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League of Legends 2019 professional season – who will be playing?

By Richelle Lau

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 21: Team Fnatic vs Edward Gaming play during the quaterfinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Chmpionship at Bexco Auditorium on October 21, 2018 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 21: Team Fnatic vs Edward Gaming play during the quaterfinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Chmpionship at Bexco Auditorium on October 21, 2018 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images) /
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In preparation for the start of League of Legends’ 2019 professional scene, here’s a quick breakdown on the four major regions, with their updated formats, respective starting dates and participating team rosters!

League’s pro-scene involves many professional players from different regions, with the four major professional regions being North America and Europe from the West, and South Korea and China from the East. Teams and players participating in the championships change drastically every year so here’s an updated list after all the end-of-season roster changes!

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NALCS (North America)

Start Date

  • January 26th, 2019

Format

  • Ten teams will be playing single matches against each other twice a week. At the end of the regular season, the top six teams will head into playoffs.

Teams & Rosters

100 Thieves:

  • Ssumday (Top), AnDa (Jungle), Huhi (Mid), Bang (Bot), aphromoo (Support)

Cloud9:

  • Licorice (Top), Blaber (Jungle), Svenskeren (Jungle), GoldenGlue (Mid), Nisqy (Mid), Sneaky (Bot), Zeyzal (Support)

Clutch Gaming:

  • Huni (Top), LirA (Jungle), Damonte (Mid), Piglet (Bot), Vulcan (Support)

CLG:

  • Darshan (Top), Wiggily (Jungle), PowerOfEvil (Mid), Stixxay (Bot), Biofrost (Support)

Echo Fox:

  • Solo (Top), Lourlo (Top), Rush (Jungle), Fenix (Mid), Apollo (Bot), Lost (Bot), Hakuho (Support)

FlyQuest:

  • V1per (Top), Santorin (Jungle), Pobelter (Mid), WildTurtle (Bot), JayJ (Support)

Golden Guardians:

  • Hauntzer (Top), Contractz (Jungle), Froggen (Mid), Deftly (Bot), Olleh (Support)

OpTic Gaming:

  • Dhokla (Top), Meteos (Jungle), Crown (Mid), Arrow (Bot), BIG (Support)

Team Liquid:

  • Impact (Top), Xmithie (Jungle), Jensen (Mid), Doublelift (Bot), CoreJJ (Support)

TSM:

  • Broken Blade (Top), Grig (Jungle), Akaadian (Jungle), Bjergsen (Mid), Zven (Bot), Smoothie (Support)

LEC (Europe)

Start Date

  • January 18th, 2019

Format

  • Ten teams will be playing single matches against each other twice a week. At the end of the regular season, the top six teams will head into playoffs.

Teams & Rosters

exceL Esports:

  • Expect (Top), Send0o (Top), Caedral (Jungle), Taxer (Jungle), Exileh (Mid), Special (Mid), Innaxe (Bot), Jeskla (Bot), kaSing (Support), Mystiques (Support)

FC Schalke 04:

  • Odoamne (Top), Memento (Jungle), Abbedagge (Mid), Upset (Bot), IgNar (Support)

Fnatic:

  • Bwipo (Top), Broxah (Jungle), Nemesis (Mid), Rekkles (Bot), Hylissang (Support)

G2 Esports:

  • Wunder (Top), Jankos (Jungle), Caps (Mid), Perkz (Bot), Mikyx (Support)

Misfits Gaming:

  • sOAZ (Top), Maxlore (Jungle), Febiven (Mid), Hans Sama (Bot), GorillA (Support)

Origen:

  • Alphari (Top), Kold (Jungle), Nukeduck (Mid), Patrik (Bot), Mithy (Support)

Rogue:

  • Profit (Top), Kikis (Jungle), Sencux (Mid), HeaQ (Bot), Wadid (Support)

SK Gaming:

  • Werlyb (Top), Scarface (Top), Selfmade (Jungle), Phrenic (Jungle), Pirean (Mid), SozPurefect (Mid), Crownshot (Bot), Keduii (Bot), Dreams (Support), Doss (Support)

Splyce:

  • Vizicsacsi (Top), Xerxe (Jungle), Humanoid (Mid), Kobbe (Bot), Norskeren (Support)

Team Vitality:

  • Cabochard (Top), Mowgli (Jungle), Jiizuke (Mid), Attila (Bot), Jactroll (Support)
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