2018 Global LoL Esports Event Locations

League of Legends eSports

This year, history is on the line as we take our global events to some of our most established competitive regions. Following our record-breaking 2017 World Championship in China, we’re proud to be hosting the Mid-Season Invitational for the first time in Germany and France, before bringing the 2018 World Championship back to the home turf of five of the past seven World Championship winners: Korea. In between MSI and Worlds, regions will battle it out at Rift Rivals events taking place all over the globe, and we will cap off the year with the All-Star Event.

MSI 2018

The 2018 Mid-Season Invitational, our first global event of the year, is heading to Europe! While EU was the host region for the 2014 All-Star, the 2015 World Championship, and the 2016 All-Star Event, this will be the first time EU hosts MSI. We will be holding both Play-Ins and Groups at the revamped EU LCS studio, before heading to Zenith Paris – La Villette for Knockouts.

Below is the schedule and outline of the cities we’ll be visiting:

PLAY-IN & GROUP STAGE

MAY 03-06 08-09 11-15

EU LCS STUDIO – BERLIN, GERMANY

KNOCKOUT STAGE

MAY 18-20

ZENITH PARIS LA VILLETTE – PARIS, FRANCE

Tickets will go on sale within the next several weeks.

RIFT RIVALS 2018

In the spirit of rivalry, the host regions of the 5 Rift Rivals events will rotate this year. The events will take place during the week of July 2-8 as follows:

MATCH-UPS

NORTH AMERICA VS. EUROPE

HOSTED IN USA

CHINA VS. KOREA VS. LMS

HOSTED IN CHINA

BRAZIL VS. LATAM NORTH VS. LATAM SOUTH

HOSTED IN BRAZIL

OCEANIA VS. SOUTHEAST ASIA VS. JAPAN

HOSTED IN AUSTRALIA

VIETNAM VS. RUSSIA VS. TURKEY

HOSTED IN VIETNAM

Moving forward, Vietnam will have independent representation at international events. Vietnam (VCS) will be grouped with Turkey (TCL) and CIS (LCL) for Rift Rivals, and Southeast Asia (GPL) will remain grouped with Oceania (OPL) and Japan (LJL). This will allow us to keep clusters to no more than 3 regions and maintain competitive parity within clusters.

Stay tuned for more information regarding host cities and venues in the coming weeks!