Game publisher Riot Games has announced the official name of its new multi-region league, the League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP).
The LCP will be the official League of Legends (LoL) tournament for Asia-Pacific (APAC) and is set to take place from 2025 onwards.
Riot Games previously announced the proposal of a multi-region league for APAC back in June. The then nameless league was aiming to combine teams from Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, Japan, Oceania and the rest of Southeast Asia.
Now the logo, branding and ecosystem of the LCP has been made officially public. The LCP will serve as the top tier of competition in the APAC ecosystem and will be a route for teams within the region to qualify for global events as of 2025. Through the LCP, teams will have an opportunity to qualify for MSI, Worlds and the new international tournament.
Below the LCP there will be three domestic leagues that all have a promotion and relegation tournament for a ‘Guest Spot’ within the APAC event. These three domestic leagues are; the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) and League of Legends Japan League (LJL). Riot Games has stated it has future plans to open up to regions beyond the current leagues.
Before this announcement, Riot Games unveiled that the league is going to be held in Taipei, Taiwan. It also announced that the League of Legends Circuit: Oceania (LCO) will be reassessed, in this announcement Riot Games stated it wants to create a pathway from OCE into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) League of Legends esports ecosystem in 2025.
In Riot Games’ announcement, the company explained what it aims to achieve with the new multi-region league: “By creating a path between the LCP and the domestic leagues, we want to highlight the talent and enable the ambitions of teams and players throughout the region.
“In future, we aim to give wider access to the LCP by expanding the ecosystem beyond the existing domestic leagues, keeping the competition diverse and dynamic.”
