2015 Season World Championship
| 2015 | |
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location |
 France United Kingdom Belgium Germany
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| Dates | October 1–October 31 |
| Administrator(s) | Riot Games |
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Tournament
format(s) |
16 team round-robin group stage 8 team single-elimination bracket |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Teams | 16 |
| Purse | $2,130,000 USD (€1,907,194.31) |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | SK Telecom T1 (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | KOO Tigers |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 73 |
| MVP |
 Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan (SK Telecom T1) |
| Highest KDA |
Bae "Bang" Jun-sik (SK Telecom T1) |
| Highest CSPM |
 Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño Martinez (Origen) |
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The 2015 League of Legends World Championship was the world championship held from October 1–31, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends. It was the fifth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship. The different stages of the event were held in various cities across Europe: the group stages in Le Dock Pullman, in Paris, France; the quarterfinals at the Wembley Arena in London, England; the semifinals in the Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium; and the finals at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The 16 teams qualified by either winning a professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on twitch.tv, YouTube and Azubu in several languages. The BBC also streamed the tournament online on BBC Three but for United Kingdom IP addresses only. A peak of around 14 million concurrent viewers watched the finals, according to official sources.
The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:
The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. The group stage started on October 1 in Le Dock Pullman, Paris and concluded on October 11. In Group B, ahq e-Sports Club and Cloud9 both ended in a 3-3 tie, resulting in a tiebreaker won by ahq e-Sports Club to win second place in the group.
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