The League of Legends Japan League is the premier tournament of Japan and this is the first season of 2019, the league will feature 6 teams as they compete for the Japanese MSI Play-in seed.

The teams competing in the league is the 4 top teams of the previous season as well as the two teams that wins their promotion series in the Promotion tournament.

Tournament Format

Promotion

Two best-of-five matches, the winner of each match will qualify for the regular season.

Regular season

Double round robin with best-of-three matches.

Top 3 moves on to playoffs aswell as qualifying for the next season of LJL

4th place qualifies for the next season of LJL .

Bottom two will go to next seasons promotion tournament to defend their spot.

Playoffs

Best-of-five matches with the winner of the regular season waiting in the finals.

The winner will be playing in the MSI Play-In