T1 rally for grand final victory at 2024 World Championship

Field Level Media|published: Sat 2nd November, 17:02 2024

Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; DRX on stage after winning the League of Legends World Championships against T1 at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images

Trailing twice, T1 bounced back to upend Bilibili Gaming and take home the $445,000 first prize on Saturday at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship grand final in Berlin.

Runner-up Bilibili Gaming earned $356,000 in defeat.

The Swiss Stage format of the $2.225 million event sorted 16 teams through five rounds, with the top eight teams after the five rounds advancing to the single-elimination knockout stage. All knockout matches were best-of-five.

All eight quarterfinalists were guaranteed at least $100,125.

In its 3-2 comeback victory, T1 dropped the first game to Billibilli in 27 minutes on blue before knotting the match with a 27-minute win on blue.

Billibilli again went ahead, prevailing on blue in 28 minutes, but T1 rebounded with back-to-back 32-minute wins on blue and red, respectively, to capture the title.

T1's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok earned MVP honors, posting 13 kills and 21 assists with 11 deaths.

2024 League of Legends World Championship standings

1. $445,000 -- T1

2. $356,000 -- Bilibili Gaming

3-4. $178,000 -- Weibo Gaming, Gen.G Esports

5-8. $100,125 -- LNG Esports, Hanwha Life Esports, Top Esports, FlyQuest

9-11: $77,875 -- Dplus, G2 Esports, Team Liquid

12-14: $66,750 -- Fnatic, GAM Esports, PSG Talon

15-16: $55.625 -- MAD Lions KOI, paiN Gaming

17-18: $38,937.50 -- Rainbow7, 100 Thieves

19-20: $22,250 -- Vikings Esports, Fukuoka HAWKS gaming

--Field Level Media