2020 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage Preview, Part 1

The next four weeks will be the most exciting in the Esports world this year. The League of Legends World Championship is the most watched Esports event, and millions from around the world will be rooting for their regions’ teams. Two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the knockout rounds, and there are a lot more than bragging rights on the line given the prize pool numbers being discussed.

2020 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage Betting Odds

Teams to Qualify from Group A

G2 Esports -2500
Suning -250
Team Liquid +211
Machi Esports +2000

There is no value in G2 Esports at this price. Although G2 Esports are the Kings of Europe with four straight split titles, they should not be this big of a favorite to advance. Caps is playing great in the mid lane, but everyone else has struggled and they have not looked like the unstoppable juggernaut they did last year. They are currently odds-on favorites to win the group per the League of Legends betting odds, yet there is a decent chance they don’t make it to the knockout stage.

Suning should be favored to win the group. People are down on China as a region after the poor showing of LGD Gaming in the Play-In Stage, but Suning beat out the last two world champions (Invictus Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix) to make it to Worlds. SofM is the best jungler in the group, and that position is especially important in this meta, and SwordArt is a great support.

Machi Esports are definitely worth a play to get out of the Group Stage at this price too. Although they are largely an unknown team, Taiwanese squads have traditionally performed well on the international stage, and PSG Talon turned a lot of heads in the Play-In Stage. This is simply too great of value in a double round robin format.

Teams to Qualify from Group B

DAMWON Gaming -1667
JD Gaming -1667
Rogue +900
PSG Talon +1400

Two of the three overall favorites to win the 2020 League of Legends World Championship are in Group B. DAMWON Gaming are the favorites to make it out of this group after romping over the rest of the Korean teams in the final month of the season, while JD Gaming have been the best or second-best team in China throughout the year.

DAMWON Gaming are probably the most talented team in the world. ShowMaker and Nuguri are two of the five most skilled players around, while Canyon can take over a game out of the jungle. The bottom lane has been solid, but not spectacular, but the strength of the two individual laners will make them difficult to beat.

We saw JD Gaming beat Top Esports for the LPL Spring Split title, and they lost to Top in five games in the Summer Split Finals. They have two very talented individual laners too in the Dumpling Brothers (Zoom and Yagao), and Kanavi is probably the best jungler in Group B. However, the bottom lane is a big worry, so this price is a bit too much.

Instead, Rogue are worth a few dollars at 9-1 to advance. Larssen might be talented enough to hang with ShowMaker and Yagao in the mid lane, and Vander is a great playmaker at support. Top laner Finn is a big worry, but the meta will allow him to take tanks like Ornn, mitigating some of the skill advantage others will have over him.

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