League of Legends Continental League
The League of Legends Continental League (LCL; Russian: Континентальная лига по League of Legends, tr. Kontinental'naya liga po League of Legends) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in the Commonwealth of Independent States, organized by Riot Games Russia. It replaced the SLTV StarSeries that was organized by StarLadder in 2016. There are eight teams in the league. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of five weeks of double round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with a play-off single elimination tournament between the top four teams. The winners of each split qualifies for the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship.
Game | League of Legends |
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Founder | Riot Games Russia |
Inaugural season | 2016 |
Owner(s) | Riot Games Russia |
No. of teams | 8 |
Continents | CIS |
Most recent champion(s) | Unicorns of Love (3rd title) |
Most titles | Gambit Esports Unicorns of Love (3 titles each) |
TV partner(s) | Twitch |
Sponsor(s) | Riot Games |
Domestic cup(s) | LCL Open Cup |
Related competitions | League of Legends European Championship |
Official website | ru |
Prize pool of the competition in 2016 and 2017 amounts ₽4,5 million per season.[1][2]
Results
As SLTV StarSeries
Year | Split | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | |
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2014 | Season 1 | Carpe Diem | Dragon Team | Revival Dragons | Good Team Multigaming |
Season 2 | Hard Random | Virtus.pro | RoX | Internationally V | |
Season 3 | Dolphins of Wall Street | Hard Random | RoX | Moscow Five | |
Season 4 | RoX | Moscow Five | Virtus.pro | Team Just | |
2015 | Spring | Hard Random | Moscow Five | Virtus.pro | Glacial Phoenix |
Summer | Hard Random | Dolphins of Wall Street | RoX | Carpe Diem |
As LCL
Year | Split | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | |
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2016 | Spring | Hard Random | Team Empire | Vega Squadron | Natus Vincere |
Summer | Albus NoX Luna | Vega Squadron | RoX | Natus Vincere | |
2017 | Spring | Virtus.pro | Vaevictis Esports | Vega Squadron | M19 |
Summer | Gambit Esports | M19 | Virtus.pro | Team Just Alpha | |
2018 | Spring | Gambit Esports | RoX | Team Just | M19 |
Summer | Gambit Esports | Dragon Army | Team Just | M19 | |
2019 | Spring | Vega Squadron | Elements Pro Gaming | Gambit Esports | M19 |
Summer | Unicorns of Love | Vega Squadron | Gambit Esports | Elements Pro Gaming | |
2020 | Spring | Unicorns of Love | RoX | Gambit Esports | Elements Pro Gaming |
Summer | Unicorns of Love | Gambit Esports | One Breath Gaming | CrowCrowd |
See also
- League of Legends Championship Series, equivalent competition in North America
- League of Legends European Championship, equivalent competition in Europe
References
- "Riot анонсировали собственную лигу по LoL для СНГ - Новости - Советский Спорт" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- "Призовые Континентальной Лиги по LoL в СНГ составят 4,5 миллиона рублей" (in Russian). Sport Express. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.