League of Legends Pro League

Most recent season or competition: 2023 LPL season
Game	League of Legends
Founded	2013
Owner(s)	Tencent
Motto	"Crazy is our game" (无畏竞巅峰)
No. of teams	17
Country	China
Venue(s)	Shanghai (for most teams) Hangzhou (for LGD Gaming) Shenzhen (for Victory Five) Suzhou (for LNG Esports) Xi'an (for Team WE)
Most recent champion(s)	JD Gaming (4th title) (Summer 2023)
Most titles	Edward Gaming (6 titles)
Sponsor(s)	Mercedes Benz, Li-Ning, Momchilovtsi, JingDong, War Horse Energy Drink, Wahaha Soda Drink, Lenovo, Intel, TT Yuyin, TGIF, Oppo, Mobil Oil, TCL, Tongcheng, Sānjīn xīguā shuāng, Durex
Domestic cup(s)	Demacia Cup
International cup(s)	World Championship Mid Season Invitational
Related competitions	League of Legends Development League
Official website	lpl.qq.com (Chinese)

The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league for League of Legends 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] In 2019, Riot Games and Tencent created joint venture, TJ Sports, to focus on all League of Legends esports business in China, including tournament organizing, talent management, and venues.^[4]

Format

For the 2015 spring season the LPL adopted a best-of-two series. Teams compete in a double round robin.

From 2017 to 2018, the league used the same format as the EU LCS for selecting regular season groups.^[5] The highest ranked teams from the previous split headed the groups with other teams being selected. Matches were also best-of-three.

The LPL has used the following format since 2019:

• Regular season:
  • All 16 teams compete in one group
  • Single round robin, all matches are best-of-three
• Top eight teams advance to playoffs
  • All matches are best-of-five
    • First and second place teams from the regular season begin in the semifinals (round 3)
    • Third and fourth place teams from the regular season begin in the quarterfinals (round 2)
    • Fifth to eighth place teams from the regular season begin in the round 1.

The winner of the spring split represents China at the Mid-Season Invitational. The winner of the summer split (seed 1), the team with the most championship points (seed 2), and the winner and runners-up of the regional qualifier (seeds 3 & 4) qualify for the World Championship.

Current participants

Results

References

External links

• Official website (Chinese)