{"id":39402,"date":"2024-11-01T21:32:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=39402"},"modified":"2024-11-01T21:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:32:49","slug":"riot-games-shares-details-about-new-international-lol-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/riot-games-shares-details-about-new-international-lol-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games shares details about new international LoL event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, Riot Games shared more information about a new five-team international <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> esports tournament, First Stand.<\/p>\n<p>The third global LoL esports event was first mentioned in June as a response to the demands from the fans for another international competition.<\/p>\n<p>However, while First Stand will deliver on that front, the new addition to the LoL esports calendar will be smaller than the Mid-Season Invitational and the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\" title=\"LoL Worlds betting guide\">World Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our third global event in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Say hello to First Stand. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lEV8hlH4c5\">pic.twitter.com\/lEV8hlH4c5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LoL Esports (@lolesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lolesports\/status\/1852338154168029642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Designed to test innovations and reignite regional rivalries, First Stand will be an early-season event set to take place following the conclusion of Split 1.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other international LoL esports events, First Stand is billed as an opening international clash featuring teams from five regions, each sending one representative to South Korea.<\/p>\n<h2>Participating Regions<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lck\/\" title=\"LCK betting guide\">LoL Champions Korea (LCK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lpl\/\" title=\"LPL betting guide\">LoL Pro League (LPL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lec\/\" title=\"LEC betting guide\">LoL EMEA Championsip (LEC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LoL Championship of The Americas (LTA)<\/li>\n<li>LoL Championship Pacific (LCP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First Stand will welcome just the regional champions of the first split &#8211; winners of the LCK Cup, LPL Split 1, LEC Winter 2025, LTA Cross-Conference, and LCP Split 1.<\/p>\n<p>Every participating team will play each other at least once, and every series will be best-of.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage will use a round-robin format, with the top four teams advancing to single-elimination playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Another significant change coming in 2025 and to First Stand is the introduction of the Fearless Draft, which will be implemented across all regions for Split 1.<\/p>\n<p>With Fearless Draft, once a champion is selected, it cannot be picked again by either of the two teams for the remainder of the series. <\/p>\n<p>The new format forces teams to be more strategic with their drafting, while players will have to expand their champion pool, adding a new layer of excitement in LoL esports.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the First Stand tournament marks a step towards making international events more accessible to minor regions, as both LTA and LCP are getting a guaranteed spot in the event. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LoL Esports ecosystem updates + unveiling the LCP and LTA leagues. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1eLzr8C0y\">pic.twitter.com\/p1eLzr8C0y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LoL Esports (@lolesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lolesports\/status\/1852339941386129471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the introduction of the new Americas and Asia-Pacific leagues already took the first step towards eliminating the major-minor LoL esports region divide which has been in place until now.<\/p>\n<p>First Stand will take place from March 10-25 at LoL Park in Seoul, Korea.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, Riot Games shared more information about a new five-team international League of Legends esports tournament, First Stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":25151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[94,3780,24,520,389,3779,61],"class_list":["post-39402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-lck","tag-lcp","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lec","tag-lpl","tag-lta","tag-riot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39402"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39407,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402\/revisions\/39407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}