The 2019 ''League of Legends'' Rift Rivals was the third
Rift Rivals – a series of cross-regional ''
League of Legends
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'' tournaments organised by
Riot Games
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. The tournament was held on 27–29 June 2019 in
Los Angeles
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for the North America and Europe region,
and 4–7 July 2019 in
Seoul
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for China, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau and Vietnam region.
The Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau region and Vietnam region sent their top two teams for Spring season to Rift Rivals 2019 respectively.
Riot Games had discontinued the Rift Rivals event for play-in region this year.
Format
LCS/LEC
* Participants: Top three teams from each region
* Group Stage
** Single Round Robin best of one
* Finals
** Best of five relay race
LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS
* Participants: Top four teams from each region
** LMS-VCS is treated as a single region, each region sends their top two teams for the tournament
* Group Stage
** Best of one
** Each win will attribute to the team's home region
** Top region advances to the finals
* Semifinals
** Best of five
** Each region decides their order for competing
** Winner will advance to the finals
* Finals
** Best of five
** Each region decides their order for competing
Blue Rift (LCS/LEC)
The 2019 Rift Rival between North America (LCS) - Europe (LEC) featured the top three teams from each region's Spring Split. This event took place in
Los Angeles
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.
* Start date: 27 June 2019
* End date: 29 June 2019
* Patch: 9.12
Red Rift (LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS)
The 2019 Rift Rival between South Korea (LCK) - China (LPL) - Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau-Vietnam (LMS-VCS) featured the top four Spring Split teams from each region, except for LMS-VCS which featured the top two Spring Split teams from each region. This event took place in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
.
* Start date: 4 July 2019
* End date: 7 July 2019
* Patch: 9.13 (Mordekaiser and Qiyana disabled)
References
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