Just a few minutes ago, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship took place, and as fans expected, the results brought many exciting matchups right from the first days of competition.
With both LPL and LCK having 4 representatives participating in this year’s Worlds, the tournament held in Iceland promises to be an “expanded China-Korea showdown”. And right from the Play-In stage, we have an intriguing matchup between two former teammates from Griffin – Chovy (HLE) and Tarzan (LNG).
Play-In Stage – Initial Round
Group Stage:
10 teams divided into 2 groups, with 5 teams in each group.
The top 2 teams from each group will advance directly to the Main Event group stage.
The bottom 2 teams will be eliminated.
The teams ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in each group will enter the Knock-out stage for the last 2 spots in the group stage.
Group A
– Hanwha Life Esports.
– LNG Esports.
– Infinity Esports.
– PEACE.
– RED Canids.
Group B
– Beyond Gaming.
– Cloud9.
– Unicorns Of Love.
– Galatasaray Esports.
– DetonatioN FocusMe.
Group Stage – Main Event
In the group stage, the draw also brought players intense matchups, as DWG KIA and FunPlus Phoenix – the two most recent world champions – will be in the same Group A, while T1 and EDward Gaming – a storied rivalry in League of Legends history – will face off in Group B:
Group A
– DWG KIA.
– FunPlus Phoenix.
– Rogue.
Group B
– EDward Gaming.
– 100 Thieves.
– T1.
Group C
– PSG Talon.
– Fnatic.
– Royal Never Give Up.
Group D
– MAD Lions.
– Gen.G Esports.
– Team Liquid.
Worlds 2021 will officially kick off on October 5, 2021, with the first matches of the Play-In stage group.