League of Legends Rift Rivals
Cross-regional League of Legend tournaments
Rift Rivals (RR) was a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organized by Riot Games from 2017, 2019. 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. 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.
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.
01Blue Rift
| 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 | ||||||
02Red 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 | |||||||
03Yellow Rift
- Brazil (BR)
- Latin America North (LAN)
- Latin America South (LAS)
04Purple 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 | |||||||
05Green 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 eSports | Oyunfir Crew | ||||||||
| Vega Squadron | Team Aurora | ||||||||
| M19 | 1907 Fenerbahçe 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 | |||||||
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