2019 League of Legends World Championship
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the ninth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 2, 2019, to November 10, 2019, in Berlin, Madrid and Paris. Twenty four teams from 13 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.
| 2019 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location |
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| Dates | October 2–November 10 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 12 team double round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities)
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| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | FunPlus Phoenix |
| Runner-up | G2 Esports |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | Peak viewership: 43.982.055 |
| MVP | Gao "Tian" Tianliang (FunPlus Phoenix) |
"Phoenix" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Chrissy Costanza and Cailin Russo, while Blanke, Carpenter Brut, and 1788-L produced their own remix versions of "Phoenix". A virtual rap group named "True Damage" was unveiled by Riot Games during the ceremony, with Soyeon from (G)I-dle, Duckwrth, Thutmose, Keke Palmer and Becky G representing the group as its human counterpart and in the live performance of their debut song, "Giants", in the finals.