World Championship 2021

The 2021 World Championship is the crowning event of League of Legends esports for the year. The tournament welcomes 24 teams from all regions of the game in a months-long race for the Summoner's Cup.

This year's World Championship was planned to be held in China, with various stages being held in Shanghai, Qingdao, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Shenzhen--who would have also hosed the finals. China would have been a back-to-back host for Worlds due to the COVID-19 pandemic disallowing spectators from 2020's event. They have also previously hosted it in 2017. North America's Worlds event has been pushed to 2022. The starting prize pool for the tournament is $2.225 million, which is expected to grow with in-game item sales.

Due to the changing COVID-19 situation and epidemic control policies in China, the LoL Esports team announced on August 24th that the event has been moved to an as of yet unannounced location in Europe.

On September 9th, the LoL Esports team reveals that the 2021 World Championship will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland.

1st - $489,500
2nd - $333,750
3rd-4th - $178,000
5th-8th - $100,125
9th-12th $55,625
13th-16th - $50,063
17th-18th - $38,938
19th-20th - $27,813
21st-22nd - $22,250