Mid-Season Invitational 2019

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Riot’s Mid-Season Invitational brought 13 regional split champions together from May 1–19, 2019. The Play-In stage opened at GG Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, moved to the National Convention Center in Hanoi for the six-team group stage, then concluded with the knockout bracket at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei. The format gave ten teams a route through the Play-In, while the spring champions from China, Europe and Korea entered directly into the group stage.[1][3]

G2 Esports won the title with a 3–0 victory over Team Liquid in the final. Esports Charts reported a 1.5 million peak when excluding Chinese-platform viewers, while separately noting a 1.704 million figure when accounting for Chinese fans. Riot announced a USD 250,000 base prize pool supplemented by 25% of sales from the 2019 Conqueror Alistar and ward products; that structure kept the final pool tied to in-game sales. Leaguepedia’s event listing names Mastercard, State Farm, Alienware and Secretlab as sponsors; Secretlab separately described itself as a global partner for the event.[1][2][4][5][6][9]