Western teams post worst historical Worlds after MAD & C9 fall 3-0

With the League of Legends 2021 World Championship quarterfinals full, Western teams have posted their worst effectivity ever profitable zero video video games inside the knockout stage.

Western teams in League of Legends characterize North America’s LCS and Europe’s LEC with the likes of Cloud9 and MAD Lions major the associated fee in 2021.

No matter having two teams making it out of groups at Worlds 2021, this was nonetheless the worst displaying by the areas as a complete.

Whereas getting out of groups is an accomplishment in itself, failing to win a sport in a knockout stage “best-of” sequence is a feat the West had in no way confronted, until now.

Cloud9 crashed out of Worlds in a 3-0 sweep to Gen.G.

Western teams combine for zero wins at Worlds 2021 knockout stage

As a result of the LoL World Championship began once more in 2011, the West has always had on the very least one workers win a sport by way of the knockout stage.

Nonetheless, in 2021 they failed to provide that exact same finish consequence. The streak laid on the backs of the MAD Lions and Cloud9 because the one two teams to make out of groups.

MAD misplaced their sequence 3-0 to defending champs DAMWON Gaming and Cloud9 fell 3-0 to Gen.G resulting in zero playoff wins for the areas.

First time in World’s historic previous that EU & NA blended have acquired 0 complete knockout stage video video games.#Worlds2021

— Isaac CB (@AzaelOfficial) October 25, 2021

In Worlds’ 11-year historic previous, this marks merely the third time EU or NA can don’t have any representatives inside the semifinals. This occurred in 2014 and 2017 nevertheless in these years EU and NA managed to take a number of video video games off the opponents.

The West solely acquired the LoL World Championship once more in its first season when Korean and Chinese language language teams weren’t in attendance. Since then the areas have managed to put up respectable performances with Europe reaching the finals in 2018 and 2019.

The areas will look to bounce once more in 2022 as a result of the World Championship is about to occur in North America.