Karmine Corp clinched the final spot in the League of Legends World Championships’ Swiss stage in emphatic fashion with a 3-0 sweep of MVK Esports on Sunday in the final of the play-in event at Los Angeles.
Karmine Corp also swept MVK in second-round action of the play-in on Friday to reach the final after rallying to beat Cloud9 3-2 in their play-in opener on Thursday.
Swiss stage action runs from Oct. 23-31 in Allen, Texas, with early-round matches consisting of a single map before advancement and elimination matches will be best-of-three.
Half of the 16 Swiss stage teams will qualify for the knockout stage, which gets underway on Nov. 3 and features a single-elimination bracket. The knockout stage, consisting of best-of-five matches, will also be played in Allen except for the grand final, which will be held at Barclays Center in New York on Nov. 14.
The championship team will receive $1 million from the event’s $5 million prize pool.
Karmine completed its sweep between a 28-minute victory on blue, a 27-minute triumph on blue and a 27-minute win on red.
Kang “kyeahoo” Ye-hoo of South Korea earned match MVP honors for Karmine behind a 13-2-17 kills-deaths-assists ratio. Caliste “Caliste” Henry-Hennebert of France and Swedish/Peruvian Martin “Yike” Sundelin were tied for the team lead with 17 kills apiece.
Nguyen “SiuLoong” Hoang Lam led the all-Vietnamese MVK squad’s underwhelming effort with a team-high five kills and six assists, tied for the team lead.
League of Legends World Championship prize pool
1. $1 million
2. $800,000
3-4. $400,000
5-8. $300,000
9-11. $175,000
12-14. $125,000
15-16. $90,000
17. $50,000 — MVK Esports
18. $40,000 — FURIA
19. $30,000 — Cloud9
–Field Level Media
