The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual

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(MSI) - a tournament for the

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. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in

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. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (

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), and China ( LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event.

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from South Korea defended successfully their championship in last year after defeating

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from Europe 3–1 at the final.

Qualified teams and roster

Qualified team

Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group stage, 2 teams from North America (NA LCS) and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) are started in Play-in round 2, and instead of the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational in 2015–2016, 8 teams from Wildcard regions are started in Play-in round 1.

Roster

Venues

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and

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were the two cities chosen to host the competition.

Play-In Stage

Round 1

First place teams of each group advance to round 2 of the stage Draw Only 2 teams of each pool is drawn into a group. Group A Group B

Round 2

Winners of the series advance to group stage. Losers drops to round 3.

Round 3

GIGABYTE Marines advance to group stage by beating SuperMassive eSports 3–1.

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of Southeast Asia gets directly spot in Main Group Stage for Summer Split winner and additional spot in Play-in Stage for Summer Split Runner-up at 2017 World Championship.

Group stage

;Notes

Knockout stage

* The 1st-place team plays with the 4th-place team, The 2nd-place team plays with the 3rd-place team in semifinals. * All matches are Best-of-five.

Ranking

References

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