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Tournament information | |
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Sport | League of Legends |
Location | China |
Dates | 4 May–15 May |
Administrator | Riot Games |
Venue(s) | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Pudong New Area, Shanghai) |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | SK Telecom T1 |
Runner-up | Counter Logic Gaming |
MVP | Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1) |
The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a League of Legends tournament by Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China.[1][2][3][4][5] The participants were 6 winning teams of the Spring Seasons in their respective regions: 5 teams from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China (LPL), South Korea (LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions (Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia) that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).
SK Telecom T1 from South Korea won their first MSI title after defeating Counter Logic Gaming from North America 3–0 in the final.