The League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, held from June 18 to 20, 2011, in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was won by Fnatic, who defeated Against All Authority 2–1 in the final.
Background League of Legends released in 2009, and after two years, it had built a strong community of players around its free-to-play model. However, the game lacked a full competitive experience until the introduction of ranked play and draft mode in mid-2010. Initially, only a handful of people at Riot believed in the future of competitive play, but as data suggested a growing viewership, the company decided to test the competitive landscape, organizing the first World Championship tournament in 2011, hosted by DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden. Players brought their own computers, networked them together, and competed in front of fans.
Teams Eight teams qualified for the World Championship: three from North America, three from Europe, one from Singapore, and one from the Philippines.
Region Team Europe Against All Authority Gamed!de Fnatic North America Team SoloMid Epik Gaming Counter Logic Gaming Singapore Xan Philippines Team Pacific
Venues Jönköping was selected as the host city for the World Championship. Sweden JönköpingElmia Exhibition and Convention CentreCapacity: 2,000
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Relegation matches
Knockout stage
Final standings Place Team Prize money 1 Fnatic $50,000 2 Against All Authority $25,000 3 Team SoloMid $10,000 4 Epik Gaming $7,000 5 Counter Logic Gaming $3,500 6 Gamed!de $2,000 7–8 Team Pacific $1,000 Xan
Broadcast and viewership The Season One World Championship accumulated over 1.6million viewers and peaked at 210,000 concurrent viewers.
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