Wild Rift Icons Global Championship 2022: Overview, teams, and everything else you need to know – The Wild Rift Icons Global Championship 2022 is the first-ever global championship for the game. 24 teams have qualified for this event from the 8 regions where the game has started its esports league. Here is a brief overview of the upcoming tournament.
Icons 2022: Format
The tournament will follow the current Wild Rift 3.2b patch and will be held in 3-stages.
- Play-in Stage:
- It will be held from June 14 till June 18.
- The 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups.
- It will follow a double-elimination bracket.
- All team matches will be a best-of-3 match series.
- Only the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the Group Stage.
- Group Stage:
- It will be held from June 21 till June 25.
- 8 directly qualified teams along with the 8 teams that advanced from the Play-in Stage will be divided into 4 groups, each having 4 teams in it.
- It will also have a double-elimination bracket.
- All team matches will be a best-of-3 match series.
- Only the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the Knockout Stage.
The Wild Rift Icons Global Championship Is Coming!
24 of the world’s best teams will descend on Singapore to battle for the chance to be crowned the first global champions of Wild Rift Esports. Icons will rise! Tune in June 14 – July 9 starting at 2AM PDT. pic.twitter.com/c08OOvwxHF
— Wild Rift Esports (@WildRiftEsports) May 24, 2022
- Knockout Stage:
- It will be held from July 1 till July 9.
- It will follow a single-elimination format.
- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals of the Icons 2022 will be played in the best-of-5 match series.
- The Finals of the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship 2022 will be played in a best-of-7 match series.
Icons 2022: Participating Teams
The following eight teams have directly qualified for the Group Stage by winning their respective Wild Rift regional leagues.
- FunPlus Phoenix (WRL)
- Team Flash (Champions SEA)
- KT Rolster (WCK)
- Sengoku Gaming (Japan Cup)
- Omegha E-sports (Wild Tour)
- Leviatán (Open Latinoamerica)
- Immortals (North America Series)
- Team Queso (EMEA Championship)
Apart from them, the following 16 teams will be competing in the Play-in Stage to have a chance at qualifying for the Group Stage.
The ICONS CHAMPION will be…?
Stop the GIF and reply with your screenshot 👇 pic.twitter.com/e97xcod56M
— Wild Rift Esports (@WildRiftEsports) June 8, 2022
- JD Gaming (WRL)
- Nova Esports (WRL LCQ)
- J Team (WRL LCQ)
- Unsold Stuff Gaming (Japan Cup)
- Flash Wolves (Champions SEA)
- Rex Regum Qeon (Champions SEA)
- Buriram United Esports (Champions SEA)
- Sentinels (North America Series)
- Rix.GG (EMEA Championship)
- Game-Lord (EMEA Championship)
- Freecs (WCK)
- T1 (WCK)
- Furious Gaming (Open Latinoamerica)
- STMN Esports (Open Latinoamerica)
- Keyd Stars (Wild Tour)
- Liberty (Wild Tour)
Icons 2022: Prize Pool and Where to watch
The total prize pool of the tournament will be USD $2,000,000. Apart from this, an additional 25% of all Majestic Empress Morgana Skin sales revenue will also be equally distributed among the Top 8 teams at Icons 2022.
Wild Rift fans can catch the live stream of the event on the official WildRift Esports channels on YouTube and Twitch TV.
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