League of Legends Rift Rivals

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Rift RivalsTournament information

Sport| League of Legends
Location| various
Administrator| Riot Games

Tournament
format(s)

| Group stage
Round robin
Play-offs
Single elimination
Host(s)| Riot Games
Participants|

* Europe - North America
* China - South Korea - Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau
* Brazil - Latin America (2017-2018)
* Japan - Oceania - Southeast Asia (2017-2018)
* CIS - Turkey - Vietnam (2017-2018)

Rift Rivals (RR) was a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organized by Riot Games from 2017-2019.[1][2] Rift Rivals was five concurrent tournaments where related regions would be pitted against each other. Teams who placed the best in the Spring Split (or other opening season) of the year were invited to a tournament against another region's top teams.[citation needed] In 2019 Rift Rivals, the event was narrowed to only the two largest tournaments: the LCS (NALCS) vs. the LEC (EULCS) for North America vs. Europe, and the LPL vs. LCK vs. LMS-VCS for South Korea / China / Taiwan / Vietnam.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Rift Rivals was canceled by Riot, as the originally scheduled timeslot in July 2020 was replaced by a delayed Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). Riot additionally announced it would "sunset" the tournaments.[3]

## Blue Rift[edit]

* Europe - EU LCS (2017-2018) / LEC (2019)
* North America - NA LCS (2017-2018) / LCS (2019)[4]

Year  | Location  | Regions  | Final

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NA LCS/LCS  | EU LCS/LEC  | Winner  | Score  | Loser
2017 |  Berlin | Team SoloMid | G2 Esports | NA LCS | 3  | 0  | EU LCS
Cloud9 | Unicorns of Love
Phoenix1 | Fnatic
2018  |  Los Angeles | Team Liquid | Fnatic | EU LCS | 3  | 1  | NA LCS
100 Thieves | G2 Esports
Echo Fox | Splyce
2019 |  Los Angeles | Team Liquid | G2 Esports | LEC | 3  | 1  | LCS
Team SoloMid | Origen
Cloud9 | Fnatic

## Red Rift[edit]

* China (LPL)
* South Korea (LCK)
* Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao (LMS) (2017-2018) / Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao-Vietnam (LMS-VCS) (2019)

Year  | Location  | Regions  | Final  | Third place

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LPL  | LCK  | LMS/LMS-VCS  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up
2017 |  Kaohsiung | Team WE  | SK Telecom T1 | Flash Wolves | LPL | 3  | 1  | LCK | LMS
Royal Never Give Up | kt Rolster | ahq e-Sports Club
Edward Gaming | Samsung Galaxy | J Team
OMG  | MVP  | Machi 17
2018  |  Dalian | Royal Never Give Up | KING-ZONE DragonX  | Flash Wolves | LPL | 3  | 2  | LCK | LMS
Edward Gaming | Afreeca Freecs  | G-Rex
Rogue Warriors | kt Rolster | MAD Team
Invictus Gaming | SK Telecom T1 | Machi e-Sports
2019 |  Seoul | Invictus Gaming | SK Telecom T1 | Flash Wolves | LCK | 3  | 1  | LPL | LMS-VCS
JD Gaming  | Griffin  | MAD Team
FunPlus Phoenix  | KING-ZONE DragonX  | Dashing Buffalo
Top Esports  | DAMWON Gaming | EVOS Esports

## Yellow Rift[edit]

* Brazil (BR)
* Latin America North (LAN)
* Latin America South (LAS)

Year  | Location  | Regions  | Final  | Third place

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BR  | LAN  | LAS  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up
2017 |  Santiago | RED Canids  | Lyon Gaming  | Isurus Gaming  | BR  | 3  | 2  | LAS  | LAN
Keyd Stars  | Just Toys Havoks  | Furious Gaming
2018  |  São Paulo | KaBuM! e-Sports  | Rainbow7  | Kaos Latin Gamers  | BR  | 3  | 1  | LAS  | LAN
Vivo Keyd  | Infinity eSports  | Rebirth eSports

## Purple Rift[edit]

* Japan (JP)
* Oceania (OCE)
* Southeast Asia (SEA)

Year  | Location  | Regions  | Final  | Third place

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JP  | OCE  | SEA  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up
2017 |  Ho Chi Minh City | Rampage  | Dire Wolves  | GIGABYTE Marines  | JP  | 3  | 1  | SEA  | OCE
DetonatioN FocusMe  | Legacy Esports  | Ascension Gaming
Unsold Stuff Gaming  | Sin Gaming  | Mineski
2018  |  Sydney | PENTAGRAM  | Dire Wolves  | Ascension Gaming  | OCE  | 3  | 1  | SEA  | JP
DetonatioN FocusMe  | Chiefs Esports Club  | Kuala Lumpur Hunters
Unsold Stuff Gaming  | Legacy Esports  | Mineski

## Green Rift[edit]

* Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
* Turkey (TR)
* Vietnam (VN, since 2018)

Year  | Location  | Regions  | Final  | Third place

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CIS  | TR  | VN  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up
2017 |  Moscow | Virtus.pro | Supermassive eSports  | N/A  | TR  | 3  | 0  | CIS  | N/A
Vaevictis eSports | Oyunfir Crew
Vega Squadron | Team Aurora
M19  | 1907 Fenerbahçe eSports
2018  |  Ho Chi Minh City | Gambit Esports | SuperMassive eSports  | EVOS Esports | TR  | 3  | 1  | CIS  | VN
RoX  | Royal Bandits  | GIGABYTE Marines
Team Just  | YouthCrew Esports  | Vikings Gaming

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Riot announces Rift Rivals, new international League of Legends tournament series".
2. ^ "2018 Global Esports Event Announcement".
3. ^ Riot Games postpones Mid-Season Invitational to July, cancels all Rift Rivals events due to Coronavirus
4. ^ LoL Clash Schedule

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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.
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