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EDward Gaming Overview
The 2015 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) was the first official global mid-season tournament held between the Spring and Summer splits. Held in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, it brought together the Spring champions of the five major regions and the winner of the International Wildcard Invitational to establish interregional strength.
Tournament Structure
Participants
- 5 Teams invited directly as Spring Split Champions (LCK, LPL, EU LCS, NA LCS, LMS).
- 1 Team qualified via the International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).
Stage 1: Group Stage (May 7–8)
- Single Round Robin format (Every team plays every other team once).
- All matches are Best-of-one (Bo1).
- Top 4 teams advance to the Knockout Stage.
- Patch: v5.7.
Stage 2: Knockout Stage (May 9–10)
- Single-Elimination bracket.
- Semifinals and Grand Finals are Best-of-five (Bo5).
- No third-place match.
Showmatch: A "Demacia vs. Noxus" showmatch was held featuring casters vs. pros (Result: Casters win).
Prize Pool
The $200,000 USD prize pool is distributed as follows:
| Place | Prize | % | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🏆1st | $100,000 | 50% | EDward Gaming |
| 🥈2nd | $50,000 | 25% |  SK Telecom T1 |
| 🥉3-4 | $25,000 | 12.5% |  Fnatic |
| 🥉3-4 | $25,000 | 12.5% |  ahq eSports Club |
| 5 | - | - |  Team SoloMid |
| 6 | - | - |  Beşiktaş Esports |
Participating Teams
The listed role-labeled lineups are the teams that attended MSI 2015.
- SK Telecom T1 KR
SK Telecom T1 KR
- TOP
- MaRin
- JNG
- Bengi
- MID
- Faker
- BOT
- Bang
- SUP
- Wolf
LCK Spring champion
- EDward Gaming CN
EDward Gaming CN
- TOP
- Koro1
- JNG
- Clearlove
- MID
- PawN
- BOT
- Deft
- SUP
- Meiko
LPL Spring champion
- Fnatic EU
Fnatic EU
- TOP
- Huni
- JNG
- Reignover
- MID
- Febiven
- BOT
- Steeelback
- SUP
- YellOwStaR
EU LCS Spring champion
- Team SoloMid NA
Team SoloMid NA
- TOP
- Dyrus
- JNG
- Santorin
- MID
- Bjergsen
- BOT
- WildTurtle
- SUP
- Lustboy
NA LCS Spring champion
- ahq eSports Club LMS
ahq eSports Club LMS
- TOP
- Ziv
- JNG
- Mountain
- MID
- Westdoor
- BOT
- AN
- SUP
- Albis
LMS Spring champion
- Beşiktaş Esports IWC
Beşiktaş Esports IWC
- TOP
- Thaldrin
- JNG
- Theokoles
- MID
- Energy
- BOT
- Nardeus
- SUP
- Dumbledoge
International Wildcard Invitational winner
Results: Group Stage
Format: Single Round Robin. Top 4 advance to Semifinals.
| # | Team | W-L | % | Str |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Telecom T1 | 5 - 0 | 100% | 5W |
| 2 | EDward Gaming | 4 - 1 | 80% | 3W |
| 3 | ahq eSports Club | 3 - 2 | 60% | 1L |
| 4 | Fnatic | 2 - 3 | 40% | 1W |
| 5 | Team SoloMid | 1 - 4 | 20% | 3L |
| 6 | Beşiktaş Esports | 0 - 5 | 0% | 5L |
| SKT | EDG | AHQ | FNC | TSM | BJK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKT | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| EDG | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| AHQ | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| FNC | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| TSM | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | |
| BJK | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Semifinals: The 1st seed (SKT) chose to face the 4th seed (FNC), leaving 2nd (EDG) vs 3rd (AHQ).
SK Telecom T1 Fnatic EDward Gaming ahq eSports Club SK Telecom T1 EDward Gaming Venue
All Stages
Capacity: ~12,000
Florida State University