There are two most important events of the year for League of Legends: the MSI Mid-Season and the World Finals. The rules of these two events should be quite familiar to all friends. For the 2023 MSI and S matches, the League of Legends event officially gave specific arrangements, and the format has changed much.
The first is the 2023 MSI Mid-Season Tournament, LPL, LCK and other four major divisions will each get two places, taking our LPL division as an example, two teams will represent LPL to participate in the MSI Mid-Season Tournament. This could lead to a "civil war" in the division before the final.
Let's take a look at the most talked about 2023 Global Finals. Thanks to our LPL and LCK divisions, we have achieved excellent results in the World Championship in recent years. Therefore, at S13, we LPL and LCK will both receive four places. The European and North American divisions will have four places in one division: the fourth place will play a BO5 match, and the winner will advance to S13.
In the play-in and knockout stages, a new "Swiss round" has been added: teams with the same winning record will compete against each other until the record reaches three wins or three losses. All tournaments where teams may advance or be eliminated will be in BO3 format, and the rest will be in BO1 format. After that, it's the knockouts!
In fact, the "Swiss round format" is still widely used in other esports competitions, such as CSGO. The addition of the "Swiss Round Format" undoubtedly further enhances the viewing of the World Championship.