The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational Schedule

Riot·Apr 7, 2016·1 votes·102,202 views

The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) starts on May 4. Tune in for a clash of regional champions from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), mainland China (LPL), Korea (LCK), and the LMS region (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau), plus a wildcard slot (IWC) to be determined at the International Wild Card Invitational on April 16-23 in Mexico City.

NA and EU fans, we’ll release the MSI schedule with PT and CEST time conversions closer to the event along with our rebroadcast calendar. We'll have all of the MSI games right here for you to watch on Lolesports so get ready to cheer on your region!

Note: All dates and times are in Shanghai local time or China Standard Time (CST). Match times listed below are estimates pending previous game length.

Group Stage:

Day 1 - Wednesday, May 4:

Start of show and opening ceremony - 13:30
China vs. North America - 14:00
Europe vs. LMS - 15:00
Korea vs. IWC - 16:00
North America vs. LMS - 17:00
Europe vs. Korea - 18:00
IWC vs. China - 19:00

Day 2 - Thursday, May 5:

North America vs. Europe - 13:30
Korea vs. China - 14:30
LMS vs. IWC - 15:30
China vs. Europe - 16:30
IWC vs. North America - 17:30
Korea vs. LMS - 18:30

Day 3 - Friday, May 6:

LMS vs. China - 13:30
North America vs. Korea - 14:30
IWC vs. Europe - 15:30
LMS vs. Korea - 16:30
North America vs. IWC - 17:30
Europe vs. China - 18:30

Day 4 - Saturday, May 7:

Europe vs. IWC - 13:30
China vs. LMS - 14:30
Korea vs. North America - 15:30
LMS vs. Europe - 16:30
North America vs. China - 17:30
IWC vs. Korea - 18:30

Day 5 - Sunday, May 8:

China vs. IWC - 11:30
LMS vs. North America - 12:30
Korea vs. Europe - 13:30
IWC vs. LMS - 14:30
Europe vs. North America - 15:30
China vs. Korea - 16:30

Knockout Stage:

The Knockout Stage is a single elimination, Best of 5 (Bo5) bracket that will be determined by the Group Stage results. The Knockout Stage takes place on May 13-15 with a Bo5 series per day starting at 13:30 each day.

Ticket information for MSI 2016 will be available soon.

16 Comments

Virgin RayApr 7, 20167 votes

#RIPDignitas

LegendaritosityApr 7, 20162 votes

NA >EU just had to say that

JangbolsalApr 7, 20161 votes

dunno about that. All we know is Korea >>>>> Rest of the world

IPegueApr 7, 20163 votes

Europe >>>>>>>>>>>> Rest of the world You will see at worlds [slayer-jinx-wink]

PyXLsApr 9, 20161 votes

No matter how much I love C9, they're not winning Worlds. For a fact, IMT has the greatest chance to win it all. That is, if they don't fail to execute like they did in half of their games. The rest of the world won't make life easy for them for picking squish comps that get instagibbed at lvl 3

DrowsierKohlorApr 14, 20161 votes

RIP IMT

PyXLsApr 19, 20161 votes

Called it. IMT had no respect for other teams which is why they got swept by TSM. Their 3rd place seed should wake them up to the reality that they're in. I have high hopes for them during the Summer, however. They're competent and have incredible mechanical play. However, teams do get better over time and they're preying on making IMT become a second/third tier team.

Lee Sın BotApr 7, 20162 votes

Day 3 and Day 4, America will taste the true power of friendship

TSM ThewesApr 8, 20162 votes

ready for another disappointing tournament for LPL

HuggalumpMay 6, 20161 votes

welp....

TaaziApr 12, 20162 votes

Rip finals week :(

MercyLimitLowApr 9, 20161 votes

Please Riot implement Bo3's for the international stage in group stages. Bo1's are too unreliable when it comes to showing how strong teams really are.

GhostyInfinityApr 9, 20161 votes

They're very boring. With double round robin we have a good amount of games.

JangbolsalApr 12, 20161 votes

Bo3, Bo1 doesn't really matter, since they play twice each other. Look at how LCK teams performed on group stages in all the world championships they participated