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is run by Riot Games Latin America. Each annual competitive season is divided into opening and closing seasons, which conclude with a playoff tournament between the top four teams. Plans for the league were first announced in May 2018 by Riot Games, which stated that it would merge Latin America's two regional leagues, the ''Liga Latinoamérica Norte'' (''LLN'', North Latin America League) and ''Copa Latinoamérica Sur'' (''CLS'', South Latin America Cup)'','' into a single competition.

Format

Each opening and closing season consists of a group stage and a playoff stage. In the group stage, teams compete for points in a triple round robin spread over two phases. The top four teams from the group stage advance to the playoff stage, which uses a "King of the Hill" single elimination bracket. During the 2019 season, there were no phases in the group stage, and six teams participated in a standard single elimination bracket in the playoff stage.

Group stage

Phase 1

* Eight teams participate * Double round robin, matches are best-of-one * Match victories award teams one point * Top five teams advance to Phase 2

Phase 2

* Five teams participate * Single round robin, matches are best-of-one * Teams retain their points from Phase 1; Phase 2 match victories award teams two points * Top four teams advance to playoffs

Playoffs

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(closing season).

Current teams

Past seasons

References

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