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Riot Games confirmed on Thursday (23) that the Mid-Season Invitational will not be played in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, the publisher also announced changes regarding the distribution of vacancies for the World Cup, which still stands.
The MSI would take place between July 3 and July 19, as revealed to Riot in the announcement of the postponement of the competition, which was originally scheduled for May. Now, the company said, “In the past few months, we have explored several options on how to do MSI. Unfortunately, none of the alternatives turned out to be enough to organize a tournament worthy of our sport and our players. “
Therefore, the second division of the competitions will not change and will be played again as the initial planning. Decision that Riot classifies as “very useful and welcome by the players”.
The cancellation of the MSI results in some changes to the World Cup qualification format, as the World Cup influences World Cup positions, such as which seedlings are in Ballot Box 1 and which region receives an additional seat for the event. The competition will take place in China, as Riot previously reported.
Look at the changes:
- The Vietnamese region (VCS) will receive one more vacancy, totaling two, “because they are historically the strongest region of those that generally receive only one vacancy, and have received this seed in the past two years.”
- China (LPL) and Europe (LEC) will receive four seats (one more than usual) “as they represent the strongest regions in the world based on performance in international events in the past two years.
So, see how the vacancy distribution will be done:
- LPL and LEC: 4 teams each.
- LCK and LCS: 3 teams each.
- PCS and VCS: 2 teams each.
- CBLoL, TCL, LJL, LLA, OPL and LCL: 1 team each.
Riot has not revealed whether there will be changes to the World Cup qualification system. It was also not revealed how the team that will have the fourth place, destined for LEC and LPL, will be defined.
Therefore, the teams that won the first division of the 12 regional leagues will not compete in an international tournament. In LEC, G2 won the title, while in LCS Cloud9 he was the great champion.
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