World Championship 2014 Preliminary Schedule

It’s getting closer and closer to the ultimate showdown in Seoul on October 19th where we’ll crown the League of Legends World Champions 2014.

As teams from around the world battle to come out on top in their regional leagues, here’s a glimpse at the group stages, quarter-final and semi-final that are going to take us towards the final showdown at Sangam Stadium.

First of all, here’s a quick guide to how this will work. Each of the 16 qualifying teams for Worlds will be drawn into one of four groups (four teams per each group). Two out of the four groups will play the entirety of their group stage games in Taiwan, and the other two groups will play the entirety of their group stage games in Singapore. During the group stage, each team will play every other team twice (once on blue side, once on purple) - meaning that each team plays six games and there are 24 games per location. For more information on how this will all play out, check out our Worlds rulebook - and look out for more information on lolesports within the next few weeks.

Calendars at the ready - here are the dates and times for the upcoming stages.

GROUP STAGE ONE: September 18th - 21st

Taipei, Taiwan

Local time - 5pm - 11pm
PDT - 2am - 8am
CEST - 11am - 5pm
KST - 6pm - 12pm

GROUP STAGE TWO: September 25th - 28th

Singapore, Singapore

QUARTER FINALS: October 3rd - 6th

Busan, Korea

SEMI FINALS: October 11th-12th

Seoul, Korea

Local time - 5pm - 10pm
PDT - 1am - 6am
CEST - 10am - 3pm

FINAL: October 19th

Seoul, Korea

Local time: 4pm - 9pm - (3:30 Opening Ceremony)
PDT - 12am - 5am (11:30pm Opening Ceremony)
CEST - 9am - 2pm (8:30am Opening Ceremony)

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Tickets will be on sale for all of the stops very shortly so check back into lolesports.com to secure your spot for the upcoming stages.