As the 2024 League of Legends circuit draws to a close, fans have been greeted with new changes to the competitive circuit that will take place in 2025. Now North and South American League of Legends fans have a new league to follow next year. For years, the LCS, CBLoL and LLA leagues have become synonymous with Tier One League of Legends in North America, Brazil and Latin America. However, these three established regions will now combine all these leagues to create the LTA.

Here’s the format, teams, start date and everything you need in the beginner’s guide to understanding the new League of Legends of The Americas (LTA) Championship heading into 2025.

The LTA will be split into two conferences, LTA North and LTA South. Each conference will feature eight teams competing in three LTA segments throughout the 2025 season.

Here’s how each of the three splits will play out:

LTA Split One

LTA Split Two

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LTA Split Three

Similar to the previous two splits, both the Northern and Southern Conferences will compete inter-conferencely. However, the Split Three in the 2025 LTA season will have a unique format known as the Pick and Play system. This system will allow bottom teams to choose their next opponent live on stage. The opening matches for the Split Three will be determined by the Split Two Rankings before using this pick and play format that benefits the lower ranked teams. Teams cannot play a team more than once in this format, and the Split Two standings will act as the Split Three tiebreaker.

The final three weeks will then go into the elimination stage, where by the end of Split Three, only six teams (three each from North and South) will be left standing and all will qualify for the 2025 Americas Regional Championships.

Here are all the key points to keep in mind for LTA Split Three:

How many LTA teams qualify for LoL Worlds 2025?

Three LTA teams will qualify for LoL Worlds 2025 and two of those slots will be made up of the top teams from each LTA conference. These two teams, along with the top three remaining teams from each of the North and South Conferences, will qualify for the 2025 Americas Regional Championships. The other four teams will compete for America’s final spot at the 2025 Worlds, where the ultimate champion of these six teams will go home with the first LTA trophy.

The LTA North Conference will feature six partner slots and two guest slots. The LTA South Conference will feature seven partner slots and one place reserved for an invited team.

Here are all 16 teams that will compete in LTA 2025:

LTA North

LTA South

Five teams from the previous LCS 2024 season will return in 2025 as partner teams in the new LTA North system, while 100 Thieves will temporarily join the LTA North conference as a provisional invited team. Former LLA teams Movistar R7 and Six Karma will team up to reintroduce the iconic brand Lyon Gaming back to League of Legends as the sixth partner team of the LTA North Conference.

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Finally, Disguised will sign up as the eighth team to compete in the LTA North Conference as an invited team heading into LTA 2025. This will mark the organization’s first entry into Tier One League of Legends after spending the last two years competing in the NACL, League of Leagues. North American Level Two Development System.

LTA Partner Teams are permanent team slots in the new LoL Americas system, while LTA Guest slots are temporary positions in the Tier One ecosystem. There are currently 13 LTA Partner teams and three LTA Guest teams competing in 2025.

Here’s what it’s like to be a “guest team” for 100 Thieves, Disguise, and Isurus Gaming.

100 Thieves leaving LTA after 2025 season?

100 Thieves will still be able to experience all the benefits that other Northern partner teams have and can still qualify for international tournaments in 2025. However, they will be considered ineligible for the promotion tournament if their position in the 2026 LTA season is undetermined as this Provisional LTA Slot will receive an additional assessment until 2026.

For now, 100 Thieves will compete in the LTA as a partner team in the LTA North Conference, where the organization will look to make it back to the World Championships.

How does guest team quality affect LTA Disguised and Isurus Gaming?

As an LTA North guest team, Disguised will receive all the same benefits as partner teams. They will be eligible to qualify for international tournaments such as MSI and Worlds during the 2025 season.

Disguised will also be eligible to retain their place in the LTA Conference North through the Promotion Tournament against the NACL and LRN representatives.

This format will also be available for Isurus Gaming, the LTA South Conference guest team and will compete against CBLOL Academy and LRS representatives in the LTA South Promotion Tournament.

The 2025 LTA season will officially begin on January 25, 2025, as both Conference North and South teams begin their new journey to the World Championship stage.

For now, new LTA fans should be sure to tune in to the League of Legends Worlds 2024 Grand Final between China’s Bilibili Gaming and South Korea’s T1. The LoL Worlds 2024 Grand Final will take place on November 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM PT, and one team will become the next LoL World Champion.

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