Opening Ceremony Presented by Mastercard | 2019 World Championship Finals 

THE EFFECTS OF THIS CEREMONY WERE INSANE. RIOT OUTDID THEMSELVES

Can we take a minute to remember that the first ranked season finals were done in a basement and now this is how the finals are done. For a company that at the time only had 1 game, they've done very well for themselves.

League of Legends 2019 will be remembered for the outstanding opening ceremony instead of the 3 Stomp games

2019 ceremony: Looks like hologram, amazing singer etc 2020 ceremony: FiGhTiNg WiTh StIcK

This is where my rp goes. WORTH IT!

EA : It's in the game. Riot : It's more than just a game.

watching this after 2020 worlds to remind myself what an actual crowd that cheers for both teams looks like.

Man, this ceremony never gets old. I want a True Damage return so bad...

Here to see this masterpiece after the riot "Behind the scenes"

who’s here after the 10months, 10 minutes video

Producers: how many visual effects do you want? Riot: Yes.

2019 worlds: look at how advanced our AR technology is 2020 worlds: *chinese kaisa* *two dudes fighting with sticks* *ahri singing the wrong lyrics*

Being a stage engineer myself i just can imagine how much the crew behind stage and at FoH would be swetting at the countdown. Amazingly done, i wanna see the showfiles and the whole setup upclose tbh. Just nerding out over this

The opening ceremony was 100x more interesting than the 3 stomps themselves.

2009: riot game 2019: riot studio THANKS GUY

This is STILL by FAR the best opening ceremony that riot has presented

Nobody gave enough credit to the guy who sung Ekkos part He killed his lines

Fun plus Phoenix has their own song “ fly Phoenix fly”.

Super Bowl: Yeah we have the biggest, best produced half-time show all around Riot: Hold my beer

lil nas x: we will perform the BEST theme of all time cailin and chrissy : hold my phoenix

People : wait , u want to make a consert or game tournament? Riot : yes.

who's here after 2020 worlds ceremony?

Riot: so how big do want your shoes? Chrissy Costanza: YES!

The best part of the 2023 opening ceremony was remembering to come back and watch this one

Imagine the feeling to be one of the players standing on that Worlds stage. The hype, the eagerness to win it all the way.

came back too see all players getting cheered on

Riot:Let's talk about the singing part... Yasuo: Yes

4 years later and still the best effects and performance put on by Riot at a finals. I don't think they will be able to top this for a long time really really was peak performance and effects.

came back because 2020 opening ceremony was disappointing.

No one is gonna talk about the crowd reaction? That gave me chills AF

Senna singing is so beautiful, I loved her voice and of course I like Soyen so much

the BEST worlds ceremony ever. the effects, the stage, the whole thing. it was INCREDIBLE.

The part with the Irelia blades gave me chills holy

no one: literally no one: still no one: chrissy costanza:BENDS BODY 90 DEGREES AGAIN

Every time someone tells me e-sports aren‘t a real spectacle i show them riots openings and their jaws drop 😂

8:32 was the most epic moment of the ceremony and the ceremony and the event was the greatest moment of esport i've ever seen

LoL has the best opening ceremony of any sporting event in the entire world... tell me im wrong.

I have never played LoL but I'm craving to see one of these events live.

I feel sorry for the people who say videogames are boring and will never be able to experience this masterpiece

Who ever would’ve thought that Soyeon, Keke Palmer, and Becky G would ever be on a stage together. Legendary moment. Thank you, Riot Games.

okay, comparing to last year vocals, this year they went all out

0:40 = Awaken 2:09 = Pre-start Giants 2:20 = True Damage - Giants 5:49 = Phoenix 10:10 = FPX Introduction 11:38 = G2 Introduction

Both teams r being serious while Caps just go "huh, this place is interesting"

2019: Built a emotional by using light and sound to confuse us what is reallity or AR and a freaking epic way to present the world cup. 2020: Let just use two men bring it in bruh.

Team: singing Yasuo :afk

4:52 When you accidentally use flash

8:08 this part must be in every worlds finals

who came back to this video after 2022 worlds, after the CEO said 2022 was going to be the best worlds ceremony yet? This is still 100% my favorite performance.

