The League of Legends Continental League (LCL; ) was the top level of professional League of Legends competition in the Commonwealth of Independent States, organized by Riot Games Russia in 2016–2022. It replaced the SLTV StarSeries that was organized by StarLadder in 2016. There are eight teams in the league. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of five weeks of double round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with a play-off single elimination tournament between the top four teams. The winners of each split qualifies for the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship.
Prize pool of the competition in 2016 and 2017 amounts ₽4,5 million per season.
Due to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the LCL's Spring 2022 season was cancelled, with no Summer 2022 or any 2023 or 2024 season played. When the LCL comes back, it may become an EMEA Regional League (ERL) that sends its top teams to EMEA Masters, since the CIS region was consolidated, alongside Europe, Turkey and MENA, into a single EMEA region in 2023.
Results
As SLTV StarSeries Year Split Champion Runner-up Third place 2014 Season 1Carpe DiemDragon TeamRevival DragonsGood Team Multigaming Season 2Hard RandomVirtus.pro RoXInternationally V Season 3Dolphins of Wall StreetHard Random RoXMoscow Five Season 4 RoX Moscow Five Virtus.pro Team Just 2015 SpringHard Random Moscow Five Virtus.proGlacial Phoenix SummerHard RandomDolphins of Wall Street RoXCarpe Diem
As LCL Year Split Champion Runner-up Semifinalists 2016 Spring Hard Random Team Empire Vega Squadron Natus Vincere Summer Albus NoX Luna Vega Squadron RoX Natus Vincere 2017 Spring Virtus.pro Vaevictis Esports Vega Squadron M19 Summer Gambit Esports M19 Virtus.pro Team Just Alpha 2018 Spring Gambit Esports RoX Team Just (3rd place) M19 (4th place) Summer Gambit Esports Dragon Army Team Just M19 2019 Spring Vega Squadron Elements Pro Gaming Gambit Esports M19 Summer Unicorns of Love Vega Squadron Gambit Esports Elements Pro Gaming2020SpringUnicorns of LoveRoXGambit EsportsElements Pro GamingSummerUnicorns of LoveGambit EsportsOne Breath GamingCrowCrowd2021SpringUnicorns of LoveCrowCrowdGambit EsportsOne Breath GamingSummerUnicorns of LoveCrowCrowdOne Breath Gaming (3rd place)Vega Squadron (4th place)2022Cancelled due to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
See also League of Legends Championship Series, equivalent competition in North America League of Legends European Championship, equivalent competition in Europe
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