The groups for the LoL Worlds 2022 have been drawn – the betting odds on who will win the 2022 World Cup in League of Legends are also set: fans of teams from the USA or Europe are faced with a bitter picture. The weakest team from Asia is given twice as good a chance of winning the LoL Worlds 2022 as the 4 best teams from Europe and the USA. Fans of G2, Fnatic or Cloud9 must be brave.
What is the relationship between West and East in LoL? From the Western point of view, things have gotten a little worse every year for the past 4 years:
Faker has a strong team again with T1 2022 and is one of the extended circle of favorites for the 4th World Championship:
5 teams from China and Asia in the favorites of the LoL Worlds 2022
This is how it looks this year: The bookmakers see 5 teams from China and South Korea in the narrow circle of favorites to win the LoL Worlds: 2 teams from South Korea, 3 teams from China. If you bet $1 on these teams, you will get between $3.50 and $9.
The “best chances” for a team from the west to win the LoL Worlds are given to 4 teams from Europe and the USA: All 4 teams give the US website an odd of 1:67.
The weakest team from Asia, DRX, gets twice as good odds, with 1:34.
The two finalists from the LPL are considered the top favorites for the LoL Worlds 2022
Which teams are the top favorites for the LoL Worlds?
The bookmakers’ top favorites for the 2022 World Championship are two Chinese teams that have not played a major role in the LoL Worlds in recent years, but who came up trumps this year:
Gen G. and Chovy are the hope for South Korea
What about South Korea? The third top favorite for the 2022 title is Gen G., the South Korean champion:
They put together an insane team in 2022: The root botlaner Ruler is now supplemented by Chovy, a dominant midlaner who is considered the founder of the “Church of Chovy”.
The team is supplemented by 3 strong role players, with the experienced jungler Peanut just experiencing a renaissance.
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What about the other teams? From the bookmaker’s point of view, the other 5 teams from China and South Korea will gradually come in:
G2 and Cloud 9 catch Kill Groups A and B
What about “our teams”? It’s looking really bad there. Because the “experienced teams” from the West, who could be expected to surprise, have caught death groups:
The other two teams that are sure to play Worlds, Rogue and 100 Thieves, still have solvable groups at the moment, but could be unlucky enough to get strong teams drawn here that will play their way through the play-ins.
The best teams from the west have twice as bad chances as the weakest team from Asia
According to the bookies, the odds for a western team to win LoL Worlds have arguably never been as bad as this year:
Already in 2021, some teams from Europe experienced a very rough awakening:
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