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Split 1 Playoffs
Split 3
Grand Finals
Regional Finals
Overview
Team Rosters
Picks & Bans
Scoreboards
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Match History
Champion Stats
Player Stats
| LPL 2026 Split 1 Playoffs | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | TJ Sports | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | China | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | China | |
| Start Date | 2026-02-09 | |
| End Date | 2026-03-?? | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Tencent Full List | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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The LPL 2026 Split 1 Playoffs are the first playoffs of the thirteenth year of China's professional League of Legends league. Eight teams compete for the LPL title and First Stand qualification.
Overview
Format
- 12 teams participate
- 6 teams from Group Ascend
- 4 teams from Group Perseverance
- Top 2 teams from Group Nirvana
- Play-In - "Knight's Road"
- Round 1:
- 5th from Group Ascend play against 2nd from Group Perseverance, 6th from Group Ascend play against 1st from Group Perseverance
- Winners proceed to Bracket Stage, losers continue in Round 3
- Round 2:
- 3rd from Group Perseverance play against 2nd from Group Nirvana, 4th from Group Perseverance play against 1st from Group Nirvana
- Winners proceed to Round 3, losers are eliminated
- Round 3:
- The 4 remaining teams play against each other based on their rank in regular season, highest play against the lowest
- Winners proceed to Bracket Stage, losers are eliminated
- All matches are best of five
- Round 1:
- Bracket Stage
- Double Elimination Bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Top 2 qualify for 2026 First Stand
Prize Pool
| Place | Champ. Points | Qualification | Team |
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 1 | 80 | First Stand 2026 |  TBD |
 2 | 50 | First Stand 2026 | TBD |
 3 | 40 | TBD | |
| 4 | 20 | TBD | |
| 5-6 | 10 | TBD | |
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| 7-8 | 5 | TBD | |
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Results
Knight's Road
Play-In Round 1 & 2
Qualification Match
Seed #Ascend 5
Seed #Perseverance 2
Qualification Match
Seed #Ascend 6
Seed #Perseverance 1
Losers' Bracket
Seed #Perseverance 3
Seed #Nirvana 2
Seed #Perseverance 4
Seed #Nirvana 1
Play-In Round 3
Qualification Match
Qualification Match
Bracket Stage
Round 1
Losers' Bracket
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Finals
Match Schedule
VODs & Match Links
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Individual Awards
Playoffs MVP Standings
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Finals MVP
Media
Streams
Broadcast Talent
Stage / Studio Hosts
Liu "Afu" Qin-ru (刘沁茹)
Fu "BaoBao" Ruo-Zhen (傅若真)
Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang (段余霜)
Zhou "Chenyu" Chen-Yu (周宸宇)
Zhao "Christina" Song-Qi (赵松琪)
Liu "Liuhang" Hang (刘航)
Zhu "hilda" Yu (诸钰)
Feng "Iris" Xi (冯爔)
Huang "Shiyue" Li-Yao (黄栎瑶)
Zhang "Weiwei" Wei (张薇)
Shi "Wendy" Wen-Di (史文迪)
Gao "Xiaoyou" Shan (高珊)
Wang "Yangyang" Hui-hua (王蕙华)
Zhou "Zhou Gangan" Si-Yu (周思渝)
Casters
Ke "957" Chang-Yu (柯昌宇)
Wu "Cat" Yao (吴尧)
Zhong "Chengfenger" Ying-Jie (钟英杰)
Chen "Gugu" Jie-Yan (陈洁妍)
Feng "Huainan" Zhuo-Cheng (冯卓成)
Tan "MacT" Ping-Tao (谭平涛)
Yuan "Maomao" Wei-Yi (袁唯译)
Qian "Mille" Chen (钱晨)
Chen "Pyl" Bo (陈博)
Wang "Remember" Chi-Te (王繼德)
Feng "Rita" Yu (冯雨)
Guo "San" Jun-Liang (郭俊良)
Zhang "Shuoshuo" Shuo (张硕)
Yao "Tianshu" Tian-Shu (姚天舒)
Zhang "Tongxi" He (张鹤)
Wang "Wang Duoduo" Qian-Yuan (王乾元)
Wang "Wangsong" Song (王淞)
Guan "Zeyuan" Ze-Yuan (管泽元)
Co-streams
Venue
Articles & Interviews
Announcements
- January 2, LPL's Weibo Post (Chinese)