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Prepare yourself for the 2014 Worlds Final

Riot··2 votes·180,883 views
Over the past several weeks, the world has paid witness to some of the finest League of Legends play in the game's history -- and the moments of brilliance have been startling. Who could forget OMG’s 71-minute slugfest with Season 1 Champs Fnatic, with the match turning on a single hit of the Nexus? Or Samsung White Imp's Quarterfinals pentakill against North American powerhouse TSM, his second of the tournament? Now all roads lead to this one fateful day. Who will achieve League of Legends immortality? Here’s everything you need to know about the 2014 Worlds Final.

Who’s Playing?

The Final consists of one triumphant Best of 5 series between the two battle-hardened teams that emerge from the Semifinal. After running the international gauntlet, here are the contenders still left standing: The team that emerges victorious from the Final series earns the right to claim League of Legends' highest honor: the coveted Summoner's Cup. They'll also take their place in history, with the players' individual names being etched onto the trophy right alongside former World Champions Fnatic, TPA, and SK Telecom T1 K. (You can learn more about these teams and their victories in the riveting Road to Worlds documentary.)

When can I watch?

Our coverage begins on October 18 at 1pm PDT (10pm CEST) with the Worlds Preview Show. Here, our analyst desk will be joined by special guests to break down the tournament’s last match-up. The Worlds Preview Show will be rebroadcast later that day at 10:30 pm PDT (October 19 at 7:30am CEST), and will be immediately followed by live coverage of the Worlds Final opening ceremony from Sangam Stadium in Seoul. The Worlds Final opening ceremony will bring the competition in Seoul, Korea, into full focus. The show will feature traditional music as well the introduction of the final teams, and Imagine Dragons will be performing the 2014 Worlds anthem, "Warriors." And then, the main event. The two Finalists will take to the Rift to play their first match in the Best of 5 series at approximately 11:45pm PDT (October 19 at 8:45am CEST). Stick around after the closing ceremony for the post-game show, where we’ll be talking to the winners and breaking down the epic finale to the 2014 season. And if you miss it live, we’ll be rebroadcasting the entire event beginning at 10am PDT (7pm CEST) on October 19. Head to lolesports' Schedule page for a complete breakdown of the event.

How can I watch?

You can watch every Worlds Final match right here on lolesports.com. If you find yourself in Korea and are interested in seeing the show live, tickets are still available. And in addition to the rebroadcasts of the live show, you can visit our spoiler-free VODs page for full videos of every game from Worlds 2014 as well as the rest of the 2014 season.

Want to get involved?

Send us your highlights of each match by tweeting #WORLDSBIGPLAYS to
@lolesports! You can also vote for who you think will win each match, and we might just read your Twitter comments on air!

190 Comments

DSRM Mobius27 votes

no!! America is out, how could this happen.item 3070 item 3070

ChampionHD26 votes

C9 had a chance man!!! I think they did Ok, but if only they'd utilize their winions more they coulda won!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNz4d4atn40

DSRM Mobius4 votes

they did great there first game tho, don't really know what happened with 2nd and 3rd.

nonamewarrior72 votes

You know damn well how it happened

Fabioso4 votes

Not Asian enough!

Alızée6 votes

man... the home advantage buff for asian teams is just to strong!

Edvin00MM19 votes

TSM i trusted you

X DangerZoNe X10 votes

Cant wait for the new season D: summoner 6

HHaie Welli12 votes

i can:D need to get goldsummoner 3

im Cris7 votes

OMG <3 China's time to shine. His chiseled face will propel them to victory.

Ssataniko7 votes

His "chiseled face" surely refers to GoGoing whose face looks like it was carved from a block of granite. But OMG will have to deal with an UZI. Kind of a toss-up. In the end WHITE will win the finals.

im Cris3 votes

I'm going with Blue this time. White hasn't beat them in a best-of-5 yet. OMG <3

Samus Aran OP4 votes

I'm very sorry for the loss we probably cried togetheritem 3070

Sphingolipid2 votes

Not anymore

DeynaTaggerung7 votes

Every year it seems that things get closer. Look firstly just at the level of play in NA and you can see a huge improvement, but even in other regions lots of teams have been really stepping it up and this worlds I'd say there wasn't a huge skill gap between most of the teams (with a few exceptions). While NA is out now :( they made a much better showing than last year and I'm looking forward to a close finals (fingers crossed). A lot of people see a game where say Hai has 5 less kills than his opponent mid laner and say "Oh see? that guy's so inferior" but really at this high level play, they're all pretty close in skill and it really comes down to the champs, teams, communication, and split second decision. So while scores may vary widely I felt that very few games showed one side far and away better than the other.

