Mid-Season Invitational 2023

Mid-Season Invitational 2023 highlights

MSI 2023 is the first major international LAN tournament in 2023. The tournament will feature inter-regional play between the top contenders from 9 regions: LPL, LCK, LEC, LCS, PCS, VCS, LJL, CBLoL and LLA.

The Mid-Season Invitational 2023 will take place in May this year. LoL matches of event will be hosted in the UK capital, London, and the venue will be the Cooper Box Arena, with a capacity of over 7,000 spectators.

The MSI 2023 participants will be determined by regional performances. The tournament will feature spring split champions in LEC, LPL, LCS, CBLOL, LJL, LLA, VCS and PCS. Additional slots will be awarded to the Majors: LCK, LPL, LEC and LCS. Thus there will be 13 participants.

Due to the state of affairs in the international arena, two teams from South Korea will go straight to the playoffs of the tournament. The first team to qualify for the tournament was G2 Esports.

The MSI tournament has a prize pool of $250,000. The distribution and the prize pool will be announced by Riot Games before the tournament starts.

Form of MSI 2023

The main change for the 13th edition of League of Legends will be a new format compared to MSI 2023. At the Mid-Season Invitational 2023, for the first time in history, Double-Elimination will be played.

The championship will start with the Play-In phase. There will be 8 teams in the Double-Elimination, with a maximum of 3 matches. The final of the lower net is played until 3 wins (bo5), with 3 teams qualifying for the play-offs.

In the main Mid-Season Invitational 8 teams play. The final round is played as Double-Elimination, and all main stage matches are played until 3 wins (bo5).

Where to watch MSI 2023

Riot Games will broadcast all MSI 2023 matches on their official channels: Twitch and YouTube. Additionally, League of Legends streams are available through third party services such as EGamersworld, for example.

The EGW portal offers MSI 2023 games to be streamed live in a convenient format with the choice of language and player. The games are broadcasted in 12 languages and you will find full information about the participants on the match pages.

At EGamersworld, we have all the latest information on the teams, including line-ups, results, preferences of the champions and so on. You will also find here live scoring and live stats of what is happening on the map.

On top of that you will find analytics and predictions for MSI 2023 and beyond. EGW users can share their opinions in the forecasts section as well. All you have to do is register and verify your account.