With the heavily anticipated League of Legends Worlds 2024 being just a few weeks away, fans of the MOBA are excited to see their favorite LoL teams in action as they compete for the championship trophy in front of millions of viewers.
For the unaware, Worlds is the biggest annual LoL tournament that sees the finest LoL teams from throughout the globe battling it out in the big stages for a large prize pool and the prestigious title of LoL world champions.
The format for the upcoming Worlds 2024 event has already been revealed by Riot Games, and the tournament will feature six weeks of intense LoL action, as the 20 participating teams fight it out across three different stages: Play-Ins, Swiss, and Knockouts.
League of Legends Worlds 2024 Format Details
LoL Worlds 2024 is scheduled to kick off on September 25, 2024, with the Play-In stage of the event.
The Play-In stage will see eight teams including the 1st and 2nd seeds from the PCS and VCS, 1st seeds from the LLA and CBLoL, and 3rd seeds from the LEC and LCS partake in two double-elimination brackets.
The top four teams from the Play-In stage will proceed to the Swiss stage of the tournament, where they will meet the 1st and 2nd seeds from the LEC and LCS, the top 4 LPL seeds, the winners of the MSI (Gen G), and the top 3 seeds from the LCK.
The Swiss stage will kick off with the first round where the sixteen teams participate in eight BO1s based on seeding. Following the first round, the second round will see the teams getting grouped with other teams with the same record. This process will be repeated three more times till each team either advances with 3 wins or gets eliminated with 3 losses. Advancement and elimination games will be best-of-threes.
The eight remaining teams will make their way to Paris for the Knockout stage, where they will go through a BO5 single-elimination bracket.
The LoL Worlds 2024 Grand Final will take place on November 2nd at the O2 Arena in London.
