2014 League of Legends World Championship

Esports tournament, held in Asia League of Legends World Championship 2014 2014 LoL World Championship logo.png 200px Taiwan Singapore South Korea September 18 October 19 Riot Games 16 team round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket 5 (in 4 host cities) National Taiwan University Sports Center(Taipei, Group Stage A & B) Singapore EXPO(Singapore, Group Stage C & D) Busan Exhibition and Convention Center(Busan, Quarterfinals) Olympic Gymnastics Arena(Seoul, Semifinals) Seoul World Cup Stadium(Seoul, Finals) 16 $2,130,000 Samsung Galaxy White Star Horn Royal Club 78 40,000+ (final) 1 Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong (Samsung Galaxy White)http://2015.na.lolesports.com/articles/samsung-white-wins-2014-world-championship-0 SAMSUNG WHITE WINS 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Fields Frank October 19, 2014 LoL Esports Riot Games November 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151123202744/http://2015.na.lolesports.com/articles/samsung-white-wins-2014-world-championship-0 November 23, 2015 dead 2013 2015 The 2014 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament held from September 18 to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the fourth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. Matches were held in Taipei, Singapore, Busan, and Seoul, with grand finals being at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/technology/league-of-legends-south-korea-epicenter-esports.html?_r=0 For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime PAUL MOZUR The New York Times October 19, 2014 October 23, 2015 The 16 teams qualified by either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch and Azubu in several languages and the finals were aired online on ESPN3. The group stage began on September 18 in Taipei at the National Taiwan University Sports Center and concluded on September 28 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage.http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/esports/esports-event/world-championship-2014-preliminary-schedule World Championship 2014 Preliminary Schedule October 8, 2014 The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, and concluded on October 19 with the grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,http://www.detroitnews.com/story/life/2014/10/06/league-legends-scholarhip-robert-morris-university/16830761/ 'League of Legends' scholarship October 19, 2014Magrino Tom Welcome to the League of Legends 2014 World Championship! http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-world-championship-2014 20 August 2014 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923045828/http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-world-championship-2014 dead where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings Bracket LoL Esports Riot Games October 20, 2014 December 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141204120406/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings deadApril 2021 American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,https://sg.news.yahoo.com/imagine-dragons-teams-league-legends-2-3m-tournament-155517736.html Imagine Dragons teams with 'League of Legends' for $2.3m tournament – Yahoo News Singapore October 19, 2014 and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea.http://na.lolesports.com/articles/prepare-yourself-2014-worlds-final Prepare yourself for the 2014 Worlds Final October 19, 2014 September 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150911115228/http://na.lolesports.com/articles/prepare-yourself-2014-worlds-final dead All games were made available for free via live streaming.http://www.inquisitr.com/1489359/watch-league-of-legends-world-championship-2014-live-online/ Watch 'League Of Legends' World Championship 2014 Live Online 21 September 2014 October 19, 2014 21 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021153642/http://www.inquisitr.com/1489359/watch-league-of-legends-world-championship-2014-live-online/ dead The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. Teams The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:http://2015.na.lolesports.com/articles/worlds-2014-group-stage-selection-results WORLDS 2014 GROUP STAGE SELECTION RESULTS Jackson Leah September 8, 2015 LoL Esports Riot Games November 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151102224328/http://2015.na.lolesports.com/articles/worlds-2014-group-stage-selection-results November 2, 2015 dead RegionLeaguePathTeamIDPoolSouth KoreaThe ChampionsMost Circuit Points #1Samsung Galaxy BlueSSB1Most Circuit Points #2Samsung Galaxy WhiteSSW2Regional Finals WinnerNaJin White ShieldNWSChinaLPLRegional Finals Winner #1EDward GamingEDG1Regional Finals Winner #2Star Horn Royal ClubSHR2Regional Finals Winner #3OMGOMGEuropeEU LCSSummer ChampionAllianceALL1Summer Runner-upFnaticFNC2Summer Third-placeSK GamingSK3North AmericaNA LCSSummer ChampionTeam SoloMidTSM1Summer Runner-upCloud9C92Summer Third-placeLMQLMQ3TW/HK/MO & SEAGPLSummer ChampionTaipei AssassinsTPA2Regional Finals Winnerahq e-Sports ClubAHQWildcardBrazilCBLoLIWCTCBLol Regional Finals Winner►IWCT PAX 2014 WinnerKaBuM! e-SportsKBM3TurkeyTCLTCL Regional Finals Winner►IWCT Gamescom 2014 WinnerDark PassageDP3 Venues Taipei, Singapore, Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition. Taipei, TaiwanSingaporeSouth KoreaBusanSeoulGroup Stage A and BGroup Stage C and DQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsNational Taiwan University Sports CenterSingapore EXPOBEXCO CenterOlympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoul World Cup Stadium 150px 150px 150px 150px 150pxCapacity: 4,200Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 