2015 Mid-Season Invitational | |
Location: | United States |
Start Date: | 7 May |
End Date: | 10 May |
Administrator: | Riot Games |
Venues: | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (Tallahassee, Florida) |
Teams: | 6 |
Purse: | $200,000 |
Champions: | Edward Gaming |
Runners-Up1: | SK Telecom T1 |
Previous: | event inaugurated |
Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational is the first event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) – a League of Legends tournament organized by publisher Riot Games that was held after Spring Season, from May 7–10, 2015 at the Florida State University Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida.[1] The participants is 6 winner teams of the Spring Season: 5 teams from North America (NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China (LPL), South Korea (LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions (Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia) that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).[2]
EDward Gaming from China won the first ever MSI title after defeating SK Telecom T1 from South Korea 3–2 at the final.[3] [4] [5]
Region | League | Path | Team | |
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Starting in the bracket stage | ||||
China | LPL | Spring champion | EDward Gaming | |
South Korea | LCK | Spring champion | SK Telecom T1 | |
Europe | EU LCS | Spring champion | Fnatic | |
North America | NA LCS | Spring champion | Team SoloMid | |
TW/HK/MO | LMS | Spring champion | ahq e-Sports Club | |
Turkey | TCL | IWCI winner | Beşiktaş e-Sports Club |
Tallahassee was the city chosen to host the competition.[6]