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League of Legends World Championship 2023

IT’S almost that time of the year again, where we end
League of Legends season with “Worlds” (League of Legends
World Championship 2023). This is where all the top teams
around the world compete with each other for the title of

World Champions and the Summoner’s Cup, one of the most
recognizable and prestigious trophies in esports. Worlds is
known to be one of the biggest and most looked forward to
esports tournament in the industry.

This year, Worlds will be held in South Korea from 10 of
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October to19th of November in four different venues in
South Korea. This years prizepool is estimated to be around

$2m-$3m, as always it will depend on the event sales.

Worlds Schedule and venues:
Play-Ins:

October 10-15 (LoL Park, Seoul)

Group Stage:
October 19- 29 (KBS Arena, Seoul)

Quarter-Finals:
November 2-5 (Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, Busan)

Semi-Finals:
November 11-12 (Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, Busan)

Finals:

November 19 (Gocheok Sky dome, Seoul)

There will be 22 teams from all over the world, who will
compete for the Summoner’s Cup. Top 14 teams are already

‘locked in’ (from major regions, LCK, LPL, LCS and LEC) and
8 teams will be battling it out in a Best of 3 in Play-Ins.
League of Legends World
The 14 Teams are: Championship 2023 Anthem

LCK: Gen. G., T1, KT Rolster and Dplus It was recently announced that
LPL: JDG, BLG, LNG and Weibo this year’s Anthem will feature
LCS: Cloud 9, NRG and Team Liquid the popular KPop group New
LEC: MAD Lions, G2 Esports and Fnatic Jeans. When the teaser was

dropped Fans of League of
The 8 Teams for Play-Ins are: Legends and New Jeans alike
LCS/LEC: WQS Winner couldn’t hide their excitement.
PCS: PSG Talon and CTBC Flying Oyster The song will officially release

VCS: GAM Esports and Team Whales on October 4 2023 and the
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CBLOL: LOUD song will be titled “Gods”.
LJL: DFM
LLA: Rainbow7

PS. Don’t forget to lock in your pick’ems for a chance to win
Riot Points, you never know you might just get lucky.