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, which was cancelled due to the global

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. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.

Mid-Season Cup

The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the spring season of the

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(South Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized

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to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present. The tournament's total prize pool was

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600,000.

Participants

; LCK * T1 *

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* DragonX *

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; LPL *

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Group stage

* Format: Single round robin, best-of-one ; Group A ; Group B ; Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

* Format: Best-of-five

Ranking

Mid-Season Showdown

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.

Participants

; PCS *

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; VCS *

Team Flash Team Flash is a professional esports organization with ''FIFA Online 4'', ''Fortnite'', and '' Hearthstone'' teams competing in Singapore, and ''Arena of Valor'', ''Free Fire'', and ''League of Legends'' teams competing in Vietnam. Its ''Are ...

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Group stage

* Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

Knockout stage

* Format: Best-of-five

EU Face-Off

Participants

* LEC Kings * The French Zoo * German Pingus * Double Crunch Italy * Polska Gurom * ALTOKEKW Españita

Group stage

* Format: Single round robin, best-of-one ; Group A ; Group B

Knockout stage

* Format: Best-of-one

References

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