League of Legends SEA Tour

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League of Legends SEA Tour
League of Legends SEA Tour logo.png
Formerly Garena Premier League
Sport League of Legends
Founded2018 (2018)
First seasonSummer 2018
Ceased2019 (2019)
Replaced by Pacific Championship Series
(merged with LMS)
Owner(s) FunPlus [1]
Garena
No. of teams4 (Spring)
8 (Summer)
CountriesInfobox ASEAN flag.svg Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
Last
champion(s)
Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports (2nd title)
QualificationLST Qualifiers
Broadcaster(s)Garena Live, YouTube
International cup(s) Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Official website www.lolseatour.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The League of Legends SEA Tour (LST) was a professional League of Legends esports tournament in Southeast Asia that was founded in 2018 by Garena as a replacement for the Garena Premier League (GPL). The competition consisted of teams who qualified through the LST qualifiers of each minor region: IndonesiaMalaysiaSingapore, Philippines, and Thailand. Winners of the LST represented Southeast Asia at the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship. [2]

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It was announced in September 2019 that the LST would be merged with the League of Legends Master Series (Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau) to create a new professional league for all Garena-affiliated regions (excluding Vietnam), the Pacific Championship Series (PCS). [3]

Minor regions of the LST

In 2019, based on the League of Legends local servers in Southeast Asia that have been released by Garena, LST is divided into some minor regions. Each region will have one spot in the spring season, while in the summer season it will be decided based on the results of the spring season.

In May 2019, Indonesia's local server for League of Legends was closed by Garena. Indonesian players were transferred to the SAM server (Singapore & Malaysia) and Indonesia was merged with Malaysia–Singapore to form a single minor region for the 2019 Summer Season.

Minor region (local server)SpringSummer
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 13
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
1
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 12
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 13

Format (2019 Summer)

Ranked Qualifier (Stage 1):

National Qualifier (Stage 2):

Main Season – Group Stage (Stage 3):

Main Season – Play-off Stage (Stage 4):

Results

SeasonMain Event DateChampionRunner-up3rd–4th
2018 SEA Tour Summer 13–19 August 2018Flag of Thailand.svg Ascension GamingFlag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur Hunters
Flag of Singapore.svg Resugence
2019 Spring 20–21 April 2019Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports Flag of Malaysia.svg Team EmpireFlag of Indonesia.svg Capital Esports
Flag of the Philippines.svg Liyab Esports
Summer 20 July – 15 September 2019Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports Flag of Malaysia.svg AXIS EmpireFlag of the Philippines.svg Liyab Esports
Flag of Malaysia.svg WIN Esports
Minor RegionChampionRunner-up3rd–4th
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 310
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
024
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 002

(*)Team disbanded prior to the following season

TeamChampionRunner-up3rd–4th
Flag of Thailand.svg MEGA Esports 210
Flag of Thailand.svg Ascension Gaming*100
Flag of Malaysia.svg Team Empire/AXIS Empire020
Flag of the Philippines.svg Liyab Esports002
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur Hunters*001
Flag of Malaysia.svg WIN Esports001
Flag of Indonesia.svg Capital Esports001
Flag of Singapore.svg Resugence001

References

  1. Hayward, Andrew (11 March 2019). "FunPlus Named League of Legends South East Asia Tour Operator". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. "A New Beginning for Esports in Southeast Asia". LOL Garena. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "《英雄聯盟》LMS確定合併東南亞賽區,全新聯賽「PCS」明年上路". 4Gamers (in Traditional Chinese). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.