League Handbook

Everything you need to know about the Tier 1 professional VALORANT league's 2026 season.

Split 1 overview

The 2026 League of Legends Esports season kicks off with each region running their own Split format and style. The top team from each region and second seeds from LCK, LPL qualify for First Stand.

1st Place
1st Place

Qualifies for First Stand

Event Phases

Every team from this region participate.

Swiss Stage

The first 3 weeks will be a swiss style tournament. Teams will be drawn to compete against teams of equal record across 3 rounds. At the end of 3 rounds, the top-6 teams will advance to playoffs.

Playoffs

A 6 team, double elimination bracket where the winner will qualify for First Stand.

Participating Teams

All teams in all 6 regions participate in this event.

LCSLCS
Sentinels
SEN
Cloud9 Kia
C9
Dignitas
DIG
Disguised
DSG
FlyQuest
FLY
LYON
LYON
Shopify Rebellion
SR
Team Liquid Alienware
TLAW
LCKLCK
Gen.G Esports
GEN
T1
T1
NONGSHIM RED FORCE
NS
DN SOOPers
DNS
HANJIN BRION
BRO
Hanwha Life Esports
HLE
Dplus KIA
DK
kt Rolster
KT
BNK FEARX
BFX
KIWOOM DRX
KRX
CBLOLCBLOL
Fluxo
FX
FURIA
FUR
LEVIATÁN
LEV
LOS
LOS
LOUD
LOUD
paiN Gaming
PAIN
RED Canids Kalunga
RED
Vivo Keyd Stars
VKS
LPLLPL
BILIBILI GAMING
BLG
Anyone's Legend
AL
TOP ESPORTS
TES
Invictus Gaming
IG
Beijing JDG Esports
JDG
WeiboGaming
WBG
Shenzhen NINJAS IN PYJAMAS
NIP
Xi'an Team WE
WE
EDWARD GAMING
EDG
THUNDER TALK GAMING
TT
LGD GAMING
LGD
Ultra Prime
UP
Suzhou LNG Esports
LNG
Oh My God
OMG
LCPLCP
CTBC Flying Oyster
CFO
DetonatioN FocusMe
DFM
Relove Deep Cross Gaming
DCG
GAM Esports
GAM
Ground Zero Gaming
GZ
MVK Esports
MVK
Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming
SHG
Team Secret Whales
TSW
LECLEC
GIANTX
GX
G2 Esports
G2
Fnatic
FNC
Karmine Corp
KC
Karmine Corp Blue
KCB
Los Ratones
LR
Movistar KOI
MKOI
Natus Vincere
NAVI
Shifters
SHFT
SK Gaming
SK
Team Heretics
TH
Team Vitality
VIT
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