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as the lpl and lck summer playoffs gradually come to an end, the 2014 world finals are also on the agenda. according to the latest information, 15 of the 20 teams participating this year have already qualified. on the morning of the 2nd, the last seed seat in north america was also taken by 100t.

regarding this year's world championship, there are some changes in the rules of the competition compared to last year. at the same time, after g2 won the championship again in the 2nd lec season finals, there is some important information in the qualifying stage that you may need to know.

the results of the qualifying draw are released

like the 2023 world championship, this year's world championship will continue to adopt the play-in round-swiss round-elimination round format, and 20 teams from 8 regions will be divided into different stages to participate in this world championship. in the play-in round, a total of 8 teams will participate in the competition, including two teams from vietnam, two teams from asia pacific, one team each from brazil and latin america, and the third seeds from north america and europe.

on the morning of the 2nd, the draw results for the qualifying stage were announced.

the eight teams are divided into two groups, a and b, and adopt a bo3 double-elimination system. the left half includes europe's fourth seed mdk, vietnam's second seed vke, asia-pacific's first seed psg, and brazil's first seed (to be determined). the right half includes vietnam's first seed gam, asia-pacific's second seed shg, north america's third seed (to be determined), and latin america's first seed r7.

the qualifying stage is 8 to 4, which means that the winner of each group only needs to win two series to lock in the swiss round in advance, while the loser needs to compete for the last two qualifying spots in the loser group.

this is different from 2023. last year's qualifying stage was 8 to 2. the reason was that the third seeds from north america and europe did not play in the qualifying rounds. the fourth seeds from the two regions decided an additional spot in a bo5 qualifying match, forming a qualifying round of 5 wildcard regions + 1 world qualifier. this year, the number of wildcard regions has been reduced to 4, so the third seeds from north america and europe need to participate.

swiss round format changes

there will be 16 teams participating in the swiss round, including the 4 teams promoted from the qualifying round, 4 teams each from lpl and lck, and the remaining two seeded teams from north america and europe.

there is no need to introduce too much about the swiss round format. a basic principle is that teams with the same record will fight against each other. but unlike 2023, this year there will be no repeated matches with opponents encountered before. for example, in the swiss round in 2023, kt played against dk twice in the second round and the fifth round. this situation will definitely not happen this year.

the swiss round is from 16 to 8, and the 8 qualified teams will participate in the final single-elimination bo5 knockout match to win the s14 world championship.

finally, the version for this year's world championship has been confirmed to be version 14.18, and the relevant adjustments to this version are currently undergoing final testing on the test server.

the above is some important information shared about the s14 world championship so far. as the summer seasons of major regions come to an end, the annual global finals will also begin. let's look forward to which team will lift the final summoner's cup in paris this year.