Team Liquid achieved North America’s most recent international victory during the 2021 tournament, defeating Gen.G in the group stage on October 18. However, MAD Lions' victory over LNG Esports created a four-way tie, and Liquid's subsequent loss to Gen.G in a rematch led to their disqualification. Liquid also secured a win against LNG Esports, their LPL rivals in Group D.
In other groups, 100 Thieves bested EDward Gaming once, though EDward Gaming and T1 advanced. Cloud9 defeated FPX in Group A and won their tiebreakers. Despite these victories, North American teams struggled against Chinese and South Korean opponents in recent tournaments. At MSI 2023, Evil Geniuses managed to take one game from T1 in the Rumble Stage, but North America overall went 0-9 against LPL and LCK teams. Historically, North America's most notable international successes were in 2019 and 2018.