As the 2023 Season approaches, we’ve got some exciting changes coming to our broadcast that we want to share with you all! We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be livestreaming LoL Esports in EMEA SEVEN days a week, with the LEC taking place on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays during the regular season of all splits moving forward, with Fridays also being used during the Split Playoffs. For our Winter Split, we’ll be kicking things off on January 21, with all roads leading to the Winter Split Playoffs that will begin on February 20 and the Winter Split Playoff Final on February 26!
Extending our LEC broadcast over three days means we can offer up to 15 games a week - bringing even more excitement and hype matchups to each of you. In addition, depending on what stage of the split is being played, we’ll be offering either five best-of-ones, two best-of-threes or a single best-of-five series each LEC day! It’s also worth highlighting that our biggest moments, our Split Finals and Season Final, will all be hosted on Sundays.
Meanwhile, our ERLs will take place from Tuesday through to Friday during the season - with exact broadcast days for each specific ERL being revealed at a later date. By hosting our ERLs between Tuesdays and Fridays, it means fans in the region can enjoy EMEA LoL Esports action seven days a week and ensure they won’t be missing out on any of the action.
Last month, we revealed our new format for the LEC and some additional key changes coming to the EMEA ecosystem next year, including the introduction of two new ERLs. These changes meant we needed to re-evaluate our broadcast schedule for 2023. So, we worked closely with the Global LoL Esports team to find a solution that provides you, our dedicated fans, with the best viewing experience possible, as often as possible, while not missing out on any of the key moments in our sport.
Being able to bring live gameplay from across the EMEA region seven days a week is something that we’ve been working towards for a while now and by doing so, we truly believe we’ll be helping continue the growth of the LEC and all of our ERLs, making them more exciting and engaging for our fans both within EMEA but also worldwide.
These changes are part of a wider revamp to the LoL Esports global scheduling that our Global Esports team have been working on in order to deliver better content to fans across the world. You can read more about our new scheduling philosophy and the learnings we discovered in our Esports Broadcast Schedule update article [here][1].
We’re really excited to welcome you all back to the LEC Studio in 2023 on January 21, with ticket sales going live at 4PM CET tomorrow! For more information on tickets, you can click [here][2].
[1]: https://lolesports.com/article/esports-broadcast-update/blt147997d46887e416
[2]: https://lolesports.com/article/save-the-date-for-lec-winter-2023-and-season-kickoff-tickets!/blt13942cf01e087d54