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League of Legends Pro League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 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) Beijing (for JD Gaming ) Hangzhou (for LGD Gaming) Shenzhen (for Ninjas in Pyjamas) Suzhou (for LNG Esports) Xi'an (for Team WE)
Most recent champion(s)	Bilibili Gaming (2nd title) (Summer 2024)
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 First Stand
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. The format is modeled after the League of Legends Champions Korea format in South Korea. In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league. 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.

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. 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 from 2019 to 2021:

• 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 LPL has used the following format from 2021:

• Regular season:
  • All 17 teams compete in one group
  • Single round robin, all matches are best-of-three
• Top ten teams advance to playoffs
  • All matches are best-of-five
  • Teams entering Game 7 and 8 have a second chance before being eliminated.
    • Ninth place team competes Eighth team from the regular season in Game 1.
    • Tenth place team competes Seventh team from the regular season in Game 2.
    • Winner of Game 1 competes with Fifth place team in Game 3.
    • Winner of Game 2 competes with Sixth place team in Game 4.
    • Winner of Game 3 competes with Fourth place team in Game 5.
    • Winner of Game 4 competes with Third place team in Game 6.
    • Winner of Game 5 competes with First place team in Game 7.
    • Winner of Game 6 competes with Second place team in Game 8.
    • Losers of Game 7 and Game 8 competes in Game 9.
    • Winners of Game 7 and Game 8 competes in Game 10.
    • Loser of Game 10 and Winner of Game 9 competes in Game 11.
    • Winners of Game 10 and Game 11 competes in Game 12 and decides the champion.

The finalists 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

List of teams participating in LPL 2025 Split 1.

Results

Top four finishes by team

References

1. "Riot planning English broadcast of the LPL". The Daily Dot. 3 January 2015.
2. Śmigiel, Kacper (June 26, 2015). "6 reasons why China's LPL picked up Korea's OGN format".
3. Moser, Kelsey (September 8, 2015). "Riot Games in talks to assume control of LoL tournaments in China". Retrieved September 11, 2015.
4. "Tencent and Riot Games Create Joint Chinese Esports Venture: TJ Sports – ARCHIVE - the Esports Observer". 11 January 2019.
5. "The LCS, LPL & LCK 2017 Summer Formats". June 2017.

External links

• Official website (Chinese)

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World Championship	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (finals) 2020 2021 2022 (finals) 2023 2024 (finals) 2025
Mid-Season Invitational	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
First Stand	2025
Regional leagues	Current South Korea (LCK) China (LPL) Americas (LTA) EMEA (LEC) Asia-Pacific (LCP) PCS Japan (LJL) Vietnam (VCS) Former Challenger Series CIS (LCL) Americas LCS CBLoL LLA Asia-Pacific GPL LCO LMS LST OPL
Other tournaments	All-Star Asian Games 2018 2022 Esports World Cup 2024 KeSPA Cup Rift Rivals 2017 2018 2019 SEA Games 2021
Music	Pentakill "Warriors" "Legends Never Die" "Masterpiece" K/DA "Pop/Stars" All Out "The Baddest" "More" Arcane League of Legends "Enemy" "Everything Goes On" "Star Walkin'" "Heavy Is the Crown" "Ma meilleure ennemie"
Characters	Jinx Teemo Vi
Other games	Riot Games Teamfight Tactics League of Legends: Wild Rift Legends of Runeterra 2XKO Riot Forge Ruined King Hextech Mayhem The Mageseeker Convergence Song of Nunu Bandle Tale Tabletop games Mechs vs. Minions Tellstones: King's Gambit
Other	List of League of Legends media Arcane Gothus teemo
The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• League of Legends Pro League
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• League of Legends competitions
• Recurring sporting events established in 2013
• Sports competitions in Shanghai
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