LoL Worlds 2024 Play-Ins Schedule Day 1 Matches

With just a couple of days until the start of the biggest League of Legends Esports tournament in the world, many fans are brimming with excitement to see the best of the best battle it out on the international stage.

With a total of 20 teams fighting for the chance to be crowned world champions, many players and analysts are excited to kick off this nail-biting and exhilarating competition. With that in mind, we will go over the first day of matches for the Play-Ins stage for Worlds 2024.

LoL Worlds 2024 Play-Ins Format and Schedule

The tournament will feature teams from the LEC, LCS, CBLOL, PCS, and VCS regions with best-of-three (Bo3) matches. It will be a tough battle as only the top 4 teams will be able to advance to the Swiss stage. All 8 teams will be drawn into two double-elimination brackets. The loser from the Upper Round 2 brackets will play with the winner from the Lower Round 1 of the other bracket. 

This League of Legends tournament has always brought tons of members of the community together to cheer on their favorite teams. The Play-Ins Stage will continue for five days: September 25th - September 29th. 

Play-Ins Day 1 Matches

We will kick off Worlds with the LEC third seed Mad Lions KOI who will face the VCS second seed Vikings Esports. Later, the PCS first seed will be duking it out with CBLOL contender paiN Gaming.

LoL Worlds 2024 Patch

Players will compete on the 14.18 Patch as it brought a lot of buffs and nerfs to pro-play champions that were dominating the meta. We will also get to see Aurora in action, so be on the lookout for this bunny mage making some sick plays in the hands of the best players in the world. 

The item changes also will heavily impact the meta, as we might see champs like Orianna, Syndra, Hwei, and Ahri making a comeback, with possibly far fewer ADC mid picks. However the meta develops, we are certainly in for a ride so make sure to tune in on Wednesday for your first round of professional League of Legends.