League of Legends Pro League
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Sport | League of Legends |
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Founded | 2013 |
Owner(s) | Tencent |
Motto | Heroes Beyond the Peak |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | Zhabei District, Shanghai, China |
Venue(s) | Shanghai Electric Industrial Park |
Most recent champion(s) | EDward Gaming |
Most titles | EDward Gaming (4 times) |
Sponsor(s) | wywk, Gigabyte, Intel, RACCUA, Logitec |
Relegation to | League of Legends Secondary Pro League |
Official website |
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Tencent League of Legends Pro League (LPL) (simplified Chinese: 英雄联盟职业联赛; traditional Chinese: 英雄聯盟職業聯賽; pinyin: yīng xióng lián méng zhí yè lián sài) is the top level League of Legends league 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.[1] The format is modeled after the League of Legends Champions Korea format in South Korea.[2] In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league.[3]
Format
For the 2015 Spring season the LPL adopted a best of two series. Teams play a double round robin.
Participants
Qualified Teams (12) | |
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Qualified via 2015 LPL Spring (8) | |
EDward Gaming | Invictus Gaming |
Snake eSports | LGD Gaming |
OMG | Team WE |
Team King | Vici Gaming |
Qualified via 2015 LSPL Summer Promotion (2) | |
Masters 3 | Gamtee |
Qualified via 2015 LSPL Playoffs (2) | |
Qiao Gu | Vici Potenital Gaming |
Past winners
Split | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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2013 Spring | Invictus Gaming | Oh My God | Team WE | Positive Energy |
2013 Summer | Oh My God | Royal Club | Positive Energy | Team WE |
2014 Spring | EDward Gaming | Invictus Gaming | Oh My God | Team WE |
2014 Summer | EDward Gaming | Oh My God | Star Horn Royal Club | LGD Gaming |
2015 Spring | EDward Gaming | LGD Gaming | Invictus Gaming | Snake eSports |
2015 Summer | LGD Gaming | Qiao Gu Reapers | Invictus Gaming | EDward Gaming |
2016 Spring | Royal Never Give Up | EDward Gaming | Team WE | Qiao Gu Reapers |
2016 Summer | EDward Gaming | Royal Never Give Up | I May | Team WE |
See also
- League of Legends Championship Series, equivalent competition in North America and Europe
References
- ↑ "Riot planning English broadcast of the LPL".
- ↑ Śmigiel, Kacper (June 26, 2015). "6 reasons why China's LPL picked up Korea's OGN format".
- ↑ Moser, Kelsey (September 8, 2015). "Riot Games in talks to assume control of LoL tournaments in China". Retrieved September 11, 2015.