Record-setting 2.1 million Peak Viewers watched MSI 2022 final
Royal Never Give Up claims the Mid-Season Invitational 2022 trophy; the team took down T1 in the final with a score of 3:2. The Chinese team has won the second tournament of the series in a row, and became the first LoL team that has a total of three victories at MSI events. As for viewership statistics, MSI 2022 became the most popular event of the series.
The grand final of the tournament, as expected, became the most popular match of the tournament with over 2.1 million Peak Viewers. During the decider match, new viewership peaks were achieved in all major broadcast languages of the event (Korean, English, Vietnamese and Chinese), as well as on all major streaming platforms (Twitch, YouTube and Afreeca TV). It should be noted that the concurrent audience of the tournament on Twitch exceeded 1.27 million viewers.
MSI 2022 has become the most popular tournament of the series by concurrent audience. The event attracted 19% more Peak Viewers than the last tournament in the series, when the grand final between RNG and DWG KIA was watched by 1.83 million PV.
MSI 2022 also became the fourth most popular LoL event ever, following only three last World Championships. The current leader in the discipline is Worlds 2021 with 4 million PV.
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RNG lost only three maps throughout the entire tournament. At the group stage, it won all six games, and at the Rumble Stage it lost to G2 Esports and T1. In the semi-finals, RNG defeated Evil Geniuses with a score of 3:0, and T1 left no chance for G2 Esports, also not losing a single map to LEC champions.
MSI 2022 was held in the Korean city of Busan from May 10 to 29. Due to the difficult situation with the coronavirus in China, Royal Never Give Up played the tournament remotely, which is why Riot Games set a 35ms ping on servers to level the chances of the teams. Recall that at the group stage, the organizers revealed problems with the connection during the RNG games, and it had to replay three starting matches. The prize fund of the tournament amounted to $250,000, of which $75,000 went to the winner.
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