League of Legends SEA Tour

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: Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand. Winners of the LST represented Southeast Asia at the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship.[2]

League of Legends SEA Tour
FormerlyGPL
SportLeague of Legends
Founded2018 (2018)
Inaugural seasonSummer 2018
Ceased2019 (2019)
Replaced byPCS
(merged with LMS)
Owner(s)FunPlus[1]
Garena
No. of teams4 (Spring)
8 (Summer)
Countries Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
Last
champion(s)		 MEGA Esports (2nd title)
QualificationLST Qualifiers
TV partner(s)Garena Live, YouTube
International cup(s)Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Official websitewww.lolseatour.com

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. [4]

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) Spring Summer
 Indonesia 1 3
 Malaysia
 Singapore		 1
 Philippines 1 2
 Thailand 1 3

Format (2019 Summer)

Ranked Qualifier (Stage 1):

  • Teams can register online and gain points by playing Ranked Solo Queue at local server: PH server (Philippines), TH server (Thailand), SAM server (Singapore & Malaysia, merged with Indonesia since May 2019).
  • Top 7 teams of PH server, TH server and top 6 of SAM server with the highest points qualify for Stage 2.

National Qualifier (Stage 2):

  • 8 teams participate in each minor region:
    • Some qualified through Stage 1.
    • Runner-up teams of Spring National Minor are invited.
  • Double Elimination.
  • Finals are best of three, all other matches are best of one.
  • 4 winners qualify for Main Season: 1 from Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore, 1 from Philippines, 2 from Thailand.

Main Season - Group Stage (Stage 3):

  • 8 teams participate:
    • 4 winner teams of Summer National Qualifier (1 team from Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore, 1 team from Philippines, 2 teams from Thailand).
    • 4 teams are invited from Spring Season (winners of Spring National Minor).
  • Single Round Robin. Matches are best of three.
  • Top 6 teams advance to Play-off Stage.

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

  • Top 6 teams from Group Stage participate.
  • Single elimination bracket. Matches are best of five.
  • Winner will represent Southeast Asia at the 2019 League Of Legends World Championship.

Results
Season Main Event Date Champion Runner-up 3rd–4th
2018 Summer 13–19 August 2018 Ascension Gaming MEGA Esports Kuala Lumpur Hunters
Resugence
2019 Spring 20–21 April 2019 MEGA Esports Team Empire Capital Esports
Liyab Esports
2019 Summer 20 July – 15 September 2019 MEGA Esports AXIS Empire Liyab Esports
WIN Esports
Minor Region Champion Runner-up 3rd-4th
 Thailand 3 1 0
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Singapore		 0 2 4
 Philippines 0 0 2

(*)Team disbanded prior to the following season

Team Champion Runner-up 3rd-4th
MEGA Esports 2 1 0
Ascension Gaming* 1 0 0
Team Empire/AXIS Empire 0 2 0
Liyab Esports 0 0 2
Kuala Lumpur Hunters* 0 0 1
WIN Esports 0 0 1
Capital Esports 0 0 1
Resugence 0 0 1

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. 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 Chinese). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. League of Legends Demotion Shield Expiring
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.