The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esportslive stream event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.[1][2]
The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the spring season of the LCK (South Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present.[3] The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000.[4]
The 2020 Mid-Season Showdown was an international tournament featuring the top two teams from the spring season of the VCS (Vietnam) and PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia; excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.
LoL Park, Seoul
LPL Arena, Shanghai
Talon Esports
Team Flash
Machi Esports
Riot Games Studio, Berlin
The French Zoo
LEC Kings
LEC Kings
The French Zoo
German Pingus
Double Crunch Italy
Polska Gurom
ALTOKEKW Españita
ALTOKEKW Españita
Polska Gurom
Double Crunch Italy
