League of Legends Worlds Winners: Full List of Champions
By Max Mallow
League of Legends Worlds Winners is a historic and prestigious list filled with some of the greatest esports athletes of all time.
The League of Legends World Championship is an international culmination of a year of competition where the best teams from each region battle it out to hoist the Summoner's Cup. Traditionally, three teams from the major regions and less from smaller qualify for the event either via winning domestic playoffs or a regional qualifier.
The event, traditionally dominated by Korean teams, features for the second year in a row a European team facing off against a Chinese team. Last year, Invictus Gaming became the first Chinese team to win Worlds by defeating Fnatic. All eyes are on G2 Esports as the team tries for glory against FunPlus Phoenix this year.
The 2019 World Championship Finals in Paris ?? are set - @FPX_Esports will face off against @G2esports on Sunday, November 10th at 12PM CET / 3AM PST!
— lolesports (@lolesports) November 3, 2019
Thank you to Madrid ?? for the incredible memories and wonderful hospitality the last two weekends! GG WP! #Worlds2019 pic.twitter.com/68SRQ0MUoc
Here's a list of every single Worlds winning team.
- 2011: Fnatic (Europe)
- 2012: Taipei Assassins (Taiwan)
- 2013: SK Telecom T1 (Korea)
- 2014: Samsung Galaxy White (Korea)
- 2015: SK Telecom T1 (Korea)
- 2016: SK Telecom T1 (Korea)
- 2017: Samsung Galaxy (Korea)
- 2018: Invictus Gaming (China)
A North American team has never won a League of Legends Worlds tournament. Korea holds the record with five Worlds trophies, three of which came from Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok's SK Telecom T1 teams.
The League of Legends World Championship final between G2 Esports and FunPlus Phoenix takes place Nov. 10 at 6 a.m. ET.
Photo courtesy of LoL Esports