MSI 2024 schedule: Live LOL results, format, dates, teams and where to watch League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational

Brendan OSullivan

MSI 2024 schedule: Live LOL results, format, dates, teams and where to watch League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational image

League of Legends' season has reached its halfway point, which marks the beginning of its annual Mid-Season Invitational.

The best teams from the top professional leagues come together in China for a 12-team tournament to crown one champion. It's the first of two yearly international tournaments.

The 2024 championship is much more important, since the winning team automatically punches its ticket to the World Tournament.

The Sporting News breaks down MSI's format, dates, times, locations and more, while providing updated results.

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MSI 2024 format

Riot is maintaining the same format as last year, with two separate double-elimination stages in the tournament for 2024.

The action starts with the Play-In stage, running from May 1-5. The second seeds from the LCK, LPL, LCS and LEC will compete against the first seeds of the LLA, CBLOL, PCS and VCS. These eight squads will be broken into two best-of-three double elimination brackets.

Four teams — the winners and runner-ups of each bracket — will advance to the Bracket stage. In order to suffer an elimination, a team must lose a best-of-three series. Two lost series will eliminate the team. 

The top seeds from the LCK, LPL, LCS and LEC already earned a bye into the Bracket stage.

The remaining eight teams will be put into one best-of-five, double-elimination bracket. The same rules apply with lost games/series.

The winner of this year's tournament will immediately earn a spot in the 2024 World Tournament, as well as giving their league another bid. The runner-up will also give their region another bid to the World Tournament, but does not lock in their position.

MSI 2024 teams

  • LCK: No. 1 Gen.G (GEN), No. 2 T1 (T1)
  • LPL: No. 1 Bilibili Gaming (BLG), No. 2 TOP Esports (TES)
  • LEC: No. 1 G2 Esports (G2), No. 2 Fnatic (FNC)
  • LCS: No. 1 Team Liquid Honda (TL), No. 2 FlyQuest (FLY)
  • PCS: No. 1 PSG Talon (PSG)
  • CBLOL: LOUD (LLL)
  • LLA: Estral Esports (EST)
  • VCS: GAM Esports (GAM)

MSI 2024 schedule, live results, scores

The Sporting News will update this file with results during the tournament.

StageDateGameStart Time (ET)Start Time (GMT)
Play-InWed, May 1FLY 2, PSG 1
T1 2, EST 0
4 a.m.8 a.m.
Play-InThurs, May 2FNC 2, GAM 0
TES 2, LLL 0
4 a.m.8 a.m.
Play-InFri, May 3T1 2, FLY 0
TES 2, FNC 1
4 a.m.8 a.m.
Play-InSat, May 4PSG 2, EST 0
GAM 2, LLL 1
4 a.m.8 a.m.
Play-InSun, May 5PSG 2, FLY 0
FNC 2, GAM 0
4 a.m.8 a.m.
BracketTue, May 7TES 3, TL 05 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketWed, May 8GEN 3, FNC 05 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketThurs, May 9BLG 3, PSG 25 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketFri, May 10T1 3, G2 25 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketSat, May 11TL 3, FNC 1
GEN 3, TES 2
12 a.m./5 a.m.4 a.m./9 a.m.
BracketSun, May 12G2 3, PSG 0
BLG 3, T1 1
12 a.m./5 a.m.4 a.m./9 a.m.
BracketTue, May 14G2 3, TES 05 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketWed, May 15T1 3, TL 15 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketThurs, May 16GEN 3, BLG 15 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketFri, May 17T1 3, G2 05 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketSat, May 18BLG 3, T1 25 a.m.9 a.m.
BracketSun, May 19GEN 3, BLG 15 a.m.9 a.m.

When is MSI 2024?

MSI begins on May 1 with the Play-In stage, and the Bracket stage will begin on May 7. The tournament concludes on May 19 with the Championship, scheduled at 5 a.m. ET/9 a.m. GMT.

How to watch MSI 2024

League of Legends fans can tune into MSI through lolesports.com.

Where is MSI 2024?

MSI changes locations each year as different countries get the opportunity to host the event. This year, the tournament will be held in the Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center in Chengdu, China.

MSI champions history

YearTeam
2015EDward Gaming
2016SK Telecom T1
2017SK Telecom T1
2018Royal Never Give Up
2019G2 Esports
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021Royal Never Give Up
2022Royal Never Give Up
2023JD Gaming
2024Gen. G

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Brendan O'Sullivan is an editorial intern for Sporting News, joining in 2024. He previously worked at Newsday on Long Island, New York after graduating from Quinnipiac University.