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Revision as of 13:22, 29 January 2023
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| Game | League of Legends |
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| First season | 2014 |
| Owner(s) | Riot Games Japan |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Countries | Japan |
| Most recent champion(s) | DetonatioN FocusMe (14th title) |
| Most titles | DetonatioN FocusMe (14 titles) |
| Qualification | Franchise partnership[1] |
| TV partner(s) | Twitch |
| International cup(s) | Mid Season Invitational World Championship |
| Official website | jp |
The League of Legends Japan League (LJL) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Japan.[2][3][4] The league franchised prior to start of the 2019 season and has eight teams under partnership.[1] Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of ten rounds of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with playoff tournaments between the top three teams. The spring and summer champions qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.[5]
Format
Eight teams compete in a double round robin during the group stage, with matches being best-of-ones. The top six teams from the group stage advance to playoffs, with the top two beginning in the second round.
The playoff format is as follows:
- Round 1: The third seed from the group stage chooses whether to play against either the fifth or sixth seed, with the fourth seed facing the remaining team. The winners advance to the second round; the losers are eliminated.
- Round 2:
- Match 1: The first seed from the group stage faces the second seed. The winner advances to the finals, while the loser advances to the third round.
- Match 2: two teams from round 1 faces each other. Winner is advanced to round 3, loser is eliminated.
- Round 3: The loser of Match 1 and the winner of Match 2 from the second round face each other. The winner advances to the finals, while the loser is eliminated.
- Finals: The winners of Round 3 and Match 1 of Round 2 face each other in the final best-of-five series.
The winners of the spring and summer splits will represent Japan at the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.
Teams
Current
| Team | ID |
|---|---|
| AXIZ | AXZ |
| Burning Core | BC |
| Crest Gaming Act | CGA |
| DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming | SHG |
| FENNEL | FL |
| Sengoku Gaming | SG |
| V3 Esports | V3 |
Former
- 7th heaven
- DetonatioN RabbitFive (DetonatioN FocusMe's sister team)
- Okinawan Tigers
- PENTAGRAM (formerly Rampage)
- SCARZ
- Unsold Stuff Gaming
- Rascal Jester
Past seasons
| Year | Split | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Winter | Rascal Jester | Ozone Rampage | Okinawan Tigers |
| Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Rascal Jester | Ozone Rampage | |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | Ozone Rampage | Rascal Jester | |
| Grand Final | DetonatioN FocusMe | Rascal Jester | ||
| 2015 | Season 1 | DetonatioN FocusMe | DetonatioN RabbitFive | 7th heaven |
| Season 2 | Ozone Rampage | DetonatioN FocusMe | 7th heaven | |
| Grand Final | DetonatioN FocusMe | Ozone Rampage | ||
| 2016 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Rampage | Unsold Stuff Gaming |
| Summer | Rampage | DetonatioN FocusMe | 7th heaven | |
| 2017 | Spring | Rampage | DetonatioN FocusMe | Unsold Stuff Gaming |
| Summer | Rampage | DetonatioN FocusMe | 7th heaven | |
| 2018 | Spring | PENTAGRAM | DetonatioN FocusMe | Unsold Stuff Gaming |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | Unsold Stuff Gaming | PENTAGRAM | |
| 2019 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Unsold Stuff Gaming | Crest Gaming Act |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | V3 Esports | Crest Gaming Act | |
| 2020 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Sengoku Gaming | V3 Esports |
| Summer | V3 Esports | DetonatioN FocusMe | Sengoku Gaming | |
| 2021 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | V3 Esports | Rascal Jester |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | Rascal Jester | AXIZ | |
| 2022 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Sengoku Gaming | Rascal Jester |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | Sengoku Gaming | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming |
References
- ^ a b Torres, Xander (25 December 2018). "LJL announces new franchises, schedule, and prize pool for 2019". VPEsports. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Wong, Joe (18 January 2019). "Riot Games finds two new organising partners for League of Legends Japan League". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (27 February 2019). "PlayBrain raises $1.9 million for League of Legends esports events in Japan". VentureBeat. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Murray, Trent (27 February 2019). "Japanese Tournament Organizer PlayBrain Raises $1.9M Seed Round Led by BITKRAFT". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Kim, Alice (10 August 2017). "League of Legends – Japan League". Esports.net.
External links
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