World Championship is coming back to North America from the 29th of September until the 16 of October. The event will be held in Mexico City, New York City, Georgia, and San Francisco, with each city hosting a different part of the tournament. If for some reason you’re not familiar with the event: League of Legends is one of the biggest esports in the world, and the World Championship is the pinnacle of the game.
Worlds 2022 will feature the best 24 squads in the world. These teams come from China, Europe, North America, South Korea, Brazil, Japan, Vietnam, Turkey, Oceania, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. All the teams here qualified from either winning their league, placing top two in the regional qualifier, or from the championship points they accumulated throughout both splits of 2022. This year the tournament prize pool will be $2 million.
Schedule
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Play-In: 29th September - 4th October
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Group Stage: 7th- 16th October
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Knockout Stage: 20th October - 5th November
Watch Worlds 2022 & follow its viewership statistics
World Championship will be streamed in 17 languages, and in more than 22 broadcasts, so viewers will have plenty of options to choose from. Esports Charts will cover the event live, and will provide the users with up-to-date viewership statistics of the tournament. You can directly watch the matches from our website.
Format
Just like in past years the event will have a play-in stage, a group stage, and a knockout stage. In the play-in, 12 teams, divided into two groups with six squads each, will play for the four spots that give access to the group stage, the actual main event of the tournament.
The group stage will have the best 16 teams in the world, divided into four groups of four, where teams from the same region can't be paired in a group. Teams will then play a double round-robin, with the first and second place of each group moving on to the knockout stage.
Only the eighth best teams will be present in the knockout stage. Here they will play in a single elimination bracket, facing each other in a best-of-five series. The last team standing will be crowned World Champions, and enter the history books.
Play-In:
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Group A: Beyond Gaming, Chief Esports Club, DetonatioN FocusMe, Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, LOUD.
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Group B: DRX, İstanbul Wildcats, Isurus, MAD Lions, Royal Never Give Up, Saigon Buffalo.
Group Stage:
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Group A: Cloud9, T1, EDward Gaming, TBD
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Group B: JD Gaming, G2 Esports, DWG KIA, TBD
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Group C: Rogue, Top Esports, GAM Esports, TBD
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Group D: Gen.G, CTBC Flying Oyster, 100 Thieves, TBD
Everything indicates that this year's edition of the World Championship will be a very exciting one. With multiple title favorites and the usual regional rivalries, it will entertain thousands of viewers from all around the world. With the tournament moving away from its pandemic format, where crowds weren't allowed, it will deliver an even better viewing experience.
Last year the World Championship had amazing viewership stats, with 4 million Peak Viewers watching the grand final of the event, and 1.2 million viewers would regularly watch the tournament. Numbers that are difficult to beat but not impossible, since the World Championship sets records year after year.
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