League of Legends Japan League

The League of Legends Japan League (LJL) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Japan.[2][3][4] The league franchised prior to start of the 2019 season and has eight teams under partnership.[1] Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of ten rounds of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with playoff tournaments between the top three teams. The spring and summer champions qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.[5]

League of Legends Japan League
GameLeague of Legends
Inaugural season2014
Owner(s)Riot Games Japan
No. of teams8
CountriesJapan
Most recent
champion(s)		DetonatioN FocusMe (16th title)
Most titlesDetonatioN FocusMe (16 titles)
QualificationFranchise partnership[1]
TV partner(s)Twitch
International cup(s)Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Official websitejp.lolesports.com

Format

Eight teams compete in a double round robin during the group stage, with matches being best-of-ones. The top six teams from the group stage advance to single-elimination format playoffs, with the top two beginning in the second round.

The playoff format is as follows:

  • Round 1: The third seed from the group stage play against sixth seed, with the fourth seed facing fifth seed.
  • Round 2: The first seed from the group stage chooses whether to play against from the Round 1 winner, with the second seed facing the remaining team.
  • Finals: The winners of Round 2 face each other in the final best-of-five series.

The winners of the spring and summer splits will represent Japan at the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship respectively.

Teams

Current
Team ID
AXIZ AXZ
Burning Core BC
Crest Gaming Act CGA
DetonatioN FocusMe DFM
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming SHG
FENNEL FL
Sengoku Gaming SG
V3 Esports V3

Former
  • 7th heaven
  • DetonatioN RabbitFive (DetonatioN FocusMe's sister team)
  • Okinawan Tigers
  • PENTAGRAM (formerly Rampage)
  • SCARZ
  • Unsold Stuff Gaming
  • Rascal Jester

Past seasons
Year Split 1st 2nd 3rd
2014 Winter Rascal Jester Ozone Rampage Okinawan Tigers
Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester Ozone Rampage
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Ozone Rampage Rascal Jester
Grand Final DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester
2015 Season 1 DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN RabbitFive 7th heaven
Season 2 Ozone Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
Grand Final DetonatioN FocusMe Ozone Rampage
2016 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Rampage Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
2017 Spring Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer Rampage DetonatioN FocusMe 7th heaven
2018 Spring PENTAGRAM DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming PENTAGRAM
2019 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Unsold Stuff Gaming Crest Gaming Act
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe V3 Esports Crest Gaming Act
2020 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming V3 Esports
Summer V3 Esports DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming
2021 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe V3 Esports Rascal Jester
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Rascal Jester AXIZ
2022 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming Rascal Jester
Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming
2023 Spring DetonatioN FocusMe Sengoku Gaming FENNEL

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming

Summer DetonatioN FocusMe Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming Sengoku Gaming

References
  1. Torres, Xander (25 December 2018). "LJL announces new franchises, schedule, and prize pool for 2019". VPEsports. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. Wong, Joe (18 January 2019). "Riot Games finds two new organising partners for League of Legends Japan League". Esports Insider. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. Takahashi, Dean (27 February 2019). "PlayBrain raises $1.9 million for League of Legends esports events in Japan". VentureBeat. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. Murray, Trent (27 February 2019). "Japanese Tournament Organizer PlayBrain Raises $1.9M Seed Round Led by BITKRAFT". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. Kim, Alice (10 August 2017). "League of Legends – Japan League". Esports.net.
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