4,002Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 66,704Taiwan center 200 Taiwan 25.021389 121.535 Taipei leftSingapore center 200 Singapore 1.334033 103.958931 Tampines rightSouth Korea center 250 South Korea 35.1691 129.1363 Busan right South Korea 37.568222 126.897361 Seoul left Group stage The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. left true Group A main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20141105132608/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings) SSW Samsung White EDG Edward Gaming AHQ Ahq e-Sports Club DP Dark Passage 6 0 4 3 3 4 0 6 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts left Group B main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20141105132608/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings) SHR Star Horn Royal Club TSM Team SoloMid SK SK Gaming TPA Taipei Assassins 5 1 4 2 2 4 1 5 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts left true Group C main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20141105132608/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings) SSB Samsung Blue OMG OMG FNC LMQ LMQ Fnatic 5 1 3 3 2 4 2 4 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts left Group D main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20141105132608/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings) NWS NaJin White Shield C9 Cloud9 ALL Alliance KBM KaBuM e-Sports 5 2 4 3 3 3 1 5 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts Knockout stage upright=2|thumb|Seoul World Cup Stadium for the finals high QuarterfinalsBEXCO SemifinalsOlympic Gymnastics Arena FinalSeoul World Cup Stadium October 3 Team SoloMid 1 Samsung Galaxy White 3 October 4 Cloud9 1 Samsung Galaxy Blue 3 October 5 Star Horn Royal Club 3 EDward Gaming 2 October 6 NaJin White Shield 0 OMG 3 October 11 Samsung Galaxy White 3 Samsung Galaxy Blue 0 October 12 Star Horn Royal Club 3 OMG 2 October 19 Samsung Galaxy White 3 Star Horn Royal Club 1 Source: LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20141105132608/http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/standings) Final standings Place Team Prize moneyhttp://www.ongamers.com/articles/league-of-legends-world-championships-prize-distri/1100-2064/ League of Legends World Championships Prize Distribution – $2.13 Million USD Total August 5, 2014 onGamers CBS Interactive November 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150113023826/http://www.ongamers.com/articles/league-of-legends-world-championships-prize-distri/1100-2064/ January 13, 2015 dead 1st Samsung Galaxy White $1,000,000 2nd Star Horn Royal Club $250,000 3rd–4th Oh My God $150,000 Samsung Galaxy Blue 5–8th Cloud9 $75,000 EDward Gaming NaJin White Shield Team SoloMid 9–11th ahq e-Sports Club $45,000 Alliance SK Gaming 12–13th Fnatic $35,000 LMQ 14–16th Dark Passage $25,000 KaBuM! e-Sports Taipei Assassins Viewership and attendance Around 40,000 fans attended the grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club.https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/10/19/40000-live-korean-fans-watch-ssw-win-2014-league-of-legends-world-championship/ 40,000 Korean Fans Watch SSW Win 2014 'League of Legends' World Championship Paul Tassi Forbes October 19, 2015 October 23, 2015 It is estimated that there were 288 million cumulative views throughout the entire tournament.http://www.riotgames.com/articles/20141201/1628/worlds-2014-numbers WORLDS 2014 BY THE NUMBERS December 1, 2014 Riot Games October 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20161202163233/http://www.riotgames.com/articles/20141201/1628/worlds-2014-numbers 2016-12-02 deadhttp://www.ongamers.com/articles/league-of-legends-2014-world-championship-viewer-n/1100-2365/ League of Legends 2014 World Championship Viewer Numbers (Infograph) Travis Gafford onGamers CBS Interactive December 1, 2014 October 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151113020802/http://www.ongamers.com/articles/league-of-legends-2014-world-championship-viewer-n/1100-2365/ November 13, 2015 deadhttps://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-leagueoflegends-141201/league-legends-championships-watched-more-people-nba-finals-world-series-clinchers 'League of Legends' ratings top NBA Finals, World Series clinchers Patrick Dorsey ESPN December 14, 2014 January 16, 2016 The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. Racism incident Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong". Johnsen was fined US$2,500 and was suspended from his team's first three games in the tournament.http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-competition-ruling-dennis-%E2%80%9Csvenskeren%E2%80%9D-johnsen League of Legends Competition Ruling: Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen LoL Esports October 8, 2014 September 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912035559/http://na.lolesports.com/articles/league-legends-competition-ruling-dennis-%E2%80%9Csvenskeren%E2%80%9D-johnsen dead References External links Information 2014 World Championship Rules (https://web.archive.org/web/20141009213253/http://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/lolesports/2014-Worlds/2014_World_Championship_Rule_Setv1.02.pdf) League of Legends World Championship, 2014 League of Legends World Championship, 2014 League of Legends World Championship, 2014 League of Legends World Championship, 2014 League of Legends World Championship League of Legends World Championship Category:League of Legends World Championship Category:Racism in sport Category:2010s in Seoul Category:2014 in South Korea Category:2014 multiplayer online battle arena tournaments Category:Esports competitions in Taiwan Category:International esports competitions hosted by South Korea Category:Esports competitions in Singapore