The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an
esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...
live stream event hosted by
Riot Games
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop ''League of Legends'' and went on t ...
, 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.
Mid-Season Cup
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. The tournament's total prize pool was
US$
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600,000.
Participants
; LCK
*
T1
*
Gen.G
*
DragonX
DRX, formerly known as DragonX, is a South Korean esports organization with teams competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Tekken 7'', ''Valorant'' and ''Warcraft''. It previously had teams competing in ''Honor of Kings'' and ''Clash Royale''.
DRX' ...
*
DAMWON Gaming
DWG KIA, commonly referred to as DAMWON KIA ( ko, 담원 기아) and formerly known as DAMWON Gaming ( abbr. DWG; ko, 담원 게이밍, links=no), is a South Korean professional esports organization. Its ''League of Legends'' team competes in ...
; LPL
*
JD Gaming
JD Gaming (JDG), officially JDG Intel Esports Club, is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Beijing. It has two ''League of Legends'' teams: a main roster that competes in the ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL), the top-lev ...
*
Top Esports
*
FunPlus Phoenix
*
Invictus Gaming
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
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(Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia; excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.
Participants
; PCS
*
Talon Esports
*
Machi Esports
Machi Esports was a professional esports organization founded by Taiwanese hip hop group Machi (hip hop group), Machi. Machi previously had a ''League of Legends'' team competing in the League of Legends Master Series, ''League of Legends'' Mast ...
; 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 ...
*
GAM Esports
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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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry
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