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Overview
Team Rosters
Picks & Bans
Scoreboards
Runes
Match History
Champion Stats
Player Stats
| LCS 2026 Lock-In | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | Riot Games | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | North America | |
| Country | United States | |
| Start Date | 2026-01-24 | |
| End Date | 2026-??-?? | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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The LCS 2026 Lock-In is the first split of the twelfth year of North America's professional League of Legends league, featuring a partnership and guest teams system. It's the first year after the dissolvement of the LTA.
Overview
Format
- Eight teams participate
- Swiss Stage
- Swiss-style format with three rounds
- Top 6 teams advance to Playoffs
- The top 4 seeds are the 3-0 team and the three 2-1 teams
- Between the three 1-2 teams, the team with the best game record advances as the 5th seed
- The remaining two 1-2 teams will play a last chance tiebreaker for the 6th seed
- All matches are best of three
- Playoffs
- The 3-0 and 2-1 teams start in the Upper Bracket, with the 3-0 team choosing their Round 1 opponent
- The advancing 1-2 teams start in the Lower Bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Winner qualifies for the 2026 First Stand
Prize Pool
| Place | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1 | First Stand 2026 |  TBD |
 2 | TBD | |
 3 | TBD | |
| 4 | TBD | |
| 5-6 | TBD | |
| TBD | ||
| 7 | TBD | |
| 8 | TBD |
Participants
- 1 Sentinels acquired the spot of 100 Thieves.[1]
Results
Swiss Stage
LCS 2026 Lock-In Swiss Stage Standings | |||||||
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| Team | Series | Games | Str | ||||
| 1 |  Cloud9 | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  Dignitas | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  Disguised | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  FlyQuest | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  LYON | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  Sentinels | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  Shopify Rebellion | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| 1 |  Team Liquid | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 - 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| Team | LCS 2026 Lock-In Swiss Stage Round Progression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
 C9 | |||
 DIG | |||
 DSG | |||
 FLY | |||
 LYON | |||
 SEN | |||
 SR | |||
 TL | |||
Last Chance
Last Chance
Seed #6 (1-2)
Seed #7 (1-2)
Playoffs
Round 1
Winners' Bracket
Seed #1 (3-0)
Seed #2/3/4 (2-1)
Seed #2/3/4 (2-1)
Seed #2/3/4 (2-1)
Losers' Bracket
Seed #5 (1-2)
Seed #Last Chance
Round 2
Round 3
Finals
Match Schedule
VODs & Match Links
| VODs & Match Links |
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Individual Awards
MVP Standings
| MVP Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Times | Player |
Media
Streams
English Broadcast Talent
Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines
Emily "Emily Rand" Rand
Joshua "Jatt" Leesman
Steve "Kangas" Kangas
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
Barento "Raz" Mohammed
Articles & Videos
Interviews
Announcements
2025
- November 5, LCS 2026 Updates
Venue
| Los Angeles, CA |
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| Riot Games Arena Los Angeles |
| Capacity - 246 |
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| 12312 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064 |
Additional Content
References
- ↑ Sentinels to Join LCS in 2026 lolesports.com