MSI 2024 is the first international tournament of the year of professional League of Legends, taking place from May 1-19. This year, MSI will take place in China, so the landlord will conduct a draw immediately after the Spring LPL final 2024 with the draw is Xiye, the former mid lane of Team WE.
The draw process: The MSI will play with two stages: play-in and Bracket round with a total of 12 participating teams.
Stage 1: Play-in
– League on April 20, right after the final of the Spring LPL 2024.
– 8 teams are divided into 4 seed groups from high to low, specifically as follows:
+ Group 1: Seed No. 2 LPL and LCK
+ Group 2: Seed No. 2 LEC and LCS
+ Group 3: Seed No. 1 PCS and VCS
+ Group 4: Seed No. 1 LLA (South America) and CBLOL (Brazil).
– The teams will be divided into 2 tables, each group of 4 teams takes from 4 groups, the groups will not be able to share the table. In the first round, the team in group 1 will face team 4, team 2 will meet the 3 team.
Stage 2: Bracket ring
– draw on 5/5
– 8 teams continue to be divided into 4 seed groups:
+ Group 1: Seed No. 1 LPL and LCK
+ Group 2: Seed No. 1 LEC and LCS
+ Group 3: Two top teams in the play-in round
+ Group 4: Two second teams in the play-in
– Bracket ring is divided into 2 branches and the same team will be different from the Bracket round. In addition, each branch is only allowed to have 1 team from one area (for example, two teams from LCK will not be able to share the branch in the Bracket round).
– The teams in group 1 will face team 4, team 2 will meet the 3 team in the first match.
Riot Games also noted that pairs may change based on the results of the play-in round. In the absence of a draw, the organizers will cancel this event, and post the fight after the play-in round ends.
