In today’s sweeping developer update, Riot Games has given exciting updates on how many slots will be provided to teams from across the globe for League of Legends’ Mid-Season Invitational, the World Championship, and the new international event being added to the start of the year.
According to Riot, the professional League scene could move to five total regions worldwide as soon as 2025, featuring Americas, EMEA, LCK, LPL, and APAC. To meet the new adjustments, team spaces at all three upcoming tournaments will be modified, which may have an impact on qualification.
Riot, for example, intends to send five teams to the new, nameless worldwide event, with just one place available for each area. Because every major esports league will use a single split schedule in 2025, it is possible that the victor of the 2025 Winter Split may compete in this new event.
Every region in the world will compete in three distinct splits, for a total of three international events. MSI, on the other hand, will award two berths to each region, resulting in a total of ten teams, whereas Worlds will feature 17 teams, including the MSI champion, the second-best performing region at MSI, and three spaces per region after that.
With the global landscape changing for League, players, coaching staffs, and fans will have to adjust to a drastically different format for the game they call home. Major changes are on the way for particular leagues, like as the Americas League, which will be formed by combining the LCS, CBLOL, and LLA.
Overall, spectators can expect a lot of changes in 2025 and lots of opportunities to enjoy the competition when these new teams face off for the first time, particularly at the new international event in the first quarter of the year.