2019 League of Legends Rift Rivals
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The 2019 League of Legends Rift Rivals was the third Rift Rivals – a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organised by Riot Games. The tournament was held on 27–29 June 2019 in Los Angeles for the North America and Europe region,[1] and 4–7 July 2019 in Seoul for China, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau and Vietnam region.[2] The Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau region and Vietnam region sent their top two teams for Spring season to Rift Rivals 2019 respectively.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Location |  Los Angeles Seoul |
| Date | LCS/LEC 27–29 June 2019 LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS 4–7 July 2019 |
| Administrator | Riot Games |
| Host(s) | Riot Games |
| Venue(s) | LCS Studio Jangchung Arena |
| Participants | Top 3 teams of Spring Split from LCS and LEC Top 4 teams of Spring Split from LCK, LPL and LMS-VCS |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Europe (LEC) South Korea (LCK) |
| 1st runner-up | North America (LCS) China (LPL) |
| 2nd runner-up | Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau-Vietnam (LMS-VCS) |
Riot Games had discontinued the Rift Rivals event for play-in region this year.[3][4]
Format
editLCS/LEC
edit- Participants: Top three teams from each region
- Group Stage
- Single Round Robin best of one
- Finals
- Best of five relay race
Lck/lpl/lms-vcs
edit- Participants: Top four teams from each region
- LMS-VCS is treated as a single region, each region sends their top two teams for the tournament
- Group Stage
- Best of one
- Each win will attribute to the team's home region
- Top region advances to the finals
- Semifinals
- Best of five
- Each region decides their order for competing
- Winner will advance to the finals
- Finals
- Best of five
- Each region decides their order for competing
Blue Rift (LCS/LEC)
editThe 2019 Rift Rival between North America (LCS) - Europe (LEC) featured the top three teams from each region's Spring Split. This event took place in Los Angeles.
- Start date: 27 June 2019
- End date: 29 June 2019
- Patch: 9.12
| LCS | LEC |
|---|---|
| Team Liquid | G2 Esports |
| Team SoloMid | Origen |
| Cloud9 | Fnatic |
| Rank | LCS | Rank | LEC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Liquid | 2 | 1 | 1 | G2 Esports | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Team SoloMid | 1 | 2 | 1 | Origen | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cloud9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Fnatic | 2 | 1 |
| LCS | 1 | 3 | LEC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud9 | 0 | 1 | Fnatic |
| Team SoloMid | 0 | 1 | Origen |
| Team Liquid | 1 | 0 | G2 Esports |
| Team SoloMid | 0 | 1 | Fnatic |
Red Rift (LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS)
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The 2019 Rift Rival between South Korea (LCK) - China (LPL) - Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau-Vietnam (LMS-VCS) featured the top four Spring Split teams from each region, except for LMS-VCS which featured the top two Spring Split teams from each region. This event took place in Seoul.
- Start date: 4 July 2019
- End date: 7 July 2019
- Patch: 9.13 (Mordekaiser and Qiyana disabled)
| Seed | LCK | LPL | LMS-VCS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Telecom T1 | Invictus Gaming | Flash Wolves |
| 2 | Griffin | JD Gaming | MAD Team |
| 3 | KING-ZONE DragonX | FunPlus Phoenix | Dashing Buffalo |
| 4 | DAMWON Gaming | Top Esports | EVOS Esports |
| Seed | LCK | LPL | LMS-VCS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Telecom | 1 | 1 | Invictus Gaming | 2 | 0 | Flash Wolves | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Griffin | 2 | 0 | JD Gaming | 1 | 1 | MAD Team | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | KING-ZONE DragonX | 2 | 0 | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | 1 | Dashing Buffalo | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DAMWON Gaming | 2 | 0 | Top Esports | 1 | 1 | EVOS Esports | 0 | 2 |
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | LCK | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | LMS-VCS | 0 | LPL | 1 | |||||
| 3 | LPL | 3 | |||||||
| Game | LPL | 3 | 0 | LMS-VCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JD Gaming | 1 | 0 | Flash Wolves |
| 2 | Top Esports | 1 | 0 | MAD Team |
| 3 | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | 0 | Dashing Buffalo |
| Game | LCK | 3 | 1 | LPL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KING-ZONE DragonX | 1 | 0 | Invictus Gaming |
| 2 | SK Telecom T1 | 1 | 0 | Top Esports |
| 3 | Griffin | 0 | 1 | FunPlus Phoenix |
| 4 | DAMWON Gaming | 1 | 0 | JD Gaming |
References
edit- ^ a b "Rift Rivals 2019: NA vs EU". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ a b c "Rift Rivals Asia 2019: Event Primer". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ Ashton, Graham (2019-03-29). "Riot Games Discontinues Rift Rivals Tournaments for Play-In Regions". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ "탑플레이어포커머니상". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "TSM hand Fnatic first loss of summer at Rift Rivals 2019". Dot Esports. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "LEC wins Rift Rivals, 3-1 over LCS". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "[리프트 라이벌즈] LCK, 4연승으로 선두 질주…1일차 순위< 7월4일 기준 >". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "[리프트 라이벌즈] '아쉬운 마무리' LCK, 그룹 스테이지 7승 1패(종합)". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "League of Legends: [Rift Rivals] LPL Defeats LMS-VCS and Heads to the Grand Final". www.invenglobal.com. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "League of Legends: [Rift Rivals Finals] LCK Soar Over LPL for their First Rift Rivals Championship". www.invenglobal.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-13.