LoL Worlds 2020: Overview of groups and schedule

The play-in stage of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship is over! Ten teams competed there to fill the last four places in the Main Event groups. After six long and intense playing days, we now know which four teams will be. The Europeans from MAD Lions are – unfortunately for fans of our region – not among them.

But Team Liquid, PSG Talon, LGD Gaming and Unicorns of Love made it. These four teams complete the groups that were already drawn on September 15th. So now we know all four groups A-D with full line-up, which will be played out starting this Saturday, October 3, 2020. Which two teams from each group will make it into the subsequent knockout phase? This is the next big question many fans of LoL E-Sports ask themselves.

Until the answer starts to emerge, after today's end of the Play-In Stage and the last two Decider duels, there will be a two-day Worlds 2020 break. Thursday and Friday will not be played, on Saturday it will continue at 10 am. The „opening game“ of the group stage will be played by FlyQuest and Top Esports in Group D. The first game of a European team will be played at 12 noon on the first of eight group match days. All group days include six games and start every hour from 10am to 3pm.

The full groups in the overview

Group A

G2 Esports (LEC #1)
Suning (LPL #3)
Machi Esports (PCS #1)
Team Liquid (LCS #3 / Play-Ins)

Group B

Damwon Gaming (LCK #1)
JD Gaming (LPL #2)
Rogue (LEC #3)
PSG Talon (PCS #2 / Play-Ins)

Group C

Team SoloMid (LCS #1)
Fnatic (LEC #2)
Gen.G (LCK #3)
LGD Gaming (LPL #4 / Play-Ins)

Group D

TOP Esports (LPL #1)
DRX (LCK #2)
FlyQuest (LCS #2)
Unicorns of Love (LCL #1 / Play-Ins)

The schedule of the group phase

Day 1: Saturday, October 3, 2020

10 am: FlyQuest – Top Esports (Group D)
11 am: Unicorns of Love – DRX (Group D)
12 noon: Rogue – PSG Talon (Group B)
1pm: DAMWON Gaming – JD Gaming (Group B)
2 pm: Gen.G – LGD Gaming (Group C)
3pm: Team SoloMid – Fnatic (Group C)

Day 2: Sunday, October 4, 2020

10 am: Machi Esports – Team Liquid (Group A)
11 am: G2 Esports – Suning (Group A)
12 noon: Rogue – DAMWON Gaming (Group B)
1pm: PSG Talon – JD Gaming (Group B)
2 pm: Gen.G – Team SoloMid (Group C)
3 pm: LGD Gaming – Fnatic (Group C)

Day 3: Monday, October 5, 2020

10 am: Machi Esports – G2 Esports (Group A)
11 am: Team Liquid – Suning (Group A)
12 noon: DAMWON Gaming – PSG Talon (Group B)
1pm: JD Gaming – Rogue (Group B)
2 pm: FlyQuest – Unicorns of Love (Group D)
3 pm: Top Esports – DRX (Group D)

Day 4: Tuesday, October 6, 2020

10 am: G2 Esports – Team Liquid (Group A)
11 am: Suning – Machi Esports (Group A)
12 noon: DRX – FlyQuest (Group D)
1pm: Top Esports – Unicorns of Love (Group D)
2 pm: Fnatic – Gen.G (Group C)
3 pm: Team SoloMid – LGD Gaming (Group C)

Day 5: Thursday, October 8, 2020

10 am: Team Liquid – G2 Esports (Group A)
11 am: Machi Esports – Suning (Group A)
12 noon: G2 Esports – Machi Esports (Group A)
1pm: Suning – Team Liquid (Group A)
2 pm: Team Liquid – Machi Esports (Group A)
3pm: Suning – G2 Esports (Group A)

Day 6: Friday, October 9, 2020

10 am: PSG Talon – DAMWON Gaming (Group B)
11 am: Rogue – JD Gaming (Group B)
12 noon: DAMWON Gaming – Rogue (Group B)
1pm: JD Gaming – PSG Talon (Group B)
2 pm: PSG Talon – Rogue (Group B)
3 pm: JD Gaming – DAMWON Gaming (Group B)

Day 7: Saturday, October 10, 2020

10 am: Fnatic – Team SoloMid (Group C)
11 am: LGD Gaming – Gen.G (Group C)
12 noon: Team SoloMid – Gen.G (Group C)
1pm: Fnatic – LGD Gaming (Group C)
2 pm: LGD Gaming – Team SoloMid (Group C)
3 pm: Gen.G – Fnatic (Group C)

Day 8: Sunday, October 11, 2020

10 am: FlyQuest – DRX (Group D)
11 am: Unicorns of Love – Top Esports (Group D)
12 noon: DRX – Unicorns of Love (Group D)
1 pm: Top Esports – FlyQuest (Group D)
2 pm: Unicorns of Love – FlyQuest (Group D)
3 pm: DRX – Top Esports (Group D)

Following the group phase, the following dates are scheduled for the playoffs:
Quarter finals: 15 to 18 October, 12 noon each

Semifinals: 24 and 25 October, 12 and 11 o'clock
Final: October 31, 11 a.m.

About League of Legends

LoL – THE MOBA next to Dota 2 – League of Legends is a game in which millions of players around the world battle daily to improve and climb the rankings. The title of the developer Riot Games has been an integral part of the global e-sports scene for years. Leagues like the LEC and LCS or the annual World Championship offer enormous prize money and are held under highly professional conditions.

Most recently, the D-A-CH region specifically received a new competitive league format with the Prime League, which is already seen in its first season as the strongest national competition ever.