The offseason is long and fraught with roster swaps, retirements, and re-signings — not to be confused with resignings, which are also a fact of offseason life. After having our share of popcorn and speculation, there’s the Season X IEM San Jose tournament to sate our appetite for professional League. November 21-22, six teams from four major regions will meet at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

And the players are . . .

Fresh off of their World Championship Semifinals appearance, Origen will represent Europe, having won the popular vote. Fnatic was voted in as the second European team; however, due to extenuating circumstances, is unable to attend and will be replaced with the Unicorns of Love.

Equally popular with fan audiences are Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming, both voted in to represent North America. China’s LGD Gaming was given an opportunity to wash out the sour taste of their disappointing Worlds performance by winning their fan vote, and lastly, the Jin Air Green Wings were invited directly to represent Korea. For more on how the teams were selected to compete at IEM, click here. 

Roster Role Call

Origen

• Top: Paul “sOAZ” Boyer
• Jungle: Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider
• Mid: Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage
• AD Carry: Jesper “Niels” Svenningsen
• Support: Alfonso “mithy” Aguirre Rodriguez

Unicorns of Love

• Top: Kiss “Vizicsacsi” Tamas
• Jungle: Berk “Gilius” Demir
• Mid: Myhre “Fox” Hampus
• AD Carry: Pierre “steeelback” Medjaldi
• Support: Zdravets “Hylissang” Galabov

Counter Logic Gaming

• Top: Darshan “ZionSpartan” Upadhyaha
• Jungle: Jake “Xmithie” Puchero
• Mid: Jae-hyun “HuHi” Choi
• AD Carry: Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes
• Support: Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black

Team SoloMid

• Top: Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell
• Jungle: Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen
• Mid: Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg
• AD Carry: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng
• Support: Raymond “kaSing” Tsang

LGD Gaming

• Top: Ho-jong “Flame” Lee, Cheon-ju “Acorn” Choi
• Jungle: Yongquan “TBQ” Zhu, Lisheng “xiaoxi” Wei
• Mid: Zhen “GODV” Wei
• AD Carry: Seung-bin “Imp” Gu
• Support: Bo “Pyl” Chen

Jin Air Green Wings

• Top: Jun-yeong “SoHwan” Kim, Chang-dong “TrAce” Yeo
• Jungle: Sang-hyun “Chaser” Lee, Tae-jin “Winged” Park
• Mid: Seong-hyeok “Kuzan” Lee
• AD Carry: Hyung-woo “Cpt Jack” Kang, Woo-hyung “Pilot” Na
• Support: Sun-ho “Chei” Choi, Eun-teak “Sweet” Lee

Format

Unlike last year’s San Jose festivities — which were played on the Preseason Patch — all matches will be played on 5.21 with Kindred enabled. The single-elimination bracket starts with the Quarterfinals on November 21. Both Quarterfinals and Semifinals will be Best of 3 series, while the Finals will be a Best of 5. The prize pool amount and other information is available on the IEM website.

• Quarterfinal one: Team SoloMid vs. LGD Gaming
• Quarterfinal two: Counter Logic Gaming vs. Unicorns of Love

• Semifinal one: Origen vs. the winner of quarterfinal one
• Semifinal two: Jin Air Green Wings vs. the winner of quarterfinal two

Full Schedule

All times are in PT.

Saturday, November 21

• 11:00 AM Quarterfinal #1: Team SoloMid vs LGD Gaming
• ~2:20 PM League of Legends Showmatch
• ~3:40 PM Quarterfinal #2: Counter Logic Gaming vs Unicorns of Love

Sunday, November 22

• ~11:00 AM Semifinal #2: Jin Air Green Wings vs. Winner of Quarterfinal #2
• ~1:20 PM Semifinal #1: Origen vs. Winner of Quarterfinal #1
• ~6:00 PM Grand Finals: Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.  Use the offer code “ARAM” for a 20% discount off your tickets! 

All of the action will be streamed live on Lolesports.

Images courtesy of ESL