League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for War ...

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game widely played at both amateur and professional levels. This is a list of ''League of Legends'' competitions organized or sponsored by the game's publisher,

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International tournaments

Tier 1 leagues

As of 2021, there are 12 professional leagues for ''League of Legends'' around the world. For the

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, the LEC, LPL, LCS and LCK are allocated three spots each, the PCS and VCS is allocated two spots, and the six emerging regions are allocated one spot each. One spot is awarded at the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) to the region of the MSI champion, and one last spot is awarded to the highest ranked region that did not win that year's MSI.

League cups

Tier 2 and lower leagues

Former tier 1 and 2 leagues

Other tournaments

"Established" and "ended" refers to the years the tournament hosted a ''League of Legends'' tournament, not necessarily the years the competition itself was held.

Collegiate leagues

Campus Series conferences

Notes

References

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