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Meet the 2015 World Championship teams!

Riot·9/10/2015, 7:01:15 PM·3 votes·176,110 views

The 2015 World Championship contenders are officially locked in, with the LCK, LPL, LMS, LCS, and International Wildcard leagues all having put forth their champions.

And unless you've somehow acquired Ekko's time-manipulation powers, odds are you haven't kept up with each and every one of the 16 competing teams over the past year. But no worries, we've got you covered.

Click on the team banners below to get a quick rundown of who's playing, how they play, and what to watch for on the Rift. And once you've familiarized yourself with the lot, be sure to tune in on September 12 for the live broadcast of the Group Draw Show, where we'll determine the initial matches of the 2015 Worlds tournament.

The show starts at 1pm (-5 GMT) Pacific Time or 22:00 (+1 GMT) Central European Time, and you can catch it right here on Lolesports.com.

LCK

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LPL

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LMS

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NA LCS

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EU LCS

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IWC

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181 Comments

xNameless9/11/2015, 12:24:30 AM32 votes

I'm just glad my boys at Cloud9 made the cut. That gauntlet had me sweating lol. Also, I would have loved to see Unicorns of Love make the cut into Worlds, but respect to Origen for making it.

neverö9/11/2015, 11:51:39 AM19 votes

I'm normally a TSM fan no matter what. But because of what they've acomplished I have to give C9 my enerygy. GO C9 !!!!! ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ Cloud 9 take my energy! ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

Lokraan9/11/2015, 1:12:17 AM16 votes

Cloud9 and Fnatic have two places in my heart. Mainly because of Febiven and Sneaky, but also the way they communicate with each other.

iggyvolz9/10/2015, 11:43:57 PM14 votes

Cloud9 #thedream

RedArchRanger9/11/2015, 2:33:27 AM11 votes

Savage memes can't melt playoff dreams! #Pentalift

clamyboy199/11/2015, 9:31:54 PM10 votes

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ C9 take my energy༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

GRF SS5unSh1n49/11/2015, 10:01:51 PM9 votes

Let go EDG!!!!!!!

EelayInsay9/11/2015, 7:25:40 PM9 votes

I really hope that we can be surprised with a team that isn't Chinese or Korean winning. I also can't wait to see how far Fnatic can go outside of EU.

Felixphaeton9/10/2015, 9:32:19 PM8 votes

Let the Faith begin again. CLG will win worlds, confirmed on Zionspartan's stream.

TimTeemo159/11/2015, 11:29:20 PM8 votes

Hey guys wanna hear a joke? Why is worlds being held in EU this year? Because when EU gets knocked out groups they can say they were there for the World Championship 4Head EleGiggle

Fnatic AsianBrom9/11/2015, 1:51:51 PM6 votes

bruh i swear if its another china vs korea. XD item 3151

K109/12/2015, 4:23:38 AM5 votes

It's time for Chinese teams to take S series.

Maquenchie9/11/2015, 10:55:01 PM5 votes

As a big TL fan i was so sad when they were beaten out of the regional qualifier, i mean, there are only 3 spots at worlds from na but i think that the four deserving teams are , TSM, CLG TL and TIP. even though c9 well earned their spot, i just hope that they would do better than TL because seeing them forever 4th breaks my heart

Eetheart9/17/2015, 11:20:35 PM2 votes

If Fnatics win, I will shave my beard...!

Zetpapiez9/11/2015, 12:41:45 PM2 votes

why aren't there any Vietnamese team in World?! also, I wouldn't be surprise if Origen beat C9, they are more decisive, organized-team fighting, and counter gains (if enemy team get turret, they get turret and drag) in Rifts.

Nokuma9/11/2015, 9:36:08 PM2 votes

Samsung White ? O_o

HypeFree9/11/2015, 10:57:54 PM2 votes

Normally a Gravity fan (Bunny Fu Fuu is love) but if anyone from NA is going to make a splash in worlds this year, in my opinion, it's going to be CLG. Hopefully they have a strong showing and I'll be rooting for them.

ShushConShurns9/12/2015, 2:44:01 AM2 votes

Cloud 9 shouldnt be there! having to reverse sweep every fucking round?! that wont happen in Worlds, there are teams that have a hell of a lot better shot in worlds

a wiId racoon9/13/2015, 3:00:07 AM2 votes

SKT T1 should have never made the cut, honestly. The team sucks now, I hope you can see that in how they didn't make worlds in 2014. since impact and piglet are gone, fanbois are crying about how the old S3 team should be together. faker is literally the fakest player in the LCK and he should stop deceiving his fanbois. all in all, skt sucks and should just be kicked out of competitive league.

kappa.

Ezfake9/14/2015, 12:20:03 PM2 votes

Still waiting for Cloud9 skins!