Mid-Season Invitational

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Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
Location Rotating locations
Month played May
Established 2015
Number of tournaments 2
Administrator(s) Riot Games
Format Round-robin (group stage)
Single-elimination (bracket stage)
Participants 6
Purse $200,00 (2015)[1]
$450,000 (2016)[2]
Website Official website
Current champion
SK Telecom T1

The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual League of Legends tournament hosted by publisher Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most important international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship.[3][4] The event features the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive League of Legends regional leagues, as well as a wildcard team from a lesser region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand.[5] In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team EDward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final.[6]

Summary

Year Location Finalists Semi-finalists
Winner Score Runner-up
2015 United States Tallahassee EDward Gaming 3–2 SK Telecom T1 ahq e-Sports Club Fnatic
2016 China Shanghai SK Telecom T1 3–0 Counter Logic Gaming Flash Wolves Royal Never Give Up

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