# Why is there no Korean team in the World Cup preliminaries?... The reason is “Because I’m so Good” Lee Joo-hyun’s Login E-Sports

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The 2023 League of Legends World Championship (hereinafter referred to as Worlds) began on the 10th.

This year's World Cup is being held in Korea for the first time in five years since 2018, and is receiving great attention both domestically and internationally.

In particular, it is receiving more attention in Korea as the League of Legends national team won a gold medal at the 'Hangzhou Asian Games' held over the last Chuseok holiday.

However, there is something that viewers who came in through the Asian Games are curious about while watching the 'Play-in Stage', the preliminary match that is currently in progress.

The question is why the Korean team is not visible.

In fact, there are 8 teams participating in the play-in, including PSG Talon, GAM Esports (GAM), Detonation Focus Me (DFM), CFO, Loud, Movistar R7, BDS, and Team Wales (TW), but there are no Korean teams.

Of course, there are many Korean players, such as Loud's Root (Gumsu Moon), DFM's Aria (Lee Ga-eul), Steel (Moon Kun-young), and Half (Lee Ji-yung).

Korea clearly defeated China in the [Asian Games](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/casinositewiki/five-teams-predicted-advance-heungkuk-championship) and proved that it is the world's best, so what happened?

The reason is simply because the Korean team is too strong.

A total of four Korean teams will participate in this World Cup: Gen.G Esports, T1, KT Rolster, and Dplus Kia.

All four teams will appear from the Swiss stage, which is the finals rather than the preliminaries.

It is a type of 'advantage' that teams in the domestic league, LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea), achieved excellent results in last year's international League of Legends competitions, MSI (Mid-Season Invitational) and World Championship.

Last year, LCK finished second in MSI (T1) and won Worlds (DRX). Riot Games, which hosts international LoL competitions, grants regions with good results more participation rights and higher seeds in the World Cup held the following year.

The changed method of hosting Worlds this year also had an impact.

Until last year, the [World Cup](https://livepositively.com/dressage-rider-nam-dong-heon-bids-farewell-to-his-horse-of-5-years/) was held after the play-in stage, followed by the group stage, followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

However, starting this year, the Swiss stage was introduced instead of the group stage, where four teams are organized into one group.

Unlike before, there was no need to divide each country's teams into groups, so all four Korean teams advanced directly to the Swiss stage.

A total of 16 teams participate in the Swiss stage and compete against teams with the same win or loss as them.

The eight teams that achieve three wins first advance to the upper stage, the knockout stage (quarterfinals).

In the early stages of the match, the winner or loser will be decided through a single-game system, but the match where 3 wins and 3 losses will be decided will be played as a best-of-3 game.

The 16 teams are divided into 1st to 4th seeds, and the two teams that advance from the play-in automatically belong to the 4th seed.

In the first round of the Swiss stage, eight matches will be played with the winner decided by single match depending on seed.

The 1st seed will face the 4th seed, and the 2nd seed will face the 3rd seed.

In the first round, teams from the same region will not be played, but from the second round, teams with the same performance will face each other without any regional restrictions.

Like Korea, Chinese LPL teams also appear from the Swiss stage.

The Swiss stage will be held from the 19th to the 23rd and from the 26th to the 29th.

The venue for the game is [KBS Arena](https://conifer.rhizome.org/casinositewiki/asias-best-setter-ibk-ponpoons-confidence), located in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

On the 19th and 20th, the first game will be held at 2 PM, and on the 29th, it will start at 1 PM.

All other games on the remaining days of the week will be played at 4 p.m.