How to Watch The 2018 League of Legends World Championships

It’s that time of year again, when the best teams from around the world compete to prove their regional, and individual dominance at League of Legends. We’ve already seen some stunning upsets this year, with the rise of Royal Never Give Up from China, and the inability of fan-favorite teams such as TSM from North America and SK Telecom T1 from Korea to even qualify for the event. Here are the teams that are competing at Worlds this year, and how you can catch all the action.

Twelve teams have directly qualified for the Group Stage, while an additional twelve teams will battle it out in the Play-In tournament for a chance at attending the main event. Here are the teams from the Play-In stage:

EDward Gaming from China, G2 Esports from Europe, Cloud9 from North America, G-Rex from the LMS, KaBuM! e-Sports from Brazil, Gambit Esports from the CIS, Infinity eSports from LAN, SuperMassive eSports from Turkey, DetonatioN FocusMe from Japan, Kaos Latin Gamers from LAS, the Dire Wolves from OCE, and Ascension Gaming from SEA.

Those twelve teams will be battling it out to earn just four extra spots in the Group Stage, where they will need to take on the following teams:

From Korea, KT Rolster, Afreeca Freecs, and the defending World Champions, Gen.G. From China, Royal Never Give Up and Invictus Gaming. From Europe, Fnatic and Team Vitality. From North America, Team Liquid and 100 Thieves. From the LMS, Flash Wolves and MAD Team. And from Vietnam, Phong Vũ Buffalo.

The Play-In stage kicks off on Monday the 1^st of October at 4am ET / 1am PT, continuing at those times on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Main Event so to speak, the Group Stage, will begin on Wednesday October 10 at 5am ET / 2am PT. you can catch all the action from the official Twitch channel, here, or the official YouTube channel, here. Alternatively, for more information on when the individual games will be played, check out the official website, here.