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There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

author:Nightfall Esports

Recently, Riot released information about the 2023 MSI and 2022 Global Finals, which caused heated discussions among many netizens. In particular, the 2023 MSI Mid-Season Invitational will have two places in the four divisions, and the new format of the Swiss Round will be used in the Global Finals. So, what is the specific information? Let's find out together and discuss it briefly!

2023MSI

Venue: London, UK

Participating teams: From the original 11 teams to 13, there will be two places in the four major divisions of LPL, LCK, LEC and LCS. Among them, LCK is the championship division, and the second seed will directly enter the winning and losing group stage. The second seed in the remaining three divisions will start with the playoffs.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

As we all know, since the MSI was held in 2015, MSI has been a competitive competition for the champion teams of the spring tournament in all major regions. With this change in the new format, the runner-up teams in the spring tournament of the four major divisions will also qualify for MSI. It is worth mentioning that the two teams that can reach the finals of the spring tournament of the four major divisions, to some extent, there is no real strength gap, more because the competitive state and tactics determine the final champion. Therefore, this change in format also means that MSI will have more top teams, and the excitement of the event is naturally needless to say, and the gold content has been improved accordingly.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

Another interesting thing is that MSI under the new format uses Bo3 double-elimination in the play-in stage, and the eight finalist teams will be divided into two groups, each consisting of four teams, and the group will play Bo3 double-elimination matches. The two teams in the loser group will face off in the final qualification match, and the winner will advance to the winning group stage with the winning teams of the two groups, joining the five teams that have already been shortlisted. It may seem a little complicated on the surface, but all we need to know is that the qualifying round is 8 to 3.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round
There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

2023 World Finals

Venue: South Korea

Participating teams: The World Finals will feature 22 teams competing in three stages: Playoffs, Switzerland and Knockouts. It is worth mentioning that LPL and LCK still have the fourth seed, while LEC and LCS will compete for an additional fourth seed spot through a Bo5.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

Although the venue has come to Korea again, due to the time zone, I believe it is still relatively friendly to LPL audiences. It is worth mentioning that the teams of the 2023 Global Finals LPL and LCK divisions will no longer participate in the play-in round, directly starting from the group stage. LEC and LCS, who belong to the same four regions, their No. 4 seeds still have to participate in the play-in.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

In the play-off stage, there will be a best-of-three double-elimination match, where each group of winners and losers will produce a champion team, and the winner of one group will play a best-of-five final with the winner of the other group. The winners of these two finals will advance to the group stage along with 14 other teams. Such a change has undoubtedly made the competition for the playoffs more intense.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

From the second stage onwards is the real focus of the 2023 Global Finals, with the introduction of the Swiss round-robin format. Here's what happens in the Swiss round:

In the first round, each team is randomly paired with opponents in different divisions for a single win-loss match. This round will result in 8 teams with 1 win and 0 losses and 8 teams with 0 wins and 1 loss. In the second round, there will be 8 more one-game matches - 4 between 8 1-0 teams and 4 matches between 8 0-1 teams.

At the end of the second round, there will be 4 unbeaten teams with 2 wins and 0 losses, 4 teams with 0 wins and 2 losses, and 8 teams with a win or loss in each of the first two matches, resulting in a 1 win and 1 loss. In the third round, four 2-0 teams will play best-of-three matches, with the winner advancing to the knockout round and the loser continuing to the fourth round. The four teams that are 0-2 will also play in a best-of-three match, with the loser eliminated from the World Finals and the winner going on to the fourth round.

There are 12 teams left in the fourth round, 6 of which have a 2-1 record and 6 of which are 1-2. Six teams with a 2-1 win will play best-of-three matches, with three winners advancing to the knockout rounds. The other six teams with a 1-2 win will also play three best-of-three matches, with the loser eliminated from the World Finals.

By the fifth round, there were 6 teams left, all with a 2-2 record. The 6 teams will play the final three thrilling best-of-three matches. The three winners advance to the knockout rounds, while the loser ends the World Finals.

In general, the Swiss round is a random and fair arrangement of the first round of the competition, when a certain round of competition is over, you can get the total points of all participating teams, according to the total number of points, the participating teams are sorted from high to low, and then let the high score and the high score match, the low score and the low score match. This format actually gives each team more chances to win, making the "Death Group" a thing of the past.

There are two places in the four MSI divisions! The S13 World Championship was held in South Korea with the Swiss round

After the end of the Swiss round, it is the familiar knockout stage, using the single-elimination format of Bo5, playing the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals, and finally competing for the global finals.

It has to be said that whether it is the change of MSI format or the use of the Swiss round in the global finals, this is undoubtedly a very good attempt at Riot. In particular, the use of the Swiss round can undoubtedly make the global finals more exciting, largely removing the element of luck and allowing real strength to become dominant.

Finally, dear friends, how do you evaluate the changes in the format of MSI and the Global Finals?

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