2016 League of Legends World Championship

Video game championship November 2023 League of Legends World Championship 2016 2016 League of Legends World Championship logo.png 150px United States September 29 October 29 Riot Games 16 team round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket 4 (in 4 host cities) San Francisco (group stage) Chicago (quarterfinals) New York (semifinals) Los Angeles (Finals) 16 $5,070,000 USDUpdate: Fan Contributions to Worlds Prize Pool http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/update-fan-contributions-worlds-prize-pool League Of Legends Riot January 30, 2018 April 29, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170429064208/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/update-fan-contributions-worlds-prize-pool live SK Telecom T1 Samsung Galaxy 75 Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1) 2015 2017 The 2016 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the sixth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from September 29 to October 29, 2016, in cities across the United States. Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China. The tournament's group stage was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the quarterfinals at The Chicago Theater in Chicago, and the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The final was held in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Russian-German DJ Zedd made an exclusive song for the tournament titled "Ignite" which became available for streaming viewing on the game's official YouTube channel. SK Telecom T1 defended their title from the 2015 League of Legends World Championship by defeating runner-up Samsung Galaxy 3–2 in a best of five final series. With their win, SKT became the first three-time League of Legends world champion. SKT's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was named MVP of the tournament. The final prize pool reached $6.7 million, the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history. The final was followed by 43 million unique viewers, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million. Its success prompted the team in charge of the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics (which ultimately led to LA hosting the 2028 Games) to look into including esports presentation technologies used by Riot Games if the bid is successful. Background After the 2015 League of Legends World Championship was held across Europe, the 2016 edition was held in North America.http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/02/17/league-of-legends-2016-world-championship-is-in-north-america League of Legends' 2016 World Championship Is in North America Carpenter Nicole February 17, 2016 IGN Ziff Davis May 11, 2016 May 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525062122/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/02/17/league-of-legends-2016-world-championship-is-in-north-america livehttp://www.polygon.com/2016/2/17/11043046/league-of-legends-2016-world-championship-north-america-los-angeles-new-York League of Legends 2016 World Championship will take place across North America this fall Kollar Philip February 17, 2016 Polygon Vox Media May 11, 2016 May 12, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160512225446/http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/17/11043046/league-of-legends-2016-world-championship-north-america-los-angeles-new-York live The original prize pool was $2.13 million contributed by Riot Games, with the final amount being calculated after fan contributions stopped on November 6.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17919126/2016-league-legends-worlds-prize-pool-507m-fan-contributions Worlds: $5.07M prize pool with fan contributions Howell Leo October 29, 2016 ESPN.com October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102658/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17919126/2016-league-legends-worlds-prize-pool-507m-fan-contributions live Riot pledged to add 25% of all revenue generated from selling Championship wards and skins – customizations for the player controlled hero character – to the prize pool.http://esports.inquirer.net/16730/2016-league-of-legends-world-championship-the-pinoys-guide 2016 League of Legends World Championship: The Pinoy's Guide Isaac Marvin September 26, 2016 Philippine Daily Inquirer March 19, 2017 March 20, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170320055513/http://esports.inquirer.net/16730/2016-league-of-legends-world-championship-the-pinoys-guide live On October 28, the sale of these unique Championship skins had grown the prize pool to $5.07 million, making it the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history.https://www.tsn.ca/lol-worlds-prize-pool-surpasses-5m-1.595019 LoL Worlds prize pool surpasses $5M Rochibaud Andrew October 28, 2016 October 31, 2016 The Sports Network