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

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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INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA – NOVEMBER 03: Team Invictus Gaming of China celebrates their winning Finals match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship against Team Fnatic at Incheon Munhak Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA – NOVEMBER 03: Team Invictus Gaming of China celebrates their winning Finals match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship against Team Fnatic at Incheon Munhak Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) /

LCK (South Korea)

Start Date

  • January 16th, 2019

Format

  • Ten teams compete against each other in a double round robin format, with best of three matches

Teams & Rosters

Afreeca Freecs:

  • Brook (Top), Kiin (Top), Dread (Jungle), Spirit (Jungle), SSUN (Mid), Ucal (Mid), Aiming (Bot), SSol (Bot), Jelly (Support), Proud (Support)

DAMWON Gaming:

  • Nuguri (Top), Canyon (Jungle), Punch (Jungle), ShowMaker (Mid), Calm (Bot), Nuclear (Bot), BeryL (Support), Hoit (Support)

Gen.G:

  • CuVee (Top), Roach (Top), Peanut (Jungle), Fly (Mid), Ruler (Bot), Life (Support)

Griffin:

  • Sword (Top), Tarzan (Jungle), Chovy (Mid), Viper (Bot), Kabbie (Support), Lehends (Support)

Hanwha Life:

  • SoHwan (Top), Thal (Top), Bono (Jungle), Moojin (Jungle), Lava (Mid), Tempt (Mid), Clever (Bot), Sangyoon (Bot), Asper (Support), Key (Support)

Jin Air Green Wings:

  • Lindarang (Top), TaNa (Top), Malrang (Jungle), Seize (Jungle), CheonGo (Mid), Grace (Mid), Stitch (Bot), Route (Bot), Kellin (Support), Nova (Support)

Kingzone DragonX:

  • Rascal (Top), Cuzz (Jungle), PawN (Mid), Deft (Bot), TusiN (Support)

KT Rolster:

  • Kingen (Top), Smeb (Top), Score (Jungle), UmTi (Jungle), Bdd (Mid), Gango (Bot), Zenit (Bot), Mia (Support), SnowFlower (Support)

SANDBOX Gaming:

  • Summit (Top), Wizer (Top), Crush (Jungle), OnFleek (Jungle), Dove (Mid), Ghost (Bot), Hollow (Bot), DoRaoN (Support), joker (Support), Totoro (Support)

SK Telecom T1

  • Crazy (Top), Khan (Top), Clid (Jungle), Haru (Jungle), Faker (Mid), Gori (Mid), Leo (Bot), Teddy (Bot), Effort (Support), Mata (Support)

 LPL (China)

Start Date

  • January 14th, 2019

Format

  • Best of three matches with 16 teams playing matches within their own drawn groups and against their opposing group.

Teams & Rosters

Bilibili Gaming:

  • ADD (Top), Chieftain (Jungle), Meteor (Jungle), Kuro (Mid), Jinjiao (Bot), Kine (Support), Mni (Support)

EDward Gaming:

  • Ray (Top), Clearlove (Jungle), Haro (Jungle), Scout (Mid), iBoy (Bot), Meiko (Support)

FunPlus Phoenix:

  • GimGoon (Top), Tian (Jungle), Xinyi (Jungle), Doinb (Mid), Lwx (Bot), Crisp (Support)

Invictus Gaming:

  • Duke (Top), TheShy (Top), Ning (Jungle), Rookie (Mid), JackeyLove (Bot), Baolan (Support)

JD Gaming:

  • Zoom (Top), Flawless (Jungle), Levi (Jungle), YaGao (Mid), Bvoy (Bot), imp (Bot), LvMao (Support)

LGD Gaming:

  • Lies (Top), Condi (Jungle), Eimy (Jungle), Ian (Mid), Yuuki (Mid), Kramer (Bot), RD (Bot), Pyl (Support)

Oh My God:

  • Xiyang (Top), Ale (Top), I3est16 (Jungle), Mountain (Jungle), Penguin (Jungle), icon (Mid), Chelly (Bot), Five (Support), Xuan (Support)

Rogue Warriors:

  • Jiangqiao (Top), Zhaoyun (Top), Xuzhu (Jungle), HuaTian (Mid), Jingtian (Mid), KongMing (Mid), ZWuJi (Bot), Killua (Support)

RNG:

  • AmazingJ (Top), Karsa (Jungle), Mlxg (Jungle), Xiaohu (Mid), Uzi (Bot), Able (Bot), Ming (Support)

SinoDragon:

  • Changhong (Top), Xiaopeng (Jungle), Twila (Mid), Gala (Bot), Mark (Support), Mitsuki (Support)

Snake Esports:

  • Flandre (Top), SofM (Jungle), Andy (Mid), Mala (Mid), Asura (Bot), Maestro (Support)

Suning:

  • XiaoAL (Top), H4cker (Jungle), Maple (Mid), Smlz (Bot), SwordArT (Support)

Team WE:

  • 957 (Top), Poss (Top), beishang (Jungle), Magic (Jungle), chen9 (Mid), xiye (Mid), GENTLE (Bot), Mystic (Bot), Missing (Support), Sun (Support)

Topsports Gaming:

  • 369 (Top), Moyu (Top), Xx (Jungle), Knight (Mid), LokeN (Bot), QiuQiu (Bot), Ben (Support), Cat (Support)

Vici Gaming:

  • Aodi (Top), Chelizi (Top), Aix (Jungle), Youdang (Jungle), FireRain (Mid), Jay (Mid), Puff (Bot), Snow (Bot), Caveman (Support), Southwind (Support)

Victory Five:

  • Jinoo (Top), Ben4 (Jungle), Pepper (Jungle), Corn (Mid), Y4 (Bot), Ley (Support), Road (Support)

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And there we have it, the formats and teams playing for each of the major regions for this year’s League of Legends professional scene! Which professional region will you be watching and what teams are you most excited to see in action in 2019? Let us know down in the comments below!