Current season, competition or edition: 2024 LPL season | |
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| Game | League of Legends |
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| 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 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 英雄联盟职业联赛 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 英雄聯盟職業聯賽 | ||||||
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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.[1] The format is modeled after the League of Legends Champions Korea format in South Korea.[2] In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league.[3] 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.[4]
- ^ "Riot planning English broadcast of the LPL". The Daily Dot. 3 January 2015.
- ^ Śmigiel, Kacper (June 26, 2015). "6 reasons why China's LPL picked up Korea's OGN format".
- ^ Moser, Kelsey (September 8, 2015). "Riot Games in talks to assume control of LoL tournaments in China". Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Tencent and Riot Games Create Joint Chinese Esports Venture: TJ Sports – ARCHIVE - the Esports Observer". 11 January 2019.