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2026 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2026 Mid-Season Invitational will be the eleventh iteration of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games–organized tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament will be played in Daejeon, South Korea from June 28 to July 12, 2026.
Gen.G of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) are the two-time defending champions heading into the event.
In a development update video published by Riot Games on 8 January 2025 to begin that year's competitive season, Riot Games announced that South Korea will host the tournament. Daejeon was named as the host city of MSI 2026 on 7 November 2025 during the media day for the 2025 League of Legends World Championship final in Chengdu, China. It will be the second time South Korea hosts MSI, the first being the 2022 tournament in Busan.
During the finals of the 2026 First Stand Tournament in São Paulo, Brazil on 22 March 2026, Riot Games announced that the Daejeon Convention Center was chosen to host the tournament, specifically its second building known as DCC2, which is the largest facility out of the two buildings. The convention center previously hosted the 2023 LCK Summer Finals weekend.
The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), the League Championship Series (LCS), and the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) are planned to send two qualified teams each, while the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) will send one qualified team. The LCS and CBLOL will return to MSI for the first time since 2024 after the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), which briefly replaced them, was discontinued after the 2025 season.
On 10 May 2026, Secret Whales of the LCP became the first team to qualify for the tournament by virtue of securing enough championship points to finish in the top two as of the second split.
Like prior years, the tournament is split into a play-in stage and a bracket stage, albeit with changes. In the play-in stage, four (4) teams, those being the second seeds from the LCK, LCP, LCS, and LEC, will be placed into a double-elimination bracket consisting entirely of best-of-fives. The winner of the play-in stage will advance to the bracket stage. In the eight (8) team bracket stage, the play-in stage winner, the first and second seeds from the LPL (by virtue of being the winning region of the 2026 First Stand Tournament) and the first seeds from all other regions will play in a double elimination best-of-five bracket. As in prior years, the winner of MSI will qualify automatically for the 2026 World Championship should they qualify for their region's third split playoffs, while the runner-up region will gain an additional spot in the tournament.
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2026 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2026 Mid-Season Invitational will be the eleventh iteration of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games–organized tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament will be played in Daejeon, South Korea from June 28 to July 12, 2026.
Gen.G of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) are the two-time defending champions heading into the event.
In a development update video published by Riot Games on 8 January 2025 to begin that year's competitive season, Riot Games announced that South Korea will host the tournament. Daejeon was named as the host city of MSI 2026 on 7 November 2025 during the media day for the 2025 League of Legends World Championship final in Chengdu, China. It will be the second time South Korea hosts MSI, the first being the 2022 tournament in Busan.
During the finals of the 2026 First Stand Tournament in São Paulo, Brazil on 22 March 2026, Riot Games announced that the Daejeon Convention Center was chosen to host the tournament, specifically its second building known as DCC2, which is the largest facility out of the two buildings. The convention center previously hosted the 2023 LCK Summer Finals weekend.
The League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), the League Championship Series (LCS), and the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) are planned to send two qualified teams each, while the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) will send one qualified team. The LCS and CBLOL will return to MSI for the first time since 2024 after the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), which briefly replaced them, was discontinued after the 2025 season.
On 10 May 2026, Secret Whales of the LCP became the first team to qualify for the tournament by virtue of securing enough championship points to finish in the top two as of the second split.
Like prior years, the tournament is split into a play-in stage and a bracket stage, albeit with changes. In the play-in stage, four (4) teams, those being the second seeds from the LCK, LCP, LCS, and LEC, will be placed into a double-elimination bracket consisting entirely of best-of-fives. The winner of the play-in stage will advance to the bracket stage. In the eight (8) team bracket stage, the play-in stage winner, the first and second seeds from the LPL (by virtue of being the winning region of the 2026 First Stand Tournament) and the first seeds from all other regions will play in a double elimination best-of-five bracket. As in prior years, the winner of MSI will qualify automatically for the 2026 World Championship should they qualify for their region's third split playoffs, while the runner-up region will gain an additional spot in the tournament.