The Mid-Season Invitational is the first international tournament of the year, where all Spring Split Champions are pitted against each other to determine which region reigns supreme. There are a total of 14 teams participating in this year's tournament with Vietnam being the newest region created earlier this year. The 14 teams are split up into 3 pools:
Pool A - Play-In Group Stage (8)
CBLOL’s KaBum! e-Sports - Brazil (BR)
CLS’s Kaos Latin Gamers - Latin America South (LAS)
GPL's Ascension Gaming - Thailand, Southeast Asia Region (SEA)
LCL’s Gambit Esports - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
LJL’s PENTAGRAM - Japan (JPN)
LLN's Rainbow7 - Latin America North (LAN)
OPL's Dire Wolves - Oceania (OCE)
TCL’s BAUSuperMassive - Turkey (TUR)
Pool B - Play-In Round 2 (2)
LMS’s Flash Wolves - Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau (LMS)
VCS’s EVOS Esports - Vietnam (VN)
Pool C - Main Event (4)
EU LCS’s Fnatic - Europe (EU)
LCK’s Kingzone DragonX - Korea (KR)
LPL’s Royal Never Give Up - China (CH)
NA LCS’s Team Liquid - North America (NA)
The tournament starts with Pool A - Play-In Group Stages, where 8 teams will be split up into two groups of 4. Each group will play a double round robin for a total of 6 games per team and the top seed from each group will advance to the Play-In Round 2. Pool B - Play-In Round 2 has 2 teams waiting for their best of 5 opponents with winners from each match advancing to the Main Event. At the Main Event, there will be a total of 6 teams: 2 teams that advance from the play-in phase and 4 automatic teams from the major regions. The Main Event is split into 2 stages: group stage and knockout stage. In the group stage, every team will play each other twice for a total of 10 games per team. The Top 4 will advance to the knockout stage, where the MSI champion will be crowned after 3 best of 5 matches. The Mid-Season Invitational takes place in Europe this year with the group stages in Berlin and the knockout stage in Paris.
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