We just got news from Riot Games about the highly anticipated 2023 League of Legends World Championship. Fans and gamblers alike eagerly await one of the year’s biggest esports events. While we are still a few months away from the start of Worlds, it’s too great of an event not to write about.
What we know so far about the event, the changes from last year, anticipated teams that will qualify, and the betting situation for the League of Legends World Championship 2023.
The World Championship is returning to South Korea this year. The event will be played between October 10 to November 19. Teams from around the world will compete for the most prestigious title in League of Legends.
The event begins in Seoul, then journeys to Busan, and finally returns to Seoul’s iconic Sky Dome for the climactic showdown between the two finalist teams to see which team wins the Summoner’s Cup.
The competition promises to be fierce and unpredictable. Those are two words that translate well to gambling. As always, the League of Legends World Championship will provide plenty of betting opportunities through the many online gambling websites to pick from that offer odds for the event. Since it’s so early, no teams have been announced yet, and no odds and winner lists have been published yet. But as we inch closer to October, gambling sites will publish odds for the tournament and all the group-stage matches.
Some of the most anticipated odds are the winner odds for what team will grab the Summoner’s Cup. Along with individual moneyline odds for the most exciting group stage matchups, and their respective individual markets like prop betting and handicap betting.
22 teams are invited to Worlds this year. As usual, teams from regions all over the globe participate in the qualifications:
Riot Games has announced significant changes to the format of the League of Legends World Championship in 2023
A preliminary match called the “Worlds Qualifying Series” will be added between Europe and North America, with the fourth seeds from each region competing in best-of-five games.
The play-in stage will feature two converging brackets with best-of-three matches, and the group stage will be replaced with a Swiss-style format featuring 16 teams. Five rounds of play will be held, and teams with the same record will play against each other.
No changes will be made to the knockout stage, which will remain a single-elimination best-of-five format.
The changes are intended to ensure that every game at Worlds carries weight and minimize the frequency of elimination games that do not impact the tournament outcome.
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