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A League game has no map pool to rotate through, so a series is just a number of games on the same map and the length is set by how long games run. Thirty five minutes is a fair planning number for the game itself, which puts a best of three at somewhere near two hours once everything around it is counted.

Draft is the part organisers forget to schedule. Tournament draft with bans takes about ten minutes before every single game, so a best of three is three games and three drafts. Build that in, or the round that was meant to take ninety minutes takes two hours and the rest of the bracket slips behind it.

Which format to run

Double elimination at best of one in the early rounds and best of three from the semi-finals, which keeps a community cup inside a day. Round robin group play for four to six teams, then a knockout between the top finishers.

Running it on the day

How the draw is structured

8

Entrants

14

Matches played

8

Rounds

0

Byes

Round by round

RoundMatchesEntrants left after it
Winners Quarter-Finals44
Winners Semi-Finals22
Winners Final11
Losers Round 121
Losers Round 221
Losers Round 311
Losers Final11
Grand Final11

Opening round by seed

Seeds are paired so the strongest and weakest meet first, which keeps the top seeds in opposite halves of the draw. This is the order the board is drawn in, top to bottom.

How long it takes

Rounds run one after another, because a round cannot start until the one feeding it has finished. Matches inside a round can all run at once, so the number of lobbies you have decides the day more than the number of entrants does.

Lobbies23 min matches45 min matches68 min matches
15h 22m10h 30m15h 52m
23h 27m6h 45m10h 12m
43h 4m6h9h 4m

Playing time only. Add changeovers, warm-ups and the gap between rounds.

Questions

What format for a League of Legends tournament?
Double elimination, best of one early and best of three from the semi-finals. There is no map variety, so series length is the only real scheduling lever you have.
How long does an 8 team LoL tournament take?
Fourteen series in double elimination. At best of one and forty five minutes including draft, about five hours with rounds running in parallel.
How is side selection decided?
Usually the higher seed chooses for game one, and the loser of the previous game chooses after that. The bracket records who won, so note side selection on your own sheet.

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