“What kind of League of Legends are we watching?”
The League of Legends World Championship is again, and the Worlds 2024 Play-In stage is right here to ignite everybody’s aggressive spirit. Eight groups from varied areas are vying for coveted spots in the primary occasion.
This preliminary spherical serves as a proving floor for champion and runner-up groups from EMEA, North America, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Vietnam, Brazil, and Latin America. It not solely determines who advances to the primary occasion but additionally showcases the rising tendencies and dominant methods of the Worlds 2024 meta.
This 12 months’s Play-Ins function a extra aggressive format, with 4 groups advancing to the Swiss stage in contrast to two in Worlds 2023. Teams are drawn into double elimination brackets and play best-of-three matches.
Here’s all you want to know concerning the Worlds 2024 Play-in stage, together with the schedule, outcomes, standings, taking part groups, and how to catch the matches.
Worlds 2024 match levels and dates
| TOURNAMENT STAGE | DATES |
| Play-In stage | September 25 to 29, 2024 |
| Swiss stage | October 3 to 7, 2024 October 10 to 13, 2024 |
| Knockout stage | October 17 to 20, 2024 October 26 to 27, 2024 November 2, 2024 |
Worlds 2024 Play-In stage schedule and outcomes
Matches begin at 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 2 p.m. CEST day by day.
Play-In Stage schedule and outcomes
September 25, 2024 (Wednesday)
| TEAM | SCHEDULE | TEAM |
| MAD Lions KOI | 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. GMT | 2 p.m. CEST | Vikings Esports |
| PSG Talon | 11 p.m. GMT+8 | 8 a.m. PDT | 3 p.m. GMT | 5 p.m. CEST | paiN Gaming |
September 26, 2024 (Thursday)
| TEAM | SCHEDULE | TEAM |
| GAM Esports | 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. GMT | 2 p.m. CEST | Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Gaming |
| 100 Thieves | 11 p.m. GMT+8 | 8 a.m. PDT | 3 p.m. GMT | 5 p.m. CEST | Movistar R7 |
September 27, 2024 (Friday)
| TEAM | SCHEDULE | TEAM |
| TBC | 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. GMT | 2 p.m. CEST | TBC |
| TBC | 11 p.m. GMT+8 | 8 a.m. PDT | 3 p.m. GMT | 5 p.m. CEST | TBC |
September 28, 2024 (Saturday)
| TEAM | SCHEDULE | TEAM |
| TBC | 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. GMT | 2 p.m. CEST | TBC |
| TBC | 11 p.m. GMT+8 | 8 a.m. PDT | 3 p.m. GMT | 5 p.m. CEST | TBC |
September 29, 2024 (Sunday)
| TEAM | SCHEDULE | TEAM |
| TBC | 8 p.m. GMT+8 | 5 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. GMT | 2 p.m. CEST | TBC |
| TBC | 11 p.m. GMT+8 | 8 a.m. PDT | 3 p.m. GMT | 5 p.m. CEST | TBC |
Eight groups competing in Worlds 2024 Play-in stage
| LEAGUE AND QUALIFICATION PATH | TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR WORLDS 2024 PLAY-IN STAGE |
| EMEA — LEC Season Finals 2024 third place | MAD Lions KOI |
| North America — LCS Championship 2024 third place | 100 Thieves |
| Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia/Oceania/Japan — PCS Summer 2024 champion | PSG Talon |
| Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia/Oceania/Japan — PCS Summer 2024 runner-up | Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Gaming |
| Vietnam — VCS Summer 2024 champion | GAM Esports |
| Vietnam — VCS Summer 2024 runner-up | Vikings Esports |
| Brazil — CBLOL Split 2 2024 champion | paiN Gaming |
| Latin America — LLA Closing Season 2024 champion | Movistar R7 |
Where to watch Worlds 2024
League of Legends esports followers can watch the 2024 World Championship matches reside on Riot Games’ official channels on Twitch and YouTube channels.
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