Thought I’d list some fun facts I found floating around KR forums and Reddit for your enjoyment

1. This is the first Riot-organized international tournament in 9 years where the winning team was from the host region (last time was Samsung White at 2014 Worlds)

2. Keria has attended every Worlds since his debut in 2020, and for the first 3 years his team was knocked out by BeryL’s team, in progressive fashion (2020: DRX 0-3 DWG in quarterfinals, 2021: T1 2-3 DK in semifinals, 2022: T1 2-3 DRX in finals). This year, however, BeryL failed to qualify for Worlds, and Keria became a champion without his natural predator in his path!

3. Xiaohu is the second player (after Uzi, his former teammate) to be eliminated by Faker and T1/SKT at every possible point in Worlds main stage: group/Swiss stage in 2019, quarterfinals in 2016/2022, semifinals in 2017, and now finals in 2023. (For reference, Uzi was eliminated by Faker in group stage in 2019, quarterfinals in 2016, semifinals in 2017, and finals in 2013)

4. This is the first Worlds Faker has won without Bengi as his jungler, and Faker finally stands alone as the only player/coach to have 4 Worlds titles (previously he was tied with Bengi and Kkoma, his former teammate and coach, at 3). The only other players with more than one Worlds title as starters are Bang & Wolf (also former teammates), and BeryL (is he the GOAT support or what?).

Let me know if there are any other interesting facts about this Worlds, and I’ll add them to the list!