| 2021 | |
 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location | Iceland |
| Dates | October 5–November 6 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
Tournament format(s) | 10 team single round-robin play-in stage 16 team double round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
| Venue(s) | Laugardalshöll (Reykjavík) |
| Teams | 22 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Edward Gaming |
| Runner-up | DWG KIA |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | Peak viewership: 73,860,742[1] |
| MVP | Lee "Scout" Ye-chan (Edward Gaming) |
The 2021 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the eleventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 5 October to 6 November in Reykjavík, Iceland.[2] Twenty two teams from 11 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/Southeast Asia with ten of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.
"Burn It All Down" was the tournament's theme song, put together by PVRIS, while Denzel Curry, CIFIKA, Besomorph, and Wang Yibo from Uniq, produced their own respective remix versions of "Burn It All Down".[3][4]
Edward Gaming of China's LPL defeated the defending world champions, DWG KIA of Korea's LCK, to win their first World Championship title.
- ^ "League of Legends Esports Breaks World Championship Viewership Record". Riot Games. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Worlds 2021 Location and Format Announcement". lolesports. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Riot premieres Worlds 2021 official song 'Burn It All Down'". Dot Esports. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ "Wang Yibo, Denzel Curry, Besomorph, and CIFIKA remix League Of Legends' 'Burn It All Down' ahead of Worlds Finals 2021". Bandwagon Asia. October 21, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2022.