đinh Anh Tài) 		Ren
(Nguyễn Văn Trọng)
Brazil (CBLOL) – Brazil RED Canids[15]
Guigo
(Guilherme Ruiz) 		Aegis
(Gabriel Vinicius Saes) 		Grevthar
(Daniel Xavier) 		TitaN
(Alexandre Lima) 		Jojo
(Gabriel Dzelme) 		Coelho
(Coelho Rabaiolli)
Japan (LJL) – Japan DetonatioN FocusMe[16]
Evi
(Shunsuke Murase) 		Steal
(Moon Geon-yeong) 		Yaharong
(Lee Chan-ju) 		Yutapon
(Yuta Sugiura) 		Harp
(Lee Ji-yoong) 		Kazu
(Kazuta Suzuki)
Latin America (LLA) – Mexico Team Aze[17]
Lonely
(Han Gyu-joon) 		Dimitry
(Juan Dimitry Hernández González) 		Aloned
(Tomás Díaz Valiente) 		5kid
(Park Jeong-hyeon) 		Straight
(Roberto Guallichico) 		Yeti
(Rodrigo del Castillo)
Oceania (LCO) – Australia ORDER[18]
BioPanther
(Brandon Alexander) 		Kevy
(Shane Allen) 		Kisee
(Ronald Vo) 		Puma
(Nathan Puma) 		Corporal
(Ian Pearse) 		Ceres
(Evan Mascarenhas)
Turkey (TCL) – Turkey Istanbul Wildcats[19]
StarScreen
(Soner Kaya) 		Ferret
(Hakan Mert Çakmak) 		Serin
(Tolga Ölmez) 		HolyPhoenix
(Anıl Işık) 		Farfetch
(Berk Badur) 		TheQep
(Melih Akgün)

Venue[]

Busan was the city chosen to host the competition. Group Stage was held at the Busan Esports Arena, while the Rumble Stage and Knockout Stage will be held at the BEXCO.

Busan, South Korea
Group Stage Rumble Stage Knockout Stage
Busan Esports Arena BEXCO

Group stage[]

  • Date and time: 10–15 May, began at 17:00 KST (08:00 UTC)[20]
  • Eleven teams were drawn into three groups, two groups of four and one group of three
  • Double round robin for Groups A and B, quadruple round robin for Group C; all matches were best-of-one
  • If two teams had the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, then a tiebreaker match would have been played
  • Top two teams advanced to the Rumble Stage; bottom two teams were eliminated

Group A[]

# Team ~ T1 SGB DFM AZE W L
1 T1 T1 2–0 2–0 2–0 6 0
2 Saigon Buffalo SGB 0–2 2–0 2–0 4 2
3 DetonatioN FocusMe DFM 0–2 0–2 1–1 1 5
3 Team Aze AZE 0–2 0–2 1–1 1 5
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
May 10 1 T1 W L SGB
2 AZE L W DFM
May 11 3 DFM L W SGB
4 AZE L W T1
May 12 5 SGB W L AZE
6 T1 W L DFM
May 15 7 AZE L W SGB
8 DFM L W T1
9 SGB W L DFM
10 T1 W L AZE
11 DFM L W AZE
12 SGB L W T1

Group B[]

# Team ~ RNG PSG RED IW W L
1 Royal Never Give Up RNG 2–0 2–0 2–0 6 0
2 PSG Talon PSG 0–2 1–1 2–0 3 3
3 RED Canids RED 0–2 1–1 1–1 2 4
4 Istanbul Wildcats IW 0–2 0–2 1–1 1 5
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
May 10 1 RED W L PSG
May 11 2 IW W L RED
May 12 3 PSG W L IW
May 13 4 PSG W L RED
5 RNG W L IW
6 IW L W PSG
7 RED L W RNG
8 RED W L IW
9 PSG L W RNG
May 14[b] 10 IW L W RNG
11 RNG W L PSG
12 RNG W L RED

Group C[]

# Team ~ G2 EG ORD W L
1 G2 Esports G2 4–0 4–0 8 0
2 Evil Geniuses EG 0–4 4–0 4 4
3 ORDER ORD 0–4 0–4 0 8
Date Game Blue side Result Red side
May 10 1 ORD L W G2
2 EG L W G2
May 11 3 G2 W L EG
4 EG W L ORD
May 12 5 ORD L W EG
6 G2 W L ORD
May 14 7 EG L W G2
8 EG W L ORD
9 G2 W L ORD
10 G2 W L EG
11 ORD L W EG
12 ORD L W G2

Rumble stage[]

  • Date and time: 20–24 May, begins at 15:00 KST (06:00 UTC)[20]
  • Six teams played in a double round robin; matches were best-of-one
  • If teams had the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, then tiebreaker matches would have been played for first, second, and fourth place
  • Top four teams advanced to the Knockout Stage; bottom two teams were eliminated
# Team ~ RNG T1 G2 EG PSG SGB W L
1 Royal Never Give Up RNG 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 8 2
2 T1 T1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 7 3
3 G2 Esports G2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 5 5
4 Evil Geniuses EG 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 5 5
5 PSG Talon PSG 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3 7
6 Saigon Buffalo SGB 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2 8


