Organizer
Confirmed by Riot Games and Leaguepedia.[1]
Tournament edition
League of Legends World Championship 2017
Worlds 2017 was the League of Legends World Championship, held in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing from Sep 23–Nov 4 with 24 teams competing. Samsung Galaxy won the title.
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Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing · Sep 23–Nov 4, 2017
Riot’s official event materials and Leaguepedia list the host route and event dates.[1][2]
Champion
Samsung Galaxy
Leaguepedia’s historical tournament index records the champion.[2]
Combined prize pool
$4,596,591
Leaguepedia’s tournament index reports this total.[2]
Games
Participant scale
24 teams
Leaguepedia records this edition’s field size.[2]
CategoryPartnerCommercial note
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Organizer
Partner
Riot GamesCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[5]
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Sponsor
Partner
Acer PredatorCommercial note
Official tournament sponsor and hardware partner · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[3]
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Sponsor
Partner
T-MobileCommercial note
North American sponsor of Worlds 2017 · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[4]
PTG Database Analysis
The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was held in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing from Sep 23–Nov 4, 2017. The field comprised 24 teams; Samsung Galaxy won the championship. Twenty-four teams entered the event, which added a Play-In stage ahead of the Group Stage and best-of-five single-elimination knockout. Riot confirms Samsung Galaxy defeated SK telecom T1 in the final. Leaguepedia lists a combined prize pool of $4,596,591 for this edition.[1][2]
References5
- [1]2017 World Champion — LoL Esports
- [2]Worlds 2017 — Leaguepedia — Leaguepedia
- [3]2017 World Championship — Liquipedia — Liquipedia
- [4]Riot partners with T-Mobile for Worlds 2017 — Riot Games
- [5]LoL Esports — Relationship evidence
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