Worlds 2021 Group Draw Results, Hope For Europe and North America?
Every year before the League of Legends World Championships commence, groups must be drawn up for both the Play-in Stage, and the Group Stage. Teams in the Play-In Stage are fighting for a spot in the Group Stage, as they are either the lowest seed team of a major region, or the top team from a minor region. 22 teams will be competing at the 2021 World Championship starting October 5th, fighting for the ultimate title of World Champions.
Here are the results for the Group Stage and Play-In Stage draws:
PLAY-IN STAGE:
GROUP A
- Hanwha Life Esports
- LN Gaming
- Infinity Esports
- PEACE
- Red Candids
GROUP B
- Beyond Gaming
- Cloud 9
- Unicorns of Love
- Galatasaray Esports
- Detonation FocusMe
GROUP STAGE:
GROUP A
- DWG KIA
- FunPlus Phoenix
- Rogue Esports
- Play-Ins Representative #1
GROUP B
- Edward Gaming
- 100 Thieves
- T1
- Play-Ins Representative #2
GROUP C
- PSG Talon
- FNATIC
- Royal Never Give Up
- Play-Ins Representative #3
GROUP D
- MAD Lions
- Gen.G
- Team Liquid
- Play-Ins Representative #4
The LPL and LCK leagues, China and South Korea respectively, are notorious for being home to the best League of Legends teams in the world. These regions combined, have won the last eight of the ten total World Championships.
With each yearly draw comes speculation and debate of which teams will make it out of the Group Stage, and into the final Knockout Stage. As Europe has only won one World Championship, which was the very first one, and North America is yet to win one, western fans are constantly eyeing the teams in hope that they may defeat the dominant Chinese and Korean teams.
This year’s Groups draw brings hope for the European and North American fans, with teams FNATIC (EU), MAD Lions (EU), and Team Liquid (NA), all getting groups that they have the ability to get out of. In order to pass the Group Stage, teams must finish in first or second place for their group.
Unfortunately for European team Rogue, they have once again been placed in the “Group of Death”, which is named after the hardest group to escape. This year’s Group of Death is Group A, which holds teams FPX and DWG. Both teams are previous World Championship winners, 2019 and 2020 respectively, and this year are both looking like the strongest contenders for the title alongside Edward Gaming.
To finalize the groups for the well awaited Group Stage, two teams from each group of the Play-Ins stage will advance forward. The Play-Ins Stage, and hence the League of Legends 2021 World Championships kicks off on October 5th.
