ESL & GUINEVERE CAPITAL BRING LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ESPORTS BACK TO OCEANIA

The League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) has been unveiled by ESL and Guinevere Capital, as the premier LoL esports tournament for the region. 

Starting on 23 February, the new 8-team competition will see Oceania’s top League of Legends players take to the Rift to compete over the course of 8 weeks and 19 playdays. 

ORDER, PENTANET, CHIEFS, DIRE WOLVES, LEGACY, MAMMOTH, AVANT and GRAVITAS will compete in a double round robin format, where eight teams face off against each other twice over the course of five weeks. 

At the conclusion of Regular Season, the bottom three teams will be eliminated. The remaining five teams advance through to a Double Elimination Playoffs running on 30-31 March and 6-7 April. Finals will take place on 10 April, where they will fight for the title of inaugural LCO champions and a place at the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).

Discussing the new competition, LCO League Manager and Senior Project Manager at ESL Australia, Peter Du, said:

“Raise your koalas, because competitive Oceanic League of Legends is back. We’re excited to build up the LCO and create the strongest and most entertaining League of Legends competition that the region has ever seen.

“This is a new opportunity for Oceanic League of Legends talent to step up and begin their pathway to the world stage, while playing in the sort of competition that every LoL esports fan wants to watch.”

While Managing Director of Guinevere Capital, Dave Harris, added:

“While it’s been great to see Australia and New Zealand talent competing in other regions over the past few weeks, we are looking forward to having this region’s homegrown competition back on February 23rd.

“It’s taken a huge amount of work to get to this stage and we really want to thank all the players, teams, brands and fans who are ensuring 2021 is Oceania’s biggest year yet for competitive LoL.” 

All LCO matches will be broadcast live on multiple platforms including Twitch, from ESL’s brand-new esports studios in Sydney – which we reported on just yesterday. 

AYO.NEWS says:

Though it wasn’t so long ago that Oceanic esports seemed to be in a bit of a rut, it’s great to see companies like ESL and Guinevere Capital have doubled down on investment and committed to ensuring the region has a vibrant future across a variety of esports titles. What a great start to 2021 down under! 

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