2017 Mid-Season Invitational

The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) was a tournament for the MOBA video game League of Legends that started on April 28, 2017 in São Paulo, and ended on May 21, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] This was the third annual Mid-Season Invitational hosted by Riot Games, and the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.[2]

2017 Mid-Season Invitational
2017
The Rio Arena hosting the main event of the tournament
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
DatesApril 28, 2017–May 21, 2017
Administrator(s)Riot Games
Host(s) Brazil
Venue(s)CBLOL Studio
(São Paulo, Play-in stage)
Jeunesse Arena
(Rio de Janeiro, Main Event)
Teams13
Final positions
Champions SK Telecom T1
(2nd title)
Runner-up G2 Esports
MVP Han "Peanut" Wang-ho
(SK Telecom T1)

SK Telecom T1 from South Korea defended successfully their championship in last year after defeating G2 Esports from Europe 3-1 at the final.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified team

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015-2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group stage, 2 teams from North America and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau are started in Play-in round 2, and instead of the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational in 2015-2016, 10 teams from Wildcard regions are started in Play-in round 1.

Region League Team ID
Start in Main Group stage
China LPL Team WE[3] WE
Europe EU LCS G2 Esports[4] G2
South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1[5] SKT
Start in Play-in round 2
North America NA LCS Team SoloMid[6] TSM
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau LMS Flash Wolves[7] FW
Start in Play-in round 1
Brazil CBLOL RED Canids[8] RED
CIS LCL Virtus.pro[9] VP
Japan LJL Rampage[10] RPG
Latin America North LLN Lyon Gaming[11] LYN
Latin America South CLS Isurus Gaming[12] ISG
Oceania OPL Dire Wolves DW
Vietnam►Southeast Asia VCS►GPL GIGABYTE Marines GAM
Turkey TCL SuperMassive eSports[13] SUP

Roster
Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
Europe (LEC) - G2 Esports
Expect
(Ki Dae-han
기대한)		 Trick
(Kim Gang-yun
김강윤)		 Perkz
(Luka Perković)		 Zven
(Jesper Svenningsen)		 mithy
(Alfonso Aguirre Rodríguez)		 YoungBuck
(Joey Steltenpool)
North America (LCS) - Team SoloMid
Hauntzer
(Kevin Yarnell)		 Svenskeren
(Dennis Johnsen)		 Bjergsen
(Søren Bjerg)		 Wildturtle
(Jason Tran)		 Biofrost
(Vincent Wang)		 Parth
(Parth Naidu)
China (LPL) - Team WE
957
(Ke Changyu
柯昌宇)		 Condi
(Xiang Renjie
向人杰)		 xiye
(Su Hanwei
苏汉伟)		 Mystic
(Jin Seong-jun
진성준)		 Ben
(Nam Dong-hyeon
남동현)		 Homme
(Yun Seong-yeong
윤성영)
Zero
(Yun Gyeong-seop
윤경섭)
South Korea (LCK) - SK Telecom T1
Huni
(Heo Seung-hoon
허승훈)		 Peanut
(Han Wang-ho
한왕호)		 Faker
(Lee Sang-hyeok
이상혁)		 Bang
(Bae Jun-sik
배준식)		 Wolf
(Lee Jae-wan
이재완)		 kkOma
(Kim Jeong-gyun
김정균)
Blank
(Kang Seon-gu
강선구)
Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) - Flash Wolves
MMD
(Yu Li-Hung
游立宏)		 Karsa
(Hung Hau-Hsuan
洪浩軒)		 Maple
(Huang Yi-Tang
黃熠棠)		 Betty
(Lu Yu-Hung
盧禹宏)		 SwordArT
(Hu Shuo-Chieh
胡碩傑)		 Steak
(Chou Lu-Hsi
周律希)
Vietnam►Southeast Asia (VCS►GPL) - GIGABYTE Marines
Stark
(Phan Công Minh)		 Levi
(Đỗ Duy Khánh)		 Optimus
(Trần Văn Cường)		 Slay
(Nguyễn Ngọc Hùng)		 Archie
(Trần Minh Nhựt)		 Tinikun
(Dương Nguyễn Duy Thanh)
Brazil (CBLOL) - RED Canids
Robo
(Leonardo Souza)		 Nappon
(Carlos Rücker)		 tockers
(Gabriel Claumann)		 brTT
(Felipe Gonçalves)		 Dioud
(Hugo Padioleau)		 Brokenshard
(Ram Djemal)
YoDa
(Felipe Noronha)
Commonwealth of Independent States (LCL) - Virtus.pro
Doxy
(Rafael Adl Zarabi)		 Kreox
(Ilya Grom
Илья Гром)		 Paranoia
(Ivan Tipuhov
Іван Тіпухов)		 Blasting
(Daniel Kudrin)		 SaNTaS
(Aleksandr Lifashin
Александр Лифашин)		 Moo
(Dmitry Sukhanov
Дмитрий Суханов)
Japan (LJL) - Rampage
Evi
(Shunsuke Murase
村瀬 (むらせ) 俊介 (しゅんすけ))		 Tussle
(Lee Mun-yong
이문용)		 Ramune
(Osamu Ozawa
小澤 (おざわ) 統 (おさむ))		 YutoriMoyashi
(Yuta Noguchi
野口 (のぐち) 悠太 (ゆうた))		 Dara
(Jeon Jeong-hun
전정훈)		 34
(Kim Dong-hun
김동훈)
Latin America North (LLN) - Lyon Gaming
Jirall
(Daniel del Castillo)		 Oddie
(Sebastián Niño)		 Seiya
(Édgar Bracamontes)		 WhiteLotus
(Matías Musso)		 Genthix
(Mariano Polonsky)		 Yeti
(Rodrigo del Castillo)
Latin America South (CLS) - Isurus Gaming
Pride
(Franco Sanzana)		 QQmore
(Diego Apablaza)		 Emp
(Benjamín Ramírez)		 Kindless
(Benjamín Fuenzalida)		 Newbie
(Leandro Marcos)		 Ukkyr
(Markus Leuemberger)
Oceania (OPL) - Dire Wolves
Chippys
(Ryan Short)		 Shernfire
(Shern Tai)		 Phantiks
(Richard Su)		 k1ng
(Calvin Truong)		 Destiny
(Mitchell Shaw)		 Sharp
(Curtis Morgan)
Turkey (TCL) - SuperMassive eSports
fabFabulous
(Asım Cihat Karakaya)		 Stomaged
(İlyas Furkan Güngör)		 Naru
(Koray Bıçak)		 Zeitnot
(Berkay Aşıkuzun)		 Dumbledoge
(Mustafa Kemal Gökseloğlu)		 Exorant
(Daniel Hume)

