[3] The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, and concluded on October 19 with the grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium,[4][5] where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions.

[6][citation needed] American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song "Warriors" for the tournament,[7] and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea.

The following teams qualified to participate in the tournament's group stage:[10] Taipei, Singapore, Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition.

Source: LoL Esports (Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine) Around 40,000 fans attended the grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club.

[13][14] Prior to the World Championship group stage in Taipei, SK Gaming's Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen acted in a racially insensitive way while playing on the Taiwanese server, being disrespectful towards other players and naming his account "TaipeiChingChong".