For the first time since Season 1, Korea will not make it to the semifinals.
C9 just beat Afreeca Freecs 3-0, meaning that Korea won’t make it to the semifinals, and someone else than Korea will win the championship!
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I'm pretty sure China won last year [sg-ezreal]
europe season 1 fnatic: europe vicotry but it was just na vs eu (no korean or china) taiwan season 2 teipei assasin: taiwan win worlds in biggest upset and underdog story in esports ever korea season 3 skt: start of faker's career korea season 4 samsung white: skt not at world korea season 5 skt: faker win second world korea season 6 skt: faker win third world korea season 7 samsung galaxy: combination of samsung white (see season 4 champion) and samsung blue na season 8 c9: first time korea doesnt win world since they started their win streak
europe won when world wasnt really a "world" tournament china and na never won a world tournament
if you exclude season 1, taiwan is the only region that won exept korea [sg-ahri-2]