2011 esports tournament
The League of Legends : Season 1 World Championshipesports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends Jönköping , Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World ChampionshipRiot Games . The tournament was won by Fnatic , who defeated Against All Authority 2–1 in the final.
Background
League of Legends free-to-play model. However, the game lacked a full competitive experience until the introduction of ranked play and draft mode in mid-2010. Initially, only a handful of people at Riot believed in the future of competitive play, but as data suggested a growing viewership, the company decided to test the competitive landscape, organizing the first World Championship tournament in 2011, hosted by DreamHack in Jönköping , Sweden. Players brought their own computers, networked them together, and competed in front of fans.[ 3]
Teams
Eight teams qualified for the World Championship: three from North America, three from Europe, one from Singapore, and one from the Philippines.[ 4]
Venues
Jönköping was selected as the host city for the World Championship.[ 5]
Group stage
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PCT
Qualification
1
Epik Gaming
3
3
0
1.000
Advance to knockout stage
2
Against All Authority
3
2
1
0.667
Advance to relegation matches
3
Fnatic
3
1
2
0.333
4
Team Pacific
3
0
3
0.000
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PCT
Qualification
1
Team SoloMid
3
2
1
0.667
Advance to knockout stage
2
Counter Logic Gaming
3
2
1
0.667
Advance to relegation matches
3
Gamed!de
3
1
2
0.333
4
Xan
3
1
2
0.333
Relegation matches Finals Advance to knockouts Against All Authority 2 Against All Authority Gamed!de 0 Counter Logic Gaming 1 Fnatic Fnatic 2 Fifth place Gamed!de 0 Counter Logic Gaming 1
Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine )
Knockout stage
Upper semifinals Upper final Final Team SoloMid 1 Against All Authority 2 Against All Authority 0 Fnatic 2 Epik Gaming 0 Fnatic 2 Fnatic 2 Against All Authority 1 Lower semifinal Lower final Against All Authority 2 Team SoloMid 2 Team SoloMid 0 Epik Gaming 0
Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine )
Final standings
Place
Team
Prize money
1
Fnatic
$50,000
2
Against All Authority
$25,000
3
Team SoloMid
$10,000
4
Epik Gaming
$7,000
5
Counter Logic Gaming
$3,500
6
Gamed!de
$2,000
7–8
Team Pacific
$1,000
Xan
Broadcast and viewership
The Season One World Championship accumulated over 1.6 million viewers and peaked at 210,000 concurrent viewers.[ 6]
References
^ Senior, Tom (April 8, 2011). "League of Legends Season 1 Championship to have $100,000 prize pool" . PC Gamer . Retrieved November 22, 2023 . ^ Kim, Kyeongbeom; Hong, James (September 11, 2017). "Fun Facts from Worlds 2016: SKT T1 Faker dies again and again! The secret to their success?" . InvenGlobal . Retrieved November 22, 2023 . ^ Smith, Noah (November 7, 2019). "How the League of Legends World Championship became the Super Bowl of esports" . The Washington Post . Retrieved November 22, 2023 . ^ Fulford, Nico (June 20, 2020). "LoL Worlds Season 1 retrospective - Where it all began" . GGRecon . Retrieved November 22, 2023 . ^ "Ten years of worlds: A League of Legends World Championship oral history" . ESPN . Retrieved November 22, 2023 .^ Cooke, Taylor (October 11, 2018). "How the League of Legends World Championship Shaped an Entire Esport" . The Esports Observer . Retrieved November 22, 2023 .
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