League of Legends: Teams coming to Shanghai to attend Worlds 2020 must quarantine for 14 days

Teams League of Legends in the region has begun to move to Shanghai, where it will take place League of Legends World Championship 2020. Rainbow7 from the Latin America region (LLA) is the first team to arrive in Shanghai. Every team that comes to China will have to isolation 14 days before joining Worlds begins on September 25.

Rainbow7 was instructed to begin training at a government-designated self-isolation training facility. Fortunately, all player of Rainbow7 all tested negative for COVID-19. As they arrived, top passer Acce shared a photo of a welcome gift basket made by Riot Games Supplied with content: “Thank you for making the journey here to be part of the World Championship League of Legends. This is a small gift to help you feel more comfortable.”

Several other teams are also on the move including Team Liquid and FlyQuest from the North American region.

The teams that arrived in Shanghai on 9/9 are LEC G2 Esports, Fnatic, MAD Lions and Rogue. Teams representing PCS region Machi X and Brazil region INTZ Gaming have also started their move to Shanghai.

Riot scheduled Damwon Gaming to depart from Korea to Shanghai on Friday. Unfortunately, their top laner Nuguri had to undergo surgery for a pneumothorax so he had to postpone his flight until September 18. Nuguri will still have to quarantine for 14 days, which will greatly affect his training time. whole team. Following Damwon Gaming will be the second and third seeds of LCK DRX and Gen.G. They will leave on the same day as Nuguri.

At this point, there aren’t any major changes to format of Worlds this year since Riot’s last update. Riot requires all teams to strictly follow the guidelines to ensure the safety of all players and staff.​