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League of Legends Continental League
Sport	League of Legends
First season	2016
Owner(s)	Riot Games
No. of teams	8
Countries	Commonwealth of Independent States
Most recent; champion(s)	Albus NoX Luna
Qualification	Promotion tournament
Sponsor(s)	Riot Games
Relegation to	CIS Challenger League
Domestic cup(s)	LCL Open Cup

League of Legends Continental League (LCL) (Russian: Континентальная лига по League of Legends, Kontinental'naya liga po League of Legends) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Commonwealth of Independent States. There are 8 teams in the competition. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of ten weeks of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with play-off tournaments between the top four teams. The winners of each split qualifies for the International Wildcard events.

Prize pool of the competition in 2016 and 2017 amounts ₽ 4,5 million per season^[1]^[2].

2017 Spring Split[edit]

Teams[edit]

Team	Position in LCL 2016 Summer	First appearance in LCL/Star Series	Number of splits in LCL/Star Series
Vega Squadron	2nd	LCL 2016 Spring	2
TORNADO ROX	3-4th	SLTV StarSeries Season I (2014)	7
Natus Vincere	3-4th	LCL 2016 Spring	2
Vaevictis eSports	5th	LCL 2016 Spring	2
Gambit Gaming	6th	LCL 2016 Summer	1
Just.MSI Alpha	1-2th in Challenger League	2017 Spring	0
Virtus.pro	—	SLTV StarSeries Season II (2014)	4
M19	—	2017 Spring	0

Champions[edit]

Split	Champion	2nd place
2016 Spring	Hard Random	Team Empire
2016 Summer	Albus NoX Luna	Vega Squadron
2017 Spring	TBD	TBD

References[edit]

^ "Riot анонсировали собственную лигу по LoL для СНГ - Новости - Советский Спорт" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. December 30, 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
^ "Призовые Континентальной Лиги по LoL в СНГ составят 4,5 миллиона рублей" (in Russian). Sport-express. January 18, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

[ss-lcl-1] "Riot анонсировали собственную лигу по LoL для СНГ - Новости - Советский Спорт" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. December 30, 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

[pf-lcl-2] "Призовые Континентальной Лиги по LoL в СНГ составят 4,5 миллиона рублей" (in Russian). Sport-express. January 18, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

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