Rift Rivals

The Rift Rivals were international events taking place halfway during the Summer Split of the regular season. Teams would be faced against each other depending on their historical rivalries to form unique match-ups outside of the team's MSI and Worlds confrontations. On March 27, 2019 it was announced that Rift Rivals tournaments involving Wildcard regions would be discontinued.^[1]^[2] On March 10, 2020, following the 2019–20 Coronavirus Pandemic, the remaining Rift Rivals events were fully discontinued.^[3]

Main Events

Start	End	Tournament	First	Runner-Up
2019-07-04	2019-07-07	Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS	SK Telecom T1,Griffin,Kingzone DragonX,DAMWON	Invictus Gaming,JD Gaming,FunPlus Phoenix,Top Esports
2019-06-27	2019-07-07	Rift Rivals 2019
2019-06-27	2019-06-29	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU	Origen,G2 Esports,Fnatic	TSM,Team Liquid,Cloud9
2019-06-27	2019-06-28	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU - Showmatches
2018-07-05	2018-07-08	Rift Rivals 2018 LCK-LPL-LMS	Invictus Gaming,Rogue Warriors,EDward Gaming,RNG	KT Rolster,Afreeca Freecs,Kingzone DragonX,SK Telecom T1
2018-07-04	2018-07-08	Rift Rivals 2018 LLN-CLS-CBLOL	KaBuM! Esports,Vivo Keyd	Kaos Latin Gamers,Rebirth eSports
2018-07-05	2018-07-08	Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU	Fnatic,G2 Esports,Splyce	Team Liquid,Echo Fox,100 Thieves
2018-07-02	2018-07-08	Rift Rivals 2018
2018-07-04	2018-07-07	Rift Rivals 2018 LCL-TCL-VCS	TCL	LCL
2018-07-02	2018-07-05	Rift Rivals 2018 SEA-LJL-OPL	Chiefs Esports Club,Legacy Esports,Dire Wolves	Ascension Gaming,KL Hunters,Mineski
2017-07-06	2017-07-09	Rift Rivals 2017 LCK-LPL-LMS	EDward Gaming,Oh My God,RNG,Team WE	KT Rolster,MVP,Samsung Galaxy,SK Telecom T1
2017-07-06	2017-07-09	Rift Rivals 2017 LCL-TCL	Crew e-Sports Club	M19
2017-07-05	2017-07-08	Rift Rivals 2017 LLN-CLS-CBLOL	RED Canids,Keyd Stars	Isurus,Furious Gaming
2017-07-05	2017-07-08	Rift Rivals 2017 NA-EU	Phoenix1	G2 Esports
2017-07-03	2017-07-06	Rift Rivals 2017 GPL-LJL-OPL	DetonatioN FM,USG,Rampage	Mineski,GIGABYTE Marines,Ascension Gaming