The 2024 League of Legends The World Championship, more commonly known as World 2024, was the most prestigious tournament in League of Legends esports.. It concluded the 2024 competitive season and pitted the 20 strongest teams in the world against each other in a fierce battle for victory. While T1 leaves with the trophy, viewers of the 2024 World Cup also win an important distinction: The 2024 World Cup Grand Final between T1 and Bilibili Gaming is now the most watched esports match in history.

T1 and Bilibili Gaming faced off on November 2, 2024 in the grand final of Worlds 2024. The event took place in a best-of-five format which was hotly contested. Ultimately, T1 prevailed in game five to win against Bilibili 3:2, thanks in large part to mid laner Faker’s strong performance on GGalio. After winning the prestigious tournament, T1 is the 2024 world champion and holds five world victories.

According to Esports Charts, the League of Legends Worlds 2024 Grand Finals is the most-watched esports match of all time with over 6.9 million viewers at its peak.. The 2024 Worlds have continually broken their own viewing records during the previous Swiss, knockout and semi-final stages, but the Grand Final record is the most significant as it secured this event a place in the history of esports.

The match also attracted more than 3 million viewers peak on YouTube And 2.5 million on Twitch. In addition to significant attention from the English and Korean bases, Vietnamese viewership soared and played a role in the Grand Final’s peak statistics.

Many factors contributed to the appeal of the Grand Final, but perhaps the most important was the involvement of T1 and Faker.. Iconic player Faker, who was recently inducted into Riot Games’ Esports Hall of Legends, is signed to T1 and also a co-owner. He is widely considered the greatest player in League of Legends, and Esports Charts also notes that Faker was the most popular player in the record-breaking match. It has been mentioned over 23,000 times by Twitch viewers. T1 won Worlds 2023 with Faker on its roster, and the esports world waited with bated breath to see if the team could manage to pull off back-to-back wins and defend their title. T1’s victory means that Faker, since Worlds 2024, has won five world championships and is therefore one of the most decorated esports athletes of all time.

League of Legends esports appears to be experiencing a renaissance, with the community showing renewed interest in the events and turning out in droves to watch them. If the upward trend continues, perhaps a back-to-back viewership record next year could follow T1’s back-to-back wins.