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TL;DR
We're making it easier than ever to organize League of Legends community competitions. Our updated global guidelines remove outdated restrictions, streamline licensing into a single community competition framework, and reduce restrictions on entry fees, sponsorships, prize pools, and spectator fees. In most cases, organizers will no longer need to wait for Riot approval to run an event. Follow the guidelines, submit your competition through our visibility form (pw: riotevent), and start building for your community.
Whether you're organizing a local LAN, a college tournament, or an online bracket, these guidelines are designed to support community competition across the evolving League of Legends experience, including Summoner's Rift, ARAM, Arena, League of Legends Classic, and future experiences.
You're free to organize League of Legends competitions at nearly any scale, whether that's a local LAN at your PC café, a school or university, an online community competition, an open bracket, or a larger invitational event. We want to support community competition across League's growing ecosystem of game modes, including Summoner's Rift, Arena, League Classic, and future experiences.
These guidelines are designed for community organizers operating independently and in good faith. However, some organizations are not covered under this community competition license and will need to work directly with Riot through a separate process.
This includes:
Yes!
We know community competitions take time, effort, and resources to run, and we want organizers to have the flexibility to build sustainable events. There are no fixed caps on entry fees, sponsorship revenue, prize pools, or spectator ticketing under these guidelines.
We do ask organizers to act reasonably, provide fair value to players, fans, and partners participating in the event, and avoid misleading or deceptive practices. While we have removed many of the previous restrictions, certain sponsor categories remain off-limits. You can find the full list of restricted sponsors below in the “What types of sponsors should I avoid making agreements with?” section.
Yes, you can use League of Legends assets solely to promote and raise awareness of your community competition. Use of these assets should be limited to what is reasonably necessary to market the competition itself. League of Legends assets may not be used to promote, endorse, or commercialize any brand, product, or service, including those of event sponsors.
To help organizers create great-looking events, we may provide asset kits that include approved logos, branding elements, and other promotional materials in high-resolution formats. We encourage organizers to use these official assets whenever possible to help ensure consistency and quality.
League of Legends assets must remain true to their original appearance. Champions, splash art, logos, and other Riot-owned artwork should not be modified, altered, or edited in ways that change their likeness, identity, or intended presentation. Cropping, resizing, or arranging assets as part of your event marketing is fine, but we ask that the artwork itself remain recognizable as the original League of Legends content.
If you have questions about how to use League of Legends assets, we're happy to help provide guidance. In some cases, we may reach out with recommendations on how assets should be used or ask that certain assets not be used to help ensure they accurately represent League of Legends.
Please note that you cannot imply Riot Games or LoL Esports is officially operating, endorsing, or sponsoring your event.
That means you may not:
Your event name and promotional materials should clearly communicate that your competition is not an official Riot Games or LoL Esports event.
You're free to stream your competition on the online platform of your choice, and you may charge spectator fees or otherwise gate access to online broadcasts if you choose.
However, community competitions may not be broadcast on linear television (traditional broadcast TV).
Yes.
We love showcasing cool things happening in the League of Legends community, and these guidelines allow us to feature community tournaments across Riot and partner platforms.
When we give you permission to operate a tournament under these guidelines, you also give Riot permission to use, share, adapt, and distribute tournament footage and related content for promotional purposes connected to League of Legends, Riot Games, or Riot esports.
More specifically: you agree that Riot may use, copy, modify, distribute, and create derivative works from your event content on a royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide basis, without compensation, approval, or attribution requirements.
We expect organizers to act in good faith and uphold the spirit of the League of Legends community.
That means:
If you're operating in good faith and treating your players and community fairly, you're probably on the right track.
Organizers are solely responsible for ensuring their competitions comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and third-party obligations.
Riot reserves the right to intervene, revoke permissions, or shut down any competition at our sole discretion if we believe it violates these guidelines, our values, or our policies.
We highly encourage organizers to submit their competition through our visibility form.
Sharing information about your event helps us better understand the League of Legends community competition ecosystem and creates opportunities for us to support organizers in the future. Competitions submitted through the form may be considered for promotion, community spotlights, future rewards programs, access to organizer resources, or other opportunities as our support for community competitions continues to evolve.
The information you share also helps us maintain visibility into community competitions around the world, identify standout events, and ensure the ecosystem remains healthy and welcoming for players and organizers alike.
Our goal is to reduce the need for approvals while building a stronger connection with community organizers and creating more opportunities to support grassroots competition over time.
Here are the sponsor categories that are not allowed for League of Legends community competitions:
On the condition that you follow all of the guidelines described herein (the “Guidelines”), our Legal Jibber Jabber, our Community Pact, and our Terms of Service, Riot Games, Inc. grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to organize and operate a League of Legends competition.
We may take action or otherwise shut down any competition at any time if we decide it violates or misinterprets these Guidelines, our Terms of Service, or any other Riot policies, promotes anything contrary to our values, or otherwise uses Riot intellectual property inappropriately.
