The group stage of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship is well-underway, and when the dust settles, only eight of the sixteen teams will be left standing to move on to the knockout stage. Of the four groups consisting of four teams each playing double round-robins, only the top two teams will move on to the best-of-five series bracket that sets the format for knockout stage competition. Here is what happened in the Worlds 2021 group stage:

Group A

#1 Seed: DWG KIA
#2 Seed: Cloud9

Group B

#1 Seed: T1
#2 Seed: EDward Gaming

Group C

#1 Seed: Royal Never Give Up
#2 Seed: Hanwha Life Esports

Group D

#1 Seed: Gen.G
#2 Seed: MAD Lions

Teams eliminated in the group stage

Group A: FunPlus Phoenix, Rogue
Group B: DetonatioN FocusMe, 100 Thieves
Group C: Fnatic, PSG Talon
Group D: Team Liquid, LNG Esports

As a result, the bracket for the Worlds 2021 knockout stage has been set.