Le Dock Pullman

The SSE Arena, Wembley

Brussels Expo

The Mercedes-Benz Arena

In January, Riot announced that the 2015 League of Legends World Championship would be held in Europe. Following last years format, this year’s competition would take place over the space of a few weeks in several different countries.Today they announced the finalized schedule of the tournament.The Group Stages will be broken up into two parts, October 1-4 and October 8-11 at Le Dock Pullman, in Paris.The Quarterfinals will be held October 15-18 at the SSE Arena Wembley in London.The Semifinals will be held October 24-25 at Brussels Expo in Brussels.The World Championship Finals will be held October 31 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena(formerly O2 World) in Berlin.You might have guessed that another visit to Wembley was due, after Riot’s successful event at that venue in 2014. Paris and Brussels come as welcome additions that will allow a lot of fans to support their League of Legends teams live. And as for Berlin, its no surprise that the Finals will be conveniently located in the same city as Riot’s new HQ.- 50, av. du Président Wilson, 93200 La Plaine Saint-Denis(Photo credit - http://www.eurosites.fr/eurosites/les-docks-de-paris/ Conveniently located next to the Metro exit to Line 12, Le Dock Pullman venue can adjust to accommodate 1500-3500 people.- Arena Square, Engineers Way, Wembley Park, Wembley, HA9 0AA.(Photo credit - http://www.ssearena.co.uk/news/detail/league-of-legends-21st-22nd-june-2014 The SSE Arena is located near the tube station, Wembley Park, and can be accessed via the Metropolitan or Jubilee Lines. It has a higher capacity than its French counterpart, with the ability to host over 12,000 screaming League of Legends fans.- Place de Belgique 1, BE - 1020 Brussels(Photo credit - http://www.brusselsexpo.be/ Easily accessible by taking the line 6 train from “la gare du Midi” station to Heysel. Brussels Expo is made up of several massive halls and one large auditorium. The auditorium has seating for 1850 people, and the halls can likely be set up to accommodate even more.- Mühlenstraße 12-30, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain(Photo credit - http://www.mercedes-benz-arena-berlin.de/ Four of Berlin’s S-Bahn lines(S3, S5, S7, S75) stop directly at “Warschauer Straße” station. It is conveniently connected to the arena by a pedestrian bridge. The arena itself has a capacity of 17,000.While the 2015 Finals venue is much smaller than that of last year’s Final, it is certainly not small. The drop in total capacity will likely boost the atmosphere of the event, as everyone will be closer to the stage and closer to one another. After all, who doesn't want to be just a bit closer to their fellow summoners.See you in October!