League of Legends Rift Rivals

Rift Rivals (RR) was a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organized by Riot Games from 2017–2019.[1][2] Rift Rivals was five concurrent tournaments where related regions would be pitted against each other. Teams who placed the best in the Spring Split (or other opening season) of the year were invited to a tournament against another region's top teams.[3] In 2019 Rift Rivals, the event was narrowed to only the two largest tournaments: the LCS (NALCS) vs. the LEC (EULCS) for North America vs. Europe, and the LPL vs. LCK vs. LMS-VCS for South Korea / China / Taiwan / Vietnam.

Rift Rivals

Tournament information
Sport	League of Legends
Location	various
Dates	July–
Administrator(s)	Riot Games
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Round robin Play-offs Single elimination
Host(s)	Riot Games
Participants	Europe - North America China - South Korea - Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau Brazil - Latin America (2017–2018) Japan - Oceania - Southeast Asia (2017–2018) CIS - Turkey - Vietnam (2017–2018)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Rift Rivals was canceled by Riot, as the originally scheduled timeslot in July 2020 was replaced by a delayed Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). Riot additionally announced it would "sunset" the tournaments.[4]

Blue Rift

• Europe - EU LCS (2017–2018) / LEC (2019)
• North America - NA LCS (2017–2018) / LCS (2019)

Year	Location	Regions		Final
		NA LCS/LCS	EU LCS/LEC	Winner	Score		Loser
2017	Berlin	Team SoloMid	G2 Esports	NA LCS	3	0	EU LCS
		Cloud9	Unicorns of Love
		Phoenix1	Fnatic
2018	Los Angeles	Team Liquid	Fnatic	EU LCS	3	1	NA LCS
		100 Thieves	G2 Esports
		Echo Fox	Splyce
2019	Los Angeles	Team Liquid	G2 Esports	LEC	3	1	LCS
		Team SoloMid	Origen
		Cloud9	Fnatic

Red Rift

• China (LPL)
• South Korea (LCK)
• Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao (LMS) (2017–2018) / Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macao-Vietnam (LMS-VCS) (2019)

Year	Location	Regions			Final				Third place
		LPL	LCK	LMS/LMS-VCS	Winner	Score		Runner-up
2017	Kaohsiung	Team WE	SK Telecom T1	Flash Wolves	LPL	3	1	LCK	LMS
		Royal Never Give Up	kt Rolster	ahq e-Sports Club
		Edward Gaming	Samsung Galaxy	J Team
		OMG	MVP	Machi 17
2018	Dalian	Royal Never Give Up	KING-ZONE DragonX	Flash Wolves	LPL	3	2	LCK	LMS
		Edward Gaming	Afreeca Freecs	G-Rex
		Rogue Warriors	kt Rolster	MAD Team
		Invictus Gaming	SK Telecom T1	Machi e-Sports
2019	Seoul	Invictus Gaming	SK Telecom T1	Flash Wolves	LCK	3	1	LPL	LMS-VCS
		JD Gaming	Griffin	MAD Team
		FunPlus Phoenix	KING-ZONE DragonX	Dashing Buffalo
		Top Esports	DAMWON Gaming	EVOS Esports

Yellow Rift

• Brazil (BR)
• Latin America North (LAN)
• Latin America South (LAS)

Year	Location	Regions			Final				Third place
		BR	LAN	LAS	Winner	Score		Runner-up
2017	Santiago	RED Canids	Lyon Gaming	Isurus Gaming	BR	3	2	LAS	LAN
		Keyd Stars	Just Toys Havoks	Furious Gaming
2018	São Paulo	KaBuM! e-Sports	Rainbow7	Kaos Latin Gamers	BR	3	1	LAS	LAN
		Vivo Keyd	Infinity eSports	Rebirth eSports

Purple Rift

• Japan (JP)
• Oceania (OCE)
• Southeast Asia (SEA)

Year	Location	Regions			Final				Third place
		JP	OCE	SEA	Winner	Score		Runner-up
2017	Ho Chi Minh City	Rampage	Dire Wolves	GIGABYTE Marines	JP	3	1	SEA	OCE
		DetonatioN FocusMe	Legacy Esports	Ascension Gaming
		Unsold Stuff Gaming	Sin Gaming	Mineski
2018	Sydney	PENTAGRAM	Dire Wolves	Ascension Gaming	OCE	3	1	SEA	JP
		DetonatioN FocusMe	Chiefs Esports Club	Kuala Lumpur Hunters
		Unsold Stuff Gaming	Legacy Esports	Mineski

Green Rift

• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• Turkey (TR)
• Vietnam (VN, since 2018)

Year	Location	Regions			Final				Third place
		CIS	TR	VN	Winner	Score		Runner-up
2017	Moscow	Virtus.pro	Supermassive eSports	N/A	TR	3	0	CIS	N/A
		Vaevictis e-Sports	Oyunfir Crew
		Vega Squadron	Team Aurora
		M19	1907 Fenerbahce eSports
2018	Ho Chi Minh City	Gambit Esports	SuperMassive eSports	EVOS Esports	TR	3	1	CIS	VN
		RoX	Royal Bandits	GIGABYTE Marines
		Team Just	YouthCrew Esports	Vikings Gaming

References

1. "Riot announces Rift Rivals, new international League of Legends tournament series".
2. "2018 Global Esports Event Announcement".
3. "Esportspedia's Rift Rivals Page". Retrieved June 29, 2018.
4. Riot Games postpones Mid-Season Invitational to July, cancels all Rift Rivals events due to Coronavirus