The ESL UK Premiership, the largest eSports tournament for the UK and Ireland, is the one to watch for League of Legends talent rising to the professional eSports circuit.
The ESL UK Premiership Summer 2016 Season is set to be the biggest and best yet. With a prize pool of £34,000 and a three-game offline finals event planned for this October’s MCM Comic Con in London, there’s plenty to be excited about. Riot has continued to recognize this milestone by investing a spot in their EU Challenger Series Qualifier in the winner of this season’s premiership.
The last team to win a spot in the Challenger Series Qualifier through the ESL UK Premiership, were the former Renegades: Banditos who then went on to win the qualifiers and secure their place in the EU Challenger Series. Out of this success story came even greater achievement. Renegades: Banditos, now Misfits, recently triumphed in the EU LCS promotion tournament and are now the newest team to qualify for the EU LCS, showcasing the path to pro from Premiership to EU LCS. Individual success was also found in Maxlore, who was scouted by the Spanish team Giants, and now plays in the LCS.
Since the start of 2015, the UK Premiership, ESL UK’s flagship national product, has seen significant growth in both viewership and participation. Designed purely for UK teams, talent and viewers, the tournament has attracted over two million online spectators and has seen over two thousand gamers take part from all over Great Britain and Ireland.
To sign up to the ESL UK Premiership for League Of Legends, players can head to the ESL UK website.