After three consecutive days of intense League of Legends competition at the world’s largest computer festival, Dreamhack, team FNaticMSI clinched the title of ‘World Champions’ over Against All Authority (aAa) in a nail-biting championship match. Over the course of the weekend, over 1,690,000 unique viewers tuned into the live tournament coverage, with over 210,000 eyeballs glued to the championship match.
“We are absolutely blown away by how many eSportsfans tuned in to watch our Season One Championship,” said Marc Merrill, president of Riot Games and executive producer of League of Legends. “Bringing together the most talented League of Legends teams in the world resulted in some of the best games we’ve ever seen! The Season One Championship was the perfect venue to debut our upcoming Spectator Mode, and the quality level of our live broadcast is just a sign of things to come.”
For those who missed the action live, highlights from the event as well as recordings of every tournament match can be found on the Season One Championship website: http://season-one-championship.na.leagueoflegends.com/
