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League of Legends Continental League

Sport	League of Legends
First season	2016
Owner(s)	Riot Games
No. of teams	8
Countries	Commonwealth of Independent States
Most recent champion(s)	Albus NoX Luna
Qualification	Promotion tournament
Sponsor(s)	Riot Games
Relegation to	CIS Challenger League
Domestic cup(s)	LCL Open Cup

League of Legends Continental League (LCL) (Russian: Континентальная лига по League of Legends, Kontinental'naya liga po League of Legends) is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Commonwealth of Independent States. There are 8 teams in the competition. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of ten weeks of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with play-off tournaments between the top four teams. The winners of each split qualifies for the International Wildcard events.

Prize pool of the competition in 2016 and 2017 amounts ₽ 4,5 million per season.

2017 Spring Split

Teams

Team	Position in LCL 2016 Summer	First appearance in LCL/Star Series	Number of splits in LCL/Star Series
Vega Squadron	2nd	LCL 2016 Spring	2
TORNADO ROX	3-4th	SLTV StarSeries Season I (2014)	7
Natus Vincere		LCL 2016 Spring	2
Vaevictis eSports	5th	LCL 2016 Spring	2
Gambit Gaming	6th	LCL 2016 Summer	1
Just.MSI Alpha	1-2th in Challenger League	2017 Spring	0
Virtus.pro	—	SLTV StarSeries Season II (2014)	4
M19	—	2017 Spring	0

Champions

Split	Champion	2nd place
2016 Spring	Hard Random	Team Empire
2016 Summer	Albus NoX Luna	Vega Squadron
2017 Spring	TBD	TBD