Worlds 2022 Play-in schedule has been announced, let’s take a look at everything going down.
Riot has finally released the schedule for the Play-in stage of Words, and fans can now find out when and who their team will be facing off. In this article, you can find the match-ups and the dates for every Play-in game that will be played.
This article will be updated in real-time throughout the Play-in Stage as the games are played.
Worlds 2022 Play-in format*
- Group Stage (Round 1)
- 12 teams participate
- Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding
- Single Round Robin
- Matches are best of one
- Top team from each group advances to the Main Event
- 2nd to 4th teams from each group advance to Round 2
- Knockout Stage (Round 2)
- 3rd place teams from the group stage face the 4th place team from the same group
- Winners of these matches face the 2nd place team from the opposite group
- Winners of these final matches advance to the Main Event
- Matches are best of five
*Taken from Leaguepedia.
Group A schedule
Team |
Score |
Fnatic (FNC) | 4-1 |
DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM) | 3-2 |
Evil Geniuses (EG) | 3-2 |
LOUD | 3-2 |
Beyond Gaming (BYG) | 2-3 |
Chiefs Esports Club (CHF) | 0-5 |
Day 1, September 29
4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)- FNC 1 – 0 EG
5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)- LOUD 0 – 1 BYG
7 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)- CHF 0 – 1 FNC
8 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)- DFM 0 – 1 LOUD
Day 2, September 30
3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)- FNC 1 – 0 DFM
4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)- EG 1 – 0 LOUD
6 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)- DFM 1 – 0 CHF
7 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)- EG 1 – 0 BYG
Day 3, October 1
3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)- LOUD 1 – 0 FNC
5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)- BYG 0 – 1 DFM
6 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)- EG 1 – 0 CHF
8 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)- CHF 0 – 1 BYG
Day 4, October 2
3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)- BYG 0 – 1 FNC
4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)- LOUD 1 – 0 CHF
5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)- DFM 1 – 0 EG
Tiebreakers
- EG – DFM
- LOUD – EG/DFM
Group B schedule
Team |
Score |
DRX | 5-0 |
Royal Never Give Up (RNG) | 3-1 |
MAD Lions (MAD) | 3-2 |
Saigon Buffalo (SGB) | 2-2 |
Isurus (ISG) | 1-4 |
Istanbul Wildcats (IW) | 0-5 |
Day 1, September 29
3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)- ISG 0 – 1 MAD
6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)- MAD 1 – 0 IW
9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)- SGB 1 – 0 IW
10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)- DRX 1 – 0 RNG
Day 2, September 30
5 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)- SGB 1 – 0 ISG
8 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)- DRX 1 – 0 SGB
9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)- MAD 0 – 1 RNG
10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)- IW 0 – 1 DRX
Day 3, October 1
4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)- MAD 1 – 0 SGB
7 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)- RNG 1 – 0 ISG
9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)- RNG 1 – 0 IW
10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)- ISG 0 – 1 DRX
Day 4, October 2
6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)- IW 0 – 1 ISG
7 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)- DRX 1 – 0 MAD
- 8 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)
- RNG – SGB
Knockout Stage schedule
Elimination round, October 3
- 1 PM CDT (8 PM CEST)
- TBD vs TBD
- 6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
- TBD vs TBD
Qualification round, October 4
- 1 PM CDT (8 PM CEST)
- TBD vs TBD
- 6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
- TBD vs TBD
Fans can watch all the games on the official Riot broadcasts, which stream on their Twitch and Youtube channels.
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