T1 wins League of Legends World Championship in Seoul [REWIND 2023]
Tens of thousands of fans of online game League of Legends (LoL) flocked to Korea this fall for the 2023 LoL World Championship, a six-week tournament held in arenas across Seoul and Busan.
Ahead of the finals, a “Worlds Fan Fest” by gamemaker Riot Games and the Seoul Metropolitan Government transformed Gwanghwamun Square into a playground of gaming booths and merch stands. And on the day of the final between Korea’s T1 and Chinese team Weibo Gaming, which took place at a sold-out Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul, thousands of fans packed together in the cold to watch the last round at the Square on a big screen.
T1 swiftly took down Weibo Gaming 3-0 in the best-of-five final as the hometown team were crowned champions for the fourth time — the most wins for any team in tournament history.
This year’s Worlds was at one point the most-watched tournament in Esports history, breaking the record for peak concurrent viewers with more than 6 million, according to Esports data aggregator Esports Charts.
BY MARY YANG [mary.yang@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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