League of Legends Worlds 2024 Swiss Stage: Groups, Teams, and Full Schedule

The digital battleground is in place. The champions are ready. The global gaming community collectively waits for the League of Legends World Championship 2024 to unleash a new era of competitive esports. And this year, Riot Games will change the tournament format with the Swiss Stage, promising the once-unpredictable ride of high-stakes matches beginning right at the get-go.

The Swiss Stage

The Swiss format will be implemented in the League of Legends World Championship‘s first phase in 2024, instead of resorting to the group stages familiar to everyone. With this change, Worlds 2024 hopes to bring a more competitive field and a fairer environment to its fierce teams.

The Swiss format for Worlds 2024 features 16 teams competing over five rounds of play. Each match is a best-of-1 (Bo1), ensuring rapid progression and high stakes throughout.

In Round 1, all 16 teams are randomly paired. After these matches, 8 teams will have a 1-0 record, and 8 will be at 0-1.

From Round 2 onwards, teams are paired based on their current records. Teams with the same win-loss ratio face each other. This ensures that each match is between teams of similar current standing.

The final two rounds are the make or break for several teams. Here, the field has been well sorted but still everything to play for many teams. Those who opened to a 3-0 record have already booked their tickets to the next round, whereas those who are sitting on 0-3 records already have the daggers locked in their teeth to accompany their return journey. These final rounds are a do-or-die situation where every game can mean make-or-break in their fate for the tournament for most of the teams.

Participating Teams

• Pool 1: Top seeds from major regions

Hanwha Life Esports, Bilibili Gaming, G2 Esports, FlyQuest

• Pool 2: Runner-ups and high Championship Points teams

 Gen.G, Top Esports, Fnatic, Team Liquid

• Pool 3: Winners and runner-ups from regional finals

Dplus KIA, LNG Esports, T1, Weibo Gaming

• Pool 4: Teams qualifying from the Play-In Stage

MAD Lions KOI, GAM, paiN Gaming, PSG Talon

Schedule

The Swiss Stage shall be played over several days, on October 3-7 and again from October 10-13. Any teams qualifying to play onward shall continue to play until eight teams remain with three wins when they advance to the Knockout Stage.

The Swiss Stage will take place over two weeks, with matches played in a best-of-one format. Here’s the full schedule: 

 

Day 01 – October 03, 2024

Time (PT)	Teams
05:00 AM	Bilibili Gaming vs MAD Lions KOI
06:00 AM	Top Esports vs T1
07:00 AM	Gen.G vs Weibo Gaming
08:00 AM	Fnatic vs Dplus KIA
09:00 AM	Team Liquid vs LNG Esports
10:00 AM	Hanwha Life Esports vs PSG Talon
11:00 AM	FlyQuest vs GAM
12:00 NN	G2 vs paiN Gaming

Conclusion

The Swiss Stage of League of Legends Worlds 2024 promises to be worth the wait with only a few games left. With top teams fighting their way to the top in series after hair-raising series, each game is the epitome of strategy, skill, and sheer will. Viewers around the world remain glued to their screens as champions rise from the ashes, and others suffer the agony of elimination to find out who ends up with their ticket to the knockout stages.