Okay, I'm sorry but the production quality of this opening ceremony was just so ridiculously good! I'm still in awe of how incredibly high res and opaque they were able to make the projections while still keeping the (what I what assume was glass) incredibly transparent. And the beautiful interplay with the choreography, animations and lighting created so many awesome moments. You had performers disappearing in a blast or teleporting around the stage, bold animations punctuating the rapping, powerful vfx style visuals complementing epic moments and dancers controlling freakin' knives. There was clearly so much preparation and coordination, everyone from every department would have had to work closely with each other to carefully choreograph all the dancers, performers and players with the lighting, camerawork and animation so that the right lights would go off and come on with all the people in the right places so that everyone would be lit up at the right times in conjunction with the animation. Bloody well done to everyone at Riot. Edit: Apparently it's not glass but a fine metal gauze created by the company 3D Holonet, see TomDufall's reply for more info

Soyeon and becky G singing abt being giants while they are tiny

Visuals just keep getting better every year. So amazing, kda was still my fav thoo

2024, still the best openning ceremony. CHANGE MY MIND

I had to watch this to help me forget the 2020 opening's low quality

French crowd is INSANE all day those people went crazy even before the matches and ceremony even began

8:11 Hands down most epic part. Imagine all the tiny clips of each team winning worlds + this music

came back to watch cause the 2023 opening ceremony had so much potential but they decided to go the 2020 route with it 😭

Maldito Maduro.

DUDE THE VOCALS AND EFFECTS WERE SO MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR PS: SOYEON'S PART SLAPS

Who's here after Ceremony Worlds 2020? Xddd

What made the ceremony even better is that True damage debuted there, noone knew the song existed before that.

I came here to watched this after watching 10 months 10 minutes

Every year I wonder how Riot's production team can step it up the next year... and then they always do.

"Fly, Phoenix Fly" FPX: "okay"

Paris' crowds are far more enthusiastic compared to 2020 Chinese

Foreshadowing level: Riot Games Eliminated in order : Rookie (IG) -> Faker (SKT) -> Caps (G2)

Came here after 2020 finals. 2018 opening > 2019 opening > 2020 opening. I understand a ceremony during a pandemic has a lower budget and more limitations, but the fans disrespecting the Korean team killed the finals atmosphere for me. Both EUrope and Korea were so much better at respecting the foreign teams on stage.

who is here after the low budget 2020?

I wonder what it feels like being a pro player. standing in the stage, with lit musics while being surrounded with many fans. they're probably having chills right there.

Watching this again, I now know why they always held the the Finals in Paris. The parisian crowd is just awesome.

Its crazy to think how the Worlds music sometimes relates to the result like how "Legends Never Die" where SKT lost, so an Ironic result. But here Where "Pheonix" FPX literally flew.

I would rewatch this amazing show a million times if only didn’t remind me of G2 getting stomped

The crowd's noise when they show G2's team is giving me chills everytime, legendary

I love how when everyone looks serious caps looks like a little kid at the shop admiring all the toys

No one: Chrissy's back: ㄱ

who came here after watching opening ceremony 2020??

Every year I look back on this and I really do believe there's no way riot can ever top this. The production level, the amount of talented artists they had performing from a variety of genre's, the animation, lightning, the hype, it was all unmatched. Not to mention this year was on par with 2017 for the level of the songs. Rise, Legends never die, Phoenix & Giants are by far the best songs ever made by this company. I do hope that in the future they could top something as good as this, but I highly doubt it. Especially with the performances and production somehow declining each year. And so I'll come back every year to remember how truly special this ceremony was.

the best one, the stage effects were just out of this world

Anyone here to see how a real crowd behaves?

interesting cgi in 2021

I'm coming from 2022 still the best 2019

Sad Fact i Think we will not see a Opening like This this Year

That last song really made me feel like riot wanted fun plus phoenix to win

3:45 soyeon × akali "pew pew" will forever be their trademark

2019: High quality product 2020: Made in China

Now I can peacefully appreciate this master piece after seeing the team's efforts and sacrifices.

That Awaken singer was drop dead gorgeous

Seeing caps is so heartwarming He always looks so innocent and happy

Still the best opening ceremony

Who's here after 2020 opening ceremony with the most unenthusiastic crowd 😂

Soyeon being herself, maintaining the god-tier on-stage charming level

Anyone here after Worlds 2020 trash opening ceremony ?

I'm so proud of been part of this game and this community, yes some times it's so toxic and stupid but together we were able to build this amazing show every year.

Soyeon ❤️❤️❤️ (G)I-DLE

"Awaken" should be the Worlds theme, just look this powerful part 1:38

still the best opening ceremony,

Creators: So what's our budget for this year's Opening Ceremony Riot: What do you mean Budget?? Creators: Well how much can we spend? Riot: Do you know who you are talking to? Creators: SAY NO MORE :)

Phoenix was literally flying

Best ceromony Ever ! The crownd in Europe beat everything ! GG Chips and Noi !

Just watched the 2022's Version wich is basically a wish copy of this one. I had to come back to watch the true gem

This is honestly how we can tell technology has progressed, because every year riot outdoes themselves even more