List of League of Legends tournments

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.

Organized by Riot Games or affiliated parties

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Bold indicates highest professional league in highly competitive regions that can determine qualification to and seeding in the League of Legends World Championship.

Name Tier Region Location Years active Size WC Latest Champion
League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) 1st (professional) North America Los Angeles 2013 - 10 3 Team SoloMid
League of Legends Challenger Series 2nd (semi-professional) North America Los Angeles 2014 - 6 Team 8
League of Legends Championship Series 1st (professional) Europe Berlin 2013 - 10 3 Alliance
League of Legends Challenger Series 2nd (semi-professional) Europe Berlin 2014 - 6 H2k-Gaming
League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 1st (professional) South Korea Seoul 2012 - 8 3 Samsung Blue[CP]
NiceGameTV League of Legends Battle 2nd (mixed[NLB]) South Korea Seoul 2012 - 2014 16+12[NLB] SK Telecom T1 K
Challengers Korea 2nd (semi-professional) South Korea Seoul 2015 - 16
League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 1st (professional) China[CHN] Shanghai 2013 - 12 3 Edward Gaming
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
League of Legends Master Series (LMS) 1st (professional)[LNL] TW/HK/MO Taipei 2014 - 8 2 Taipei Snipers
Garena Talk Talk League 2nd (amateur) TW/HK/MO Online 2013 - 8Q[›] (4 team promoted)
Garena Premier League 1st (professional) Southeast Asia[SEA] various 2013 - 16 IWT Taipei Assassins
Vietnam Championship Series A 2nd (semi-professional) Vietnam 2013 - 16 G5 E-Sport Fate Team
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
Circuito Brasileiro de League of Legends 1st (professional) Brazil 2014 - 8 IWT Keyd Stars
Latin America Cup 1st (professional) Latin America 2014 - 6+6 IWT Lyon Gaming
League of Legends Japan League 1st (professional) Japan 2014 - 6 IWT DetonatioN FocusMe
Turkey Champions League 1st (professional) Turkey 2015 - 8 IWT
SLTV StarSeries 1st (semi-professional) CIS[CIS] 2014 - 8 IWT Moscow Five
Oceanic Pro League 1st (professional) Oceania 2015 - 8 IWT
International Wildcard tournament Qualifier various[IWC] various 2013 - 7 2 (2 qualified)
Mid-Season Invitational International Worldwide various 2015 - 6 N/A
League of Legends World Championship International Worldwide various 2011 - 16 - Samsung Galaxy White

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.

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