DreamHack and Riot Games have officially partnered to launch the Northern League of Legends Championship which will cover Northern Europe for the next three years, per the partnership deal between the two companies.
The inaugural season is set to kick off in June, and will be played online. However, the event finals will take place at DreamHack Summer in Jönköping, Sweden which takes place in August. The event is “supported by a new competitive ecosystem in Telia Esports Series” and will include national leagues in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden as well as the UKLC for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Thus far ENCE, Nordavind, Singularity, Excel Esports, Fnatic, and Barrage have confirmed their participation.
“DreamHack has been the leading esports organizer in the Nordics for a very long time and we are very excited to partner up with Riot on a long term basis to create a more stable ecosystem for players, fans, and teams around League of Legends” Michael Van Driel, Chief Product Officer at DreamHack said in an official release. “In partnership with 12 top team organizations from all of the different countries here, the NLC we believe is going to be the best regional esports competition out there.”
“We have been working hard with DreamHack and Telia to really create something special for the Nordics’ best League of Legends players” Mo Fadl, Head of Publishing Nordics at Riot Games added. “There is now a much clearer path from the amateur leagues through to professional level and we’re excited to see what the talent here can do on the big stage.”