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Teams marked in bold were part of the LCS during its final split. Teams marked in bold and italics would join the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) when it began in 2025. 100 Thieves (Spring 2018 – Summer 2024) Apex Gaming (Summer 2016) [b] Cloud9 (Summer 2013 – Summer 2024) Clutch Gaming (Spring 2018 – Spring 2020 [1])
Established in 2013, the league was initially split into two regions: the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) and the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). The NA LCS featured eight teams, which were determined via a promotion and relegation system. In 2015, the league expanded to ten teams.
Each team paid $10 million (for existing League of Legends teams who were in the NA LCS or CS) or $13 million (for new teams). [9] [10] The NA LCS re-branded its name to simply the LCS in December 2018 (after the EU LCS became the LEC), [11] and then to just the League Championship Series before the 2021 season. [12]
The 2024 LCS season was the 12th, and final, season of the League Championship Series (LCS), a North American professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split ran from January 20 to March 31, 2024.
NA LCS Promotion LCS Academy League Europe League of Legends Challenger Series: 2nd (semi-professional) Europe: Berlin: 2014: 2017: 6: EU LCS Promotion European Masters International Wildcard Invitational Qualifier: various: various: 2015: 2016: 8: MSI Qualification MSI Play-in Stage International Wildcard tournament/qualifier Qualifier ...
At the conclusion of the NA LCS season, TSM qualified for the 2018 NA LCS Regional Qualifier gauntlet, which would determine North America's third and final representative for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. [67] After defeating Echo Fox in the semifinals, the team reached the finals of the gauntlet, then where they faced Cloud9.
TSM's fortunes fluctuated in the subsequent years, but in 2013, they became the inaugural North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) champions. They maintained their status as a top team in North America, with appearances in multiple World Championships.
On November 20, 2017, 100 Thieves was accepted as a franchise organization for the 2018 NA LCS season. [15] The team signed Neil "pr0lly" Hammad as its head coach and Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho, William "Meteos" Hartman, Ryu "Ryu" Sang-wook, Cody Sun, and Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black for its starting roster. [16]