Gado Dylan6 votes

Too bad C9 didn't make it they did amazing!

Toxi IRL6 votes

I cant belive this OMG beats Fnatic :(

wusbrackinbruh5 votes

NA showed up this year. Both Cloud9 and TSM represented NA well. Both went against the top favorites to win the tournament and both teams took a game off their opponents in the series they played in. Considering none of the EU teams even made it out of Groups, I believe NA proved that the region is competitive enough to play on the international stage.

grindr hookups4 votes

I hope samsung white loses. I want imp to never make it to finals for what he did to piglet from skt. Piglet come back to skt man!!! we love youitem 3070 item 3070

nPb6kcW4AM2 votes

What happened to Piglet? Excuse my ignorance I don't pay much attention to the Asian teams.

CeeJem2 votes

SKT released him

Hustle4 votes

Good Luck all

Nox0694 votes

**OMG THIS IS THE BEST AND WIN IN THE FINALS :D **summoner 6

fireman34564 votes

i hope omg wins^^

o OBiuBiuBiu2 votes

OMG!OMG!OMG!

Sisters100864 votes

OMG, hope it can win

TheShabu4 votes

I knew it was going to be OMG vs Royal Club

Jberk4 votes

i need to sleep on weekends but getting up in the beginning hours of the AM doesn't help D:

Report Rito

Akuya3 votes

I think Korean is going to win the champion, but i hope china can winKhazix

BlazeLegacy3 votes

SAMSUNG WHITE!!!

fsis11112 votes

probably not many western watch world this year, none of they make to semi... sigh, so sad, CN vs KR again...western really need to step up

Grumppybear2 votes

So what no icon this year for viewers. No Cool Free Skin #hopingaponeAstar

RitualSummoner2 votes

If only TSM wonned...

iXgH3GO4Ro6 votes

Man if only people knew how to talk in English...

Dudermen5 votes

Man if only people knew how to take a joke...

Theunknown42942 votes

Going to say Royal Club wins it all this year I have stuck to that since the beginning of Quarterfinals

CertifiedCheezit2 votes

OK, who wants who to win? I'm putting money on Samsung Blue XD

Tai Or Nhan2 votes

samsung white will win i guess

Get Gud In2 votes

Wow how surpsing the World Final is once again no "World Final". Ladies and Gentlemen , let me introduce you Asian Finals of League of Legends. Just annoying and boring.

GameofThrawns5 votes

Then what do you suggest to "fix" the problem?

NA and EU teams need to step it up. And they have. EU might not have made it, but C9 put up a hell of a fight against SSB, and TSM managed to take a game off SSW. It's not a hopeless cause.

And let's not forget Alliance's perfect game against NJWS and Fnatic managing to beat out SSB during group stage.

Get Gud In2 votes

They need to step it up ? Like in physical sports (soccer etc) its about support,funding and promotion. Asia is the number one continent for e-sport talent- support,funding and promotion. Gaming is deeply rooted in the asia culture. Where else do you see gaming internet cafe's where kids are spending hours and hours of their life. They even got hospitals for addictive gaming behaviour. Im not saying thats a positive thing. It just shows how intense the gaming culture is in Asia.

So how fix the problem ? Well create a deeper gaming culture in na eu and so on.

GameofThrawns3 votes

I agree, but creating a "deeper gaming culture" is something that's easier said than done.

We shouldn't blame Asian teams for simply being better, even if it is due to superior e-sports infrastructure. There's nothing unfair about that. If we want to make it to Finals, then we should be putting in more work, not telling the Asian teams to go easy on us.

Pulsefire Will2 votes

;(

Ezreal DuCouteau2 votes

逗得不行,欧美以及东南亚集体出局……summoner 3 看得心累

Donarudo Dorampu2 votes

삼성화이트가 결국은 넘어섰네요. 이제 중국만 남았군요 ㅋㅋ

l Barry White l2 votes

Riot is gonna enable loss Forgiven and ddos the samsung blue/white game = they both win

RaptorRider522 votes

So hyped I said SSW would win from the start.

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