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Good news for European League of Legends fans – three teams from the region will be competing in the Worlds 2024 swiss stage as MDK made it through.
Mad Lions Koi defeated PSG 2-1 in the first final qualification match in the play-ins stage in Berlin, following their 2-0 win over Vikings Esports a couple of days ago.
This means they will be joining fellow European teams Fnatic and G2 Esports in the Swiss Stage of Worlds 2024, which kicks off on October 3rd 2024 also at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin.
PSG have now fallen to the lower bracket, and will face the winner of Fukuoka Hawks Gaming vs 100 Thieves on Sunday to see who will progress to the swiss stage.
GAM Esports and Rainbow7 are now facing off, at the time of writing this, for another space in the swiss stage.
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MDK support player Alvaro told stage host Laure after the win: “I’m really happy right now because I stepped up in the game, I’ve had really good games, and I’m really happy because we’ll now play against the best teams at Worlds, and we’re gonna learn a lot.
“We have a lot to improve individually and as a team, we were getting caught a lot in this series. We have to try and improve the most from these games and look forward. Thanks to all the fans. It feels insane to be playing at Worlds even in our first year as rookies. Now we’re going for the swiss stage and we’re going with everything.
“I want to dedicate this win for my mother.”
MDK ADC Supa added: “I’m really happy because this is the final step to play against my idols. I think we will step up as a team.
“Thank you to [the fans and] everyone for coming, I enjoyed the experience!
“Personally I want to beat all NA teams!”
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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.
