The LoL World Championship was originally scheduled to take place in Shenzhen, but due to logical issues relating to Covid-19 restrictions, the esports tournament was eventually held in Reykjavík. This time, it was the EDG team to win over South Korea with a 3-2 score on November 7 (China time). The victory became a major trending topic, and videos showing Chinese college dorms going crazy over the IG championship circulated all over social media. In China, the League of Legend Championship first became widely known among the general public in 2018 when ‘Invictus Gaming’ (IG) was the first Chinese team ever to win the tournament. Over the past decade, LoL world championships have become increasingly successful, contributing to the overall rising popularity of esports. League of Legends (LoL, 英雄联盟) is an online multiplayer video game developed and published by Riot Games in 2009 in which a team of players has to battle against the opposing team by gaining more strength through the accumulation of items and experience over the course of the game.Īnnually since 2011, the American Riot Games hosts The League of Legends World Championship tournament. One post by the Edward Gaming team (“We are the champions!!!!!”) had over 3,6 million likes. On Sunday, the hashtag “EDG Wins Championship” (# EDG夺冠#) had over 2.6 billion views on social media site Weibo. EDG, China’s Edward Gaming team, is dominating trending topic lists on Chinese social media this weekend for winning the League of Legends World Championship (Worlds 2021) title.
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