2020 Mid-Season Streamathon
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| Date | 29–31 May 2020 |
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| Location |
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| Type | Live stream event |
| Organised by | Riot Games |
The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esports live stream event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international League of Legends competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.[1][2]
Mid-Season Cup
[edit]| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 28–31 May |
| Host | Riot Games |
| Venue |  LoL Park, Seoul LPL Arena, Shanghai |
| Teams | 8 |
| Purse | US$600,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Top Esports |
| Runner-up | FunPlus Phoenix |
The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the spring season of the LCK (South Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present.[3] The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000.[4]
Participants
[edit]- LCK
- LPL
Group stage
[edit]- Format: Single round robin, best-of-one
- Group A
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FunPlus Phoenix |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Top Esports |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DAMWON Gaming |
1 | 2 | −1 |
| 4 | T1 |
1 | 2 | −1 |
- Group B
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gen.G |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | JD Gaming |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DragonX |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Invictus Gaming |
0 | 3 | −3 |
- Tiebreakers
| Group B tiebreaker (Match 1) | Group B tiebreaker (Match 2) | ||||||||
| 1 | DragonX
| L | |||||||
| 2 | DragonX
| L | JD Gaming
| W | |||||
| 3 | Gen.G
| W | |||||||
Knockout stage
[edit]- Format: Best-of-five
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| JD Gaming
| 1 | ||||||||
| FunPlus Phoenix
| 3 | ||||||||
| FunPlus Phoenix
| 1 | ||||||||
| Top Esports
| 3 | ||||||||
| Top Esports
| 3 | ||||||||
| Gen.G
| 0 | ||||||||
Ranking
[edit]| Place | Team | Prize (USD) | Prize share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Top Esports |
$240,000 | 40% |
| 2nd | FunPlus Phoenix |
$120,000 | 20% |
| 3rd–4th | JD Gaming |
$60,000 | 10% |
| Gen.G | |||
| 5th–6th | DAMWON Gaming |
$40,000 | 6.67% |
| DragonX | |||
| 7th–8th | T1 |
$20,000 | 3.33% |
| Invictus Gaming |
Mid-Season Showdown
[edit]| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 27–30 May |
| Host(s) | Riot Games FunPlus Esports Garena |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Talon Esports |
| Runner-up |  Team Flash |
The 2020 Mid-Season Showdown was an international tournament featuring the top two teams from the spring season of the VCS (Vietnam) and PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia; excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.
Participants
[edit]- PCS
- VCS
Group stage
[edit]- Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talon Esports |
5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Machi Esports |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Team Flash |
2 | 4 | −2 |
| 4 | GAM Esports |
1 | 5 | −4 |
Knockout stage
[edit]- Format: Best-of-five
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Talon Esports
| 3 | ||||||||
| Machi Esports
| 1 | Team Flash
| 1 | ||||||
| Team Flash
| 3 | ||||||||
EU Face-Off
[edit]| 2020 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Dates | 30–31 May |
| Host | Riot Games |
| Venue |  Riot Games Studio, Berlin |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  The French Zoo |
| Runner-up |  LEC Kings |
Participants
[edit]- LEC Kings
- The French Zoo
- German Pingus
Double Crunch Italy
Polska Gurom
ALTOKEKW Españita
Group stage
[edit]- Format: Single round robin, best-of-one
- Group A
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEC Kings |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | German Pingus |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | ALTOKEKW Españita |
1 | 1 | 0 |
- Group B
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The French Zoo |
2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Polska Gurom |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Double Crunch Italy |
0 | 2 | −2 |
Knockout stage
[edit]- Format: Best-of-one
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| LEC Kings
| W | ||||||||
| Polska Gurom
| L | ||||||||
| LEC Kings
| L | ||||||||
| The French Zoo
| W | ||||||||
| The French Zoo
| W | ||||||||
| German Pingus
| L | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Esguerra, Tyler (18 May 2020). "Riot to host 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon to raise funds for COVID-19 relief". Dot Esports. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ↑ Chen, Ethan (19 May 2020). "Riot Games announces 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon". Daily Esports. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ↑ "JD Gaming, Gen.G advance to knockout stage at Mid-Season Cup". Field Level Media via Reuters. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ↑ Chen, Hongyu (13 May 2020). "Riot Games to Host $600K League of Legends Mid-Season Cup: LPL vs LCK". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
