North American League of Legends Championship Series
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Spring EU LCS2017 Spring NA LCS |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Owner(s) | Riot Games |
| Director | Dustin "RedBeard" Beck ("chairman") |
| No. of teams | 8 in Europe and 8 in North America(2013–2014) 10 in Europe and 10 in North America (2015–) |
| Continent | Europe, North America |
| Most recent champion(s) |
EU: G2 Esports (2nd title) NA: Team SoloMid (5th title) |
| Most titles | EU: Fnatic (5 titles) NA: Team SoloMid (5 titles) |
| Relegation to | League of Legends Challenger Series |
| Related competitions |
Champions Korea Garena Premier League Master Series Pro League |
| Official website | www.lolesports.com |
The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) is the name of two professional League of Legends eSports leagues run by Riot Games. Twenty teams compete in two separate competitions in North America and Europe, with ten teams per continent. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of nine weeks of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with play-off tournaments between the top six teams from each region. At the end of the season, the highest placing three teams in each league qualify for the annual League of Legends World Championship.
The LCS represents the highest level of League of Legends play in Europe and North America. The LCS has a promotion and relegation system; the bottom teams in the LCS from each split compete with the top teams from the Challenger Series (CS) to compete for spots in the next split of the LCS. The Challenger Series in each continent is composed of six teams: three teams which failed to advance in the previous promotion tournament, one team from the previous CS split, and the top two teams from ranked ladder play in the respective public League of Legends online game server.
With the exception of some touring events, all games of the LCS are played live at Riot Games' studios in Los Angeles, California, United States and Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. In addition to a small studio audience, all games are streamed live in several languages on Twitch.tv, YouTube and Azubu, with broadcasts regularly attracting over 300,000 viewers.
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