2026 Mid-Season Invitational

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2026 Mid-Season Invitational
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationDaejeon, South Korea
AdministratorRiot Games
Teams11
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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.

Gen.G of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) are the two-time defending champions heading into the event.[1]

Host selection

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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.[2] 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.[3]

Qualification

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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.[4]

It is expected that the winning region of the 2026 First Stand Tournament, should it be from the LCK, LPL, LEC, LCS or LCP, will have both its representatives qualify directly for the bracket stage, while the other four regions each having one team each in both the play-in stage and the bracket stage. It is currently unknown what will happen if the CBLOL wins First Stand.

Venue

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Daejeon, South Korea
Play-in stage Bracket stage

References

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  1. ^ Ilyas Marchoude (13 July 2025). "LoL: Gen.G are the 2025 MSI champions". Sheep Esports. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ Ciocchetti, Cecilia (8 January 2025). "Riot just dropped the schedule and location for every LoL esports tournament up to 2027". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "LoL: Worlds Headed to Texas, First Stand Expands to Eight Teams — Riot Outlines the 2026 International Schedule". Sheep Esports. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  4. ^ Ciocchetti, Cecilia (September 28, 2025). "Riot bids farewell to the LTA as LCS and CBLOL return in 2026". Esports Insider. Retrieved September 28, 2025.