Schedule and Complete Information for Wild Rift Icons Global Championship 2022

One of the developers, publishers and esports tournament organizers, Rio Games has officially announced that it is an international tournament for games League of Legends: Wild Rift namely the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship will take place this summer at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore.

As the familiar home of Wild Rift Esports, Suntec Singapore previously hosted the Wild Rift Horizon Cup in 2021 and will now host the first global championship for Wild Rift Esports.

The tournament will start on June 14th and will end with the finals on July 9th.

Wild Rift Icons Global Championship

The Wild Rift Icons Global Championship is an international or global scale tournament held by Riot as well as a sign to end the season of League of Legends: Wild Rift. This tournament will bring together 24 teams, of which 8 teams that qualify come from regional competitions and 16 other teams have to fight through the play-in stage.

Fans of the game Wild Rift Esports will witness firsthand their favorite teams competing at the high level of the tournament and bring out their expertise and cooperation between their teams to win the title and prize pool of $2 million or the equivalent of 29 billion rupiah.

When the tournament was first announced, the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship was originally taking place in Europe. However, due to the complicating effects of the global pandemic timeline visa application and rearranging the schedule again, Riot Games finally made the decision to move the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship competition to Singapore.

Of course this decision is not only to ensure that the teams that will compete have the best chance to attend this International tournament, but they also have great experience in their first international tournament championship which is participated in by many Esports teams around the world.

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Tournament Schedule and Locations

The Wild Rift Icons Global Championship itself will be located in Singapore, precisely at Suntec Singapore. The schedule for this international tournament starts from the date June 14th for the Play-In phase to date July 9th for the Grand Finals phase.

The complete schedule for the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship is as follows:

1. Play-Ins: June 14-18
2. Groups: June 21-25
3. Quarterfinals: July 1-2
4. Semifinals: July 5-6
5. Finals: July 9th

Format

Play-ins – June 14 – 18

1. The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of 4 teams, provided that teams from the same region will not be put in the same group.
   • Double Elimination Bracket
   • All matches are played in Bo3
   • The top 2 teams from each group advance to Group Stages

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Group Stage – June 21 – 25

1. The 16 teams will be divided into four groups of 4 teams, provided that teams in the same Play-in group will not be assigned to the same group, while a maximum of 2 teams from the same region can be assigned to the same group.
   • Each region champion will be placed directly on this stage
   • Double Elimination Bracket
   • All matches are played in Bo3
   • The top 2 teams from each group advance to the Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage – July 1 – 9

1. Single Elimination
   1. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are played in Bo5
   2. The finals were played in Bo7

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Prize Pool

The total prize pool that will be contested by all the teams that will compete in this international tournament is $2 million or the equivalent of 29 billion rupiah. And there is also an additional 25% from all sales of Skin Majestic Empress Morgana which are distributed evenly to the Top 8 of the tournament.

Following is the complete distribution of the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship prize pool:

1. 1st Place: $640,000
2. 2nd place: $320,000
3. 3rd & 4th Place: $160,000
4. 5th – 8th Place: $80,000
5. 9th – 12th Place: $40,000
6. 13th – 16th Place: $40,000
7. 17th – 20th Place: $10,000
8. Winner 21 – 24: $10,000

Group Participation & Sharing

 

There are many participating Esports teams in the world who will participate in the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship tournament. Of course, these Esports teams have successfully gone through the stages so they can participate in this tournament or get the opportunity to enter the Play-In stage.

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The following Esports teams will compete in the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship:

Group Stage Team

1. FunPlus Phoenix (China)
2. Team Flash (China)
3. KT Rolster (South Korea)
4. Sengoku Gaming (Japan)
5. Omegha E-sports (Brazil)
6. Leviatán (Argentina)
7. Immortals (America)
8. Team Queso (Spain)

Team Play-Ins

1. JD Gaming (China)
2. Nova Esports (China)
3. J Team (China)
4. Unsold Stuff Gaming (Japan)
5. Flash Wolves (Taiwan)
6. Rex Regum Qeon (Philippines)
7. Buriram United Esports (Thailand)
8. Sentinels (America)
9. Rix. GG (British)
10. Game-Lord (Belgium)
11. Freecs (South Korea)
12. T1 (South Korea)
13. Furious Gaming (Argentina)
14. STMN Esports (Mexico)
15. Keyd Stars (Brazil)
16. Liberty (Brazil)

In the Play-In and Group Stage phases, all teams are divided into four teams which have their own draw requirements. The following is the distribution of the Wild Rift Icons Global Championship groups:

Group Play-Ins

Group A

1. Flash Wolves
2. Furious Gaming
3. Game-Lord
4. Nova Esports

Group B

1. JD Gaming
2. Rex Regum Qeon
3. Unsold Stuff Gaming
4. STMN Esports

Group C

1. J Team
2. T1
3. Keyd Stars
4. Rix. GG

Group D

1. Buriram United Esports
2. Freecs
3. liberty
4. Sentinels

Group Stages

Group A

1. Team Flash
2. Leviathan
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Group B

1. Sengoku Gaming
2. Queso Team
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Group C

1. Fun Plus Phoenix
2. Omegha E-sports
3. (Follow)
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Group D

1. KT Rolster
2. Importals
3. (Follow)
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