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League of Legends Champions Korea: LCK South Korea: Korean: Seoul: 2012 10 1 2 3 League of Legends Pro League: LPL China: Mandarin: various: 2013 17 1 2 3 League of Legends EMEA Championship: LEC Europe, the Middle East and Africa: English: Berlin: 2013 10 1 2 3 League of Legends Championship of The Americas: LTA Americas
League of Legends esports is the professional competition of the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is developed and published by Riot Games and was first released in 2009. Professional tournaments began in 2011 with the Season 1 World Championship at DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden.
The inaugural season of the LCS commenced on February 7, 2013, coinciding with the third season of professional play in League of Legends. As such, it was designated as "Season 3". It was split two regional leagues: the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) and the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS ...
Teams marked in bold and italics would join the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) when it began in 2025. 100 Thieves (Spring 2018 – Summer 2024) Apex Gaming (Summer 2016) [b] Cloud9 (Summer 2013 – Summer 2024) Clutch Gaming (Spring 2018 – Spring 2020 [1]) Team Coast (Summer 2013 – Summer 2015) [c]
League of Legends is the world's largest esport, with an international competitive scene consisting of multiple regional leagues that culminate in an annual League of Legends World Championship. The 2019 event registered over 100 million unique viewers, peaking at a concurrent viewership of 44 million during the finals .
The league was officially formed on October 31, 2024, as the League of Legends Championship of The Americas, with the inaugural 16 teams in the league announced that same day. [ 19 ] 100 Thieves , initially planned to be a regular partnered team, also announced on October 31 that they sold their slot back to Riot Games.
Japan followed suit the next year, with the League of Legends Japan League being similarly downgraded and integrated into the PCS. Riot Games announced in 2024 that the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) would replace the PCS as the Asia-Pacific's tier-one league from 2025 onward. The PCS, along with the LJL and VCS, would become the ...
The Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) is a professional League of Legends esports league run by Riot Games and VNG Games, a subsidiary of VNG Corporation since 2022 after Garena stopped publishing League of Legends and its major competitions in Vietnam. From 2013 to 2017, the VCS was a tier below Garena Premier League (GPL). In 2018, the VCS ...