November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102411/http://www.tsn.ca/lol-worlds-prize-pool-surpasses-5m-1.595019 livehttps://esports.yahoo.com/league-of-legends-world-championship-prize-pool-183114391.html League of Legends World Championship prize pool now at record $5.07 million, will continue to rise Cocke Taylor October 28, 2016 Yahoo! Esports November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220753/https://esports.yahoo.com/league-of-legends-world-championship-prize-pool-183114391.html live The final prize pool reached $6.7 million. Riot announced that 40% of the prize pool will be awarded to the winning team and 15% to the runner up. The winning team would also receive 25% of revenue from skins created to commemorate the championship victory. To encourage new viewers to watch, Riot Games set up a second stream specifically for new viewers, which would help explain basic game concepts that more experienced viewers on the regular stream would be familiar with.http://www.riftherald.com/lol-worlds/2016/10/27/13447036/lol-world-finals-new-viewer-stream LoL Worlds finals will have a new viewer stream Volk Pete October 27, 2016 The Rift Herald October 31, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031200148/http://www.riftherald.com/lol-worlds/2016/10/27/13447036/lol-world-finals-new-viewer-stream live Riot Games collaborated with Zedd, an electronic dance music disc jockey to create "Ignite", a dance music anthem for the tournament. The video referenced multiple highlights from previous League of Legends world championships.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-zedds-ignite-music-video-for-worlds-championship-w442333 Watch Zedd's Soaring 'Ignite' for 'League of Legends' World Championship September 27, 2016 Rolling Stone March 19, 2017 March 16, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170316012043/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-zedds-ignite-music-video-for-worlds-championship-w442333 live As of July 2022, it has almost 90 million views on YouTube.Riot Games Zedd: Ignite Worlds 2016 – League of Legends September 29, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zasx9hjo4WY March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170319004316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zasx9hjo4WY live Teams and qualifications Based on the results of the 2016 MSI, the European (EU LCS) summer split champion team was seeded to Pool 2, since the European team that participated in the 2016 MSI, G2 Esports, did not qualify for top 4. RegionLeaguePathTeamIDPoolNorth AmericaNA LCSSummer ChampionTeam SoloMidTSM1Most Championship PointsCounter Logic GamingCLG2Regional Finals WinnerCloud9C93EuropeEU LCSSummer ChampionG2 EsportsG22Most Championship PointsH2k-GamingH2KRegional Finals WinnerSplyceSPY3ChinaLPLSummer ChampionEDward GamingEDG1Most Championship PointsRoyal Never Give UpRNG2Regional Finals WinnerI MayIMSouth KoreaLCKSummer ChampionROX TigersROX1Most Championship PointsSK Telecom T1SKT2Regional Finals WinnerSamsung GalaxySSGTW/HK/MOLMSSummer ChampionFlash WolvesFW1Regional Finals Winnerahq e-Sports ClubAHQ2WildcardBrazilCBLOLIWCQCBLol Winter Champion►IWCQ Brazil Winner #1INTZ e-SportsITZ3CISLCLLCL Summer Champion►IWCQ Brazil Winner #2Albus NoX LunaANX3 Venues San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles were four cities chosen to host the tournament.http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-world-championship-hits-north-america 2016 World Championship hits North America lolesports.com Riot Games Rozelle Whalen September 5, 2016 September 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160904074939/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-world-championship-hits-north-america live United StatesSan FranciscoChicagoNew York CityLos AngelesGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsBill Graham Civic AuditoriumChicago TheatreMadison Square GardenStaples CenterCapacity: 7,000Capacity: 3,800Capacity: 18,200Capacity: 18,188Sep 29Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16Oct 21Oct 22Oct 29150px150px150px150pxUSA center 400 USA 37.777500 -122.416389 San Francisco right USA 41.881944 -87.627778 Chicago left USA 40.817097 -74.085024 New York City bottom USA 34.05 -118.25 Los Angeles right Group stage The group stage was held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, where each team played every other team in their group twice, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage.http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/5/12804904/worlds-lol-2016-teams-pools Here are the 16 teams going to Worlds 2016 Goslin Austen September 5, 2016 The Rift Herald March 19, 2017 March 20, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143846/http://www.riftherald.com/2016/9/5/12804904/worlds-lol-2016-teams-pools live Tiebreaking matches were played in groups A and C.http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/standings/groups