League of Legends is an esports game widely played at both amateur and professional levels. This is a list of League of Legends competitions organized or sponsored by the game's publisher, Riot Games.
Name | Tier | Location | Established | Size | Latest winner | Most titles |
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First Stand Tournament | Major | various | 2025 | 5 | ![]() | ![]() |
Mid-Season Invitational | Major | various | 2015 | 10 | ![]() | ![]() |
World Championship | Major | various | 2011 | 17 | ![]() | ![]() |
As of 2025, there are 5 regional professional leagues for League of Legends around the world.
Name | Abbr. | Region | Main casting language(s) | Location(s) | Established | Size | FST | MSI | WC |
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League of Legends Champions Korea | LCK | ![]() | Korean | Seoul | 2012 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
League of Legends Pro League | LPL | ![]() | Mandarin | various [LPL] | 2013 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
League of Legends EMEA Championship [LEC] | LEC | ![]() ![]() ![]() | English | Berlin | 2013 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
League of Legends Championship of The Americas [LTA] | LTA | Americas | English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese | Los Angeles, São Paulo | 2025 | 16 | 1 | 2 [LTAS2] | 3 |
League of Legends Championship Pacific | LCP | Asia-Pacific [APAC] | Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, English | Taipei | 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Name | Region | Location | Established | Size | Latest winner |
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Demacia Cup/Championship | ![]() | Chongqing | 2013 | 24 | Bilibili Gaming |
KeSPA Cup | ![]() | Seoul | 2015 | 16 | OKSavingsBank BRION |
Name | Tier | Region | Location | Established | Size |
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Americas Challengers | 2nd (academy) | Americas | offline | 2024 | 6 |
Pacific Challengers League | 2nd & 3rd (academy/amateur) | TW, HK, MC, SEA and Oceania [SEA] | online | 2023 | No limit |
Asia Star Challengers Invitational | 2nd & 3rd (academy/amateur) | Asian regions (CN/KR/LCP) | online | 2022 | 16 |
Pacific Championship Series (PCS) [PCS] | 2nd (professional) | Asia-Pacific [SEA] | online | 2025 | TBD |
Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) | 2nd (professional) | ![]() | online | 2025 | TBD |
League of Legends Japan League (LJL) | 2nd (professional) | ![]() | online | 2024 | 12–16 |
EMEA Masters | 2nd (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2023 | 60 |
North American Challengers League | 2nd & 3rd (academy/amateur) | ![]() ![]() | Los Angeles | 2018 | 10 |
La Ligue Francaise (LFL) | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | various | 2019 | 10 |
Türkiye Championship League | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | online | 2024 | 8 |
Prime League Division 1 | 3rd (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2020 | 10 |
Rift Legends [RL] | 3rd (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2025 | 8 |
LVP Superliga | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | various | 2011 | 10 |
Northern League of Legends Championship | 3rd (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2020 | 8 |
PG Nationals | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | online | 2018 | 8 |
Liga Portuguesa de League of Legends | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | online | 2015 | 8 |
Greek Legends League | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | Athens | 2019 | 8 |
Arabian League | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | various | 2020 | 8 |
LCK Challengers League | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | Seoul | 2021 | 10 |
LCK Academy Series | 2nd & 3rd (academy/amateur) | ![]() | various | 2022 | No limit |
League of Legends Development League | 2nd (academy) | ![]() | various | 2018 | 24 |
Vietnam Championship Series B | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | various | 2013 | 10 |
TBLE Rising Star | 2nd & 3rd (academy/amateur) | ![]() | Ho Chi Minh | 2024 | 12 |
Circuito Desafiante [CD] | 2nd (academy/semi-professional) | ![]() | São Paulo | 2025 | 10 |
Academi Ligi | 2nd (academy) | ![]() | Istanbul | 2019 | 8 |
Liga Regional Norte | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | online | 2023 | 10 |
Liga Regional Sur | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | online | 2023 | 10 |
Liga Nacional México | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2019 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Centro América y Caribe | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() | online | 2022 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Colombia | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2019 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Ecuador | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2021 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Chile | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2019 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Argentina | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2019 | 16 |
