LEC Season 2024: Everything You Need to Know About the Changes & Format

In 2023, Riot Games expanded the scope of the LEC (League of Legends European Championship) esport ecosystem. As a result of this expansion, the LEC now includes countries from Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, giving more players a platform to show their talent.

Likewise, in 2023 LEC also introduced a three-split competitive year divided into Winter, Spring, and Summer, each of them spanning six weeks. The last part of the competitive year cultimates in the LEC Season Finals.

Following up on these changes, Riot Games and LEC noted that they will be making some minor changes to the league in 2024 and that these changes are aimed at enhancing the competition further.

LEC Worlds Qualification & Championship Points in 2024

Riot Games revealed a few changes coming to the LEC, with the major focus on the qualification for Worlds. The changes at a glance are as follows:

• LEC will merge the Group Stage and Playoffs for each split into a single bracket.

• To better support the well-being of teams and players, LEC is extending the break between Winter and Spring Split, and also the break between Spring Split and MSI, by one week each.

• Riot Games is also reducing the break between the Summer Split and the LEC Season Finals by one week.