Misplaced Pages

League of Legends Rift Rivals

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from 2018 League of Legends Rift Rivals)
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "League of Legends Rift Rivals" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Rift Rivals
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Locationvarious
AdministratorRiot 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. 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. 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.

Blue Rift

  • Europe - EU LCS (2017–2018) / LEC (2019)
  • North America - NA LCS (2017–2018) / LCS (2019)
Year Location Regions Final
NA LCS/LCS EU LCS/LEC Winner Score Loser
2017 Germany Berlin Team SoloMid G2 Esports NA LCS 3 0 EU LCS
Cloud9 Unicorns of Love
Phoenix1 Fnatic
2018 United States Los Angeles Team Liquid Fnatic EU LCS 3 1 NA LCS
100 Thieves G2 Esports
Echo Fox Splyce
2019 United States Los Angeles Team Liquid G2 Esports LEC 3 1 LCS
Team SoloMid Origen
Cloud9 Fnatic

Red Rift

  • 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
LPL LCK LMS/LMS-VCS Winner Score Runner-up
2017 Taiwan 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 China 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 South Korea 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

  • Brazil (BR)
  • Latin America North (LAN)
  • Latin America South (LAS)
Year Location Regions Final Third place
BR LAN LAS Winner Score Runner-up
2017 Chile Santiago RED Canids Lyon Gaming Isurus Gaming BR 3 2 LAS LAN
Keyd Stars Just Toys Havoks Furious Gaming
2018 Brazil São Paulo KaBuM! e-Sports Rainbow7 Kaos Latin Gamers BR 3 1 LAS LAN
Vivo Keyd Infinity eSports Rebirth eSports

Purple Rift

  • Japan (JP)
  • Oceania (OCE)
  • Southeast Asia (SEA)
Year Location Regions Final Third place
JP OCE SEA Winner Score Runner-up
2017 Vietnam 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 Australia 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

  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Turkey (TR)
  • Vietnam (VN, since 2018)
Year Location Regions Final Third place
CIS TR VN Winner Score Runner-up
2017 Russia 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 Vietnam 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

  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
League of Legends
Riot Games, Tencent, Esports
World Championship
Mid-Season Invitational
First Stand
Regional leagues
Current
Former
Other tournaments
Music
Characters
Other games
Riot Games
Riot Forge
Tabletop games
Other
The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Category: