League of Legends 2018 World Championship: Semifinal Odds, Betting Analysis

Cloud9 made history in becoming the first North American team to advance into the semifinals of the League of Legends World Championship. The Los Angeles-based esports team will try to keep making history with a win in the semifinals over Fnatic.

Cloud9 is a +155 underdog (wager $100 to win $155) in Sunday morning's semifinals matchup at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Before the group stage began, C9 was going off as a +10000 longshot to win the LoL World Championship. The team is still the biggest long shot left to win, but they are all the way down to +800 on the League of Legends World Championship odds.

Cloud9 was the only team to advance out of the quarterfinals with a 3-0 sweep, upsetting the Afreeca Freecs to get to this point.

Fnatic will look to end Cloud9's dream run as -223 favorites (wager $223 to win $100) in the semifinals. Fnatic was the only regional first seed to escape the quarterfinals, doing so by defeating Edward Gaming 3-1. The London-based team is loaded with veterans, and the advantage that Broxah will hold over C9 in the jungle will make Fnatic a tough favorite to overcome. Once an outstanding value at +2800 to win this event, Fnatic is all the way up to +175 heading into the semifinals.

Invictus Gaming was the biggest favorite among the teams outside of South Korea heading into the tournament at +375 and is now the favorite at -112 on the LoL 2018 World Championship odds.

Rookie has been sensational through the tournament so far and was instrumental in Invictus Gaming's 3-2 upset over KT Rolster. Should Invictus Gaming and Fnatic both take care of business in the semifinals, a rematch of their group-stage showdown could take place in the championship game.

But first, Invictus Gaming will have to take care of G2 Esports in the semifinals. In a round of stunning upsets, G2 Esports grabbed the biggest one of all in knocking off the tournament favorite Royal Never Give Up by a score of 3-2. Once a +4000 underdog to win the 2018 LoL World Championship, G2 Esports is now all the way up to +700 on that board.

G2 Esports is a +195 underdog in the semifinals to upset Invictus Gaming as a -286 favorite.