2011 esports tournament
The League of Legends : Season 1 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends , held from June 18 to 20, 2011, in Jönköping , Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World Championship , an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games . The tournament was won by Fnatic , who defeated Against All Authority 2–1 in the final.
Background [ edit ] League of Legends released in 2009, and after two years, it had built a strong community of players around its free-to-play model. However, the game lacked a full competitive experience until the introduction of ranked play and draft mode in mid-2010. Initially, only a handful of people at Riot believed in the future of competitive play, but as data suggested a growing viewership, the company decided to test the competitive landscape, organizing the first World Championship tournament in 2011, hosted by DreamHack in Jönköping , Sweden. Players brought their own computers, networked them together, and competed in front of fans.[3]
Eight teams qualified for the World Championship: three from North America, three from Europe, one from Singapore, and one from the Philippines.[4]
Jönköping was selected as the host city for the World Championship.[5]
Group stage [ edit ] Group A Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification 1 Epik Gaming 3 3 0 1.000 Advance to knockout stage 2 Against All Authority 3 2 1 0.667 Advance to relegation matches 3 Fnatic 3 1 2 0.333 4 Team Pacific 3 0 3 0.000
Group B Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification 1 Team SoloMid 3 2 1 0.667 Advance to knockout stage 2 Counter Logic Gaming 3 2 1 0.667 Advance to relegation matches 3 Gamed!de 3 1 2 0.333 4 Xan 3 1 2 0.333
Relegation matches Finals Advance to knockouts Against All Authority 2 Against All Authority Gamed!de 0 Counter Logic Gaming 1 Fnatic Fnatic 2 Fifth place Gamed!de 0 Counter Logic Gaming 1
Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine )
Knockout stage [ edit ] Upper semifinals Upper final Final Team SoloMid 1 Against All Authority 2 Against All Authority 0 Fnatic 2 Epik Gaming 0 Fnatic 2 Fnatic 2 Against All Authority 1 Lower semifinal Lower final Against All Authority 2 Team SoloMid 2 Team SoloMid 0 Epik Gaming 0
Source: League of Legends (Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine )
Final standings [ edit ] Broadcast and viewership [ edit ] The Season One World Championship accumulated over 1.6 million viewers and peaked at 210,000 concurrent viewers.[6]
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