esports: 2022 League of Legends World Championship to be played in the USA, Canada and Mexico

The Worlds will return to North America (United States, Canada and Mexico) in 2022 (specific dates to be announced later), the first time this has happened since 2016, announced LoL Esports, the Riot Games entity that manages the marketing of its esports circuit, on 22/11/2021.

"This will be the first time Riot Games has hosted a multinational North American Worlds, making first-time stops in both Mexico and Canada," said LoL Esports. The 2016 LoL Worlds were held in four US cities (San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles), with finals held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The 2022 Worlds will feature warm-up matches played in the arena that hosts the Mexican LoL esports competition (Liga Latinoamerica) in Mexico City. The group stage and quarter-finals will be played at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York (USA), while the semi-finals will be played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (Canada). The finals will be played at the Chase Center in San Francisco (California), an 18,064-seat arena that has been the home of the Golden State Warriors…