League of Legends’ MSI 2019 play-in teams revealed
These eight teams represent the best League of Legends teams selected from eight regions.
Eight teams will be battling it out for a shot againstTeam Liquidand Flash Wolves.
The matches will take place at LoL’s Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2019 play-in stage in Vietnam, with eight regional representatives vying to advance into the main event taking place in Taipei on May 10.
The teams have been divided into higher and lower-seeded pools, with selections based on each region’s performance from the past two years. Group A features Turkish team 1907 Fenerbahçe (TCL), Vietnam’s Phong Vũ Buffalo (VCS), Isurus Gaming (LLA) from Latin America, and Bombers (OPL) from Oceania.
On the other side, you have Southeast-Asian team MEGA (LST), CIS team Vega Squadron (LCL), Japanese team DetonatioN FocusMe (LJL), and Brazil’s INTZ e-Sports (CBLOL) for Group B.
Teams from Group A will slug it out to see who will play against Team Liquid in the second round. The winning team from Group B will battle it out with Flash Wolves, with winners from these matches advancing to the main event.
The losing teams from the second round matches will get a last chance, and will play each other for the final slot. The winner will then join the main event alongside invited teams Invictus Gaming, G2 Esports, and SK Telecom T1.
League’s official Twitter account did a poll, and you may see which teams are favored below. 1907 Fenerbahçe Esporscored 44%of votes to advance out of Group A, while47% of votersin the poll favored DetonatioN FocusMe to advance out of Group B.
Who do you think will advance out of Group B?#MSI2019
The tournament officially begins on May 1, and youcan check out the full schedule here.
