The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the
Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a League of Legends tournament by
Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center,
Pudong,
Shanghai, China.[1][2][3][4][5] The participants were 6 winning teams of the Spring Seasons in their respective regions: 5 teams from North America (
NA LCS), Europe (
EU LCS), China (
LPL), South Korea (
LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (
LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions (Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia) that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI).