Watch: League of Legends - UK League Championship

1. Use play icon in this page to watch coverage
2. Seventh day in 14-day league stage (every Sunday & Monday till 27 July)
3. Semi-finals on 2 August, final on 3 August
4. Eight different esports teams competing
5. 18:00 BST: Demise v Munster Rugby Gaming Academy
6. 19:00 BST: Bulldog Esports v NVision Esports
7. 20:00 BST: London Esports v Enclave Gaming
8. 21:00 BST: Barrage Esports Academy v MnM Gaming Academy

All you need to know about the League of Legends UK League Championship

What is it?

The event is the pinnacle of the UK League of Legends competitions and showcases and nurtures the top UK teams and esports talent. There is a total prize pot of £20,000 with each player in the winning team receiving £1,500. The top two teams will progress into further competitions and may ultimately compete in the Northern League of Legends Championships for Nordic countries and the UK.

How does it work?

The competition starts with a seven-week round robin league, taking place every Sunday and Monday from Sunday 14 June until Monday 27 July. There will be four fixtures each night with the eight teams involved facing each other twice over the seven weeks. The top four teams will then progress to the semi-finals on Sunday 2 August before the final on Monday 3 August.

Who is competing?

Demise, Enclave Gaming, Barrage Esports Academy, MnM Gaming Academy, NVision Esports and Munster Rugby Gaming Academy were all invited to compete while London Esports and Bulldog Esports qualified via a tournament earlier in June.

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Results so far

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South Korea: DRX win again as T1 go third

Team T1 jumped from sixth to third in the Korea Summer Split, sweeping Gen.G as top laner Chang-Dong "Canna" Kim and jungler Woo-chon "Cuz" Moon led the way in the two maps, won in just 39 minutes by T1.

Meanwhile, jungler Gi-beom "bonO" Kim posted a double MVP performance in KT Rolster’s sweep of SeolHaeOne Prince.

On Thursday, DRX improved to a 5-0 record with a sweep of Team Dynamics behind MVP performancaes from Hyeon-joon "Doran" Choi and Min-seok "Keria" Ryu to stay top of the standings.

Dynamics find themselves with a 3-2 record and are joined in fourth place by Afreeca Freecs, who beat one of the league’s two winless teams, Hanwha Life Esports. Gi-in "Kiin" Kim was named MVP in both games for the Freecs.

Leading positions (W-L, diff)

1. DRX (5-0, +7)
2. DAMWON Gaming (4-1, +7)
3. Gen.G (4-2, +3)
4. T1 (4-2, +3)
5. Team Dynamics (3-2, +2)
6. Afreeca Freecs (3-2, +2)
7. KT Rolster (2-3, -1)
8. SeolHaeOne Prince (1-4, -6)
9. Hanwha Life Esports (0-5, -8)
10. SANDBOX Gaming (0-5, -9)

China: Top Esports still on top

Top Esports’ domination of China’s League of Legends Pro League Summer Split continued with a 2-0 win over LNG Esports that extended their unbeaten run to seven games.

Mid laner Ding "Knight" Zhou and AD Carry Wen-Bo "JackeyLove" Yu led a 51-minute demolition of struggling LNG for Top, who have dropped only two maps in their seven games so far.

Elsewhere, Vici Gaming came back from losing the first map for a 2-1 win over eStar Gaming with Vici bot laner Xian-Zhao "iBoy" Hu the MVP in both comeback wins.

On Thursday, Oh My God and JD Gaming both posted their third consecutive wins, against winless Rogue Warriors and Team WE respectively, both by taking the decisive third game.

JD Gaming needed back-to-back MVP performances by Jin-hyeok "Kanavi" Seo to reverse WE’s strong start. OMG were forced into a tiebreaker when Jae-cheol "Holder" Bae produced an MVP performance for Rogue in the second map.

The day before, Invictus Gaming had to come from behind to beat outsiders Dominus Esports and Suning won for the third time in a row when they swept LGD Gaming to move above them into fifth place in the standings.

Leading positions (W-L, diff)

1. Top Esports (7-0, +12)
2. Victory Five (5-2, +6)
3. Invictus Gaming (5-2, +4)
4. Team WE (5-3, +5)
5. Suning (5-3, +3)
6. FunPlus Phoenix (4-2, +4)
7. JD Gaming (4-2, +3)
8. LGD Gaming (4-2, +1)
9. Royal Never Give Up (4-3, +1)

How can I watch the League of Legends UK League Championship?

BBC Sport will have live coverage from all 16 days of the League of Legends UK League Championship.

Coverage will be available live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app and available to catch up on till the end of 2020.

Full coverage details:

League stage, day seven - Sunday 5 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day eight - Monday 6 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day nine - Sunday 12 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day 10 - Monday 13 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day 11 - Sunday 19 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day 12 - Monday 20 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day 13 - Sunday 26 July, 18:00-22:00

League stage, day 14 - Monday 27 July, 18:00-22:00

Semi-finals - Sunday 2 August, times tbc

Final - Monday 3 August, times tbc

In addition, BBC Sport and iPlayer will also have coverage of the Northern League of Legends, featuring teams from the Nordic region and the UK and Ireland that starts on Tuesday 16 June with full live coverage from 30 June.

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