According to espn 1, there were 43 million viewers who watched the championship. Lol season 4 world championship finals movie youtube. Tonight, one team, sk telecom t1, chases its thirdever league of legends world championship win, while another, samsung galaxy, shows us if it has any. The season 2 world championship was held in early october 2012. On this page we feature all known esports viewership numbers from 2012 until today, including unique viewers, peak.
Famed korean hypemaster caster jun amped up millions of fans watching. New stats show twitch viewership numbers of black ops 4 compared to fortnite and league of legends. Skt vs ssg game 5 grand finals worlds 2016 lol s6 world championship samsung vs sk telecom t1 g5 duration. Around 111 million accounts are battling on summoners rift from china, according to. Having the finals be at chinese prime time increased viewer count, rather then lowering it. The tournament was won by taipei assassins over azubu frost in the finals. The audience for esports is expanding, and the viewership numbers provided by riot games provides stark evidence of this. The league of legends world championship is the annual professional league of legends world championship tournament hosted by riot games and is the culmination of each season. Season one championship league of legends wiki fandom. Just as a little fun fact, the average amount of viewers who watched the nba championship in 2016 was 20. Months of competition have brought us here, whittling down to the top two teams in the world. How many people watched the league of legends world.
Riot games hosted the league of legends 2015 world championship over the month of october this year, and as expected, the huge event broke tons of. During the world championship period which is often near the end of the year from september to november, the championship skins are. Espns president says that esports are not real sports. Platinum accounts diamond accounts master accounts all ranked accounts. League of legends world championship 2019 tabele pozycje. The benefit of home advantage shouldnt be overlooked in league of legends world championship betting it is a common theme in nfl betting but can also impact results in esports.
League of legends world championship esports earnings. Lol is international and one region or another is going to get screwed in that regard. Chinas audience is much bigger than nas china is the biggest lol region in the world. Season 6 is coming to an end, with reigning champions sktelecom t1 defending their right to the summoners cup against challengers samsung galaxy. With more teams competing in the tournament it was a move bound to get more viewers watching the tournament.
The 20 starcraft ii world championship series is a series of events organised by or in cooperation with blizzard entertainment. League world championship is a most major event in lol history. League of legends 2015 world championship broke a bunch of. While some will argue that this tournament should hold the same value. Matches were held in taipei, singapore, and seoul, with grand finals being at the seoul world cup stadium in seoul. League of legends world championship 2014 season 4. Only eight teams remain in contention for one of the most coveted trophies in esports. League of legends world championship betting lol world. The league of legends world championship included teams from. The league of legends worlds final reached 60 million. Rocket league championship series season 7 north america. But, whereas 4 years ago i could swap over to dominion its fast. The season one championship stands as the beta test of what would eventually become the league of legends world championship. Riot games has just released the viewership statistics for their 2015 world championship.
This doesnt factor in endorsements or potential sponsorships, which are expected to grow over the next several years. They are designed to include four major starcraft ii broadcasters, esl, mlg, ogn and gomtv. Ranking the league of legends world championship finals. For our summoners that havent heard of dreamhack, it is the worlds largest digital festival and.
League of legends world championship reaches peak twitch. Detailed viewers statistics of lpl pro league season 4, counterstrike. Recap, highlights and memorable moments of league of. A tribute to the 2014 league of legends world champions. Overall, the 2019 season is definitely the most successful in the history league of legends world championship series.
The league of legends world championship is heading to china for season six, bringing the mostanticipated esport of the year to wuhan and beijing. The 2020 league of legends esports season will launch in late january. Tencents q3 earnings revealed that worlds viewership doubled over last year. Weve finished tallying the season 3 world championship viewership numbers and have some news to share. League of legends worlds viewing figures 2016 unranked smurfs. The league of legends world championship lol worlds for short is the annual professional league of legends world championship tournament operated by riot games. The exact prize pool for the league of legends 2018 world championship has not yet been determined. League of legends, which is merely one video game in a long line of games that are streamed for viewing over the internet, said that over the course of 73 games at last. The league of legends world championship 2014 lol season 4 will be held in south korea. In 2018 lol championships took place in south korea and attracted 99. Esports viewership numbers overview unique viewers. Teams compete for the champion title, the 70pound 32kilogram summoners cup, and a multimilliondollar championship prize.
Detailed viewers statistics of indoesports league x lg ultra gear season 4, counterstrike. League of legends world championship comes to china. League of legends world championships had 334 million. New stats show twitch viewership numbers of black ops 4. The teams season ended in the grand finals of the 2019 world championship, where they lost to funplus phoenix. Now, a best of five will crown our 2016 world champions. It was first announced on october 7, 2008, and released on october 27, 2009. The group stage and the knockout out stage of worlds 2016 are taking place in several cities across the united states. The number of teams from the north american and european regions were increased from 8 to 10. So far there have been 6 different championship skins released since the season 2 world championship. League of legends viewing figures has grown 6900% since season one, but. The championship has managed to increase all three key indicators.
