List of League of Legends leagues and tournaments

League of Legends is a widely played electronic sports game at both amateur and professional levels. This is a list of League of Legends tournaments.

Tier 1

Bold indicates highest professional league in highly competitive regions that can determine qualification to and seeding in the League of Legends World Championship. Teams from leagues without automatic World Championship Qualification Spots play in the International Wildcard Qualifier in order to qualify for Worlds.

Name Tier Region Location Years active Teams WC Latest Champion
League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) 1st (professional) North America Los Angeles 2013 - 10 3 Team Solomid
League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) 1st (professional) Europe Berlin 2013 - 10 3 G2
League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 1st (professional) South Korea Seoul 2012 - 8 3 ROX Tigers
League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 1st (professional) China[CHN] Shanghai 2013 - 12 3 Edward Gaming
League of Legends Masters Series (LMS) 1st (professional)[LNL] TW/HK/MO Taipei 2014 - 8 2 Flash Wolves
Garena Premier League (GPL) 1st (professional) Southeast Asia[SEA] various 2013 - 16 IWT Saigon Jokers
Circuito Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLoL) 1st (professional) Brazil São Paulo 2014 - 8 IWT INTZ
Latin America Cup 1st (professional) Latin America 2014 - 6+6 IWT Kaos Latin Gamers
League of Legends Japan League (LJL) 1st (professional) Japan 2014 - 6 IWT DetonatioN FocusMe
Turkey Champions League (TCL) 1st (professional) Turkey Istanbul 2015 - 8 IWT Dark Passage
League Of Legends Continental League (LCL) 1st (professional) CIS[CIS] Moscow 2016[1] - 8 IWT Albus Nox Luna
Oceanic Pro League (OPL) 1st (professional) Oceania Sydney 2015 - 8 IWT The Chiefs

Tier 2 and lower

Name Tier Region Location Years active Size WC Latest Champion
League of Legends Challenger Series 2nd (semi-professional) North America Los Angeles 2014 - 6 Apex Gaming
League of Legends Challenger Series 2nd (semi-professional) Europe Berlin 2014 - 6 Huma
League of Legends Challengers Korea 2nd (semi-professional) South Korea Seoul 2015 - 16
NiceGameTV League of Legends Battle 2nd (mixed[NLB]) South Korea Seoul 2012 - 2014 16+12[NLB] SK Telecom T1 K
SLTV Challenger League 2-й (semi-professional) CIS Kiev 2016 - 32 Gambit CIS
LoL Secondary Pro League 2nd (professional) China Shanghai 2014 - 16 Team King
Hero of Cities 3rd (amateur cup)[TGA] China Taicang 2011 - 31Q[›] AD Gaming
Demacia Cup National Cup China Chongqing 2013 - 29 Edward Gaming
Garena Talk Talk League 2nd (amateur) TW/HK/MO Online 2013 - 8Q[›] (4 team promoted)
Vietnam Championship Series A 2nd (semi-professional) Vietnam 2013 - 16 Boba Marines
Thailand Pro League 2nd (semi-professional) Thailand 2014 - 12 Bangkok Titans
The Legends Circuit 2nd (semi-professional) Singapore/Malaysia 2013 - 16 Insidious Gaming Legends
Pro Gaming Series 2nd (semi-professional) Philippines 2014 - 8 Wargods
LoL Garuda Series 2nd (semi-professional) Indonesia 2014 - 8 Jakarta Juggernauts
International Wildcard tournament Qualifier various[IWC] various 2013 - 7 2 Bangkok Titans, paiN Gaming
Elite Challenger Series 2nd (semi-professional) TW/HK/MO Taipei 2016 - 8 Gash Bears
League of Legends (Esports League) Casual + LFP + AD + Vulcan USA various 2015 20 + 9x Casual (2) + LFP + AD (2) + Vulcan (4) Shy1cas

International tournaments

Name Tier Region Location Years active Size WC Latest Champion
Mid-Season Invitational International Worldwide various 2015 - 6 N/A SK Telecom T1
League of Legends World Championship International Worldwide various 2011 - 16 - SK Telecom T1
Intel Extreme Masters International Worldwide various 2011- N/A SK Telecom T1

Notes

  1. ^ By "Circuit Points" which count overall performance in a year, instead of one season.
  2. ^ Consists of semi-professional and amateur teams; Losing professional teams from OnGameNet (predecessor of League of Legends Champions Korea) also participate.
  3. ^ Refers to Mainland China, although Hong Kong/Macau players are explicitly accepted as domestic residents, despite having its own league.
  4. ^ Served as 1st tier before 2013 Spring, 2nd tier before 2014 Spring.
  5. ^ Size of this tournament does not include regional or online stage, only the finals.
  6. ^ Formerly called League of Legends Nova League and served as 2nd tier below Garena Premier League in 2014.
  7. ^ Currently includes Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore & Malaysia, and Indonesia.
  8. ^ Not withstanding the actual Commonwealth of Independent States, all post-soviet players, including those from Baltic States, are explicitly regarded as domestic players and indeed participate. One Lithuanian team referred this region as "CIS and Baltic States".
  9. ^ "Emerging Regions", refers to any region not competitive enough to receive World Championship spot on their own, that is excluding China, South Korea, North America, Europe and Taiwan/HK/Macau. Champions of leagues that marked with "IWT" will participate. Some examples of such include the Latin America (Brazil, Latin America South, Latin America North) as well as Oceania (SEA servers)

Other tournaments

Years active means the years the tournament hosted a LoL portion, not necessarily the competition itself.[2]

Name Region Location Years active Size Latest Champion
World Cyber Games Worldwide Rotating final location 2011-2013 CJ Entus Blaze
Major League Gaming Worldwide competitors North America 2011-2012 FXOpen eSports

References

  1. ↑ "Главный чемпионат СНГ по League of Legends - Континентальная лига" (in Russian). ru.leagueoflegends.com. December 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  2. ↑ "League of Legends Guides". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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