How to watch the 2019 League of Legends World Championship group stage
Here's where it gets serious.
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The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is making its return to Europe with the group stage of the competition kicking off later this week.
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This could be the most exciting and action-packed tournament yet. Sixteen of the best teams in the world are eager to perform internationally and prove their worth.
Contenders from Europe, North America, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam will fight it out in a double round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the next stage of the tournament.
Here’s how to watch the group stage at Worlds 2019.
Format
16 teams participate, including four teams from the play-in stage.
Teams are divided into four groups.
Double round robin.
Matches are played in a best-of-one format.
Top two teams from each group advance to the next stage of the competition.
Groups
Group A
Cloud9
G2 Esports
Griffin
Hong Kong Attitude
Group B
FunPlus Phoenix
GAM Esports
J Team
Splyce
Group C
Clutch Gaming
Fnatic
Royal Never Give Up
SK Telecom T1
Group D
ahq Esports Club
DAMWON Gaming
Invictus Gaming
Team Liquid
Schedule
Day one (round one)
Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7am CT (2pm local time)
Fnatic
vs.
SKT
RNG
vs.
Clutch
Invictus
vs.
ahq
DAMWON
vs.
Liquid
J Team
vs.
FunPlus
GAM
vs.
Splyce
Day two
Sunday, Oct. 13 at 7am CT (2pm local time)
SKT
vs.
RNG
Fnatic
vs.
Clutch
Liquid
vs.
Invictus
ahq
vs.
DAMWON
Griffin
vs.
G2
C9
vs.
HKA
Day three
Monday, Oct. 14 at 8am CT (3pm local time)
Invictus
vs.
DAMWON
ahq
vs.
Liquid
FunPlus
vs.
Splyce
J Team
vs.
GAM
Griffin
vs.
HKA
G2
vs.
C9
Day four
Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 8am CT (3pm local time)
RNG
vs.
Fnatic
Clutch
vs.
SKT
FunPlus
vs.
GAM
Splyce
vs.
J Team
C9
vs.
Griffin
HKA
vs.
G2
Day five (round two)
Thursday, Oct. 17 at 8am CT (3pm local time)
GAM
vs.
FunPlus
Clutch
vs.
Splyce
GAM
vs.
J Team
Splyce
vs.
FunPlus
Splyce
vs.
GAM
FunPlus
vs.
J Team
Day six
Friday, Oct. 18 at 8am CT (3pm local time)
Griffin
vs.
C9
G2
vs.
HKA
HKA
vs.
Griffin
C9
vs.
G2
HKA
vs.
C9
G2
vs.
Griffin
Day seven
Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7am CT (2pm local time)
RNG
vs.
SKT
Clutch
vs.
Fnatic
SKT
vs.
Fnatic
Clutch
vs.
RNG
SKT
vs.
Clutch
Fnatic
vs.
RNG
Day eight
Sunday, Oct. 20 at 7am CT (2pm local time)
ahq
vs.
Invictus
Liquid
vs.
DAMWON
Liquid
vs.
ahq
DAMWON
vs.
Invictus
DAMWON
vs.
ahq
Invictus
vs.
Liquid
Stream
Worlds is available to watch on Riot’s official Twitch channel, as well as multiple alternative language streams each commentated by a different set of hosts.
