League of Legends Challenger Series

*League of Legends* Challenger Series
Game	League of Legends
Founded	2014
Ceased	2017
Replaced by	European Masters (Europe) ; LCS Academy (North America)
Owner(s)	Riot Games
No. of teams	10 in Europe ; 10 in North America
Continents	Europe, North America
Promotion to	League of Legends Championship Series

The League of Legends Challenger Series (CS) were two professional League of Legends leagues, one in Europe (EU CS) and one in North America (NA CS), that were the second highest level of professional League of Legends in those regions. The two highest-placing teams from the Challenger Series played in the League of Legends Promotion Tournament against the two lowest-placing League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) teams, the winners of which were promoted to the Championship Series in each region, whereas the losers were relegated to the Challenger Series.^[1] The league was announced in December 2013 and began play for the Spring 2014 season.^[2] Both the NA and EU CS were discontinued in 2018 in preparation for league franchising.

References

^ Barker, Ian J. (17 September 2014). "LCS expansion tournament details finally revealed". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ Sarkar, Samit (3 October 2013). "How the new League of Legends Challenger league will create a pathway to the pros". Polygon. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[1] Barker, Ian J. (17 September 2014). "LCS expansion tournament details finally revealed". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[2] Sarkar, Samit (3 October 2013). "How the new League of Legends Challenger league will create a pathway to the pros". Polygon. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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