The 2021 League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Philippines is a series of competitive regional Esports series endorsed by Riot Games. The 2021 Icon Series will be divided into the Summer and Fall season splits. North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be hosting qualifiers to determine the 4 best teams to advance and earn Cup Points! The ICON series will have a series of qualifiers across these participating countries eventually leading to a global tournament to decide the winner by the end of the year.
“We are thrilled to introduce even more exciting competitive experiences for players across the Philippines alongside our partner, Mineski. Mineski’s network and expertise have enabled us to bring our esports vision to life, and we look forward to creating a memorable series of tournaments.”
Chris Tran, Head of Esports for Riot Games Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
Mineski Philippines, the primary organisers has teamed up with their long time partner Globe as well as enlisting OPPO as its official mobile game phone company partner.
Schedule
The 2021 Icon series will be divided into two splits: the Summer and Fall split.
North Luzon
- Registration: March 22nd 10:00AM PHT-March 28th 11:58 PHT
- Qualifier Dates: April 3rd – 4th 2021 (The top two teams from the qualifiers will advance to the group stages)
- Group Stages: April 9th-11th and April 16th-18th 2021
South Luzon
- Registration: March 29th 10:00AM PHT-April 4th 11:58 PHT
- Qualifier Dates: April 10th-11th 2021 (The top two teams from the qualifiers will advance to the group stages)
- Group Stages: April 23rd – 25th and May 1st – 2nd 2021
Visayas
- Registration: April 12th 10:00AM PHT-April 18th 11:58 PHT
- Qualifier Dates: April 24th-25th 2021 (The top two teams from the qualifiers will advance to the group stages)
- Group Stages May 7th-9th
Mindanao
- Registration: April 12th 10:00AM PHT-April 18th 11:58 PHT
- Qualifier Dates: April 24th-25th 2021 (The top two teams from the qualifiers will advance to the group stages)
- Group Stages May 28th-30th
After the group stages, the two winning teams from each Group Stage will advance to the PH Playoffs to play against other regions.
Tournament Format
Each of the 4 regions will have registrations where players can sign up for the tournaments of their region. After this registration period ends, the OPEN QUALIFIERS will begin. Each qualifier will follow a BO1 (Best of one game) single-elimination format.
After the Open Qualifiers finish the best two teams from each qualifier will advance to the GROUP STAGES. The group stages for North and South Luzon will be a triple round robin BO3 ( Best of three games). The group stages for Visayas and Mindanao will be a triple round robin BO2 ( Best of two games).
Once the Group Stages finish the top two teams for each region will advance to the PH PLAYOFFS where they will play against other regions. The PH PLAYOFFS will be BO3 and BO5 matches in a Double Elimination.
Prize Pool
The prize pool for the Summer Cup is 5,000,000 Globe Cup Points/Pesos. The prize pool for the Fall Cup is 5,000,000 Globe Cup Points/Pesos.
North and South Luzon group stages will have a reward of 50,000 GCP/Pesos for every series won. Visayas and Mindanao will have a reward of 75,000 GCP/Pesos for every series won. After the Playoffs each series won will equate to 100,000 Pesos/GCP. Every Point is 1 Peso, points can be converted to cash at the end of each split.
How can teams register?
Go to https://wildrifticonseries.ph (The official website for the SEA ICON SPLIT). Register by clicking the register now button, clicking on the tournament you wish to join and fill in the corresponding information.
Where can I watch?
The games will be streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.
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