The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational, the first international League of Legends event of the year, will run from May 10 to 29 in Busan, South Korea.
The competition will feature 11 squads that won the most prominent regional leagues from around the world this spring, including the LCK, LPL, LEC, and LCS, fighting for their share of the $250,000 prize pool and glory overseas.
Group A features T1, Saigon Buffalo, DetonatioN FocusMe, and Team Aze. The second group is made up of Royal Never Give Up, PSG Talon, RED Canids, and Istanbul Wildcats. And the third group includes G2 Esports, Evil Geniuses, and ORDER.
MSI 2022 has three stages—the group stage, rumble stage, and knockout stage—and the champion will be crowned on May 29 at the Bexco Exhibition Hall, the venue used for the rumble and knockout stages.
The full schedule for MSI 2022
Knockout stage
Semifinals (Friday, May 27)
- 3am CT: RNG vs. EG
Semifinals (Saturday, May 28)
- 3am CT: T1 vs. G2
Finals (Sunday, May 29)
- 3am CT: T1 vs. RNG
Rumble stage
Friday, May 20
- 3am CT: G2 vs. T1
- 4am CT: EG vs. RNG
- 5am CT: PSG vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 6am CT: G2 vs. RNG
- 7am CT: EG vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 8am CT: PSG vs. T1
Saturday, May 21
- 3am CT: EG vs. G2
- 4am CT: PSG vs. RNG
- 5am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. T1
- 6am CT: EG vs. PSG
- 7am CT: RNG vs. T1
- 8am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. G2
Sunday, May 22
- 3am CT: EG vs. T1
- 4am CT: PSG vs. G2
- 5am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. RNG
- 6am CT: PSG vs. T1
- 7am CT: G2 vs. RNG
- 8am CT: EG vs. Saigon Buffalo
Monday, May 23
- 3am CT: PSG vs. G2
- 4am CT: EG vs. T1
- 5am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. RNG
- 6am CT: G2 vs. T1
- 7am CT: PSG vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 8am CT: EG vs. RNG
Tuesday, May 24
- 1am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. G2
- 2am CT: EG vs. PSG
- 3am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. T1
- 4am CT: PSG vs. RNG
- 5am CT: EG vs. G2
- 6am CT: RNG vs. T1
Group stage
A discrepancy in latency between teams was reported on May 13, leading to the initial three matches involving RNG, who are based in Shanghai, China, being replayed for the “best interest of competitive integrity.” The three matches will be completed by Sunday, May 15. The group stage schedule will be updated to reflect these changes.
Tuesday, May 10
- 3am CT: T1 vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 4am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Team Aze
- 5am CT: ORDER vs. G2
- 6am CT: EG vs. G2
- 7am CT: Istanbul Wildcats vs. Royal Never Give Up
- 8am CT: RED Canids vs. PSG Talon
Wednesday, May 11
- 3am CT: EG vs. G2
- 4am CT: ORDER vs. G2
- 5am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 6am CT: Team Aze vs. T1
- 7am CT: RED Canids vs. Istanbul Wildcats
- 8am CT: PSG Talon vs. Royal Never Give Up
Thursday, May 12
- 3am CT: ORDER vs. EG
- 4am CT: ORDER vs. G2
- 5am CT: Istanbul Wildcats vs. PSG Talon
- 6am CT: RED Canids vs. Royal Never Give Up
- 7am CT: Team Aze vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 8am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. T1
Friday, May 13
- 1am CT: RED Canids vs. PSG Talon
- 2am CT: Istanbul Wildcats vs. Royal Never Give Up
- 3am CT: Istanbul Wildcats vs. PSG Talon
- 4am CT: RED Canids vs. Royal Never Give Up
- 5am CT: RED Canids vs. Istanbul Wildcats
- 6am CT: PSG Talon vs. Royal Never Give Up
Saturday, May 14
- 1am CT: EG vs. G2
- 2am CT: ORDER vs. EG
- 3am CT: ORDER vs. G2
- 4am CT: EG vs. G2
- 5am CT: ORDER vs. EG
- 6am CT: ORDER vs. G2
- 7am CT: Istanbul Wildcats vs. Royal Never Give Up
- 8am CT: Royal Never Give Up vs. PSG Talon
- 9am CT: Royal Never Give Up vs. RED Canids
Sunday, May 15
- 1am CT: Team Aze vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 2am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. T1
- 3am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Saigon Buffalo
- 4am CT: Team Aze vs. T1
- 5am CT: DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Team Aze
- 6am CT: Saigon Buffalo vs. T1
