Everything you need to know about IWCI

Riot·Apr 20, 2015·0 votes·25,428 views

There are many roads to the Mid Season Invitational in Florida, United States. For teams from the Wildcard Regions, it's through the International Wildcard Invitational. On April 21, 2015, seven teams will head to the VW Arena in Istanbul, Turkey for a chance to take on the best teams from the five major leagues around the world. The teams taking part in the event are:

Chiefs from Oceania
Bangkok Titans* from Southeast Asia
Kaos Latin Gamers from Latin America
DetonatioN FocusMe from Japan
Hard Random from Commonwealth of Independent States
Beşiktaş e-Sports Club from Turkey
INTZ e-Sports from Brazil

*Bangkok Titans replace Saigon Fantastic 5 who are unable to attend due to Visa issues.

What's the format?

The IWCI follows the standard event format. The tournament progresses from a Best of 1, Round Robin, Group Stage to a Best of 5, Single Elimination, Bracket Stage. After the 21 games of the Round Robin Groups and any resulting tiebreakers, the top four teams advance to the Bracket Stage. In the Bracket Stage the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds will play in one Semifinal while the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds will play in the other. The winner of the Bracket Stage is the IWCI winner and will advance to MSI.

What's on the line?

As one of the few international tournaments that is open to all teams (not necessary to be invited), the IWCI represents teams' best chance to showcase the strength of their region. In addition, a spot at the Mid Season Invitational is up for grabs, where the top teams from North America, Europe, Taiwan, Korea and China will compete for regional pride.

When is this happening and how can I watch?

The event begins April 21 and continues through April 25. Matches begin each day at 7:00 AM PDT / 16:00 CET and continue for roughly eight hours. April 21 - Group Stage - 7:00am PDT / 16:00 CET April 22 - Group Stage - 7:00am PDT / 16:00 CET April 23 - Group Stage / Tiebreakers - 7:00am PDT / 16:00 CET April 24 - Semifinals - 7:00am PDT / 16:00 CET April 25 - Finals - 7:00am PDT / 16:00 CET You can watch the streams each day right here on Lolesports or on Twitch. Check back to lolesports.com for more IWCI and MSI updates as the events gets closer.

18 Comments

VixanysApr 20, 20154 votes

Wildcard Invitational should have a name change to "International Punching Bag" though with Kabuum! winning vs Alliance in worlds, maybe them being there is for the "Rudy Effect".

TrollFan01Apr 20, 20153 votes

For once Vixxy, we agree lol

VixanysApr 20, 20153 votes

Dark days indeed.

pfandryApr 20, 20153 votes

So, How can I watch ?

SAFFATLOLApr 21, 20152 votes

Chances are it'll be streamed on Twitch. Whether it will be on Riot's official channel i do not know, but I'd be very surprised if it wasn't streamed

Un RondoudouApr 21, 20152 votes

from what i read on http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/337qyy/where_will_the_wildcard_tournament_be_streamed/ streamed on twitch chanel 2 from riot

Un RondoudouApr 21, 20153 votes

hey riot, you should give a little more love to this, and at last put the program on your schedule on lolesport...

RazinekApr 20, 20152 votes

IWCI and MSI will be huge for Wildcard Teams. Playing against others professional team will help them a lot and it's not like we expect any Wildcard team to be strong at MSI, but at least they can grow as a team. I wish I had a chance like that item 3070

PoisonedTeaApr 21, 20153 votes

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IWCI and MSI will be huge for Wildcard Teams. Playing against others professional team will help them a lot and it's not like we expect any Wildcard team to be strong at MSI, but at least they can grow as a team. I wish I had a chance like that

there is a chance. That is why they bring the wildcard. With EU looking so weak they have a good chance to make 4th even.

Heatblazer413Apr 21, 20153 votes

Bang bang! Shots fired

DEMAGLIOOOOOOOOOApr 21, 20151 votes

aww if you want to be pro you can do it ^^ maybe add me lol and we will go pro in 1.5 years i have a few slots open

LukoApr 20, 20152 votes

Shouldn't it be** International Wildcard Invitational**?

There are many roads to the Mid Season Invitational in Florida, United States. For teams from the Wildcard Regions, it's through the** Invitational Wildcard Invitational**.

VixanysApr 20, 20153 votes

Congratulations you found the Typo! Your prize is a half moldy sammich and this flattened penny.

MenbungApr 21, 20152 votes

http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames2

here you go

TrollFan01Apr 21, 20152 votes

Thanks