Liga Nacional Perú | 3rd (semi-professional) | ![]() | online | 2021 | 16 |
Name | Former tier | Region | Location | Established | Ended | Size | Qualified for | Changed to |
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Vietnam Championship Series A (VCSA) | 2nd (professional) | ![]() | Online | 2013 | 2017 | 8 | GPL Qualification | Vietnam Championship Series , upgraded to tier 1, got directly spots to MSI and Worlds |
Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) | 1st (professional) | ![]() | Ho Chi Minh City | 2017 | 2024 | 8 | Worlds 2P | Still Vietnam Championship Series, downgraded to tier 2 and no longer directly has spots to MSI and Worlds, became domestic league that can promote teams to LCP |
Pacific Championship Series (PCS) [PCS] | 1st (professional) | Asia-Pacific [SEA] | Online | 2020 | 2024 | 8+2+3 | Worlds 2P | Still Pacific Championship Series, downgraded to tier 2 and no longer directly has spots to MSI and Worlds, became domestic league that can promote teams to LCP |
Turkish Championship League (TCL) | 1st (professional) | ![]() | Istanbul | 2015 | 2022 | 10 | Worlds 1P | Türkiye Championship League, downgraded to tier 3 and no longer directly has spots to MSI and Worlds, become a qualification of tier 2 event EMEA Masters |
League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) [LCO] | 1st (professional) | ![]() ![]() | Sydney | 2021 | 2022 | 8 | Worlds 1P | Downgraded to tier 2 and no longer directly has spots to MSI and Worlds, become a qualification to PCS |
League of Legends Japan League (LJL) | 1st (professional) | ![]() | Tokyo | 2014 | 2023 | 8 | Worlds 1P | Downgraded to tier 2 and no longer directly has spots to MSI and Worlds, become a qualification to PCS and later domestic league that can promote teams to LCP |
Name | Tier | Region | Location | Established | Ended | Size | Qualified for | Replaced by |
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European Masters | 2nd (professional) | ![]() | various | 2018 | 2022 | 16 | N/A | EMEA Masters |
Circuito Desafiante | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro | 2015 | 2020 | 6 | CBLoL Promotion | CBLOL Academy |
CBLOL Academy | 2nd (academy) | ![]() | São Paulo | 2020 | 2024 | 10 | N/A | Circuito Desafiante [CD] |
Nordic Championship | 3rd (professional) | ![]() | 2018 | 2020 | 10 | European Masters Qualification | Northern LoL Championship (merged) | |
United Kingdom League Championship | 3rd (professional) | ![]() ![]() | Online | 2019 | 2020 | 9 | European Masters Qualification | |
Ultraliga | 3rd (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2018 | 2024 | 8 | EMEA Masters Qualification | Rift Legends [RL] |
League of Legends Challengers Korea | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | Seoul | 2015 | 2020 | 10 | LCK Promotion | LCK Challengers League |
Oceanic Pro League (OPL) | 1st (professional) | ![]() ![]() | Sydney | 2015 | 2020 | 8 | Worlds 1P | League of Legends Circuit Oceania |
League of Legends Master Series [LNL] | 1st (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Taipei | 2015 | 2019 | 8 | Worlds 2G + 1P | Pacific Championship Series (merged) |
League of Legends SEA Tour [GPL] | 1st (professional) | ![]() | various | 2018 | 2019 | 8 | Worlds 1P | |
League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) | 2nd (professional) | ![]() ![]() | Online | 2023 | 2024 | 8 | PCS Playoffs | TBD |
LoL Secondary Pro League | 2nd (professional) | ![]() | Shanghai | 2014 | 2017 | 16 | LPL Promotion | LoL Development League |
LJL Challenger Series | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2014 | 2018 | 6 | LJL Promotion | LJL Academy League | |
LJL Academy League | 2nd (academy) | ![]() | various | 2019 | 2023 | 8 | N/A | Pacific Challengers League (merged) |
League Championship Series [LCS] | 1st (professional) | ![]() ![]() | Los Angeles | 2013 | 2024 | 8 | Worlds 2M+1P | League of Legends Championship of The Americas (merged) |
Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends | 1st (professional) | ![]() | São Paulo | 2012 | 2024 | 10 | Worlds 1P | |
Liga Latinoamérica [LLA] | 1st (professional) | Latin America [LA] | Mexico City | 2019 | 2024 | 6 | Worlds 1P | |
Liga Latinoamérica Norte (LLN) (Eng) | 1st (professional) | ![]() | Mexico City | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | Worlds 1 P | Liga Latinoamérica (merged) |
Copa Latinoamérica Sur (CLS) (Eng) | 1st (professional) | Latin America South [LAS] | Santiago | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | Worlds 1 P | |
