League of Legends is taking a break from competitive play to showcase its top players, voted by the fans, in a fun All-Star event from Riot Studios in Los Angeles, California.
The group stage is separated into two four-team blocks. The regions selected were based on their performances at this year's World Championships. They will play against each other in their group once and the top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.
The rosters and the teams they played with during the 2017 splits are given below. Some players have changed teams since the World Championship concluded.
Group A
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Legends Masters Series (Chinese Taipei, Macau, Hong Kong): Ziv (AHQ), Karsa (FlashWolves), FoFo (J Team), BeBe (J Team), SwordArT (FlashWolves) Coach: Steak (FlashWolves)
League Champions Korea (Korea Republic): Cuvee (Samsung Galaxy), Ambition (Samsung Galaxy), Faker (SKT), Pray (Longzhu), Gorilla (Longzhu) Coach: H-Dragon (Jin Air Green Wings)
Turkey Champions League (Turkey) :Thaldrin (1907 Fenerbache), Stomaged (BAU Supermassive), Frozen (1907 Fenerbache), Zeitnot (BAU Supermassive), Zergsting (Team Aurora) Coach: Pades (1907 Fenerbache)
EU League Championship Series (Europe): Soaz (Fnatic), Jankos (H2K), PowerOfEvil (Misfits), Rekkles (Fnatic), Ignar (Misfits) Coach: Youngbuck (G2)
Group B
LoL Pro League (China): 957 (Team WE), Mlxg (Royal Never Giveup), xiye (Team WE), Uzi (Royal Never Giveup), Meiko (EDG) Coach: Firefox (Royal Never Giveup)
NA League Championship Series (North America): Hauntzer (Team SoloMid), MikeYeung (Phoenix1), Bjergsen (Team SoloMid), Sneaky (Cloud 9), aphromoo (Counter Logic Gaming) Coach: Ssong (Immortals)
Garena Pro League (Southeast Asia): Jisu (Ascension Gaming), Levi (Gigabyte Marines), Patrick (Bangkok Titans), Dantiz (Impunity), Kra (Not Your Zone) Coach: OMO (Sovereign) *Due to visa issues, the original selections (Hope, naul, Noway, Paulette and coach Tinikun) could not attend. They were replaced by Jisu, Patrick, Dantiz, Kra and OMO respectively.
CB LoL (Brazil): VVvert (Team One), Revolta (Keyd Stars), Kami (Pain Gaming), brTT (red Canids), Dioud (Red Canids) Coach: Peter (INTZ)
In addition to the All-Star tournament, there is also a 1v1 tournament. Each coach of the All-Star teams chooses two players to represent their region in this tournament. The 16-player tournament will be contested on a different setting, on Howling Abyss, with the winner getting 100 minions killed, or CS, first blood or first turret destroyed. Howling Abyss is a single lane battlefield, compared to the three-lane Summoner's Rift.
The pairings are as follows, along with team and league represented:
Faker (SKT/LCK) vs VVvert (Team One/CBLoL)
Bjergsen (TSM/NALCS) vs FoFo (J Team/LMS)
PowerOfEvil (Misfits/EULCS) vs Jisu (Ascension Gaming/GPL)
Meiko (EDG/LPL) vs Frozen (1907 Fenerbache/TCL)
Uzi (RNG/LPL) vs Levi (Gigabyte Marines/GPL)
Sneaky (Cloud 9/NALCS) vs brTT (Red Canids/CBLoL)
Pray (Longzhu/LCK) vs Swordart (FlashWolves/LMS)
Rekkles (Fnatic/EULCS) vs Zeitnot (Team Aurora/TCL)
Results from Day 1 of LoL All-Stars
Team Games (All Best of 1)
North America LCS (1-0) defeated CB LoL/Brazil (0-1)
LCK/Korea (1-0) defeated Europe LCS (0-1)
LPL/China (1-0) defeated GPL/Southeast Asia (0-1)
LMS/Chinese Taipei (1-0) defeated TCL/Turkey (0-1)
LPL/China (2-0) defeated North America LCS (1-1)
LMS/Chinese Taipei (2-0) defeated LCK/Korea (1-1)
Group A Standings LPL/China (2-0), North America LCS (1-1), CBLoL/Brazil (0-1), GPL/Southeast Asia (0-1)
Group B Standings LMS/Chinese Taipei (2-0), LCK/Korea (1-1), Europe LCS (0-1), TCL/Turkey (0-1)
1v1 Tournament Results (Best of 1/First Round) with result and Champions used
Faker (Nasus) defeated VVvert (Varus) by First Blood
Bjergsen (Syndra) defeated FoFo (Varus) by First Blood *Faker vs Bjersen in Quarterfinals
Jisu (Pantheon) defeated PowerOfEvil (Orianna) by First Blood
Meiko (Azir) defeated Frozen (Lux) by First Blood *Jisu vs Meiko in Quarterfinals
Uzi (Lucian) defeated Levi (Viktor) by First Blood
brTT (Draven) defeated Sneaky (Jhin) by 100 CS *Uzi vs brTT in Quarterfinals
*6 First Round matches were played on Thursday. The first round will conclude Friday with the final 2 matches.
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