MSI 2023: Qualified teams and Play-Ins group placements for the Mid-Season Invitational 2023- The Mid-Season Invitational is an international League of Legends competition that is held mid-way into the esports calendar year. This year, winners from 9 individual Riot leagues spring splits and 4 runner-ups from LCK, LPL, LEC, and LCS have qualified. Here is a list of all the teams that have made it to MSI 2023.
MSI 2023: Qualified teams and Play-Ins group placements for the Mid-Season Invitational 2023
The Mid-Season Invitational 2023 tournament will be held in Copper Box Arena, London, and will kick off on May 2. The Grand Finals will be played on May 21. The 13 teams that have made it to the Mid-Season Invitational 2023 fall into two categories:
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Bracket Stage Teams
Winners of the 2023 Spring Season of LEC, LPL, LCS, and LCK, along with the runner-up of LCK Spring (because an LCK team won the Worlds 2022 tournament) will be put in this category.
- Cloud9 – LCS Spring 2023 Winner
- JD Gaming – LPL Spring 2023 Winner
- MAD Lions – LEC Spring 2023 Winner
- Gen.G – LCK Spring 2023 Winner
- T1 – LCK Spring 2023 Runner-up
Play-In Teams
In this category, a total of 8 teams consisting of winners of minor regional League circuits along with Spring Season runner-ups from major regional League circuits have been placed. Only LEC is the exception as it will have the winning team of the LEC Winter here.
Since the Play-In Stage starts on May 2, the group bracket placements for the 8 teams have also been drawn. Here are the draw results:
The #MSI2023 Play-In Draw! pic.twitter.com/sezNofH6n1
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group a
- Bilibili Gaming (LPL Spring 2023 Runner-up) vs Rainbow7 (LLA Opening 2023 Winner)
- Golden Guardians (LCS Spring 2023 Runner-up) vs GAM Esports (VCS Dawn 2023 Winner)
group b
- G2 Esports (LEC Winter 2023 Winner) vs LOUD (CBLOL Split 1 Winner)
- PSG Talon (PCS Spring 2023 Winner) vs DetonatioN FocusMe (LJL Spring 2023 Winner)
Riot Games has also announced that they will be disabling the champions Yuumi and Milio for the MSI 2023 tournament. It is according to their policy — “New Champions and VGUs must be enabled for playoffs in all four of the top regions in order to be playable at the next international tournament.”
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