Garena Premier League (GPL) | 1st (professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | various | 2012 | 2018 | various | Worlds 1 P | League of Legends SEA Tour |
Thailand Pro League (TPL) | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | GPL Qualification | LoL SEA Tour Thailand qualifier | |
Singapore Legends Series (SLS) [TLC-SG] | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2013 | 2018 | 8 | GPL Qualification | LoL SEA Tour SG/MY qualifier | |
LoL Championship Malaysia (LCM) [TLC-MY] | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2013 | 2018 | 8 | GPL Qualification | ||
Pro Gaming Series (PGS) | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | GPL Qualification | LoL SEA Tour Philippines qualifier | |
LoL Garuda Series (LGS) | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | GPL Qualification | LoL SEA Tour Indonesia qualifier | |
North America League of Legends Challenger Series | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() | Los Angeles | 2014 | 2017 | 6 | NA LCS Promotion | LCS Academy League |
Europe League of Legends Challenger Series | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | Berlin | 2014 | 2017 | 6 | EU LCS Promotion | European Masters |
International Wildcard Invitational | Qualifier | various [IWC] | various | 2015 | 2016 | 8 | MSI Qualification | MSI Play-in Stage |
International Wildcard tournament/qualifier | Qualifier | various [IWC] | various | 2013 | 2016 | 8 | Worlds 2G | Worlds Play-in Stage |
Name | Tier | Region | Location | Established | Ended | Size | Qualified for |
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League of Legends Continental League (LCL) | 1st (professional) | ![]() | Moscow | 2016 | 2022 [LCL] | 8 | Worlds 1P |
LCL Open Cup | Off-season | ![]() | online | 2017 | 2022 | 16 | |
Oceanic Challenger Series | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() | Sydney | 2015 | 2020 | 8 | OPL Promotion |
Elite Challenger Series | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Taipei | 2016 | 2019 | 8 | LMS Promotion |
SLTV Challenger League | 2nd (semi-professional) | ![]() | Kyiv | 2016 | 2018 | 32 | LCL Promotion |
Garena All-Star | 2nd (SEA Qualifier) | ![]() | various | 2016 | 2017 | 6 | Represent for SEA at All-Star |
NiceGameTV League of Legends Battle | 2nd (mixed [NLB] ) | ![]() | Seoul | 2012 | 2014 | 16+12 [NLB] | |
Garena Talk Talk League | 2nd (amateur) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Online | 2013 | 8 [Q] | ||
Tencent Games Arena Hero of Cities | 3rd (amateur cup) [TGA] | ![]() | Taicang | 2011 | 2017 | 29–32 [Q] | |
International Wildcard All-Star | Qualifier | various [IWC] | various | 2015 | 2016 | 8 | All-Star Qualification |
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"Established" and "ended" refers to the years the tournament hosted a League of Legends tournament, not necessarily the years the competition itself was held.
Name | Region | Type | Location | Established | Ended | Size | Latest Champion |
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Asian Games | Asia | Competitive | various | 2018 | no limit | ![]() | |
Southeast Asian Games | ![]() | Competitive | various | 2021 | 6 | ![]() | |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Asia | Competitive | various | 2013 | 2013 | 4 | ![]() |
IESF Esports World Championship | Worldwide | Competitive | various | 2013 | 2018 | 26 | ![]() |
IGN Pro League | ![]() | Competitive | various | 2011 | 2012 | 8–16 | ![]() |
Intel Extreme Masters | Worldwide | Competitive | various | 2011 | 2017 | 4–8 | ![]() |
Major League Gaming | ![]() ![]() | Competitive | various | 2011 | 2013 | ![]() | |
Mid-Season Cup | ![]() ![]() | Friendly | Shanghai/Seoul | 2020 | 2020 | 8 | ![]() |
Mid-Season Showdown | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Friendly | Taipei/Hanoi | 2020 | 2020 | 4 | ![]() |
Rift Rivals | Worldwide | Friendly | various | 2017 | 2019 | Blue Rift: 6 Red Rift: 12 | Blue Rift: ![]() Red Rift: ![]() |
World Cyber Games | Worldwide | Competitive | Rotating final location | 2011 | 2013 | ![]() | |
Esports World Cup | Worldwide | Competitive | ![]() | 2024 | 8 | ![]() |
Current Name | Region | Established | Size | Latest winner |
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International College Cup | Worldwide | 2016 | 12 | ![]() |
uLoL Campus Series College Championship | ![]() ![]() | 2015 | 222 | ![]() |
CSL Junior Varsity 1 | ![]() ![]() | 2015 | 221 | ![]() |
CSL Junior Varsity 2 | ![]() ![]() | 2015 | 136 | ![]() |
Name | Region | Established | Size | Latest winner | |
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uLoL Campus Series North | ![]() ![]() | North | 2017 | 53 | ![]() |
uLoL Campus Series South | South | 2017 | 52 | ![]() | |
uLoL Campus Series East | East | 2017 | 66 | ![]() | |
uLoL Campus Series West | West | 2017 | 51 | ![]() | |
Big Ten | ![]() | 2017 | 14 | Maryland | |
Peach Belt | ![]() | 2018 | 12 | N/a |