Season One Championship

The Season One Championship was a competitive event designed to end Season One of League of Legends. The event took place at the Dreamhack festival in Jönköping, Sweden.

Summary

• 1 Ad
• 2 Classified
• 3 Road to the end
  • 3.1 Result of the group stage
  • 3.2
  • 3.3 Elimination bouts
  • 3.4 Upper branch semifinals
  • 3.5 Lower branch
  • 3.6 Final
• 4 The grand finale
  • 4.1 Results:
  • 4.2 Champion stats
  • 4.3 Unused Champions

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Announced by RiotMarcou

Summoners,

You have waited patiently for this day since we announced Season One in the summer of 2010.

During this Season our community has grown enormously, and there have been many new additions to the game: recruitment mode, ranked, ladders, cooperative vs. AI, and 18 new champions have been released as of today.

We have also seen our scene competitive with the League of Legends selection in eSports tournaments, such as the World Cyber ​​Games, the Electronic Sports League Major Series, and the Intel Extreme Master Season 5 Finals. In addition to those selections, we have launched the Season One Circuit that has certified nearly 50 pro tournaments, supported dozens of community tournaments, witnessed weekly cups with nearly 2000 competitors, and watched weekend tournament streams that have contributed nearly 150.000 viewers.

It's time to end Season One ... but not before we meet the best League of Legends team in the world and give out over $ 100.000 in prize money! To do so, we will close the First Season Circuit on Monday, May 2, and shortly after we will select the best teams from each region. Then we will send the top 8 teams from around the world to Dreamhack Summer in Jönköping, Sweden, where they will compete for 3 days - June 18-20 - until there is only one team left. The Season One Championship will officially mark the close of Season One and will be followed by a preseason.

League of Legends Season One Championship at Dreamhack Summer 2011

Date: June 18 - 21; Championship until June 20.

Location: Jönköping, Sweden (Elmia Convention Center).

Participants: 8 of the best League of Legends teams from around the world (3 European, 3 North American and 2 from Southeast Asia).

Prize: $ 100.000 in cash.

For summoners who may not have heard of Dreamhack, it is the world's largest digital festival and holds the title of the world's largest group of LAN-connected computers in the Guinness Book of Records. Dreamhack Summer is a four-day, 24-hour event for all ages and geared towards gamers, but with activities for everyone. The Dreamhack is also recognized as a must-stop for eSports, with an extensive tournament schedule for players of all stripes - from low-rate players to pros - and with great prizes for winners.

We also want to make sure that every moment of the tournament is broadcast directly to our players and fans. We will ensure that the live stream is spectacular for every fight. Over 140.000 spectators watched the Intel Extreme Masters exhibition matches, and we can't wait to see how people will connect to watch the Championship! Spread the word!

Classifieds

Season One will conclude with a Grand Final featuring the best teams from around the world. The teams will qualify for the grand final by competing in a circuit of local, online and global events. At the end of each event, the best teams will not only be rewarded with money and prizes, but will also earn ranking points that will establish them as the best in their region. Many summoners will prosper, but only one team will achieve the title of Season One Champion. The Grand Final is scheduled for June 18-21 at the Dreamhack in Jönköping, Sweden.

The Season One regional qualification at Dreamhack took place over the weekend of May 27 - 28, 2011. The top 8 teams from both the North American and European divisions competed in a total of 3 sets in each division. of the tournament. Combined with the 2 teams from Asia, the 8 teams that would compete in the Dreamhack were decided. The following Friday, July 3, the finalists were announced. The qualifying stream had a total of 300.000 viewers, with a peak of 69.000 people watching it live at the same time.

The teams that qualified to compete in the 2011 Dreamhack were:

• against All authority (aAa)
• Counter Logic Gaming (CLG)
• Epik Gaming
• gamed!de
• FnaticMSI
• Team Pacific
• Team SoloMid
• Xan

Way to the end

Group stage result

The competition started on June 18 at 10:30.

The qualifying matches decided who would go to the semi-final. The best of the group goes directly to the semifinal, while the second and third in the classification had to play an elimination match. The fourth team from each group was eliminated. In the event of a tie, the winner was decided using the number of kills from all games.

• All matches were played in draft mode, with 3 bans per team.
• The game had the patch v1.0.0.118b.

Group Stage Matches

Elimination bouts

The elimination bouts were contested by the 2nd best team from each group against the 3rd best team from another group. The winner of these matches went to the semifinals against the best team from another group. The semifinals were played to the best of 3.

Semifinals upper branch

Those who win the elimination bouts are awarded a spot in the top leg of the semi-finals to compete for the best of 3 and advance to the finals.

Lower branch

Those who lose in the elimination matches battle it out to claim 5th place, while those defeated in the semi-finals are sent to the lower leg for a second chance to get a spot in the grand final and defeat the winning team in the leg. higher.

Fight for 5th place:

Fight for 4th place:

ending

The winner of these two best-of-3 matches progresses to the grand finale to be victorious in the League of Legends Season One Championship.

End of the upper branch:

Battle for 3rd place:

The grand finale

After many battles, the two teams that reached the grand final were Fnatic y against All authority. Fnatic was the great rival, since it managed to win all the fights of the superior branch. And against All authority he came back to ask for a rematch, after losing to Fnatic in the upper leg final, by defeating TSM 2-0 in the lower leg final. Still, although the two teams showed their strength throughout the tournament, Fnatic emerged victorious with a 2-1 score and became the Season One Champion.

Results:

Champion stats

Added championship stats:

• Total bouts considered: 28
• Orianna and other new champions were unavailable during the tournament
• Of 76 available champions, 46 were used in any of the 3 days of the tournament; the other 30 champions were neither picked nor banned in any match.

Unused Champions