For League of Legends fans, it’s back to the most exciting time of the year. Accordingly, with the Mid-Seasonal Invitational 2022 right around the corner, let’s talk about the event! Read on as we offer all the viewership details you need to enjoy this international event below!
Event Background
In terms of background, the MSI event takes place every year. Following the first split of competitive LoL in each region, the best of the best are seeded to compete for global dominance at the half-way mark.
Apart from the prize, MSI 2022 is an opportunity for teams to compete internationally – only here and Worlds does this actually happen.
Taking place in mix of offline and online environments, the event will run from 10th May all the way to 29th May.
Representing many regions, take a look at the contestants below:
- Royal Never Give Up – China
- T1 – Korea
- G2 Esports – Europe
- North America – Evil Geniuses
- PSG Talon – Pacific
- Saigon Buffalo – Vietnam
- Istanbul Wildcats – Turkey
- Team Aze – Latin America
- RED Canids – Brazil
- DetonatioN FM – Japan
- ORDER – Oceania
Note that for certain reasons, no LCL teams will be representing at this international event.
Let’s dive into the format!
Format
So, how will the 11 teams compete to try and win? Accordingly, there are three stages of the competition.
Starting with Stage 1, a Group Stage will kick things off. Here, teams have been drawn into three groups. Spread into the following three groups:
- A – DetionatioN FocusMe, Saigon Buffalo, T1, Team Aze
- B – Istanbul Wildcats, PSG Talon, RED Canids, Royal Never Give Up
- C – Evil Geniuses, G2 Esports, ORDER
For Groups A and B, a double round robin will take place, while Group C will feature a quadruple round robin. All matches will be BO1 and the top two teams from each group will move on to Stage 2.
The top 6 teams will make it to Stage 2 – Rumble. Here, all teams will be seeded into a single double round robin. Once again matches are BO1, and the top 4 teams advance to Stage 3 (Knockout).
It’s in this final stage where we’ll enjoy a final singel elimination bracket. Each match will be BO5 – at the end of it, we’ll have another international champion!
Schedule for the Mid-Seasonal Invitational 2022
Considering many matches, let’s offer a short previews below. Find the schedule for Day 1 of Groups (10th May):
- T1 vs Saigon Buffalo (10:00)
- Team Aze vs DetonatioN FocusMe (11:00)
- ORDER vs G2 Esports (12:00)
- Evil Geniuses vs G2 Esports (13:00)
- Istanbual Wildcats vs Royal Never Give Up (14:00)
- RED Canids vs PSG Talon (15:00)
To stay up to date, we highly recommend visiting the LoL Esports Twitter page.
Watch the Mid-Seasonal Invitational 2022 on esportsguide
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Predictions
So, to predict this upcoming event, let’s take a look at the last international competition we had for League of Legends. Here is a reminder of how the Worlds 2021 event went:
- #1 – EDward Gaming – China
- #2 – DWG KIA – Korea
- #3-4 – T1 vs Gen.G
As you can see, the Chinese and Korean teams are favoured as of right now.
Let’s see if this trend continues.
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