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Rift Rivals 2019

Tournament information
Sport	League of Legends
Location	Los Angeles Seoul
Date	LCS/LEC 27–29 June 2019 LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS 4–7 July 2019
Administrator	Riot Games
Host(s)	Riot Games
Venue(s)	LCS Studio Jangchung Arena
Participants	Top 3 teams of Spring Split from LCS and LEC Top 4 teams of Spring Split from LCK, LPL and LMS-VCS
Final positions
Champions	Europe (LEC) South Korea (LCK)
1st runner-up	North America (LCS) China (LPL)
2nd runner-up	Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau-Vietnam (LMS-VCS)
← Rift Rivals 2018

The 2019 League of Legends Rift Rivals was the third Rift Rivals – a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organised by Riot Games. The tournament was held on 27–29 June 2019 in Los Angeles for the North America and Europe region, and 4–7 July 2019 in Seoul 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.

• 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.

• Start date: 4 July 2019
• End date: 7 July 2019
• Patch: 9.13 (Mordekaiser and Qiyana disabled)

References

1. ^ "Rift Rivals 2019: NA vs EU". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
2. ^ "Rift Rivals Asia 2019: Event Primer". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
3. Ashton, Graham (2019-03-29). "Riot Games Discontinues Rift Rivals Tournaments for Play-In Regions". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
4. "탑플레이어포커머니상". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
5. "TSM hand Fnatic first loss of summer at Rift Rivals 2019". Dot Esports. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
6. "LEC wins Rift Rivals, 3-1 over LCS". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
7. "[리프트 라이벌즈] LCK, 4연승으로 선두 질주…1일차 순위< 7월4일 기준 >". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
8. "[리프트 라이벌즈] '아쉬운 마무리' LCK, 그룹 스테이지 7승 1패(종합)". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
9. "League of Legends: [Rift Rivals] LPL Defeats LMS-VCS and Heads to the Grand Final". www.invenglobal.com. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
10. "League of Legends: [Rift Rivals Finals] LCK Soar Over LPL for their First Rift Rivals Championship". www.invenglobal.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-13.

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