League of Legends Japan League
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| Game | League of Legends |
|---|---|
| First season | 2014 |
| Owner(s) | Riot Games Japan |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Countries | Japan |
| Most recent champion(s) | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming (1st title) |
| Most titles | DetonatioN FocusMe (16 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.
Before 2024, the spring and summer champions qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.[5] However, since 2024, the top three teams from each LJL split will seed into the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) playoffs and compete with other PCS teams for a chance to represent the larger region at international events. LJL teams will be no longer qualifying directly to MSI and Worlds.
Format
Regular season
- Six teams participate
- Double Round-robin, all matches are best-of-two with three points for a win
- The best four teams advance to the playoffs
Playoffs
- The top four teams from regular season participate in the playoffs
- Single-elimination, all matches are best-of-five
- Top three teams will represent LJL at the Pacific Championship Series playoffs respectively.
Teams
Current
As of 2024 season:
| Team | ID |
|---|---|
| AXIZ Crest | AXC |
| Burning Core | BC |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gaming | SHG |
| DetonatioN FocusMe | DFM |
| Sengoku Gaming | SG |
| V3 Esports | V3 |
Former
- 7th heaven
- DetonatioN RabbitFive[a]
- Okinawan Tigers
- Pentagram[b]
- SCARZ
- Unsold Stuff Gaming
- Rascal Jester
- FENNEL
- AXIZ[c]
- Crest Gaming Act[c]
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 SHG | |
| 2023 | Spring | DetonatioN FocusMe | Sengoku Gaming | FENNEL Fukuoka SHG |
| Summer | DetonatioN FocusMe | Fukuoka SHG | Sengoku Gaming | |
| 2024 | Spring | Fukuoka SHG | DetonatioN FocusMe | V3 Esports |
| Summer |
Notes
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
- Official website
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League of Legends
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| Former |
- Pentakill
- "Warriors"
- "Legends Never Die"
- "Masterpiece"
- K/DA
- All Out
- "The Baddest"
- "More"
- "Enemy"
- "Everything Goes On"
- "Star Walkin'"
- Jinx
- Vi
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| Riot Forge |
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1 The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
