League of Legends Season 4 Worlds Playoffs Schedule Outlined
Riot Games has pushed out the full event schedule for the Season 4 World Championship, the highest premiere League of Legends tournament event where 16 of the worlds best team compete for $1 million and the World Championship title. Previously, three host countries were announced with the group stages being held in Taipei and Singapore which was upsetting news to Korean League fans who were expecting the entirety of the tournament to be played in Korea.
Instead, the quarterfinals, semi-finals, and grand final are to be held in Korea with the grand final set to be played in Sangam Stadium, Seouls 2002 FIFA World Cup stadium. The initial selection of the host nation for the League of Legends Season 4 World Championship came after one of the Season 3 Korean teams, SK T1, won the 2013 Season 3 World Championship title in Los Angeles last fall.
The now revealed tournament and livestream schedule will last for one month through September and October with stream times largely not favorable to North American viewers. The dates and times are as follow:
GROUP STAGE ONE: September 18 – 21
Taipei, Taiwan
September 18 – 21 |
Local time: 5pm – 11pm |
PDT: 2am – 8am |
CEST: 11am – 5pm |
KST: 6pm – 12pm |
GROUP STAGE TWO: September 25 – 28
Singapore, Singapore
Sept 25 – 26 | Sept 27 – 28 |
Local time: 5pm – 10pm | Local time: 2pm – 7pm |
PDT: 2am – 8am | PDT: 11pm – 5am |
CEST: 11am – 5pm | CEST: 8am – 2pm |
KST: 6pm – 12am | KST: 3pm – 9pm |
QUARTERFINALS: October 3-6
Busan, Korea
October 3 | October 4 – 5 | October 6 |
Local time: 5pm – 10pm | Local time: 2pm – 7pm | Local time: 5pm – 10pm |
PDT: 1am – 6am | PDT: 10pm – 3am | PDT: 1am – 6am |
CEST: 10am – 3pm | CEST: 7am – 12pm | CEST: 10am – 3pm |
SEMIFINALS: October 11-12
Seoul, Korea
October 11 – 12 |
Local time – 5pm – 10pm |
PDT – 1am – 6am |
CEST – 10am – 3pm |
FINALS: October 19
Seoul, Korea
October 19 |
Local time – 4pm – 9pm (3:30 Opening Ceremony) |
PDT – 12am – 5am (11:30pm Opening Ceremony) |
CEST – 9am – 2pm (8:30am Opening Ceremony) |