The inaugural Legends of Runeterra World Championship tournament is held this week, starting today! Watch the top 16 players of the World battle it out for the coveted title and their share of the $200,000 prize pool. You can find everything you need to know below.


Tournament Format

The tournament will use the following format:

  • Best-of-three Conquest.
  • Four groups play a Round Robin tournament with top 2 players from each group advancing.
  • Top 8 Single Elimination bracket to determine the Champion.

Tournament Competitors

These are the 16 players that triumphed in their regional qualifiers and were randomly sorted in groups as follows:

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

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Aikado

Xeloo

KevinLoR

Artefy

Pinpingho

Alanzq

Szychu

BaJAtak

Cosimo

Odyssey

Majinbae

Realkey

howtodie

やまと

ragnarosich


Prize Pool Distribution

The prize money will be distributed as follows:

Placement

Prize (USD)

1

40000

2

25000

3

18000

4

15000

5-8

12000

9-16

6750


Tournament Schedule

The tournament will last for three days and the stream will begin at the same time every day.

 

West Coast

PDT (UTC-7)

East Coast

EDT (UTC-4)

Europe

CEST (UTC+2)

Korea

KST (UTC+9)

Groups A & B (Sept 16th)8:0011:0017:0024:00
Groups C & D (Sept 17th)8:0011:0017:0024:00
Top 8 Finals (Sept 18th)8:0011:0017:0024:00

Tournament Stream

You can follow the tournament live on Twitch or Youtube on the official Legends of Runeterra channels. Tune in during the broadcast (while logged in to Twitch or Youtube) to get an exclusive World Spectator card back & icon, as well as a special emote! The Twitch drops will be category-wide so any LoR channel will do!