Upcoming season or competition: 2025 Mid-Season Invitational | |
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| Game | League of Legends |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
| No. of teams | 10 teams (2025) |
| Venue(s) | Rotating locations (next location Canada) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Gen.G (2024) |
| Most titles | Royal Never Give Up (3 titles) |
| Qualification | Regional league winners of the spring split[a] |
| Streaming partner(s) | Twitch, YouTube |
| Related competitions | |
| Tournament format | Double elimination |
| Official website | lolesports.com |
The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends international tournament hosted by Riot Games in the middle of years, since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship.[2][3]
In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues (LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard team from a region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.[4] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final.[5]
Since 2017, Spring Split champions from all regions have been participating in the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region receives a direct spot in the World Championship's Group Stage for that year for their Summer Split champion. The top four regions gets the pool 1 spot in the World Championship's Group Stage.
Royal Never Give Up from China is the most successful team with three MSI titles.
- ^ Miter, Mateusz (3–20 January 2023). "This is how LEC teams will qualify for MSI and Worlds following 2023 changes". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Erzberger, Tyler (2 May 2016). "The Mid-Season Invitational Power Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (4 May 2016). "League Midseason Invitational day one recap". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Michael (3 May 2016). "League Of Legends Mid-Season Invitational – What You Need To Know!". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Scott, Jake (1 May 2015). "MSI recap: Edward Gaming defeat SKT 3–2, become MSI 2015 champions". theScore eSports. Score Media Ventures. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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