While Riot Games is known for hosting huge franchised events for League of Legends, the publisher also hosts smaller regional competition. Accordingly, the EU Masters LoL has just been confirmed to return for summer! Read on as we discuss the announcement below.
EU Masters LoL 2022 – Focusing on Upcoming Talent
Overall, the EU Masters event focuses on young talent in smaller European leagues.
Accordingly, the competition will kick off on 24th August with the best seeded teams from ERLs. Indeed, the following are some dates to bear in mind:
Play-Ins:
- Group Stage: 24-25th August
- Knockout Stage: 27th August
Main Stage
- Group Stage Week One (29th August to 1st September) and Week Two (5-8th September)
- Quarterfinals (15-18th September)
- Semifinals (21-22nd September)
- Grand Finals (25th September)
Furthermore, we also don’t have confirmation for any seeded teams. However, Riot Games has revealed how seeding will work:
- LFL – 4 seeds
- Superliga, NLC, Prime League, Ultraliga – 3 seeds
- PG Nationals, EBL, Elite Series, LPLOL, Hitpoint Masters, GLL – 2 seeds
Seeds vary from Play-In to Main Stage seeds.
Heading into the event, all eyes are on the LFL region to see if French teams can continue to dominate the EU Masters events – feel free to visit the original press release here.
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