Teams & Standings – Championship 2016 – Group Stage lolesports.com October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101041704/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/standings/groups livehttp://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/schedule/default Group Stage – Schedule lolesports.com Riot Games November 1, 2016 November 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161102042703/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/schedule/default live Group A The Cinderella story of the tournament was the run of Albus NoX Luna, the CIS champions who became the first wildcard team to make it to the quarterfinals in the history of the League of Legends World Championship. European first seed G2 Esports underperformed in this group, while ROX Tigers, the second seed from Korea, won the group as expected, but had to do so by defeating Albus NoX Luna in a tiebreaker game. main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20181218131342/https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds) ROX ROX Tigers ANX Albus NoX Luna CLG Counter Logic Gaming G2 G2 Esports 5 2 4 3 3 3 1 5 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts Group B Group B's deciding matches all occurred on the last day, when all teams except for the Korean first seed SK Telecom T1 had 2–3 records.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17759812/2016-league-legends-world-championship-group-stage-day-8-results-recap Worlds Day 8 recap: SKT sails above Group B ESPN.com November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103215932/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17759812/2016-league-legends-world-championship-group-stage-day-8-results-recap live In the end, it was Cloud9, the sole North American team to move on, to advance after exploiting the inconsistent play of the Chinese and Taiwanese teams. I May was also hurt when one of its players was suspended for one match on the last day and fined $2000 for abusive behavior in online games.https://kotaku.com/league-of-legends-pro-suspended-during-worlds-for-toxic-1787589483 League of Legends Pro Suspended During Worlds For Toxic Chat, Will Be Fined $2,000 Gach Ethan October 9, 2016 Kotaku November 1, 2016 November 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161102025512/http://kotaku.com/league-of-legends-pro-suspended-during-worlds-for-toxic-1787589483 live During Cloud 9's match against Flash Wolves, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi killed 690 minions, which set a new record for this statistic at worlds.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/18221739/2016-league-legends-world-championship-numbers League of Legends hosts 14.7 million concurrent viewers during Worlds Howell Leo December 6, 2016 ESPN.com December 6, 2016 December 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161207203300/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/18221739/2016-league-legends-world-championship-numbers live main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20181218131342/https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds) SKT SK Telecom T1 C9 Cloud9 IM I May FW Flash Wolves 5 1 3 3 2 4 2 4 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts Group C Group C was the only group without a Korean team seeded first. Its two qualifiers were both considered championship favorites, since H2K-Gaming was a strong European team and EDward Gaming was a strong Chinese team.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17787968/2016-league-legends-world-championship-quarterfinals-h2k-redemption-europe H2k's redemption of Europe at Worlds Chouadria Adel October 13, 2016 ESPN.com November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233602/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17787968/2016-league-legends-world-championship-quarterfinals-h2k-redemption-europe live Despite a 1–2 showing in the first week, H2K managed to make the quarterfinals at the top of its group by winning four straight matches, including a tiebreaker against EDward Gaming,http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17779744/2016-league-legends-world-championship-post-groups-team-power-rankings League of Legends Worlds post-groups power rankings Erzberger Tyler October 12, 2016 ESPN.com November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220029/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17779744/2016-league-legends-world-championship-post-groups-team-power-rankings live to become the only European team to move on. main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20181218131342/https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds) H2K H2k-Gaming EDG Edward Gaming AHQ ahq e-Sports Club ITZ INTZ e-Sports Club 5 2 4 3 3 3 1 5 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts Group D Group D was considered to be the group of death because it had three top Korean, Chinese, and North American teams, and a strong European team.