The LOL EU Masters is the main tournament every aspiring professional League of Legends player strives to achieve and win before joining the LEC. Talented European gamers are gradually being discovered through each season and by the summer of 2022, everything is worth looking forward to. So we‘ve got some information related to your favorite match below, LOL EU Masters Summer 2022. Get started with us now!
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022
The Amazon European Masters Summer 2022, aka LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 has kicked off with the participation of 16 of the best European League of Legends Esports teams below the LEC. This is the 10th edition of Europe’s premier semi-pro league consisting of 11 League of Legends European Regional Leagues (ERL).
The moment of glory has come once again for those talents with the launch of this year’s Spring and Summer leagues. In the last three tournaments, the best tournament and the strongest team have been consistent, thanks to Karmine Corp‘s consecutive victories at the EU Masters. So, heading into Summer 2022, expectations are at an all-time high as fans are starting to wonder if someone has finally tipped off KCorp.
Thankfully, Riot Games didn’t let you wait and announced the schedule of LOL EU Masters Summer 2022. With a focus on developing and unraveling new talent across Europe, players from many regions will represent their leagues. As a result, the event will take place online.
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 Dates
- The play-in group stage took place from August 24 and 25, 2022.
- The knockout stage took place on August 27, then the main group stage took place from August 29 to September 8.
- The quarterfinals will be played live from September 15 to 18, and the two semi-finals will take place on September 21 and 22.
- The final of LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 will take place on September 25 this year.
*You can see Group Stage and Knockout Stage results here.
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 Format
Each ERL sends their best regional participants to represent their country and fight for regional pride. Each team in the group stage plays against each team in their group twice, in a best match. The top two teams in each group will then progress to the knockout stages, with the first-place teams playing against the second-place teams from the other groups.
The knockout stage features three best matches and the four winners will advance to the main round of the EUM, along with the 12 teams that have already qualified to make up 16. In the Qualifiers, 16 teams battle for 4 places in the Main Event.
The main stage will adopt a double round robin format, selecting the top two teams from each group to advance to the knockout stages. Here, the first-place teams will play against the second-place teams from other groups in a first-year group. The winners of these will advance to the semi-finals, and the final will also be played.
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 Position Distribution
There are some variations to the amount of rep each ERL gets, whether for a direct join or a play point. After the final announcement of the season, some fans were unhappy with the distribution. With the NLC having two places is a consecutive finals tournament or Ultraliga getting four places despite not having the top performing teams.
After reviewing more recent performances from each ERL, Riot has made some minor changes to the slot allocation for this year’s LOL EU Masters Summer tournaments. You can see a full breakdown of the location for each region below:
- LFL: 2 Main Stage locations, 2 Playback locations
- Ultraliga: 2 Main Stage positions, 1 Playback position
- Superliga: 2 Main Stage positions, 1 Playback position
- NLC: 2 Main Stage slots, 1 Play-in slot
- Prime League: 2 Main Stage slots, 1 Play-in slot
- PG Nationals: 1 Main Stage slot, 1 Play-in slot
- EBL: 1 Main Stage position, 1 Playback position
- Elite Series: 2 Play-in points
- LPLOL: 2 Play-in points
- Hitpoint Masters: 2 Play-in points
- GLL: 2 Play-in points
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 Teams
Play-ins stage
Group A
- Anorthosis Famagusta Esports
- Crvena Zvezda Esports
- JD XL
- KRC Genk Esports
Group B
- Entropiq
- For the Win Esports
- Illuminar Gaming
- Vitality.Bee
Group C
- Bisons Eclub
- GameWard
- The Agency
- White Dragons
Group D
- Anc Outplayed
- eSuba
- SK Gaming Prime
- Team Phantasma
Main stage
Pool 1
- LDLC OL (LFL)
- Unicorns of Love Sexy Edition (Prime League)
- Dusty (NLC)
- Team Heretics (Superliga)
Pool 2
- Zero Tenacity (Ultraliga)
- Team BDS Academy (LFL)
- Schalke 04 (Prime League)
- X7 Esports (NLC)
Pool 3
- Giants (Superliga)
- AGO Rogue (Ultraliga)
- Valiance (EBL)
- Macko Esports (PG Nationals)
Pool 4 (play-ins winners TBC)
LOL EU Masters Summer 2022 Partners
Naturally, Amazon will support the Amazon European Masters Summer 2022 as the primary partner, while OnePlus will serve as the event’s new presentation partner. As part of the relationship with OnePlus, the OnePlus logo will be used in the broadcast to highlight the best plays from each game.
Other event sponsors include Warner Music Central Europe, Kit Kat, Prime Gaming, Oversteel, Secret Lab, and Razer.
How to watch LOL EU Masters Summer 2022
Matches are broadcast on EU Masters Twitch channel and on lolesports.com. During the spring tournament, British play-in matches also take place on the EUniverse stream, and they will again take place in Summer 2022.
Alternatively, you can follow Amazon European Masters on social media for updates on the upcoming LOL EU Masters, including which teams have already qualified.