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We’re excited to bring you the next stage of the NLC with an expansion into local countries across Northern Europe. We can’t wait to share the details with you, so let’s jump right into it.
What is the NLC and what’s changing?
The NLC is the Northern League of Legends Champions and is the European Regional League or ERL for Northern Europe. If you’re a player from the Nordics, UK or Ireland this is the best place for you to start to climb the esports ladder towards EMEA Masters and the LEC!
We’re expanding the NLC out below Division 2 into five different regional competitions that will replace the current NLC divisions 3 and 4 system after the end of the current season, including the “NLC Ladder”! For NLC Divisions 1 and 2, the structure will remain as you know it today.
Everything will still firmly remain part of the NLC system with a promotion tournament between the existing Division 2 and the new local leagues after each national-league split – after Spring and Autumn. Moving forward, the Summer Split will only consist of Division 1 and 2 as we know it, and the NLC Ladder.
The new promotional tournament is called the NLC Regional Promotion Series (NLC RPS) and will feature the best teams from each national sub-region, the NLC Ladder, and the bottom teams of Division 2 from each respective split.
With this new national model, it also means changes to the roster requirements. Moving forward, teams will need a majority of players from the respective country they are competing in. Let’s say you sign up to compete in the Danish division, then you must have a minimum of three Danish residents playing at all times.
New Regional Competitions
Each of the five competitions will have slightly different league structures, with teams playing round robin matches against other teams in their division. Players will be able to find matches to suit their skill levels as divisions will be separated out by skill levels and divisions below 1 for a local league will be separated out into more divisions as we descend the esports pyramid.
Two teams from Division 1 of each new national league, and the NLC Ladder, will get a chance at promotion further up the NLC ladder and into NLC Division 2.
Introducing the NLC Ladder
Besides the national leagues, we are adding another layer to the system through the “NLC Ladder” initiative. The NLC Ladder is a competition running alongside the national leagues. In this ladder, players don’t have to be from the same country like the national leagues, as long as they are from the NLC region.
Teams can join at any point in the split. Challenging other teams to matches will either improve or decrease your teams’ total points, depending on the result. The team with the most points at the end of the split wins the ladder. The NLC Ladder grants direct access to the NLC RPS, on the same terms as the national leagues.
You can view the NLC Ladder as an extra way into the NLC RPS, but also an alternative for teams who aren’t able to field a roster with the national requirements, or teams who miss the initial sign-up deadlines.
When can we get started?
This new structure will be implemented after the ongoing 2023 NLC Summer Split. But already now, you can join up with your new local competitive community and learn more about the deadlines to keep an eye out for.
Seasons are going to be starting at slightly different times over the current year but you can find the full details below. There’s still time to get your team together, expand your champion pool, and practice against teams in your region!
Country specific information
UK + Ireland The UK + Ireland will compete in the brand new Four Nations tournament run by the UKEL. Starting off with a single division, but with the space to expand into more depending on the demand. Four