All you need to know about MSI 2023: date and schedule, results, participants, format and streamers

The Mid-Season Invitational tournament series has always appealed to competitive League of Legends fans, as it is one of the few ways to watch live clashes between representatives from major competitive regions in pursuit of worthy prizes and glory. For 2023 MSI is changing with Riot Games eager to try out new competition formats.

The number of participants in MSI games today increases to 13 teams, instead of the usual 11 as it was in previous years. All of them, as before, will be determined by their performance on the home stage, where at the time of writing the names of 4 competitors remain to be determined and while we wait for CBLOL, LJL, LLA and VCS to finish, here are a few points that will help you make watching MSI 2023 as comfortable as possible:

MSI 2023 date and schedule

The major tournament of the spring will kick off on May 2 in the capital city of the United Kingdom, London. The venue for the championships will be the Copper Box Arena which has a capacity of around 8,000 people.

Tickets for MSI 2023 went on sale back on February 23. Tickets for the Copper Box Arena during MSI 2023 (May 2 - 21) range from £29 for the Long Days to £94 for the Finals. Speaking of which.

The MSI 2023 tournament will be held in 3 separate stages, with a few days break in between each. See the schedule for all the stages of MSI 2023 below:

• Play-In: May 2nd to 7th
• Play-Off: 9 to 14 May and 16 to 20 May.
• MSI 2023 Finals: May 21

After sorting out the dates of the championship stages, let us take a deep dive into MSI 2023 event format which has changed considerably from last year.

MSI 2023 results

Play-In Upper Bracker Round 1

• PSG Talon 2-0 DetonatioN FocusMe.
  
• G2 Esports 2-0 LOUD
• Golden Guardians 2-0 GAM Esports
• Bilibili Gaming 2-0 Rainbow7
  

Play-In Upper Bracket Round 2

• Bilibli Gaming 2-1 Golden Guardians
  
• G2 Esports 2-0 PSG Talon

Play-In Lower Bracket Round 1

• Rainbow7 2-1 GAM Esports
• LOUD 2-0 DetonatioN FocusMe

Play-In Lower Bracket Round 3

• Golden Guardians 2-0 Rainbow7
• PSG Talon 2-0 LOUD
  

Play-In Lower Bracket Final

• Golden Guardians 3-0 PSG Talon

Bracket Stage:

• Upper Bracket Round 1: Gen.G 3-1 G2 Esports, MAD Lions 0-3 T1, Cloud9 0-3 Bilibili Gaming, JD Gaming 3-0 Golden Guardians;
  
• Upper Bracket Round 2: Gen.G 2-3 T1, JD Gaming 3-0 Bilibili Gaming;
• Lower Bracket Round 1: G2 Esports 3-0 MAD Lions, C9 3-1 Golden Guardians;
• Lower Bracket Round 2: Bilibili Gaming 3-1 G2 Esports, Gen.G 3-0 C9;
• Lower Bracket Semifinal: Bilibili Gaming 3-1 Gen.G;
• Lower Bracket Final: Bilibili Gaming 3-1 T1;
• Grand Final: JD Gaming 3-1 Bilibili Gaming
  

Format of MSI 2023

The biggest new feature and opener of the Mid-Season Invitational in the 2023 iteration is a redesigned tournament format. For the first time in the tournament's history, MSI 2023 will feature a Double-Elimination grid and they have also reduced the number of stages, reducing them to two from three last year.

The Double-Elimination grid will start at Play-In, where competitors will play out three slots in the tournament's play-offs. The winners of the quarter-finals of the upper net and the winner of the play-offs will advance to the final stage of MSI 2023.

The play-off phase will offer the participants a standard Double-Elimination with five matches. The teams who made it to the main tournament via the Play-In and the teams who made it directly to the tournament will meet there.

After getting acquainted with the details of MSI 2023 format, it is worth taking a look at the list of participants in the main tournament of spring.

All competitors at the Mid-Season Invitational 2023

As already mentioned there will be more participants this year than ever before. There will be 2 slots each from the Major Regions: LCK (2 teams in play-offs from 2 South Korean teams from Worlds 2022), LPL, LEC, LCS. The remaining slots will be taken by teams from the remaining pool of franchise leagues: PCS, VCS, CBLOL, LLA, LJL.

MSI 2023 will be updated with the rest of the regional leagues, so don't forget to add it to your favourites.

You can also stream the MSI 2023 broadcast there.

Where to watch all MSI 2023 matches

The Mid-Season Invitational 2023 matches will be streamed on the official Riot Games channels on Twitch and YouTube. Expect classic, vibrant production from the venue at the Cooper Box Arena in London. Alternatively, we can invite you to follow the MSI 2023 matches in our games section.