It is tomorrow that the 2021 edition of the League of Legends World Championships officially launches. It takes place from October 05 to November 06, with 79 matches on the program. Play-in, play-off and final stages, when to follow them? We found the schedule for you.
Almost two weeks after the team draw, Riot Games released the full schedule for 79 games for the 2021 League of Legends Worlds. First of all, the Play-In will be spread over four days with 24 meetings. This phase is used to determine the four teams to reach the main draw.
Then comes the Play-Off or also called Main Event : the sixteen teams, divided into four groups of four, will compete against each other in two stages (October 11 to 13, then October 15 to 18). The two best performing teams from each group will then qualify for the finals, from October 22 to November 06.
What is the program?
Planning from Play-In
Tuesday 05 October
- 1pm: Hanwa Life Sports VS LNG Sports
- 14h00 : Infinity Esports VS RED Canids
- 3pm: LNG Sports VS Peace
- 4pm: Hanwha Life Sports VS Infinity Sports
- 17h00 : DetonatioN FocusMe VS Unicors of Love
- 18h00 : Beyond Gaming VS Galatasaray Esports
- 19h00 : Cloud9 VS DetonatioN FocusMe
- 20h00 : Galatasaray Esports VS Unicorns of Love
Wednesday 06 October
- 13h00 : Hanwa Life Esports VS PEACE
- 14h00 : LNG Esports VS RED Canids
- 15h00 : Infinity Esports VS PEACE
- 16h00 : Hanwha Life Esports VS Red Canids
- 17h00 : Beyond Gaming VS Cloud9
- 6pm: DetonatioN FocusMe VS Galatasaray Esports
- 19h00 : Beyond Gaming VS Unicorns of Love
- 20:00: Cloud9 VS Galatasaray Esports
Thursday 07 October
- 1pm: Infinity Sports VS LNG Sports
- 14h00 : PEACE VS RED Canids
- 15h00 : Beyond Gaming VS DetonatioN FocusMe
- 16h00 : Cloud9 VS Unicorns of Love
Friday October 8
- 1:00 p.m .: Elimination round # 1
- 6:00 p.m .: Elimination round # 2
Saturday October 9
- 13h00 : Qualification #1
- 18h00 : Qualification #2
Main Event
Monday, October 11
- 13h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS DWG Kia
- 14h00 : Royal Never Give Up VS PSG TAlon
- 15h00 : Fnatic vs TBD
- 16h00 : Gen.G vs TBD
- 17h00 : T1 vs TBD
- 18h00 : 100 Thieves VS EDward Gaming
- 19h00 : MAD Lions VS Team Liquid
- 20h00 : Rogue vs TBD
Tuesday, October 12
- 13h00 : T1 VS EDward Gaming
- 14h00 : DWG Kia VS Rogue
- 15h00 : PSG Talon VS TBD
- 16h00 : Fnatic VS Royal Never Give Up
- 17h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS TBD
- 18h00 : 100 Thieves VS TBD
- 19h00 : Gen.G VS Mad Lions
- 20h00 : Team Liquid VS TBD
Wednesday October 13
- 13h00 : Royal Never Give Up VS TBD
- 14h00 : MAD Lions VS TBD
- 15h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS Rogue
- 16h00 : Fnatic VS PSG Talon
- 17h00 : Gen.G VS Team Liquid
- 18h00 : DWG Kia VS TBD
- 19h00 : EDward Gaming VS TBD
- 20h00 : 100 Thieves VS T1
Friday October 15th
- 13h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS DWG Kia
- 14h00 : Rogue VS TBD
- 15h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS TBD
- 16h00 : Rogue VS DWG Kia
- 17h00 : Rogue VS FunPlus Phoenix
- 18h00 : DWG Kia VS TBD
Saturday October 16
- 13h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS DWG Kia
- 14h00 : Rogue VS TBD
- 15h00 : FunPlus Phoenix VS TBD
- 16h00 : Rogue VS DWG Kia
- 17h00 : Rogue VS FunPlus Phoenix
- 18h00 : DWG Kia VS TBD
Sunday 17th October
- 13h00 : Royal Never Give Up VS Fnatic
- 14h00 : PSG Talon VS TBD
- 15h00 : PSG Talon VS Royal Never Give Up
- 16h00 : Fnatic VS TBD
- 17h00 : Royal Never Give Up VS TBD
- 18h00 : Fnatic VS PSG Talon
Monday, October 18
- 13h00 : Gen.G VS MAD Lions
- 14h00 : Team Liquid VS TBD
- 15h00 : Gen.G VS TBD
- 16h00 : MAD Lions VS Team Liquid
- 17h00 : Team Liquid VS Gen.G
- 18h00 : MAD Lions VS TBD
Friday October 22
- 2:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals # 1
Saturday 23 October
- 2:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals # 2
Sunday October 24
- 2:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals # 3
Monday, October 25
- 2:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals # 4
Saturday October 30Sunday October 31Saturday 6 November
A match and a team to follow
It is therefore a busy schedule that awaits the League of Legends community. If it is difficult to follow all 79 matches of these worlds (30 minutes per game approximately), some matches may be more worth the candle than others: we think in particular of this tasty FunPlus Phoenix VS DWG Kia at the start of play-off. Why tasty? Because it is a meeting between the defending team and the sacred team in 2019.
And if there is a team to follow, it is Fnatic: after a mixed first part of the season, the European team narrowly clings to qualification for the Worlds. It is in particular thanks to the acquisition of the French player Adam “Adam” Maanane that Fnatic was able to punch his ticket for the Worlds of League of Legends.