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The list of League of Legends Worlds 2024 teams participating in this year’s world championship has been finalised, with South Korean giants T1 and star player Faker joining the fray.
They defeated KT Rolster in a close lower bracket match 3-2 in the LCK Regional Finals 2024 yesterday.
It was a narrow qualification for T1, the current 2023 Worlds winners, who lost 3-2 to Dplus earlier in the finals.
Faker said: “This time, we are going to Worlds as a challenger and as the fourth seed, which is a first for me, so I think it will be a very good experience. I hope the fans will support our team a lot during Worlds and we will also work hard to prepare and achieve good results.”
KT Rolster had looked solid going into the match-up versus T1, after beating FearX 3-0 in the first match of the lower bracket.
But T1, consisting of Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayasi and Keria, did enough to qualify as one of the Worlds 2024 teams.
It’s Faker’s ninth Worlds tournament:
The news also comes one month after the T1 Worlds 2023 winners skins released in LoL patch 14.16.
Worlds 2024 teams list and stages
There are currently 12 play-ins teams and eight swiss stage teams.
Four more will qualify to the swiss stage from the play-ins stage (September 25th to 29th in Berlin).
The swiss stage will then take place from October 3rd to 7th, and October 10th to 13th, in Berlin, ahead of the knockouts stage. This will run from October 17th to 20th and October 26th to 27th in Paris.
The Worlds 2024 grand final will of course take place in London on November 2nd.
The play-ins teams are:
- 100 Thieves (LCS)
- Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (PCS)
- Gam Esports (VCS)
- Mad Lions Koi (LEC)
- Pain Gaming (CBLOL)
- PSG Talon (PCS)
- Rainbow7 (LLA)
- Vikings Esports (VCS)
The swiss stage teams are:
- Hanwha Life (LCK)
- Gen.G (LCK)
- Dplus (LCK)
- T1 (LCK)
- BLG (LPL)
- Top Esports (LPL)
- LNG (LPL)
- Weibo Gaming (LPL)
- G2 (LEC)
- Fnatic (LEC)
- FlyQuest (LCS)
- Team Liquid (LCS)
Get more Worlds 2024 news from Esports News UK over the coming weeks
Stealer announces eyewear collaboration with Faker
The news comes as Stealer, a metal eyewear brand from Korea, has announced the global launch of its collaboration eyewear collection with Faker.
Faker has been wearing the Stealer ‘Champion’ model glasses during all his matches, including the 2024 LCK Summer Season and the inaugural Esports World Cup this year, and these experiences have contributed to the creation of the new collection.
He’s also the global brand ambassador for Stealer.
Stealer says it has been focused on not just creating eyewear, but also ‘reflecting Faker’s career and symbolic presence in the industry. This concept is captured in the project name and theme, ‘Only 1 Road’, which represents his unique and unmatched journey’.
“Using Stealer’s expertise in metal materials, we have crafted metal eyewear that incorporates details and functionality symbolizing Faker’s achievements,” Stealer said in a press release.
“The products, made from titanium and stainless steel, are optimised for eyewear and feature 1mm thick frames for lightweight comfort and top performance. Additionally, high-performance blue-light-blocking lenses come standard, protecting eyes even for those who do not regularly wear glasses from prolonged blue light exposure. Every product and packaging design reflects Faker’s feedback, making this collection the result of close collaboration with Stealer.”
There’s more info at stealer.co.kr
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
