The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) is the top level of professional League of Legends in North America. The esports league is run by Riot Games and has ten franchise teams. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer and conclude with play-off tournament between the top six teams. At the end of the season, the winner of the summer split, the team with the most championship points, and the winner of the gauntlet tournament qualify for the annual League of Legends World Championship.
League of Legends Pro League (LPL) is the top level of professional League of Legends in China. The first season of the LPL was the 2013 Spring season. The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bids to the League of Legends World Championship. Playoffs are an eight team single elimination with each step a best-of-five series. The total prize pool is ¥2,350,000. In 2014 Riot Games began providing an English language broadcast. The format is modeled after the League of Legends Champions Korea format in South Korea. In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league.
Hai Du Lam is an American retired League of Legends player. He previously played mid lane for the Golden Guardians of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Hai rose to prominence as the mid laner for Cloud9 (C9), leading them to two NA LCS championships. During a brief retirement due to health issues in 2015, Hai functioned as the Chief Gaming Officer (CGO) of Cloud9. Hai returned to the lineup of Cloud9 as their jungler and support to fill in for the split playoffs. He later became the mid laner for Cloud9 Challenger, which qualified for the LCS and was bought and re-branded as FlyQuest. Hai has won two NA LCS splits with Cloud9, as well as the NA LCS Promotion Tournament with Cloud9 Challenger. He is well known for his shotcalling within the game.
Henrik Hansen, better known by his in-game name Froggen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player who is the mid laner for the Golden Guardians of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). He has also played for CLG.EU, Evil Geniuses, Alliance, Elements, Echo Fox and Origen. Anivia is considered his signature champion.
The League of Legends European Championship (LEC), previously known as the European League of Legends Championship Series, is the name of the professional League of Legends esports league run by Riot Games, in which ten teams compete. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of nine weeks of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with play-off tournaments between the top six teams. At the end of the season, the winner of the summer split, the team with the most championship points, and the winner of the gauntlet tournament qualify for the annual League of Legends World Championship. The LEC represents the highest level of League of Legends play in Europe.
Gambit Esports, also known by its former name Gambit Gaming, is a Russian esports organisation based in the United Kingdom. It was established in January 2013 after the acquisition of the former League of Legends roster of Moscow Five. The organization previously had a team competing in the European League of Legends Championship Series.
Zachary Scuderi, better known as Sneaky, is a professional League of Legends player and prominent crossplayer who currently plays AD Carry for Cloud9 of the League of Legends Championship Series North America. Scuderi quickly gained media attention after posting a crossplay for a popular League of Legends character, and has since been regularly posting further crossplays on his Twitter, Instagram, and Patreon accounts. He won the 2013 Summer NA LCS and 2014 Spring NA LCS with Cloud9.
Zaqueri Black, better known by the name Aphromoo, is an American professional League of Legends player. As of 2019, he plays in the Support position for the team 100 Thieves in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time in that award's history it has gone to a Support player.
Jason Tran, known in-game as WildTurtle, is a Canadian professional League of Legends player in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). He currently plays for FlyQuest as a Bot Laner. He has previously played for major gaming organizations Cloud9, Team SoloMid and Immortals. WildTurtle has played in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 League of Legends World Championships.
FC Schalke 04 Esports is the esports department of football club FC Schalke 04. It has a League of Legends team competing in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), the top level of professional League of Legends in Europe. Matches are played in the Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.
Apex Gaming was a League of Legends team that competed in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. The team was coached primarily by Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco and David "Cop" Roberson. Apex Gaming also had a League of Legends Challenger Series team called Apex Pride, which entered the league after Team Dignitas transferred their spot.
Terry Chuong, better known as BIG is an American player who is currently a support for Optic Gaming of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. He has been previously known as both Baby and Babyeator.
Diego Ruiz, better known as Quas, is a Venezuelan League of Legends player who plays top laner for Tempo Storm. He previously played for Team Liquid, Team Curse, and NRG Esports.
Maurice Stückenschneider, better known by his in-game name Amazing, is a German professional League of Legends player who plays as the jungler for 100 Thieves of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). Amazing was a semifinalist at the 2015 World Championship while on Origen. Stückenschneider has been called "one of the most successful German League of Legends players of all time."
The 2013 North American League of Legends Championship Series were the first and second splits of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Most matches were played at a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.
The 2017 Spring European League of Legends Championship Series split is the fifth season and ninth split of the European League of Legends Championship Series, the highest level of professional League of Legends play in Europe. It was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, and Mithy and was their third EU LCS Champions title. Most games were being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were held at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.
The 2017 Summer European League of Legends Championship Series split is the fifth season and tenth split of the European League of Legends Championship Series, the highest level of professional League of Legends play in Europe. Most games are being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany.
The 2017 Summer North American League of Legends Championship Series split is a combination of the regular summer season, the promotion tournament, the playoffs, and the regional qualifiers. The 2017 regular summer season was a round robin between all the NA LCS teams. The promotion tournament was played between the bottom NA LCS teams and the top Challenger Series (CS) teams. The playoffs was played between the top NA LCS teams which determined the champion of the NA LCS and seeding for Worlds. After the playoffs, the regional qualifiers was the final chance for a NA LCS team to get a seat for Worlds.
Clutch Gaming (CG) was an American esports franchise owned by Dignitas and the Houston Rockets. It was one of four organizations that joined the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) in 2018 after the league began franchising, the others being 100 Thieves, the Golden Guardians and OpTic Gaming.
The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational was the fourth edition of the Mid-Season Invitational, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament is the culmination of the 2018 spring split, the first part of 8th season of the game competitive scene.