Venues

São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

 Brazil
São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Play-in Stage Main Event
CBLoL Studio Jeunesse Arena
Capacity: Capacity: 15,430

Play-In Stage

Round 1

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage[14]

Draw

Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group.

Pool 1 Pool 2
RED Canids Isurus Gaming
Virtus.pro Lyon Gaming
SuperMassive eSports Rampage
GIGABYTE Marines Dire Wolves

Group A

# Team ~ SUP RED DW RPG W L
1 SuperMassive eSports SUP ~ 1-1 2-0 2-0 5 1
2 RED Canids RED 1-1 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 2
3 Dire Wolves DW 0-2 1-1 ~ 1-1 2 4
4 Rampage RPG 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1 5

Group B

# Team ~ GAM LYN VP ISG W L
1 GIGABYTE Marines GAM ~ 2-0 1-1 2-0 5 1
2 Lyon Gaming LYN 0-2 ~ 2-0 2-0 4 2
3 Virtus.pro VP 1-1 0-2 ~ 1-1 2 4
4 Isurus Gaming ISG 0-2 0-2 1-1 ~ 1 5

Round 2

Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

  Round 2
                 
  Team SoloMid 3
  GIGABYTE Marines 2
 
  Flash Wolves 3
  SuperMassive eSports 0

Round 3

GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3-1. GPL of Southeast Asia gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage for Summer Split Runner-up at 2017 World Championship.[15]

Round 3
   
GIGABYTE Marines 3
SuperMassive eSports 1

Group stage
# Team ~ SKT WE G2 FW TSM GAM W L
1 SK Telecom T1 SKT ~ 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 8 2
2 Team WE WE 1-1 ~ 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 7 3
3 G2 Esports[upper-alpha 1] G2 0-2 0-2 ~ 2-0 1-1 1-1 4 6
4 Flash Wolves[upper-alpha 2] FW 1-1 0-2 0-2 ~ 1-1 2-0 4 6
5 Team SoloMid[upper-alpha 2] TSM 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 ~ 1-1 4 6
6 GIGABYTE Marines GAM 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 ~ 3 7
4th-place tie-break Match
   
Flash Wolves Win
Team SoloMid Loss
Notes
  1. After the group stage G2 Esports was in a three way tie with Team Solo Mid & Flash Wolves. The tiebreaker procedure put G2 Esports in 3rd place as they had the best combined record(3-1) against the other two teams.
  2. Flash Wolves and Team Solo Mid were forced into a tiebreaker game for the 4th place position. Flash Wolves won and advanced to the playoffs.

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 19
 
 
 SK Telecom T13
 
May 21
 
 Flash Wolves 0
 
 SK Telecom T13
 
May 20
 
 G2 Esports 1
 
 Team WE 1
 
 
 G2 Esports 3
 

Ranking
Place Region League Teams PS1 PS2 PS3 GS SF Final
1st South Korea LCK SK Telecom T1 8-2 3-0 3-1
2nd Europe EU LCS G2 Esports 4-6 3-1 1-3
3rd-4th China LPL Team WE 7-3 1-3
TW/HK/MO LMS Flash Wolves 3-1 4-6 0-3
5th North America NA LCS Team SoloMid 3-2 4-6
6th Vietnam►SEA VCS►GPL GIGABYTE Marines 5-1 2-3 3-1 3-7
7th Turkey TCL SuperMassive e-Sports 5-1 0-3 1-3
8-9th Brazil CBLOL RED Canids 4-2
Latin America North LLN Lyon Gaming 4-2
10-11th CIS LCL Virtus.pro 2-4
Oceania OPL Dire Wolves 2-4
12-13th Japan LJL Rampage 1-5
Latin America South CLS Isurus Gaming 1-5

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