The viewership record was broken in the Worlds 2021 Final between Edward Gaming and Damwon Kia. LoLespor reached the highest number of viewers with 3,082,772 viewers in its stream on Twitch. LoLespor broke records in LoL esports events with a total of 4 million viewers excluding Chinese platforms.
Edward Gaming was the winner of World 2021, the biggest tournament of League of Legends.
The struggle of the Chinese-Korean regions, which has been going on for years, continued during Worlds 2021. In recent years, Korean teams have shown a great rise. Damwon Kia, which won the Worlds 2020 last year, started this rise. Chinese teams, on the other hand, are the number one rivals of Korean teams. Edward Gaming, the champion of the World 2021 tournament, brought the trophy to the LPL region.
Finishing the LPL in second place, Edward Gaming took part in Worlds 2021 as a representative of Chinese region. EDG, who was in group B at Worlds 2021, finished second in the group that included the tough Korean team T1, 100 Thieves, and DetonatioN FocusMe. Edward Gaming got 4 wins and 2 losses in group B.
In the first match of the playoffs, EDG played against Chinese representative, RNG. Edward Gaming won the match with a score of 3-2. After Edward Gaming successfully passed the quarterfinals, their opponent was the Korean team Gen.G. Edward Gaming managed to win even though it was difficult.
In the grand final, Edward Gaming defeated the Korean giant and reigning champion Damwon Kia, by a score of 3-2.
