2018 Mid-Season Invitational Tournament Information Organizer Riot Games Location & Dates Region INT International Event Type Offline Country

Europe Start Date 2018-05-03 End Date 2018-05-20 Broadcast Streams

Twitch

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The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational is held between the first and second splits of all regions.

Overview [ edit ]

Format [ edit ]

Venues [ edit ]

Play-In/Group Stage – Riot European Studios, Am Studio 20D, Studio K/L, 12489 Berlin - Adlershof, Germany

– Riot European Studios, Am Studio 20D, Studio K/L, 12489 Berlin - Adlershof, Germany Semifinals/Finals – Le Zénith, 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France (previously hosted All-Star Paris 2014)

Prize Pool [ edit ]

Minimum Prize Pool $ 1,000,000 USD (Approximately € 850,000 EUR ) $ 250,000 (Approximately € 212,500 EUR ) contribution from tournament organizer 25% of the sales from Conqueror Varus & 2018 Conqueror Ward skins is additionally added Prize money from digital sales guaranteed to be at least $ 750,000 USD (Approximately € 637,500 EUR ) Prize Pool to be concluded on May 20 23:59 Pacific Time

(Approximately € 850,000 ) In the event that a tie cannot be broken between Play-In teams, prize pool money is averaged

On May 3, the prize pool reached $ 970,880 USD (Approximately € 825,248 EUR )

(Approximately € 825,248 ) On May 11, the prize pool reached $ 1,255,128 USD (Approximately € 1,066,859 EUR )

(Approximately € 1,066,859 ) Final prize pool: $ 1,370,520 USD (Approximately € 1,164,942 EUR )

$ 1,370,520 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

Local • Euro

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on May 21, 2018, as follows:

$ 1 US Dollar = € 0.85 Euros

Participants [ edit ]

For qualification timelines, refer to the Play-In Prospective Participant Timeline and the Main Event Prospective Participant Timeline.

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage (Round 1) [ edit ]

Round 2 [ edit ]

Match 1 Qualification Match VN ⁠ EVS 3 TR ⁠ SUP 1

Match 2 Qualification Match LMS ⁠ FW 3 CIS ⁠ GMB 0

Click here for more information about the Play-In.

Main Event [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

1st Place Tiebreaker LMS ⁠ FW 0 CN ⁠ RNG 1

4th Place Tiebreaker EU ⁠ FNC 1 NA ⁠ TL 0

Playoffs [ edit ]

Semifinals CN ⁠ RNG 3 EU ⁠ FNC 0 LMS ⁠ FW 1 KR ⁠ KZ 3 Finals CN ⁠ RNG 3 KR ⁠ KZ 1

Click here for more information about the Main Event.

Media [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Articles & Videos [ edit ]

Interviews [ edit ]

April 17, Liquid Olleh wants to redeem himself—and NA—on the international stage with Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports

Announcements [ edit ]

Additional Content [ edit ]

Viewership Statistics [ edit ]

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.

Peak Viewership MSI 2018 Total 127,551,726 Without Chinese Viewers 947,861 English Streams 331,462 Chinese Streams 126,659,400 Vietnamese Streams 258,973 Korean Streams 149,513 Portuguese Streams 100,943 Russian Streams 27,053 Twitch.TV Streams 448,451 Youtube Gaming Streams 426,296 Garena Live Streams 79,997 AfreecaTV Streams 76,663 Other Avg Concurrent Viewers 24,590,504 Total time watched 2,077,897,606

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