The League of Legends Development League is a new professional competition in China that launched in 2018. The tournament aims to promote the stable and healthy development of the League of Legends professional e-sports ecosystem. The main focus of LDL is to train new players and to continue to provide high-quality players to prepare and pave way for LPL, forming a two-level professional tournament system with League of Legends Pro League.

Tournament Format

Swiss Stage will be played in a swiss round-robin format, and all matches are played in the best-of-one series.

Group Stages 1-3 will split into two groups and each group will consist of ten teams, and all matches are played in the best-of-one series.

Playoffs will be played in the category of double-elimination format, and all matches are played in the best-of-five series.