League of Legends World Championship group stage participants are determined after the tournament's qualifying stage ends. Hanwha Life Esports and Cloud9's wins today made them the final teams to advance to the main stage of the tournament, along with LNG Esports and DetonatioN FocusMe.
By rules, LNG and HLE could only qualify for groups without roster from their home region, and Worlds had three other LPL and LCK teams in the main stage. Thus, LNG was placed in group D, joining Team Liquid, Gen.G, and MAD Lions. HLE, on the other hand, was placed in group C and paired with Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up and PSG Talon.
Since 100 Thieves already represented North America in group B, C9 was automatically placed in group A. There Perkz will have a chance to take revenge on DWG KIA and FPX.
Cloud9 will also face Rogue, the last team in their group.
DetonatioN FocusMe is the first team from LJL to go this far at Worlds. But their next match will not be easy. The team entered group B and will face 100 Thieves, T1 and one of the tournament favourites, EDward Gaming.
The Worlds 2021 group stage kicks off on Monday, October 11th. The previous two Worlds winners, FPX and DWG KIA, will begin their group stage at 06am CT. You can access this unique action on Riot Games' Twitch channel.
