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Win a gaming chair used throughout Worlds 2016!
Join in the Riot Impact Challenge by October 31 and you’ll enter a separate drawing for a gaming chair used at Worlds!

The Worlds Finalists are set
One team booked their ticket to the 2016 World Championship Finals as H2K took on Samsung Galaxy.

A Semifinal for the ages
SKT took on ROX in a Best of 5 series that will go down as one of the best in Worlds history.

4 Takeaways from Quarterfinals
On the Rift, the Worlds meta seemed to stabilize even more as teams continued to demonstrate their mastery. As Worlds departs Chicago, we leave with a few lessons.

Worlds Semifinalists are set!
The Semifinal matchups are set in stone as H2K and ANX wrapped up the Quarterfinals. Find out who's heading to New York City and what the last Semifinalist had to say about his teams chances in the Big Apple.

Takeaways from Quarters Day 3
One team dominated Day 3 of Worlds Quarterfinals and hopes to be a monster for upcoming opponents.

Takeaways from Quarters Day 2
Day 2 of Worlds Quarterfinals featured a battle between two teams with very different styles.

Top dead: Quarterfinals Day 1
Two teams clashed in the first Quarterfinals match of Worlds 2016, but one proved to be superior at every turn.

King Me -- Meet SSG Crown
Crown is Samsung Galaxy’s mid laner and one of the most hyped newcomers to the Worlds stage. Off the stage, though, he’s a little quieter. We follow him as he interacts with fans.

Takeaways from Group B
All eight teams are locked for Quarterfinals with Group B finishing its action today. Here's what we learned from this exciting group!

Takeaways from Group D
The fifth and sixth teams punched their ticket to the Semifinals of the 2016 World Championship in Chicago as Group D ends its lethal stay.

Takeaways from Group C
One region saw salvation while another narrowly made it through Group C at the 2016 World Championship.

Whose Wildcard is it anyway?
PvPStejos of Albus NoX Luna talks about their match with ROX Tigers and Group A results.

Takeaways from Group A
Group A came to a wild finish as it needed a tiebreaker to determine its winner at the 2016 World Championship.

Counter Logic my old friend
When we asked Stixxay on a scale from one to counter logic, just how counter logic their victory over ROX Tigers was, he burst out laughing. “Ten out of ten,” he said with a smile. It was a performances that was reminiscent of the Mid-Season Invitational. Having been beaten by Albus NoX Luna, one of the International Wildcard teams, CLG would then go onto beat the No. 1 seed from Korea and tournament favorites the ROX Tigers.

Playing from the Shadows
Westdoor and Chawy have been playing together on ahq e-Sports Club as teammates for the entire 2016 LMS Season. Two mid lane stars -- with very different backgrounds and skill sets -- both competing for the same spot on the starting roster of the team. The substitute relationship is unique in League of Legends, and has had nebulous results in the past. So what drives teams to turn to the use of subs? The answer in ahq’s case, starts with Westdoor.

Splyce meets the fans
Watching the line of fans form for professional League of Legends players at live events is for me still one of the most surreal aspects to esports. A tough first week at the 2016 World Championship hasn’t prevented Europe’s Splyce from keeping perspective and interacting with Worlds attendees. Even between losses, they took the opportunity to interact with fans in the long halls of San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

China’s ups and downs
When Edward Gaming lost their first game against INTZ e-Sports, LPL fans held their breaths. Was China about to witness another collapse of Worlds 2015 proportions? Or was someone out there screwing with The Matrix? As it turns out, neither.

10 Things We Learned on Day 3
We got to see another International Wildcard upset, games weren’t one-sided stomp after one-sided stomp, and there were plenty of come from behind victories. After Day 1 people were making some pretty outrageous claims about the competition, which were then completely ruined by Day 2 playing out exactly like everyone expected. So what did we learn from Day 3, and what, if anything, should we look out for as Week 1 of the Group Stage wraps up this Sunday?

Worlds 2016 Stats - Groups Day 3
Congratulations to Elise! She made her 92nd Worlds appearance in the Flash Wolves vs. Cloud9 game, making her the most picked Champion at Worlds of all time. Check out the rest of the stats we've compiled from Day 3 from the 2016 World Championship.

Heartbreak for EU on Day 3
Day 3 of Worlds was another day worth forgetting for EU fans, despite some encouraging signs at least in the early game. G2 Esports dropped a game to tournament favourites ROX Tigers in Group A, while Splyce didn’t have enough in the late game to finish off a resilient but clearly mortal TSM in their final game of Week 1 of groups.

Wildcards snatch another win
It’s a fluke. They were underestimated. Over-aggressive. These are the excuses that flood discussions when an International Wildcard team pulls off an upset. The floods this year, though -- they are more frequent. And more violent. ANX and INTZ have made major waves at the 2016 World Championship thanks to aggressive and unrelenting play. The upsets continued on Day 3.

Worlds 2016 Stats - Groups Day 2
We're breaking down some of the stats that have emerged as of Day 2 here at Worlds 2016.

Old Friends, New Foes
Handshakes can be hard -- particularly when you have two former World Championship-winning teammates on stage who haven’t seen each other in years. It becomes slightly more convoluted when one goes for the handshake and the other goes for the hug.

INTZtant classic: Wild start
Take a thrilling ride as we break down one of the most jaw-dropping games from Worlds 2016.