Riot reveals where they want to host World Championship 2022

Official representatives of Riot Games have announced the next most prestigious League of Legends tournament - World Championship 2022. The format of the competition really deserves special attention, if only because the best teams in the world will go to North America, where they will travel around the cities: from New York to Toronto. Such a strange localization is probably aimed at popularizing the discipline, because you need to somehow win the competition from Dota 2 in order for the words of the developers to be confirmed by facts.

Why is League of Legends the most popular PC game?

Nicolo Laurent, CEO of Riot Games, likes to build various theories around his project, trying to back up words with arguments. In particular, comparing the last "The International" and "World Championship 2021", the specialist gave a very impressive speech.

“I didn’t even know that the World Championship 2021 was taking place simultaneously with the tournament
by Dota 2. Any World Championship is already a large-scale event, where
the best teams, sponsors and other stakeholders are involved. To organize
such a tournament at the highest level, you need to take into account many important nuances. Perhaps I would change
the time of the "World Championship 2021", but initially no one made any adjustments to the schedule
contributed. There was no need for this, since adapting to someone is not entirely true
position.
Moreover, I have no doubt that "League of Legends" is the most popular discipline, if
assess the situation globally, without focusing on a specific country or region. Of course, in
Russia, the situation is not at all rosy, but this is due to phenomenal achievements in
"Dota 2", and not the shortcomings of our project. I'm not sure that when holding two prestigious
tournaments at different times, deviations from the current trend will be noticeable,” said Nicolò
Laurent in one of the last interviews.

Such words of the CEO sound self-confident, but they are confirmed
statistical data. So, the last "World Championship 2021", which took place between 5
October to November 6" gathered a total of 4 million peak viewers, which is 1,3 million more than
a similar Dota 2 tournament. Such indicators only testify to the popularity
esports disciplines, so it will be useful for fans to get acquainted with the detailed
the schedule of upcoming League of Legends competitions at the link https://esport-experts.com/lol-tournaments/so as not to miss the next large-scale event.

What is known about the "World Championship 2022"

Given the ambitious statements of Riot executives, they intend to hold the Championship
World at the highest level, without deviating from its own strategy. Moreover, the tournament is live
can be seen in different cities. The preliminary action plan looks like
as follows:

1. First qualifying round. It will be held under the arches of the arena "Liga Latinoamerica", which in
   the capital of Mexico;
2. Group stage and the first games of the quarterfinals. This program has been prepared for
   New Yorkers and visitors who want to visit the Hulu Theater arena;
3. Semifinal matches. Will be played in Toronto, where the Scotiabank arena awaits fans;
4. Trophy match. A historic event for San Francisco residents who may already
   buy tickets to the Chase Center arena.
   The value of each of the above stages does not depend only on competitive aspects.
   It is clear that the best teams in the world will fight for first place, so they want to get into
   later stage of the tournament, but the results fade into the background when it expands
   geography of cybersport. For example, San Francisco will be only the 10th city to have
   pass the finals of the most prestigious tournament in the "League of Legends". As for others
   of these megacities, they are still waiting in line, although this formula cannot be evaluated
   competitions is unambiguous, because at the initial stages there are many matches, and the final is only
   one

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