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The 2019 World Championship final saw FPX defeat G2 Esports 3–0 in Paris.

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship Final was a League of Legends (LoL) esports series between FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) and G2 Esports on 10 November 2019 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. It marked the ninth final of a LoL World Championship and the first time either of the teams had reached the world finals. The series ended 3–0 in favour of FPX.

Quick Facts

Player: Rasmus 'Caps' Winther
Role: Mid Laner
Affiliation: G2 Esports (League of Legends)
Status: Active Legend
Key association: The Face of G2 LoL

Lore & Background

G2 Esports were dominant throughout 2019. In the LEC Spring Split, they defeated Origen in the final on 13 April 2019 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, winning the series 3–0 in under 75 minutes of combined game time. They also won the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, beating Team Liquid 3–0. In the LEC Summer Split, G2 finished with a 15–3 record and defeated Fnatic 3–2 in the final on 8 September 2019 in Athens, Greece. At Worlds, G2 was seeded into Group A alongside Griffin, Cloud9, and Hong Kong Attitude. They finished the group stage with a 5–1 record but lost the tie-breaker against Griffin, finishing second in the group. They then defeated Damwon Gaming in the quarterfinals and SKT T1 in the semifinals to reach the final.

Reader's Guide

The series was a best of five played in front of over 15,000 spectators, with more than 40 million concurrent live stream viewers and a total of over 100 million total viewers. FPX's jungler Gao 'Tian' Tian-Liang earned the Most Valuable Player title.

Did You Know?

FPX were one of three Chinese representatives from the League of Legends Pro League at the 2019 Worlds, alongside Royal Never Give Up and Invictus Gaming.
G2 Esports were one of three European representatives from the League of Legends European Championship alongside Fnatic and Splyce.
The series marked the first international victory for FPX, though they failed to qualify for the 2020 World Championship.