League of legends rebrands north american championship. Qualifying teams are determined from the lol pro league in china, league championship. Championship skins are rare skins that are released every year during the league of legends world championship. The group stage, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches took place between october 4 and 6. Lpl pro league season 4 detailed viewers stats esports. League of legends developer riot signs partnership with. This is the eighth season of league of legends championships, but. League of legends or lol for short is an action realtime strategy game developed and published by riot games, inspired by the popular defense of the ancients. League of legends esports schedule, standings, format. Liefx brody moore gibbs randy gibbons lawler adam thornton. The 2016 league of legends world championship lol worlds 2016 is running from thursday, september 29th to saturday, october 29th. It was held from september 23 november 4, 2017, in cities across china. He followed that master class performance up with an even better. League of legends world championships finals viewership.
The timeline presents the number of viewers of league of legends championships finals worldwide from 20 to 2018. The league of legends worlds final reached 60 million unique viewers. December 1, 27 million people watched the league of legends world championships by, and on dailydot e december 1, league world finals sees 11. The season 3 world championship was won by sk telecom t1 k with the roster of lee faker sanghyeok, jung impact eonyeong, chae piglet gwangjin, bae bengi seongwoong, lee poohmandu jeonghyeon, and coach kim kkoma junggyun.
With millions of viewers tuning in to watch teams battle it out for the. The 2018 midseason invitational, which took place in june, had 19. Imagine dragons live performance concert at the closing award ceremony of s4 lol world. The group stage of the league of legends world championship has come to a close. League of legends world championship 2016 season 6. The league of legends season 3 world championship was was watched by over 32 million fans worldwide, as south koreas sk telecom t1 earned the summoners cup in front of a soldout staples center. Thanks to you, the season 3 world championship is the most watched esports event in history. Indoesports league x lg ultra gear season 4 detailed.
Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency. Live translation of the season 2 world championship was watched by more than 1. The game was in a closed beta from april 10, 2009, to october 22, 2009. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in north america, europe, south korea. The league of legends 2016 world championship finals are. Fnatic rode high into worlds after a recordsetting 180 run during the eu lcs regular season. This season marks the start of a partnership between psyonix and eleague featuring wideranging content including a multipart feature series on the rlcs on tbs television. The lol esports channel will feature live english broadcasts of the lcs as well as the league european championship, master series, and champions korea. Given that china is the host nation for this years competition, the huge crowds will likely be cheering for teams from their own country. World championship lol lol world championship, also known as worlds is a competition among the strongest teams of the professional leagues in the moba genre game, named lol. Origen breaks viewership record for lec splits lol. League of legends championships viewers 2018 statista. The 2017 league of legends world championship was the seventh world championship for league of legends, a video game developed by riot games.
Championship skins in league of legends unrankedsmurfs. Worlds 2019 has gathered 3 million 985 thousand peak viewers. It might surprise westerners how popular the moba has become in china, which boasts the largest population out of any region. It was the third iteration of the annual league of legends world championship and the last one not to be formally titled after the year it took place.
Recap, highlights and memorable moments of league of legends season 4 world championship. It is the largest tournament in lol esports and is held at the end of the season in october. After a huge success in season 4, riot made some changes to the world championship to improve the tournament and overall gameplay. The season 4 world finals will be held in seouls enormous sangam stadium, which hosted three. The biggest lol tournament this year will take place in the home country of the ogn bringing together the best league of legends proteams from all around the world competing for prize money of several million dollars. The 2014 league of legends world championship was the world championship that was held from september 18, 2014, to october 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena moba video game league of legends. It goes without saying that the 2015 league of legends world championships were big, but according to riot it was significantly bigger than last year. Monday night league week 5 lcs spring split 2020 59,206 watching. It was the fourth iteration of the league of legends world championship.
Firstly riot games held world championship in 2011, and since then they held it annually in september october, right after the summers split end. What on paper resembles the closest finals match up maybe ever for the world championship. As the stakes rose last week, viewership for the event on the main riot games twitch channel also increased. League of legends world championships finals viewership falls yearonyear overall unique viewers peaked at 27 million at this years world championships final, marking a decrease of five. Statistics of matches, teams, languages and platforms. Over 140,000 viewers streamed the intel extreme masters exhibition matches, and we cant wait to. More people watched the league of legends season 3 final than the nba finals or the world series.
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