League Of Legends World Championship to be held in China for two consecutive years amid pandemic


By Josh Ye

The tenth edition of the tournament will be held in Shanghai from Sept 25 to Oct 31, with the finals booked at the city’s Pudong Football Stadium. — SCMP

The annual League of Legends World Championship, the eSports industry’s most popular international tournament, will be staged for two consecutive years in China, where gamers outnumber the US population.

League Of Legends video game developer Riot Games, the US-based organiser of the world championship, said on Saturday that the tenth edition of the tournament will be held in Shanghai from Sept 25 to Oct 31, with the finals booked at the city’s Pudong Football Stadium, according to a video announcement posted on Twitter by the company on Saturday. It said the world championship will return to China in 2021 with a nationwide tour.

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