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17749409/2016-league-legends-world-championship-group-d-recap Worlds Day 7: 'Group of death' does not disappoint Lee Timothy October 9, 2016 ESPN.com October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164617/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17749409/2016-league-legends-world-championship-group-d-recap live Samsung Galaxy, would convincingly win the group with help from the strong play of Kang "Ambition" Chang-yong. Royal Never Give Up defeated the North American champions TSM to even their records at 3–3 and win the head-to-head tiebreaker to move on to the quarterfinals.http://www.riftherald.com/lol-worlds/2016/10/8/13214562/tsm-rng-lol-worlds-recap-result RNG stuns TSM, knocks North American champions out of Worlds Volk Pete The Rift Herald November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103132018/http://www.riftherald.com/lol-worlds/2016/10/8/13214562/tsm-rng-lol-worlds-recap-result live main WL none perc complete LoL Esports (https://web.archive.org/web/20181218131342/https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds) SSG Samsung Galaxy RNG Royal Never Give Up TSM Team SoloMid SPY Splyce 5 1 3 3 3 3 1 5 KO KO Q green1 Advance to knockouts Knockout stage Quarterfinals and semi-finals The quarterfinals were held at the Chicago Theatre, starting on October 13.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17759630/2016-league-legends-world-championship-playoffs-bracket-draw-quarterfinals Worlds quarterfinals drawn Wolf Jacob October 10, 2016 ESPN.com October 31, 2016 November 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161105063151/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17759630/2016-league-legends-world-championship-playoffs-bracket-draw-quarterfinals live Teams were seeded against each other based on their performance in the group stage, and played a best-of-five, single-elimination bracket. All three of the Korean teams, SK Telecom T1, ROX Tigers, and Samsung Galaxy, advanced to the quarterfinals from the group stage. Two Chinese teams, EDward Gaming and Royal Never Give Up, advanced by finishing second in their groups. Cloud9 and H2k-Gaming were respectively the only North American and European teams to advance out of groups. The last team to make it to the quarterfinals was Albus NoX Luna, a Russian wildcard team that finished second in its group. Three teams from the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) circuit and one from the European League of Legends Championship Series (EULCS) made it to the semi-finals.https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2016/10/30/sk-telecom-t1-wins-their-third-league-of-legends-world-championship/#51bbbeba2d0f SK Telecom T1 Wins Their Third 'League Of Legends' World Championship Perez Matt Forbes October 31, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031160215/http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2016/10/30/sk-telecom-t1-wins-their-third-league-of-legends-world-championship/#51bbbeba2d0f live H2K-Gaming ended the wildcard run of Albus NoX by sweeping them 3–0 in the quarterfinals.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17812028/2016-league-legends-world-championship-quarterfinals-recap-h2k-defeats-albus-nox-luna Worlds: H2k sweeps Albus NoX Luna 3–0 Erzberger Tyler October 16, 2016 ESPN.com November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233558/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17812028/2016-league-legends-world-championship-quarterfinals-recap-h2k-defeats-albus-nox-luna live Meanwhile, the three Korean teams ended the runs of EDward Gaming and Royal Never Give Up, the last two Chinese teams, and the run of Cloud 9, the last North American team.http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/league-of-legends-worlds-semifinals-matchups-preview/ A look at the 'League of Legends' Worlds semifinals match-ups Washenko Anna October 21, 2016 Mashable November 1, 2016 November 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233751/http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/league-of-legends-worlds-semifinals-matchups-preview/ live The semi-finals were held at Madison Square Garden in New York over two days.https://time.com/4544898/league-legends-worlds-h2k/ We Hung Out With a Top League of Legends Team During Worlds Fitzpatrick Alex Time October 31, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031002646/http://time.com/4544898/league-legends-worlds-h2k/ live SK Telecom T1 won a five-game series against the ROX Tigers, who had won the 2015 Summer League of Legends Championship Korea season and were favorites to win this event. Many commentators called this matchup the true World Finals and many still call it the greatest best of 5 series in League of Legends esports history. In the other semi-finals, Samsung Galaxy