With the 2021 League of Legends World Championship starting on Oct. 5, here’s the schedule for all the upcoming games. As Worlds 2021 is such a big event, there are plenty of games to go through. Here is a list of all the games, from play-ins to the final.
Play-ins schedule
To start the event, there are four spots available for 10 teams in the Worlds 2021 play-ins. The 10 teams are split into two groups, with the games being best-of-one, and the top of the group automatically qualifies for the group stages. After the round-robin matches are done, the team in last is eliminated from the competition. For the rest of the teams, from second to fourth place in their round-robins, they advance to the knockout stage. The teams who finished second in their group only need one win to progress, while the other four need two.
Tuesday, Oct. 5 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- Hanwha Life Esports vs. LNG
- Infinity Esports vs. RED Canids
- LNG vs. PEACE
- Hanwha Life Esports vs. Infinity Esports
- Unicorns of Love vs. DetonatioN FocusMe
- Galatasaray Esports vs. Beyond Gaming
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Cloud9
- Unicorns of Love vs. Galatasaray Esports
Wednesday, Oct. 6 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- PEACE vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- RED Canids vs. LNG
- Infinity Esports vs. PEACE
- RED Canids vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- Beyond Gaming vs. Cloud9
- Galatasaray Esports vs. DetonatioN FocusMe
- Beyond Gaming vs. Unicorns of Love
- Cloud9 vs. Galatasaray Esports
Thursday, Oct. 7 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- LNG vs. Infinity Esports
- PEACE vs. RED Canids
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Beyond Gaming
- Unicorns of Love vs. Cloud9
Friday, Oct. 8 (elimination round, starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- A Seed 3 vs. A Seed 4
- B Seed 3 vs. B Seed 4
Saturday, Oct. 9 (qualification round, starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- A 3/4 winner vs. B Seed 2
- B 3/4 winner vs. A Seed 2
Group Stage schedule
The Group Stage starts on Oct. 11, with the four teams that qualified out of play-ins added to the four determined groups. This is a double round-robin format, keeping the best-of-one format from the play-ins. Then, the top two teams from each group progress to the knockout stage. Those eight teams then start at the quarterfinals, fighting their way to the Worlds 2021 title.
Monday, Oct. 11 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- DWG KIA vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- RNG vs. PSG
- Fnatic vs. Play-in team
- Gen.G vs Play-in team
- T1 vs. Play-in team
- EDward Gaming vs. 100 Thieves
- Team Liquid vs. MAD Lions
- Rogue vs. Play-in team
Tuesday, Oct. 12 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- T1 vs. EDward Gaming
- Rogue vs. DWG KIA
- PSG vs. Play-in team
- Fnatic vs. RNG
- FunPlus Phoenix vs. Play-in team
- 100 Thieves vs. Play-in team
- MAD Lions vs. Gen.G
- Team Liquid vs. Play-in team
Wednesday, Oct. 13 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- RNG vs. Play-in team
- MAD Lions vs. Play-in team
- FunPlus Phoenix vs. Rogue
- PSG vs. Fnatic
- Gen.G vs. Team Liquid
- DWG KIA. vs. Play-in team
- EDward Gaming vs. Play-in team
- 100 Thieves vs. T1
Friday, Oct. 15 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- FunPlus Phoenix vs. DWG KIA
- Rogue vs. Play-in team
- FunPlus Phoenix vs. Play-in team
- DWG KIA vs. Rogue
- Rogue vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- DWG KIA vs. Play-in team
Saturday, Oct. 16 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- EDward Gaming vs. Play-in team
- T1 vs. 100 Thieves
- EDward Gaming vs. T1
- 100 Thieves vs. Play-in team
- T1 vs. Play-in team
- 100 Thieves vs. EDG
Sunday, Oct. 17 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- PSG vs. Play-in team
- RNG vs. Fnatic
- PSG vs. RNG
- Fnatic vs. Play-in team
- RNG vs. Play-in team
- Fnatic vs. PSG
Monday, Oct. 19 (starting at 7 a.m. EST)
- Gen.G vs. MAD Lions
- Team Liquid vs. Play-in team
- Gen.G vs. Play-in team
- MAD Lions vs. Team Liquid
- Team Liquid vs. Gen.G
- MAD Lions vs. Play-in team
Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage begins with the quarterfinals on Oct. 22. The seeding is based on which eight teams make it out of the group stage, changing to a best-of-five format as well. Then, whichever team gets through the bracket and wins the final gets the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. Make sure to tune into the streams at either Riot’s Twitch or their home site for content and drops.
Worlds 2021 co-streams coming soon
The 2021 League of Legends World Championship games start on Oct. 5, at 7 a.m. EST. The first match is between Hanwha Life Esports and LNG, in the play-ins section of the competition. At the same time, streamers such as G2 Esports jungler Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski will be streaming the matches with Riot’s permission.
Co-streams are meant to be a more loose, fun and open discussion version of the official game streams. In this case, with Jankos, fans have commentary with a current top-tier player, which can vary from insightful to just funny or brash. More will be announced and updated here.
