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First Stand Tournament
The First Stand Tournament (FST, also simply as First Stand) is an annual ''League of Legends'' international tournament hosted by Riot Games at the conclusion of the first of three splits of the League of Legends in esports, game's professional esports scene. It is the third international tournament under the new split structure and competitive calendar by Riot Games since 2025. History 2025 On 11 June 2024, Riot Games announced the creation of a new split structure and competitive calendar for the ''League of Legends'' esports scene, including a three-split calendar similar to that of the League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) to be applied to all major regions and the creation of a new international tournament to conclude the first split. During the media day for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom on 1 November 2024, Riot Games announced that the new international tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, ''League'' has been free-to-play and is monetized through purchasable character customization. The game is available for Microsoft Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League''s main mode, Summoner's Rift, a team wins by pushing through to the enemy base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin America
Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived from Latin — are predominantly spoken. The term was coined in the nineteenth century, to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese and French empires. The term does not have a precise definition, but it is "commonly used to describe South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean." In a narrow sense, it refers to Spanish America plus Brazil ( Portuguese America). The term "Latin America" is broader than categories such as '' Hispanic America'', which specifically refers to Spanish-speaking countries; and '' Ibero-America'', which specifically refers to both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries while leaving French and British excolonies aside. The term ''Latin America' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 First Stand Tournament
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2026 First Stand Tournament
The 2026 First Stand Tournament will be the second event of First Stand Tournament (FST) – a ''League of Legends'' tournament organized by publisher Riot Games at the conclusion of the first split in the current competitive calendar of the game's professional esports scene. The tournament will be held in Brazil. It will be the second international ''League of Legends'' competition to be hosted in Latin America after the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, which was also held in Brazil. Hanwha Life Esports of the ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK) are the defending champions. Qualification Five teams from each of the five major professional regions, namely the ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK), ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL), ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC), ''League of Legends'' Championship of The Americas (LTA), and the ''League of Legends'' Championship Pacific (LCP), will qualify through winning their respective splits. Venue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 First Stand Tournament
The 2025 First Stand Tournament was the first event of First Stand Tournament (FST) – a ''League of Legends'' tournament organized by publisher Riot Games at the conclusion of the first of three splits in the current competitive calendar of the League of Legends in esports, game's professional esports scene. The inaugural tournament was held in South Korea from 10 to 16 March 2025. Hanwha Life Esports of the League of Legends Champions Korea, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK) won the tournament by defeating League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) representatives Karmine Corp with a score 3-1 in the final, marking the organization's first international title. Qualification Five teams from each of the five major professional regions, namely the League of Legends Champions Korea, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends Pro League, ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL), League of Legends EMEA Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Championship Pacific
The ''League of Legends'' Championship Pacific (LCP) is a professional esports league for ''League of Legends'' teams competing in the Asia-Pacific region. Riot Games, the game's developer, and tournament organizer Carry International created the league on 29 September 2024. This followed an announcement in June by Riot in which they planned to form a single tournament to replace the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) and Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) as a tier-one league. Both leagues, alongside the ''League of Legends'' Japan League (LJL), which was integrated into the PCS for the 2024 season, became tier-two leagues. The LCP utilizes a hybrid franchise and promotion and relegation model, similar to the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) in Riot's tactical shooter ''Valorant''. Four teams are "partners" in the league and can't be relegated, while another four are "guest teams" that can be relegated to the PCS, VCS, LJL or other sub-regional leagues based on their location. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Championship Of The Americas
The ''League of Legends'' Championship of The Americas, also known as the League of The Americas (LTA), is the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in the Americas, which includes the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The esports league is run by Riot Games and has sixteen teams split into two conferences, North and South. Each annual season of competition is divided into three splits, with playoff competition between the top teams. At the end of each split, the best teams qualify for the three international tournaments – The winner of the first split qualifies for the First Stand Tournament, the winners of each conference in the second split qualify for the Mid Season Invitational, and the top three teams in the third split playoffs (known as the Americas Regional Championship) qualify for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The league was initially announced in June 2024 as a merger between the then three regional league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Pro League
The ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league for ''League of Legends'' in China. The first season of the LPL was the 2013 Spring season. The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bids to the ''League of Legends'' World Championship. Playoffs are an eight team single elimination with each step a best-of-five series. The total prize pool is ¥2,350,000. In 2014 Riot Games began providing an English language broadcast. The format is modeled after the ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea format in South Korea. In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league. In 2019, Riot Games and Tencent created joint venture, TJ Sports, to focus on all ''League of Legends'' esports business in China, including tournament organizing, talent management, and venues. Format For the 2015 spring season the LPL adopted a best-of-two series. Teams compete in a double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for ''League of Legends'', the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split, the first part of season 9 of the game's competitive scene. Each of the 13 premier League of Legends leagues sent a team to represent them; Europe ( LEC), South Korea (LCK) and China ( LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in the Play-in Stage, with the top three teams advancing to join the main event Group Stage. "Bring Home The Glory" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Sara Skinner. The tournament was hosted in Vietnam and Taiwan from 1 to 19 May 2019. Matches of the play-in were held in the VCS Studio in Ho Chi Minh City, matches of the group stage were held in the Vietnam National Convention Center in Hanoi, and playoffs took place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it the world's sixteenth-most populous country. Vietnam borders China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly known as Saigon). Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
