What to watch this week: LoL Edition

LoL: What to watch this week

From now until November 19, 22 of the best teams in the world have descended unto South Korea for the yearly battle of the best to see who will lift the Summoner's Cup. The League of Legends World Championship is currently taking place in Seoul with today being the first official day of the tournament.

However, yesterday was the Worlds Qualifying Series that determined the 22nd and final team that will make up the list of contenders at the tournament. In a battle of the ages between LEC and LCS, it was the former who came out on top once again as Team BDS sent Golden Guardians home in a 3-0 sweep.

• Read More: Worlds 2023 Survival Guide

The rest of this week will be focused on both rounds of the Play-In Stage, which features eight teams that will compete for just two spots in the Swiss stage. There are two groups of four teams each that will battle it out on the Summoner's Rift with only the top two of each group that will qualify to the next round.

From there, these final four teams will play a best-of-five series in a single-elimination bracket to determine the final two teams that will join the rest in the Swiss stage. These are the matches you can look forward to this week:

 

Play-In Stage: Round 1

Tuesday (October 10)

• Movistar R7vsPSG Talon - 4:00 p.m. KST
• GAM EsportsvsLOUD - 7:00 p.m. KST

 

Wednesday (October 11)

• CTBC Flying OystervsDetonatioN FocusMe - 4:00 p.m. KST
• Team BDSvsTeam Whales - 7:00 p.m. KST

 

Thursday (October 12) - Winner's Matches

• PSG Talon/Movistar R7 vs GAM Esports/LOUD - 4:00 p.m. KST
• CTBC Flying Oyster/DetonatioN FocusMe vs Team BDS/Team Whales - 7:00 p.m. KST

 

Friday (October 13) - Elimination Matches

• PSG Talon/Movistar R7 vs GAM Esports/LOUD - 4:00 p.m. KST

•  CTBC Flying Oyster/DetonatioN FocusMe vs Team BDS/Team Whales - 7:00 p.m. KST

 

Saturday (October 14) Decider Matches

• PSG Talon/Movistar R7 vs GAM Esports/LOUD - 4:00 p.m. KST
•  CTBC Flying Oyster/DetonatioN FocusMe vs Team BDS/Team Whales - 7:00 p.m. KST

 

Play-In Stage: Round 2

• 1st/2nd of Group A vs 1st/2nd of Group B - 12:00 p.m. KST
• 1st/2nd of Group A vs 1st/2nd of Group B - 5:00 p.m. KST

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This week is reserved solely for the first two rounds of the Play-In Stage. The Swiss stage will take place from October 19 - 23 as well as October 26 - 29 before we move to the knockout phase. Be sure to catch all the action on the official Riot Games Twitch channel.