League of Legends Circuit Oceania
FormerlyOceanic Pro League
GameLeague of Legends
Founded2021 (2021)
Owner(s)ESL Australia
Guinevere Capital
No. of teams8
CountriesOceania
Official websitehttps://lco.gg/

The League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) is the top-level of professional League of Legends competition in Oceania,[lower-alpha 1] founded in 2021 and hosted by ESL Australia and Guinevere Capital. The LCO replaced the Oceanic Pro League (OPL), hosted by Riot Games Oceania from 2015 to 2020.[1][2][3] The annual season consists of two splits, each of which conclude in a double-elimination tournament between the top five teams.

Before 2023, the winner of split 1 qualifies for the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), while the winner of split 2 qualifies for the League of Legends World Championship. However, since 2023, the top two teams from each LCO split will seed into the Pacific Championship Series (PCS) playoffs and compete with other PCS teams for a chance to represent the larger region at international events. LCO teams will be no longer qualifying directly to MSI and Worlds.[4]

Format (2023)

Regular season

  • Eight teams participate.
  • Double round-robin, best-of-one.
  • Top five teams advance to playoffs.

Playoffs

  • Five teams participate
  • Double elimination bracket.
    • The 1st-place team from regular season receives a bye to begin in the second round of winners' bracket.
    • The 2nd and 3rd-place teams begin in the first round of the winners' bracket.
    • The 4th and 5h-place teams begin in the first round of the losers' bracket.

The top 2 teams of each split will represent Oceania at the Pacific Championship Series, entering that tournament's playoffs.

Broadcast Team

ID Name Role
Elfishguy Australia Jordan Mays Play-by-Play Caster
Skimmy United Kingdom Andre Allchin
Juves Australia Brandon Defina Color Caster
Rusty Australia Zack Pye

Teams

Teams Roster
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Chiefs Esports Club South Korea Topoon South Korea Arthur Australia Tally New Zealand Raes Australia Aladoric
Dire Wolves Australia zorenous Australia Poltron Hong Kong Siuman New Zealand Dante New Zealand Bulldawg
Gravitas Australia Tyran/Toppy Australia N0body/Llenia South Korea DaJeung Australia Piglet Australia Floppy
Kanga Esports Australia Lived South Africa foreigner Russia fighto Australia styled
Turkeyleemas		 Australia Tieng Sii
MAMMOTH Australia papryze Australia Meifan Australia Reufury Australia Voice Australia Ali G/rocco521
ORDER Australia BioPanther South Korea Goodo Australia Kisee Australia Puma Japan Corporal
PEACE Australia Thien China LeeSA China Apii Hong Kong Violet
ChinaChayon		 Australia Beats/gunkrab
Pentanet.GG Australia Winterer South Korea BalKhan South Korea Yuri Australia Praedyth New Zealand Rogue
Ninja Gaming League Australia BreezierFir Australia Corzator Australia Asheo Australia Pre77yB0y Australia Mr 4070

Result

Year Split Champion Runner-up Third-place Fourth-place
2021 1 Pentanet.GG PEACE Chiefs Esports Club Dire Wolves
2 PEACE Pentanet.GG Dire Wolves ORDER
2022 1 ORDER Chiefs Esports Club Pentanet.GG PEACE
2 Chiefs Esports Club Pentanet.GG ORDER Kanga Esports

Notes

  1. ↑ Most domestic players of Oceanic countries are from either Australia or New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Byers, Preston (18 December 2020). "ESL, Guinevere Capital to operate new 8-team Oceanic League of Legends league". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CIRCUIT OCEANIA LAUNCHES THIS FEBRUARY". about.eslgaming.com. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "ESL Australia's Twitter".
  4. ↑ "Update to the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series". lolesports.com. 2022-11-19.
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