Winner
Royal Never Give Up
Rules
PLAY-IN
Groups
Two groups of 4 teams randomly seeded.
Double Round Robin Bo1.
Winner of each group advances to Play-In Knockout.
Knockout
Two teams from Play-In Group Stage randomly paired against two seeded teams from Taiwan (LMS) and Vietnam (VCS).
All matches are Bo5
Winners qualify for Group Stage.
MAIN EVENT
Group Stage
Two teams from Play In and four seeded teams from Korea (LCK), China (LPL), North America (NA LCS) and Europe (EU LCS).
Double Round Robin Bo1.
Top four teams advance to Knockout Stage
Knockout Stage
Four teams Single Elimination
1st place team from Group Stage selects either the 3rd place or 4th place team as their opponent.
All matches are Bo5
Visual Format: https://bit.ly/2HxBLqK
Groups
Two groups of 4 teams randomly seeded.
Double Round Robin Bo1.
Winner of each group advances to Play-In Knockout.
Knockout
Two teams from Play-In Group Stage randomly paired against two seeded teams from Taiwan (LMS) and Vietnam (VCS).
All matches are Bo5
Winners qualify for Group Stage.
MAIN EVENT
Group Stage
Two teams from Play In and four seeded teams from Korea (LCK), China (LPL), North America (NA LCS) and Europe (EU LCS).
Double Round Robin Bo1.
Top four teams advance to Knockout Stage
Knockout Stage
Four teams Single Elimination
1st place team from Group Stage selects either the 3rd place or 4th place team as their opponent.
All matches are Bo5
Visual Format: https://bit.ly/2HxBLqK