2019 League of Legends Rift Rivals

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]

Rift Rivals 2019
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
LocationUnited States Los Angeles
South Korea Seoul
DateLCS/LEC
27–29 June 2019
LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS
4–7 July 2019
AdministratorRiot Games
Host(s)Riot Games
Venue(s)United States LCS Studio
South Korea Jangchung Arena
ParticipantsUnited States Top 3 teams of Spring Split from LCS and LEC
South Korea Top 4 teams of Spring Split from LCK, LPL and LMS-VCS
Final positions
ChampionsEurope (LEC)
South Korea (LCK)
1st runner-upNorth America (LCS)
China (LPL)
2nd runner-upTaiwan/Hong Kong/Macau-Vietnam (LMS-VCS)

Riot Games had discontinued the Rift Rivals event for play-in region this year.[3]

Format

LCS/LEC
  • Participants: Top three teams from each region
  • Group Stage
    • Single Round Robin best of one
  • Finals
    • Best of five relay race

[1]

LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS
  • 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

[2]

Blue Rift (LCS/LEC)

The 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
Participant teams
LCS LEC
Team Liquid G2 Esports
Team SoloMid Origen
Cloud9 Fnatic
Group Stage[4]
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
Finals[5]
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)
Stage at Jangchung Arena for the 2019 Rift Rivals

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)
Participant teams
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
Group Stage[6][7]
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
Semifinals[8]
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
Finals[9]
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
  1. "Rift Rivals 2019: NA vs EU". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  2. "Rift Rivals Asia 2019: Event Primer". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. Ashton, Graham (2019-03-29). "Riot Games Discontinues Rift Rivals Tournaments for Play-In Regions". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  4. "TSM hand Fnatic first loss of summer at Rift Rivals 2019". Dot Esports. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  5. "LEC wins Rift Rivals, 3-1 over LCS". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  6. "[리프트 라이벌즈] LCK, 4연승으로 선두 질주…1일차 순위< 7월4일 기준 >". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  7. "[리프트 라이벌즈] '아쉬운 마무리' LCK, 그룹 스테이지 7승 1패(종합)". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
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