Worlds 2024 Swiss Stage – Overview
The League of Legends World Championship 2024 moves to the Swiss stage where the 16 best teams will be competing in a new format. This year, the group stage is not present anymore, and instead, teams can meet any other team depending on their results in the previous round.
Although this change in format eliminates the ‘groups of death’, it offers the chance for fascinating regional derbies and thrilling cross-continental encounters as the initial seeds only affect the first draw. This means that in each round the teams will be matched against teams with the same standing which will make the games very interesting.
Each team will be able to play five matches and they will be grouped in sets depending on their win/loss record. A team with two wins will move to the Qualification matches which are best of three (Bo3) to qualify to the Knockout stage (top 8). On the other hand, teams with two losses play in elimination Bo3 matches in order to stay alive. The Swiss stage will consist of 20 Bo1 games and 13 Bo3 series to keep the pace fast and the competition intense.
Top 16 Teams and Pool Draws
Here’s a look at the pools for the initial matchups:
- Pool 1: HLE, BLG, G2, FLY
- Pool 2: Gen.G, TES, FNC, TL
- Pool 3: DK, LNG, T1, WBG
- Pool 4: TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD (teams from Play-ins)
The pools define the first round matches where Pool 1 plays against Pool 4 and Pool 2 plays against Pool 3. As opposed to last year, games between teams from the same region are now possible, but rematches in the Swiss stage are not.
Round 1 Matchups
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Swiss Stage Round by Round Analysis
Round 1:
The Swiss stage will begin with Bo1 matches between teams and the opponents they were initially paired with.
Round 2:
The eight teams that are unbeaten will play against each other and the eight teams that have lost their first match will also play against each other.
Round 3:
In the third round, there will be four teams with no losses (2-0), eight teams with equal wins and losses (1-1), and four teams with high risk of losing with 0-2 records. The teams in each category will compete against each other and the top four will play Bo3 matches to determine the Knockout stage participants. Teams that lose in the elimination matches will be out of the Worlds while teams with one win and one loss will play Bo1s.
Round 4:
Two teams have already qualified for the next stage and two teams have been knocked out, so there are 12 teams. The six teams with 2-1 records will play qualification Bo3s and the six teams with 1-2 records will also play Bo3s to stay in the tournament.
Round 5:
The final round will involve six teams with records of 2-2. The teams must win a Bo3 match to qualify for the next round that will feature the remaining five teams to make the top eight.
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