Mid-Season Invitational

Mid-Season Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Rotating locations
Month played	May
Established	2015
Number of tournaments	2
Administrator(s)	Riot Games
Format	Round-robin (group stage) Single-elimination (bracket stage)
Participants	6
Purse	$200,00 (2015)[1] $450,000 (2016)[2]
Website	Official website
Current champion
SK Telecom T1

The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends tournament hosted by publisher Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship.^[3][4] The event features the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues, as well as a wildcard team from a lesser region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.^[5] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team EDward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final.^[6]

Summary

Year	Location	Finalists			Semi-finalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
2015	Tallahassee	EDward Gaming	3–2	SK Telecom T1	ahq e-Sports Club	Fnatic
2016	Shanghai	SK Telecom T1	3–0	Counter Logic Gaming	Flash Wolves	Royal Never Give Up

References

1. Bishop, Rollin (May 7, 2015). "Paste Goes to the 2015 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational". Paste. Paste Media Group. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
2. "2016 Mid-Season Invitational Event Ruleset" (PDF). Riot Games. p. 5–6. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
3. Erzberger, Tyler (May 2, 2016). "The Mid-Season Invitational Power Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Inc. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
4. Lingle, Samuel (May 4, 2016). "League Midseason Invitational day one recap". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
5. Johnson, Michael (May 3, 2016). "League Of Legends Mid-Season Invitational – What You Need To Know!". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
6. Scott, Jake (May 1, 2015). "MSI recap: Edward Gaming defeat SKT 3-2, become MSI 2015 champions". theScore eSports. Score Media Ventures. Retrieved May 11, 2016.