The top 22 teams will battle for the title of world champion.
The 2020 League of Legends World Championship is making its return to China with the competition kicking off later this month. This is going to be one of the most interesting tournaments yet in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 22 of the best teams from across the globe looking to become the next world champion. But only 16 of these teams will advance to the main event, which will be a double round-robin format with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.
Here’s how to watch Worlds 2020.
Format
A total of 16 teams participate in the main event, including four teams from the play-in stage.
Top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage.
Play-in stage
Group A
Team Liquid
MAD Lions
Legacy Esports
Papara SuperMassive
INTZ Esports
Group B
LGD Gaming
PSG Talon
V3 Esports
Unicorns of Love
Rainbow7
Group stage
Group A
G2 Esports
Suning
Machi Esports
TBD play-in team
Group B
DAMWON Gaming
JD Gaming
Rogue
TBD play-in team
Group C
Team Solo Mid
Fnatic
Gen.G
TBD play-in team
Group D
Top Esports
DRX
FlyQuest
TBD play-in team
Schedule
Worlds 2020 starts on Sept. 25.
Play-In – Day one
Friday, Sep. 25 at 3am CT
MAD Lions
INTZ
PSG Talon
Rainbow7
Legacy Esports
INTZ
LGD Gaming
PSG Talon
Team Liquid
MAD Lions
Play-In – Day two
Saturday, Sep. 26 at 3am CT
Rainbow7
V3 Esports
INTZ
Papara SuperMassive
V3 Esports
Unicorns of Love
LGD Gaming
Rainbow7
Unicorns of Love
PSG Talon
Papara SuperMassive
MAD Lions
Team Liquid
Legacy Esports
Play-In – Day three
Sunday, Sep. 27 at 3am CT
V3 Esports
LGD Gaming
Rainbow7
Unicorns of Love
PSG Talon
V3 Esports
Unicorns of Love
LGD Gaming
Play-In – Day four
Monday, Sep. 28 at 3am CT
Papara SuperMassive
Team Liquid
MAD Lions
Legacy Esports
INTZ
Team Liquid
Legacy Esports
Papara SuperMassive
Play-In – Day five
Tuesday, Sep. 29 at 3am CT
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Play-In – Day six
Tuesday, Sep. 30 at 3am CT
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Main Event – Day one
Saturday, Oct. 3 at 3am CT
FlyQuest
Top Esports
DRX
TBD
Rogue
TBD
DAMWON Gaming
JD Gaming
Gen.G
TBD
TSM
Fnatic
Main Event – Day two
Sunday, Oct. 4 at 3am CT
Machi Esports
TBD
G2 Esports
Suning
DAMWON Gaming
Rogue
JD Gaming
TBD
TSM
Gen.G
Fnatic
TBD
Main Event – Day three
Monday, Oct. 5 at 3am CT
Machi Esports
G2 Esports
TBD
Suning
DAMWON Gaming
TBD
JD Gaming
Rogue
FlyQuest
TBD
Top Esports
DRX
Main Event – Day four
Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 3am CT
G2 Esports
TBD
Machi Esports
Suning
DRX
FlyQuest
Top Esports
TBD
Fnatic
Gen.G
TSM
TBD
Main Event – Day five
Thursday, Oct. 8 at 3am CT
G2 Esports
TBD
Machi Esports
Suning
Machi Esports
G2 Esports
Suning
TBD
Machi Esports
TBD
Suning
G2 Esports
Main Event – Day six
Friday, Oct. 9 at 3am CT
Damwon Gaming
TBD
Rogue
JD Gaming
Damwon Gaming
Rogue
JD Gaming
TBD
Rogue
TBD
JD Gaming
Damwon Gaming
Main Event – Day seven
Saturday, Oct. 10 at 3am CT
Fnatic
TSM
Gen.G
TBD
TSM
Gen.G
Fnatic
TBD
TSM
TBD
Gen.G
Fnatic
Main Event – Day eight
Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3am CT
FlyQuest
DRX
Top Esports
TBD
DRX
TBD
Top Esports
FlyQuest
FlyQuest
TBD
DRX
Top Esports
Stream
Worlds will be available to watch on Riot’s official Twitch channel, as well as multiple alternative language streams each commentated by a different set of hosts.
