China To Host The League of Legends 2017 World Championship

On February 8th, at the Information Conference for the League of Legends 2017 World Championship in Shanghai, it was announced that the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational will be held in Brazil, while the 2017 Global Finals will come to China for the first time.

24 teams from all 13 professional divisions will compete for the championship in China, for which the competition format has been expanded. 

Han Xu, a Chinese Riot Games team spokesman, said that China had many players fond of eSports and Riot Games had long been expected to bring such an eSports gathering to China, where there is a good atmosphere around eSports.

Source：YNET.com & SOHU.com 

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