swept H2k-Gaming, the last European team in the tournament, 3–0 to advance to the finals. Finals thumb|The Staples Center as used for the 2016 League of Legends World Championship finals. The final lasted six hours and was played in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37821864 SKT crowned 2016 League of Legends world champions October 31, 2016 BBC News October 31, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213302/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37821864 live A projection of the minimap which showed each team's map control was shown on the floor of the arena between the two teams.https://kotaku.com/the-league-finals-are-playing-out-on-top-of-a-giant-pro-1788374686 The League Finals Are Playing Out On Top Of A Giant Projection Gach Ethan Kotaku November 1, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031145619/http://kotaku.com/the-league-finals-are-playing-out-on-top-of-a-giant-pro-1788374686 live Most of the players for Samsung Galaxy (SSG) had never played in the finals before, while most members of SK Telecom (SKT) were returning members of the 2015 championship team.http://mashable.com/2016/10/30/league-worlds-2016-results/ 'Faker' wins MVP as SKT claims another 'League of Legends' championship Beck Kellen Mashable October 30, 2016 October 31, 2016 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031150638/http://mashable.com/2016/10/30/league-worlds-2016-results/ live It was the first finals series in a League of Legends world championship to go the full five games. The first match of the best of five series lasted 40 minutes and was won by SK Telecom, who were able to attack Samsung Galaxy's undefended base after winning a big "all-in" battle between the two teams.http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29877/10639705/sk-telecom-t1-claim-third-league-of-legends-world-championship SK Telecom T1 claim third League of Legends World Championship October 31, 2016 Sky Sports October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101101922/http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29877/10639705/sk-telecom-t1-claim-third-league-of-legends-world-championship live The second match was also won by SKT, who were able to continuously build up an insurmountable advantage after winning a battle in the mid-game, ending the game after 31 minutes.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17922352/2016-league-legends-world-championship-sk-telecom-t1-three-champion Worlds: SKT clinches third world championship 3–2 Lee Timothy October 31, 2016 ESPN.com October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101091029/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17922352/2016-league-legends-world-championship-sk-telecom-t1-three-champion live After losing the first two games, Samsung Galaxy won a long third game against SK Telecom. SKT dominated the early stages of the game and built up a lead in both kills and gold. The turning point in this game was a fight over Baron, an important in-game objective, where Samsung Galaxy was able to kill half of SK Telecom's team and destroy two of their turrets afterwards. After winning a similar engagement over Baron later in the game, Samsung Galaxy was then able to quickly destroy five of SKT's defensive towers and win the game. This third game was the second-longest in competitive League of Legends history, at 71 minutes and 20 seconds. Samsung Galaxy then won the fourth game, also after winning a key fight over Baron. Despite losing two inhibitor buildings in their base, SKT was able to stall SSG with defensive play until the 42-minute mark, after which SSG took three Dragons – another in game objective – uncontested and gained buffs that allowed them to win the game. In the final game, SK Telecom played a more cautious gameplay style, which was effective against Samsung Galaxy's riskier play. SKT was able to grab two Baron kills and two Elder Dragon kills en route to winning the final game. SK Telecom's team shared a $2 million prize purse between its members. The championship victory was SKT's third in four years, and a successful defense of their 2015 title. SKT also became the first team to win three world championships. ESPN's Timothy Lee called the finals "an instant classic". SKT's Lee Sang-hyeok, who uses the handle "Faker", was named as the tournament MVP. It was Faker's first Worlds MVP. Faker's performance on the map's middle lane broke the previous 208 kills record at Worlds by the third map of the finals, and he ended up with 217 kills. Bracket Competition tablehttp://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/standings/elim Teams & Standings – Championship 2016 – Knockout Stage lolesports.com Riot Games October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161101041435/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/world_championship_2016/standings/elim live high SK Telecom T1 3 Royal Never Give Up 1 ROX