For those who regularly attend Summoner Rift, the League of Legends World Championship cannot be missed. This is an annual international e-sports tournament for the game League of Legends organized by Riot Games. This is the largest scale League of Legends tournament with prizes up to millions of US dollars.
There is now a schedule for the 2023 League of Legends World Finals, this time the teams will compete against each other in Seoul, Korea. The match will start on October 10 at 2:00 p.m. Vietnam time. You can follow the League of Legends matches according to the League of Legends Seoul schedule below.
- List of teams participating in the 2023 League of Legends World Championship
Table of contents of the article
- Schedule for the World Final warm-up round
- Competition format of the 2023 World Finals
- Location of the 2023 League of Legends World Finals
LOL World Finals warm-up round schedule
This year, Worlds 2023 will start with the group stage which will include 24 teams, divided into 4 groups, each group has 6 teams. Teams will compete in a round-robin competition, with the top four teams in each group moving on to the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be played in a BO5 format, meaning each team will play 5 games to determine the winner. Finally, there is the Final match of the tournament between the two best teams. The winning team will become the League of Legends world champion.
League of Legends World Championship 2023 Quarterfinals competition table
| Match date/time | Match | Direct viewing link |
| November 2 (Thursday) – 15:00 | NRG vs WBG | |
| November 3 (Friday) – 15:00 | GEN vs GBV | |
| November 4 (Saturday) – 15:00 | JDG vs KT | |
| November 5 (Sunday) – 15:00 | LNG vs T1 |
League of Legends World Championship 2023 Semifinals tournament table
| Match date/time | Match | Direct viewing link |
| November 11 (Saturday) – 15:00 | ||
| November 12 (Sunday) – 15:00 |
Final match
| Match date/time | Match | Direct viewing link |
| November 19 (Sunday) – 14:00 |
Results of League of Legends World Championship 2023
Names reaching the Quarterfinals will include: Gen.G, JD Gaming, LNG Esports, NRG, T1, KT Rolster, Weibo Gaming, Bilibili Gaming.
| Class | Team | Result |
| first | Geng | 3-0 |
| 2 | JD Gaming | 3-0 |
| 3 | LNG Esports | 3-1 |
| 4 | NRG | 3-1 |
| 5 | T1 | 3-1 |
| 6 | KT Rolster | 3-2 |
| 7 | Weibo Gaming | 3-2 |
| 8 | Bilibili Gaming | 3-2 |
| 9 | G2 Esports | 2-3 |
| ten | Fnatic | 2-3 |
| 11 | Dplus KIA | 2-3 |
| twelfth | GAM Esports | 1-3 |
| 13 | MAD Lions | 1-3 |
| 14 | Cloud9 | 1-3 |
| 15 | Team BDS | 0-3 |
| 16 | Team Liquid | 0-3 |
Round 1 results – Swiss round
| Match turn | Day | Hour | Match results |
| Battle 1 | October 19 | 12:00 | T1 1-0 Team Liquid |
| Match 2 | October 19 | 13:00 | Cloud9 1-0 MAD Lions |
| Match 3 | October 19 | 2:00 p.m | Gen.G Esports 1-0 GAM Esports |
| Match 4 | October 19 | 15:00 | JD Gaming 1-0 Team BDS |
| Battle 5 | October 19 | 16:00 | G2 Esports 1-0 Dplus KIA |
| Battle 6 | October 19 | 17:00 | NRG 0-1 Weibo Gaming |
| Match 7 | October 19 | 18:00 | Fnatic 0-1 LNG Esports |
| Battle 8 | October 19 | 19:00 | Bilibili Gaming 1-0 KT Rolster |
Round 2 results – Swiss Round
| Match turn | Day | Hour | Match results |
| Battle 1 | October 20 | 12:00 | Team Liquid 0-1 NRG |
| Match 2 | October 20 | 13:00 | LNG Esports 1-0 Cloud9 |
| Match 3 | October 20 | 14:00 | Team BDS 0-1 MAD Lions |
| Match 4 | October 20 | 15:00 | Fnatic 1-0 GAM Esports |
| Battle 5 | October 20 | 16:00 | Gen.G Esports 1-0 T1 |
| Battle 6 | October 20 | 17:00 | Weibo Gaming 0-1 G2 Esports |
