This year’s League of Legends World Championship, set to take place in South Korea, marks the first implementation of the Worlds “qualifying series,” where the fourth seeds of the LCS and LEC will battle for a chance to represent their region in the remainder of the tournament. The series, featuring the LCS’ Golden Guardians and the LEC’s Team BDS, will occur on Oct. 9 and signals the unofficial start of the international competition in 2023.
The new addition to the format came to fruition following the removal of the LCL from World Championship qualification last year, opening a spot that Riot decided would go to one of the other major regions that does not already have four representatives. Yet a win in the Worlds qualifying series is just the beginning of a long road ahead: That team will be thrown immediately into the play-in bracket, where they’ll meet other competition from around the world.
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