Tigers 3 EDward Gaming 1 H2K-Gaming 3 Albus NoX Luna 0 Samsung Galaxy 3 Cloud9 0 SK Telecom T1 3 ROX Tigers 2 H2K-Gaming 0 Samsung Galaxy 3 SK Telecom T1 3 Samsung Galaxy 2 Final standings Initial prize pool US$2,130,000 25% of sales from Championship Zed skins & Championship ward skins increase the prize pool. On October 28, the prize pool reached US$5,070,000 +Final standings, 2016http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/update-fan-contributions-worlds-prize-pool LoL Esports www.lolesports.com April 9, 2017 April 29, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170429064208/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/update-fan-contributions-worlds-prize-pool live Places TeamPrize (USD)Prize (%) 1stSK Telecom T1$2,028,00040% 2ndSamsung Galaxy$760,50015% 3rd–4thROX Tigers$380,2507.5%H2K-Gaming 5th–8thCloud9$202,8004%EDward GamingRoyal Never Give UpAlbus NoX Luna 9th–12thCounter Logic Gaming$114,0752.25%ahq e-Sports ClubTeam SoloMidI May13th–16thFlash Wolves$63,3751.25%INTZ e-SportsG2 EsportsSplyce Legacy Viewership numbers were higher than those for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship. 43 million unique viewers saw the finals and peak concurrent viewership for the finals was 14.7 million; 370 million hours of esports were streamed over the course of the entire world championship. The final prize pool, which included fan contributions via purchase of in-game items, was worth $6.7 million. The total cumulative daily unique impressions (the amount of unique viewers that tuned in every day via online and television channels) reached 396 million.http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-league-legends-world-championship-numbers 2016 League of Legends World Championship: By the Numbers Magus December 6, 2016 lolesports.com Bradmore December 7, 2016 December 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161207162315/http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-league-legends-world-championship-numbers live LA 2024, who oversaw the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, was inspired by the success of this edition of the League of Legends World Championship to plan and include esports in the Olympic Games if they win the bid.http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17946360/olympics-la-2024-interested-esports-technology-olympics LA 2024 interested in esports technology for Olympics Van Allen Eric November 1, 2016 ESPN.com December 6, 2016 December 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161201043953/http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17946360/olympics-la-2024-interested-esports-technology-olympics livehttps://www.tsn.ca/la-2024-eyes-esports-technology-for-olympics-1.598413 LA 2024 eyes esports technology for Olympics – Article Robichaud Andrew November 2, 2016 The Sports Network December 7, 2016 December 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120236/http://www.tsn.ca/la-2024-eyes-esports-technology-for-olympics-1.598413 live Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA 2024, suggested using technology used in certain segments of the League of Legends World Championship such as augmented reality and virtual reality to make the Olympics more accessible to a younger demographic. In September 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris, France, whilst Los Angeles would host the 2028 edition.https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-makes-historic-decision-by-simultaneously-awarding-olympic-games-2024-to-paris-and-2028-to-los-angeles IOC makes historic decision by simultaneously awarding Olympic Games 2024 to Paris and 2028 to Los Angeles 14 July 2021 International Olympic Committee 22 July 2021 22 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210722200104/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-makes-historic-decision-by-simultaneously-awarding-olympic-games-2024-to-paris-and-2028-to-los-angeles live The IOC would itself invest in esports by launching the Olympic Esports Week in 2022, which expanded to the Olympic Esports Series in 2023. In July 2024, the Olympic Esports Games were launched, with the first edition planned for 2025 in Saudi Arabia.https://theconversation.com/its-official-the-olympic-esports-games-will-be-held-in-2025-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-236267 The Conversation It’s official: The Olympic Esports Games will be held in 2025. Here’s everything you need to know August 7, 2024 Thomas Burelli Haoran Liu Marie Dykukha References External links Official information 2016 World Championship Rules League of Legends World Championship, 2016 Category:League of Legends World Championship 2016 in San Francisco League of Legends World Championship Category:2016 in Chicago 2016 in New York City Category:Esports competitions in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Illinois Category:2016 in League of Legends competitions