This article takes you through all the information about this year's 2023MSI.
MSI 2023 will begin on May 2 in London, UK, and the MSI Champion will be determined on May 21. This year's MSI has a total of 13 teams participating, with two places in all four divisions, and 11 teams have advanced to MSI, leaving the Vietnamese team and the second European team undecided. Bo on the expedition to Europe still has hopes of advancing to MSI, but the only way for him to participate in MSI is if he is in VIT must win the championship.
Why is it said that this MSI is full of gold content? That's because MSI has a format change this year.
The format is divided into play-in and knockout rounds. Eight teams participated in the finals, divided into two groups of 4 teams each, playing a double defeat BO3, the winner of each group advanced, and the winners of the two groups played each other to determine the final main tournament spot. Since neither LCK team has to participate in the playoffs, BLG should be able to rattle and kill in the playoffs.
The 3 teams that advanced to the play-in and the 5 teams that went straight to the main tournament, a total of 8 teams defeated BO5 to determine the championship, and lost directly to lose the repechage armor and fell into the loser's group, which is the LPL playoff format we are familiar with. The champion selected can be said to be full of gold content.
MSI's competition times are very friendly, as can be seen from the ticketing website, the daily competition starts at 12 or 13 noon London time, corresponding to 7 or 8 pm Beijing time. Basically, migrant workers can catch up on the live broadcast after work.
The MSI draw will take place after the LEC final on April 24, when all teams will be determined.
The draw is tranche
LPL and LCK's spring champions JDG and GEN are the first divisions
The champions of LEC and LCS are the second level.
LCK's spring runner-up T1 and three teams advancing from the bubbling race are in the third division.
Under the principle of avoidance in the same division, the first two teams will face the third tier team in the first round, in other words, the third tier team will definitely play the champions of the four major divisions in the first round, including T1 and the advanced BLG. Moreover, the two first-tier teams, GEN and JDG, will be in different halves, which means that unless JDG and GEN fall into the loser's bracket, they can only meet in the winner's group final.
Finally, the reworked Yumi and new hero Milio will be disabled throughout this MSI. Spectators who want to watch Milio will have to wait until the summer game.