TL;DR

• Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU will return to the LCS Studio in Los Angeles on June 27-29
• Broadcast begins each day at 11:30 AM PDT / 8:30PM CEST and games begin at noon PDT / 9PM CEST
• Tickets will be available May 29 at 10 AM PT via SquadUp
• The format is the same as last year’s NA vs. EU event

The epic battle of North America and Europe will hit the Rift again this Summer. This year, Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU will be returning to Los Angeles at the LCS Studio on June 27-29.  Games begin at noon PDT / 9PM CEST each day and tickets will be available on May 29. For everything, you need to know about the event below.

Wait, why are Rift Rivals going back to North America?

We know it may be a surprise to some of our fans who were hoping for it to return to Berlin so we wanted to share some context on why the event will be returning North America.

The LEC team is focused on delivering an awesome Summer Split, Summer Finals, and preparing to host the 2019 World Championship in Europe. Since hosting Worlds 2019 is a big responsibility with a lot of work falling on the host region, the EU team requested for NA to host Rift Rivals again this year. Keep your eyes on Lolesports for more information about where we’ll be visiting across Europe for Worlds 2019.

Since the EU players will need to travel to Los Angeles for the event, LEC will take a break the week after Rift Rivals to minimize the impact on the traveling players during the competitive season.

Event Details

Format

Same as last year’s Rift Rivals,

• Group Stage: Best of 1 (Bo1) Single Round Robin
• Finals: Best of 5 (Bo5) Relay Race

Teams

Top 3 teams from both LCS and LEC Spring Split will participate at Rift Rivals including:

North America

• Team Liquid
• Cloud9
• TSM

Europe

• Fnatic
• G2 Esports
• Origen

Dates + Times

• June 27-29

Pre-show coverage begins at 11:30 AM PDT / 8:30 PM CEST and games begin at noon PDT / 9:00 PM CEST.

Wait, LCS doesn’t have a 3rd place match anymore? How will you decide the third NA team would be Cloud9?

As previously announced, in the absence of a third-place match we informed LCS teams at the start of playoffs that we would be qualifying our two finals teams and the highest regular season finisher eliminated in the Semis.

When will tickets be available?

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, May 29 at 10AM PDT for $30 per day or $80 for a 3-day bundle on SquadUp.

When will the match schedule be available?

UPDATE: The match schedule will be available on Thursday, May 30 at 10 AM PDT. If you want to get tickets and want to make sure to see your favorite team, don’t worry, every Rift Rivals team will play every day of the event.