The Mid-Season Invitational 2023 is just around the corner. The event will feature 13 teams competing for the first international League of Legends title of the year.
The Mid-Season Invitational 2023 will take place in London. In the tournament, a total of 13 teams from different regions will compete for the first international title of the year. With BrokenBlade from G2 Esports, there is even a player from Germany in the race. In this article you will find all information about the event.
MSI 2023 – format & participants
Play-In-Stage:
In the Play-In-Stage, 8 teams from different leagues will play against each other in 2 groups in a double-elimination format. Played will be Best-Of-3 series (With the exception of the Losers Bracket Final, this will be a Bo5).
The winners of the two groups will advance directly to the bracket stage, the group runners-up will compete in the Losers Bracket for another ticket to the next round.
The following teams will compete in the Play-In Stage:
- Bilibili Gaming
- DetonatioN FocusMe
- G2 Esports
- GAM Esports
- Golden Guardians
- LOUD
- PSG Talon
- Rainbow7
Bracket Stage:
In the Bracket Stage, both the five teams that qualified directly and the three teams that qualified through the Play-In Stage will play each other.
The following teams have qualified directly:
- Gen.G
- T1
- JD Gaming
- Cloud9
- MAD Lions
The Bracket Stage seems a bit complicated at first sight. We’ll try to shed some light on it here
The Bracket Stage will also be played in a double-elimination format. However, in this stage, the teams will play best-of-5.
For four rounds, teams will play each other and may be relegated to the loser’s bracket (lower bracket) of the Stage in any of those rounds.
If a team loses in the Lower Bracket, it is eliminated from the tournament entirely.
While the “winners” and “losers” tournament trees are actually completely separate, surprising comebacks and turnarounds can still occur.
If a team is relegated to the loser tree but continues to win games there, it may well result in a Revenge matchup where the relegated team plays the team it previously lost to.
MSI 2023 – Schedule
- Play-In-Stage: May 2 – 7.
- Bracket Stage: May 9 – 14 and May 16 – 20.
- Finals: May 21
You can follow the complete event live on the (Twtich account of Riot Games)