2022 Mid-Season Invitational: Who Won?

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational will take place in May 2022. Teams from all around the world will come together to participate in the second-biggest League of Legends esports event, but where is it going to take place?

Let’s check out everything we know about the upcoming event! Where, when and who is participating!

Where Will MSI 2022 Take Place?

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational will take place in Busan, South Korea. This was already leaked a while back in a recent stream by former C9 coach LS, where T1's CEO Joe Marsh was a on as a guest.

Riot now confirmed this with an official announcement on Twitter and on their lolesports website.

This will be the first international League of Legends event in the country since the 2018 World Championship, where Invictus Gaming 3-0ed Fnatic in the finals.

South Korea has never hosted MSI before, making this the first time. Knowing how hyped League of Legends fans are, though, this will be a huge success. Whether fans are allowed to come watch is still unknown.

Which Teams Are Competing at MSI 2022?

Each winner of the various League of Legends regions will be able to compete at the event. Throughout the last two years, the Vietnamese representatives have had to stay home due to strict COVID rules implemented by the Vietnamese government. Will this be the first year that the VCS can send their representative to an international event again?

We won’t know which teams will compete until all regions have played through all their playoffs, though some teams are looking to be a shoo-in for the event. The LCK’s T1 finished their split with an 18-0 record, and they are the clear favorites without having qualified for MSI yet.

LCL Won't Compete At 2022 MSI

Due to the current political situation and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the LCL Spring Split was not played out. Therefore, the region is unable to send a representative to this year's Mid-Season Invitational.

LPL to Compete Remotely from China

Due to heavy travel restrictions, the LPL representative won't be able to compete at the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational. At least not in person. Riot has decided to let the Chinese representative – either Top Esports or RNG, we will find out during the LPL finals on Saturday – play from Shanghai.

So, the Chinese representative will be able to compete at the event, but they won't be able to attend MSI. Last year RNG managed to win the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational and if they manage to secure their spot this year as well they could defend their title as MSI champions.

Latency Issues at MSI 2022

Sadly, not everything went as smoothly regarding RNG's remote participation at the Mid-Season Invitational 2022. Alex François, the Global Head of Competitive Operations at Riot Games issued a statement on Twitter regarding some discrepancies in the game log of every match Royal Never Give Up played.

Apparently, these issues mainly impacted the teams playing at the venue in Busan, which is why Riot decided to have RNG replay every single of their three matches with the issues now being apparently resolved.

RNG therefore started Day 4 with a score of 0 - 0 instead of 3 - 0 with the matches in question being replayed on Saturday after the conclusion of all Group C games.

MSI 2022 Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

MSI 2022 Schedule

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational will start on May 10, 2022. The event will have three different stages with a Group Phase, Rumble Phase and Knockout Phase.

MSI Group Phase | May 10-15

11 Teams will compete at this year's MSI since the LCL did not play out their 2022 Spring Split and will therefore not participate. This means that there will be two groups of four and one group of 3 teams, similar to MSI 2021 where the VCS representatives could not partake.

Games in the Group Stage will be played out as a best-of-one double round-robin within the respective group.

Day 1 - Tuesday, May 10 @ 4 AM EST

Day 2 - Wednesday, May 11 @ 4 AM EST

Day 3 - Thursday, May 12 @ 4 AM EST

Day 4 - Friday, May 13 @ 8 AM EST

Day 5 - Saturday, May 14 @ 2 AM EST

Day 5 - Sunday, May 15 @ 2 AM EST

MSI Rumble Stage | May 18-22

The top two teams of each group will move onto this stage in the tournament. The six remaining teams play a best-of-one double round-robin to determine who moves onto the final stage of the Mid-Season Invitational.

Day 1 - Friday, May 20 @ 4 AM EST

Day 2 - Saturday, May 21 @ 4 AM EST

Day 3 - Sunday, May 22 @ 4 AM EST

Day 4 - Monday, May 23 @ 4 AM EST

Day 5 - Tuesday, May 24 @ 2 AM EST

Final Standings After Rumble Stage

Knockout Stage | May 27-29

The top four teams of the Rumble Stage move onto the Knockout Stage. In this round they'll play best-of-five single-elimination matches. The final two teams will meet on May 29, 2022 to see who will be crowned the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational winners.

Semi Final 1 - Friday, May 27 @ 4 AM EST

Semi Final 2 - Saturday, May 28 @ 4 AM EST

Finals - Sunday, May 29 @ 4 AM EST

RNG Is MSI 2022 Champion

T1 fans everywhere are currently crying their eyes out. In a finale that could have given them the MSI crown, they disappointed in the last game (a total of 5 were played) with a draft that people knew would make RNG win. Faker picking Ahri – again – despite her abyssal win rate in the finale only for RNG to pick Lissandra and absolutely destroying them and T1 not banning Gwen when RNG got first pick... it was a mess.

RNG did a great job, though, they played well, kept their cool and deserved the title MSI champion 2022 in the end... even if the ping situation is still unfair.

What Patch Is MSI 2022 Being Played On?

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational will be played on League of Legends Patch 12.8. Both Patch 12.7 and Patch 12.8 have been geared towards the pro-scene, making changes which will impact the event rather than a regular player's Bronze game.

Will Zeri and Renata Glasc Be Disabled for MSI 2022?

During large professional League of Legends tournaments, certain champions have been disabled before. In 2021, both Vex and Akshan weren’t playable during the World Championships, while Viego and Gwen were also disabled during the previous Mid-Season Invitational.

The rule regarding champions stipulates that all teams have had to play the champions during their playoffs. With Zeri being added into the game right when Season 12 was released, she will likely be part of the lineup.

Renata Glasc just joined the list of playable League of Legends champions. Whether she’s enabled for all playoff games in every region is yet to be determined, so we will have to wait to find out whether Renata will be played on-stage at MSI 2022.

When Is MSI 2022?

MSI 2022 is going to start on May 10, 2022. The event will last all the way through to May 29, where the final will be played out in Busan, South Korea.

Will RNG be able to fight their way back to the event to defend their title from 2022 or will the 2021 World Champions EDward Gaming prevail and take the crown? So many questions, and we can only wait until the Mid-Season Invitational kicks off! Who are you cheering for?