The League of Legends World Championship is one of the biggest esports tournaments in the entire world. It’s so grand because of how popular League is, with millions of fans joining the live events and streams to watch their favorite teams collide for the biggest prize of the year.
Worlds officially started in 2011, with European esports squad Fnatic taking home the title of the best League team in the world, as well as the world-famous trophy crafted for the winner of the competition now known as the Summoner’s Cup. Since then, the title has been held by the organizations that finish as the top team at Worlds every year.
Coincidentally, after Fnatic won in 2011, all of the teams that have become champions have come from Asia, including Taipei Assassins (now J Team) from Taiwan, T1, Samsung Galaxy, and DWG KIA from South Korea, and Invictus Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, and Edward Gaming from China.
That dominance hasn’t stopped Riot Games from conducting the annual tournament in various places across the globe, though.
The first iteration of Worlds in 2011 was held in Sweden.
Other countries such as the U.S., South Korea, China, France, the U.K., Germany, and Iceland have since become hosts of the tournament in the years that followed, with Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, being the most recent host city.
Where will Worlds 2022 take place?
Riot Games already revealed Worlds 2022 will be held in North America. This will be the first time since 2016 the competition will take place in the region. Each stage of the tournament will be in various cities across North America. However, since that announcement, there has been a small change with one venue in the schedule.
Here are the locations and dates for each stage of the event:
- Play-Ins: Sept. 29 – Oct.4 at the Arena Esports Stadium at Artz Pedregal in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Groups: Oct. 7-10 and Oct. 13-16 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- Quarterfinals: Oct. 20-23 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- Semifinals: Oct. 29-30 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Finals: Nov. 5 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
With the 2022 Summer Split ramping up to an exciting conclusion in the next few months, Worlds should bring some of the best teams in the world together as they try to etch their names and legacies into the League‘s prestigious history books.