Date Game Blue side Result Red side
20 May 1 T1 L W G2
2 EG L W RNG
3 PSG W L SGB
4 G2 W L RNG
5 SGB L W EG
6 PSG L W T1
21 May 7 G2 W L EG
8 RNG W L PSG
9 T1 W L SGB
10 PSG L W EG
11 RNG W L T1
12 SGB L W G2
22 May 13 EG L W T1
14 G2 L W PSG
15 RNG W L SGB
16 T1 W L PSG
17 RNG W L G2
18 EG W L SGB
23 May 19 PSG W L G2
20 T1 L W EG
21 SGB L W RNG
22 G2 L W T1
23 SGB W L PSG
24 RNG W L EG
24 May 25 G2 L W SGB
26 EG W L PSG
27 SGB L W T1
28 PSG L W RNG
29 EG L W G2
30 T1 W L RNG

Knockout stage[]

  • Date and time: 27–29 May, 17:00 KST (08:00 UTC)[20]
  • Single elimination, matches are best-of-five
  • Top team from the Rumble Stage chose between 3rd and 4th to be their opponent and the day of play for the Semifinals (RNG chose EG).[22]
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Royal Never Give Up 3
4 Evil Geniuses 0
Royal Never Give Up 3
T1 2
2 T1 3
3 G2 Esports 0

Semifinals[]

Match 1[]

  • Date: 27 May
Team ID Result
1 Royal Never Give Up RNG 3
4 Evil Geniuses EG 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 RNG W L EG
2 EG L W RNG
3 EG L W RNG
4 × – – ×
5 × – – ×

Match 2[]

  • Date: 28 May
Team ID Result
2 T1 T1 3
3 G2 Esports G2 0
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 T1 W L G2
2 G2 L W T1
3 G2 L W T1
4 × – – ×
5 × – – ×

Finals[]

  • Date: 29 May
  • The members of the winning team will lift the MSI trophy, earning their title as the League of Legends 2022 Mid-Season Invitational Champions.
Team ID Result
Royal Never Give Up RNG 3
T1 T1 2
Game Blue side Result Red side
1 RNG W L T1
2 T1 W L RNG
3 RNG W L T1
4 T1 W L RNG
5 RNG W L T1

Ranking[]

(*) Not including tie-break games.

Place Region League Teams GS RS SF Final
1st China LPL Royal Never Give Up 6–0 8–2 3–0 3–2
2nd South Korea LCK T1 6–0 7–3 3–0 2–3
3rd–4th Europe LEC G2 Esports 8–0 5–5 0–3
North America LCS Evil Geniuses 4–4 5–5 0–3
5th Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia PCS PSG Talon 3–3 3–7
6th Vietnam VCS Saigon Buffalo 4–2 2–8
7th–8th Brazil CBLOL RED Canids 2–4
Oceania LCO ORDER 0–8
9th–10th Japan LJL DetonatioN FocusMe 1–5
Latin America LLA Team Aze 1–5
11th Turkey TCL Istanbul Wildcats 1–5

Prize pool[]

The prize pool consists of a US$250,000 prize guaranteed by Riot and "a percentage of revenue share for the sale of certain designated digital goods associated with MSI". The prize pool is distributed unevenly among all the teams.[23]

Knockout Stage[23]
Position Prize-pool percentage
Champion 30%
2nd 20%
3rd–4th 10% each
Rumble Stage[23]
Position Prize-pool percentage
1st Advance to Knockout Stage
2nd Advance to Knockout Stage
3rd Advance to Knockout Stage
4th Advance to Knockout Stage
5th–6th 7% each
Group Stage (for each group)[23]
Position Prize-pool percentage
1st Advance to Rumble Stage
2nd Advance to Rumble Stage
3rd 3.33% each
4th 2% each
If 3rd and 4th are tied 2.67% each

Notes[]

  1. ^ The VCS Spring 2022 Champions GAM Esports decided not to participate in this MSI due to their participation in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games as the Vietnam National Team. Saigon Buffalo are invited to MSI as the runners-up.[8]
  2. ^ As a result of ping issues present during games involving RNG, Riot Games announced that RNG will replay all their group stages games played in 10–12 May.[21]

References[]

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  5. ^ Younger, Warren (29 May 2022). "RNG defeat T1 to win MSI 2022". Upcomer. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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  9. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: G2 Esports (LEC) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  10. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: RNG (LPL) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  11. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: T1 (LCK) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  12. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: Evil Geniuses (LCS) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  13. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: PSG Talon (PCS) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  14. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: Saigon Buffalo (VCS) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  15. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: RED Canids (CBLOL) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  16. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: DetonatioN FocusMe (LJL) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  17. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: Team Aze (LLA) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  18. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: ORDER (LCO) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  19. ^ "MSI 2022 Outlook Series: fastPay Wildcats (TCL) Preview". upcomer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b c "MSI 2022 Primer". lolesports.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  21. ^ A Message from Alex Francois, Global Head of Competitive Operations, Riot Games, lolesportsmedia, 13 May 2022
  22. ^ "2022 Mid-Season Invitational Official Rules". lolesports.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "2022 Mid-Season Invitational Rules" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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