League of Legends Pro League

Upcoming season or competition: 2026 LPL season
Game	League of Legends
Founded	2013
Owner	Tencent
Motto	"Crazy is our game" (无畏竞巅峰)
No. of teams	16
Country	China
Venues	Shanghai (for most teams) Beijing (forJD Gaming) Shenzhen (forNinjas in Pyjamas) Suzhou (for LNG Esports) Xi'an (forTeam WE)
Most recent champion	Bilibili Gaming (3rd title) (2025)
Most titles	Edward Gaming (6 titles)
Sponsors	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	Demacia Cup
International cups	World Championship Mid Season Invitational First Stand Tournament
Related competitions	CBLOL,LCK,LCP,LCS,LEC (Tier 1) League of Legends Development League (2nd Division)
Official website	lpl.qq.com (Chinese)

TheLeague of Legends Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league forLeague of Legends inChina. The first season of the LPL was the 2013 Spring season. The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bids to theLeague 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 2014Riot Games began providing anEnglish language broadcast.^[1] The format is modeled after theLeague of Legends Champions Korea format inSouth Korea.^[2] In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations withTencent to take over operations of the league.^[3] In 2019, Riot Games and Tencent created joint venture, TJ Sports, to focus on allLeague of Legends esports business in China, including tournament organizing, talent management, and venues.^[4]

With the exception of some touring events, LPL games are played in five venues inShanghai,Suzhou,Shenzhen,Xi'an, andBeijing.

For the 2015 spring season the LPL adopted a best-of-two series. Teams compete in a doubleround robin.

From 2017 to 2018, the league used the same format as the EU LCS for selecting regular season groups.^[5] 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 theMid-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 theWorld Championship.

From 2025 onwards, instead of having two split per year, LPL reformed the season into three splits. The winner of Split 1 qualifies to First Stand 2025 while the winner and runner up qualifies to MSI 2025. For Worlds qualifications, they are determined as follows:

• The champion of Split 3 will automatically qualify for World Championship 2025 Main Event as the first seed.
• The team (other than the Split 3 champion) that has accrued the most championship points throughout the 2025 Season will qualify for World Championship 2025 Main Event as the second seed.
• The third seed, determined at the Regional Finals, will also qualify for World Championship 2025 Main Event.
• If needed, the fourth seed, determined at the Regional Finals, will qualify for World Championship 2025 Play-ins.
• If teams are tied by championship points, teams will be ranked based on Split 3 rankings.

The following fifteen organizations compete in the league:

• Anyone's Legend
• Bilibili Gaming
• EDward Gaming
• Invictus Gaming
• JD Gaming
• LGD Gaming
• LNG Esports
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• Oh My God
• Royal Never Give Up
• Team WE
• TT Gaming
• Top Esports
• Ultra Prime
• Weibo Gaming

Teams initalics indicate teams that have been disbanded or no longer participates in the league.

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