All League of Legends Worlds winners throughout the years

League of Legends Worlds is a championship that has existed for thirteen years. One of the most famous MOBA games ever has invested a lot in the competitive scene. Do you know every winner of Worlds since the first season in 2011? Let's time-travel to the past!

The first ever LoL Worlds was held in Jönköping, Sweden. The year was 2011 and eight teams disputed the "title" of the first team to win a LoL championship. Fnatic were the first ever League of Legends Worlds winners. They defeated the French against All authority - which disbanded in 2019 - by 2-1. The MVP was the now-retired Polish mid-laner Maciej "Shushei" Ratuszniak.

Worlds 2012 crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went straight to Los Angeles for the second season. In the Galen Center, in California, the Taiwanese team Taipen Assassins won 3-1 against the koreans Azubu Frost. No MVP was assigned to the championship. This was the only year a team from the League Master Series (LMS) won a championship.

This year's event didn't leave the States but was forever marked by the debut of one of the best players of all time: Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok. In the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, SK Telecom T1 (now simply T1) won the Worlds 2013 against the chinese team Royal Club by 3-0. Like the last year, there was not an MVP assigned. Who could ever think of Faker competing without his glasses?

The Koreans came to conquer League of Legends. Playing at home, in the World Cup in Seoul, Samsung White defeated the Chinese team Royal Club (later they rebranded to Star Horn Royal Club) by 3-1. Cho "Mata" Se-hyong, the now support for Gen.G, was the MVP of Worlds 2014. Samsung White disbanded in the same year.

Worlds 2014 had 27 million people watching online, at the time a great achievement for a LoL championship.

SK Telecom T1 traced its path to the title of one of the best teams in the LoL competitive paradigm. In the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany, SK Telecom T1 defeated the Korean team KOO Tigers (now ROX Tigers) by 3-1. The elected MVP was the top laner Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan. He retired in 2019 to become a LoL analyst.

LoL came back to the Staples Center in 2016 for another incredible event. In Los Angeles, SK Telecom T1 did not come just to play, but to win two years in a row. Koreans against Koreans, SKT1 defeated Samsung Galaxy (from the same organization as Samsung White) by 3-2. Faker was elected the MVP of the event. He would go on to feature in the list of League of Legends Worlds winners several times.

SK Telecom T1 thought they could make it to the third consecutive year, but Samsung Galaxy revenge the last year's defeat. In an iconic opening with a virtual Elder Dragon and "Legends Never Die" in the background - the music that is associated with the game until now - Samsung Galaxy won by 3-0.

The final was held in the Beijing National Stadium, in China. Ruler, now the bot laner of JD Gaming, was the MVP of the event.

2018 was the year of the dethroning of Korean supremacy in LoL after five consecutive years of winning. It must have felt good doing that in the Munhak Stadium in Incheon, Korea. The Chinese team Invictus Gaming defeated Fnatic by 3-0. Since the first year of competition, no other European team won Worlds.

The MVP was the jungler Gao "Ning" Zhen-Ning, now a free agent on the market after leaving Ultra Prime.

Worlds 2019 held the first final of the Worlds in the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. We could say it was a lucky charm for the Chinese teams. Just like the Worlds 2018, a Chinese team defeated a European one, this time FunPlus Phoenix won against G2 Esports by 3-0. The jungler Gao "Tian" Tian-Liang, now a player for the Top Esports, was the MVP.

2020 was a strange year for everyone. This was the first Worlds without a live audience due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. It was held in the Pudong Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China. The finals had only a capacity of 6,312 people to preserve health and safety measurements.

The Korean team DAMWON Gaming (previously DWG KIA, now named Dplus Kia) defeated the Chinese team Suning by 3-1. The MVP was the jungler Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu, nowadays playing for Gen.G.

The winners of 2020 couldn't keep the victory for another year in the Worlds. The Chinese team EDward Gaming won against DWG KIA by 3-2. The finals were in Laugardalshöll Sports Center, Reykjavík, Iceland. The MVP of this year was the Korean mid-laner Lee "Scout" Ye-chan, now a player of LNG who is now in the middle of a controversy due to his inability to leave China for the Worlds 2024.

The Chase Center in San Francisco was a special place for the Koreans DRX in 2022. More than 70% of the fans, according to Riot, thought that T1 was going to win the Worlds 2022. However, when DRX was losing 2-0 and everything seemed lost, they did a reverse sweep and won the Worlds by 3-2. The top laner Hwang "Kingen" Seong-hoon was elected the MVP of the event.

In the baseball stadium Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, T1 took their revenge and finally won the Worlds after many losses throughout the year. Against Weibo Gaming, T1 won by 3-0. The top laner Choi "Zeus" Woo-je was elected the MVP of the Worlds.

The Worlds 2024 is starting on Sept. 25 and will be held in Berlin (Germany), Paris (France), and the final in London (United Kingdom). Here's everything you should know about the Worlds 2024.

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