The 24 teams of the League of Legends World Championship 2017 in China have been determined. With yesterday's group draw, the groups for the preliminary round and 3/4 of the groups for the main round are now fixed.
The 4 groups of the preliminary round consist of 3 teams each, of which only one can qualify for the main round.
The 4 groups are:
Group a:
- Team WE (LPL)
- Gambit (LCL)
- Lyon Gaming (LLN)
Group B:
- Cloud9 (NA LCS)
- Team oNe Esports (CBLoL)
- Dire Wolves (OPL)
Group C:
- Fnatic (EU LCS)
- Young Generation (GPL)
- Kaos Latin Gamers (CLS)
Group D:
- Honk Kong Attitude (LMS)
- 1907 Fenerbahçe (TCL)
- Rampage (LJL)
From these groups, after 2 rounds of everyone-against-everyone, only the first-placed team progresses. In which group of the main round the individual teams come will be decided with an extra draw after the end of the preliminary round.
Here is Riot's infographic about the groups:
So there are currently 4 groups for the main round with 3 of 4 teams. After the group stage of the main round has ended, the two best teams in each group advance. Thus, in the KO round, 8 teams face each other.
League of Legends World Cup 2017 - The 4 groups
Group a:
- Edward Gaming (LPL)
- SK Telecom T1 (LCK)
- ahq e-Sports Club (LMS)
- TBD (To Be Decided)
Group B:
- Longzhu Gaming (LCK)
- Immortals (NA LCS)
- Gigabyte Marines (GPL)
- TBD
Group C:
- G2 Esports (EU LCS)
- Samsung Galaxy (LCK)
- Royal Never Give Up (LPL)
- TBD
Group D:
- Flash Wolves (LMS)
- Misfits (EU LCS)
- Team Solo Mid - TSM (NA LCS)
- TBD
You can find the video of the full drawing ceremony at the beginning of the article. The final patch on which the World Cup will be played was released today on 7.18.
