League of Legends Japan League
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Game | League of Legends |
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First season | 2014 |
Owner(s) | Riot Games Japan |
No. of teams | 6 |
Countries | Japan |
Most recent champion(s) | DetonatioN FocusMe (16th 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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.