In the 2024 season, 20 teams will participate in the tournament, reducing two teams compared to 2023. Two reduced capacity because the Japanese area is combined with PCS and LCS, LEC will not attend the area like last year. The tournament will still take place in three stages, play-in, Swiss round and play-off round.
In terms of formula, the play -in round will continue to take place with 8 teams and compete according to the winning branch – the losing branch, delineated by BO3. However, the teams will play directly to win 4 tickets to the Swiss round. Meanwhile, in 2023, the teams were divided into 2 tables and had to play the Bo5 match decided to compete for two tickets to continue.
In the Swiss round, the format did not change compared to last year. 16 teams will be divided into pairs of seeds based on seeds. After that, the teams will continue to be drawn based on the score, the 1-0 teams will confront each other, and the 0-1 teams are also divided into their own matches.
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The teams will continue to play until 3 wins will win the right to continue, while the teams with 3 losses will be eliminated. All matches that determine the ticket to go on or be eliminated to play the Bo3, the rest played Bo1.
At the end of this round, the last 8 teams will enter the play-off round. The teams will be divided into pairs according to the Swiss round results, playing the Bo5 type live until the champion. The total bonus of the tournament is expected to be about US $ 2.225 million like last season, and the teams will receive extra money from the world finals like previous years.
The tournament will take place from September 25-2, this year will play in Europe with three hosting countries, Germany, France and England. The Play-in round takes place from September 25-29, the Swiss round plays from 3-13/10. Both rounds will take place at Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany. The quarterfinals and semi-finals will take place from October 17-27 at Adidas Arena in Paris, France. The final will take place on November 2 at The O2, London, the UK will find the World Champion 2024.
