Riot Games Wins Sports Emmy for Worlds 2023 Finals

Key insights

6 takeaways

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Riot Games won the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage for the League of Legends Worlds 2023 Final, marking the company's fifth win in the category since its inception in 2020.
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The award-winning 2023 World Championship final took place on November 19, 2023, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, where T1 defeated Weibo Gaming 3–0.
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Riot Games secured the win against a competitive field that included its own Valorant Champions 2023 Grand Final, as well as productions from the Call of Duty League, ESL FACEIT Group, and BLAST.
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The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2024 achieved a peak viewership of 2.83 million, with an average minute audience of 1 million and 78 million total hours watched.
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The most popular moment of the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational occurred on May 18 during the lower bracket finals between T1 and BLG, which reached 2.8 million concurrent viewers.
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Viewership data for the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational was aggregated across multiple platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, AfreecaTV, CHZZK, NimoTV, and Trovo.

Summary

Riot Games secured the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage for its production of the League of Legends Worlds 2023 Final. Held on November 19, 2023, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, the event featured a championship match between T1 and Weibo Gaming. This recognition marks the fifth time Riot Games has received a Sports Emmy since the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences introduced the esports category in 2020.

The competition for the award was significant, as Riot Games faced internal competition from its own Valorant Champions 2023 Grand Final. Other nominees in the category included the 2023 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend, the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 Grand Finals, and the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. The award was formally accepted by Dave Stewart, Riot Games’ Vice President of Content Service.

Beyond the accolades for the 2023 World Championship, recent data highlights the continued commercial and viewership strength of Riot Games’ esports ecosystem. The 2024 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational achieved a peak viewership of 2.83 million, with an average minute audience of 1 million and 78 million total hours watched across various global streaming platforms. These figures underscore the sustained engagement levels for the publisher's premier competitive events.