Due to the pandemic (COVID-19) and quarantine period last year, the League of Legends MSI 2020 tournament was canceled. In a last-minute decision , Riot Games is bringing back the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) with players who can compete in person . Many tournaments in the field of esports in the past year; canceled or suspended as a result of events that may cause area security, travel security and other health problems. Not only League of Legends , but all tournaments that will be held offline in a certain region and require travel have been cancelled. With the return of the LoL MSI tournament, this situation seems to be over.
Despite Riot Games ' cancellation of MSI 2020 and other upcoming tournaments, the annual World Championship event, known as Worlds, was held in Shanghai, China. In the Worlds 2020 World Championship, which was held as a pilot event, the regions where the tournament will take place were sterilized and measures were taken such as limiting the use of the regions where the players compete. No spectators were allowed in the tournament area, and even family members were not allowed to be present.
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The first of the tournaments will be the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), which has been canceled due to COVID-19 . MSI is an annual tournament that compares Spring Split champions from their region to find the best mid-season team in the world, and is also one of the biggest events in the annual League esports calendar.
#MSI2021 is coming. Who will Break Out? Pack your parkas, because League of Legends' greatest pro players are about to showdown in Iceland! This sprawling, epic landscape will set the stage for big moves & rising legends. Dates: May 6-22. pic.twitter.com/besQKwW3AW
— LoL Esports (@lolesports) March 1, 2021
In the announcement made from the official LoL Esport social media accounts, it was announced that the LoL MSI 2021 tournament will be held from May 6 to 23 . In the tournament to be held in Reykjavík, Iceland, a total of 12 teams will compete in three groups in groups of four. The matches will be held in double rounds and the top two teams in each group will compete to compete in the next stage. The best four teams qualified to compete in the second round will play a Bo5 (Best of Five) qualifying match and the semi-final will continue as the final. The names of the teams that will participate in the tournament are expected to be shared with an official announcement at a later date.
The second tournament will be the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters, which kicks off on May 24 as MSI comes to an end . In the global tournament that wraps up the Valorant esports season, ten teams will compete to qualify for Valorant Champions 2021.
In addition to this information , Riot Games also announced the extension of its partnership with Verizon . This partnership was already available on the LCS, with original video content providing support for the NA league through in-stream sponsored segments. Verizon support will now extend to the biggest global events in the league and Valorant calendars as Riot becomes the " official 5G partner ". Verizon partnership; Returning to North America in 2022, the League will include the world championship, the All-Star event, the three Valorant Champions Tour Masters events, the Valorant Champions and Valorant North America Challengers event.
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