| Match 7 | October 20 | 18:00 | Bilibili Gaming 0-1 JD Gaming |
| Battle 8 | October 20 | 19:00 | Dplus KIA 0-1 KT Rolster |
Round 3 results – Swiss round
| Match turn | Day | Hour | Match results |
| Battle 1 | October 21 | 14:00 | JD Gaming 2-1 LNG Esports (BO3) |
| Match 2 | October 21 | 17:00 | G2 0-2 Gen.G (BO3) |
| Match 3 | October 21 | 14:00 | T1 1-0 Cloud9 |
| Match 4 | October 21 | 15:00 | NRG 1-0 MAD Lions |
| Battle 5 | October 21 | 16:00 | Bilibili Gaming 1-0 Fnatic |
| Battle 6 | October 21 | 17:00 | KT Rolster 1-0 Weibo Gaming |
| Match 7 | October 21 | 14:00 | Team Liquid 1- 2 GAM Esports |
| Battle 8 | October 21 | 17:00 | Dplus KIA 2-0 Team BDS |
Round 4 Results – Swiss Round (BO3 Format)
| Match turn | Day | Hour | Match results |
| Battle 1 | October 26 | 2:00 p.m | Cloud9 1-2 Fnatic |
| Match 2 | October 26 | 17:00 | MAD Lions 0-2 Weibo Gaming |
| Match 3 | October 26 | 14:00 | Dplus KIA 2-0 GAM |
| Match 4 | October 26 | 17:00 | KT Rolster 1-2 LNG |
| Battle 5 | October 26 | 2:00 p.m | NRG 2-0 G2 |
| Battle 6 | October 26 | 17:00 | T1 2-0 Bilibili |
Round 5 Results – Swiss Round (BO3 Format)
| Match turn | Day | Hour | Match results |
| Battle 1 | October 29 | 11:00 a.m | KT 2-0 Dplus KIA |
| Match 2 | October 29 | 14:00 | Fnatic 1-2 Weibo Gaming |
| Match 3 | October 29 | 17:00 | G2 Esports 1-2 Bilibili Gaming |
Competition format of Worlds LOL 2023
Worlds 2023 will be held in a new format, with 24 participating teams, divided into 2 regions: main region and secondary region.
Play-in round
- The Play-in round will be the first stage of the tournament, in this round we will have eight teams divided into 2 groups, each group will compete in a 4-team double elimination format and compete in the following format: BO3.
- Next, the top 4 teams will play two matches in a BO5 format with the winning team above having to play against the winning team below from other groups and selecting the final two teams to participate in the main round of the tournament. League of Legends 2023 world championship.
Phase 2 (Swiss)
- Phase two of the World Finals is being completely reworked, this phase will have 14 teams participating including 2 teams from the Play-in round, giving us a total of 16 teams. And teams with the same record will compete head-to-head. This means that in the first round, when teams have a record of 0, they will be randomly selected.
- The Swiss round will have 5 rounds until 8 teams are selected with 3 wins, while the remaining 8 teams have 3 losses. The winning teams will continue to the next round, while the losing teams will have to “pack a melon” and return home.
Knock-out round
- This round will be matches of 8 teams with 3 wins in BO5 format. This list of 8 teams will compete with each other to win the League of Legends championship trophy.
Location of the 2023 League of Legends World Finals
The 2023 League of Legends World Finals will be held in two major Korean cities, Seoul and Busan, from October 10, 2023.
- The Play-in round will take place at the regular LoL Park – LCK Arena in Seoul, with a capacity of 450 people.
- The Swiss round will take place at KBS Arena in Seoul, with a capacity of 1,800 people.
- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals will be held at Sajik Indoor Arena in Busan, with a capacity of 14,000 people.
- The final will take place at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, with a capacity of 16,800 people.
This is the third time South Korea has hosted the League of Legends World Finals, the first time being in 2014 and the second time in 2018.
