As the 2024 League of Legends cycle comes to a close, fans are greeted with new changes to the competitive landscape as we head into 2025. Now North and South American League of Legends fans have a new league to follow next year. The LCS, CBLoL and LLA leagues have been synonymous with the North American, Brazilian and Latin American League of Legends for years. But these three established regions will now blend all these leagues to form the LTA.

Here’s the format, teams, start date and everything else you need in the beginner’s guide to understanding the new League of Legends Inter-American Championship (LTA) heading into 2025.

LTA will be divided into two conferences, LTA North and LTA South. Each conference will feature eight teams competing in three LTA divisions throughout the 2025 season.

Here’s how each of the three parts will play out:

LTA Split One

LTA Split into Two

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LTA Divided into Three

Similar to the previous two divisions, both the Northern and Southern Conferences will compete in cross-conference. However, the Trio Division of the LTA 2025 season will have a unique format known as the Pick and Play system. This system will allow youth teams to select their next opponent live on stage. The opening matches of the Triple Split will be determined by the Split Standings, before using this Pick and Play Format that benefits lower-seeded teams. Teams cannot play a team more than once in this format, and the Second Part Standings will serve as the tiebreaker in Part Three.

The final three weeks will lead into the knockout phase, where only six teams (three each from the North and South) will remain standing at the end of Division Three, and they will all qualify for the 2025 Americas Regionals.

Here are all the important points you need to pay attention to for LTA Split Three:

How Many LTA Teams Qualified for the 2025 LoL World Championship?

Three LTA teams will qualify for LoL Worlds 2025, with two of those slots made up of the top teams from each of the LTA conferences. These two teams, along with the top three remaining teams from each of the North and South Conferences, will qualify for the 2025 Americas Regional Championship. The remaining four teams will compete for the final in the Americas at the 2025 World Championship, with the defending champion of these six teams going home with their first LTA trophy.

The LTA North Conference will feature six Partner Slots and two Guest slots. The LTA South Conference will feature seven Partner Slots and one reserved spot for the Visiting Team.

All 16 teams that will compete in LTA 2025:

LTA North

LTA South

Five teams from the previous LCS 2024 season will return to the new LTA North system as partner teams in 2025, while 100 Thieves will temporarily join the LTA North conference as an Interim Guest team. Former LLA teams Movistar R7 and Six Karma will team up to reintroduce the iconic Lyon Gaming brand to League of Legends as the sixth partner team of the LTA North Conference.

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Finally, Disguised will be the eighth team competing in the LTA North Conference as the Guest Team heading to LTA 2025. This will be the organization’s first foray into Tier One League of Legends after spending the last two years competing in the League’s flagship NACL. Tier Two North American development system.

LTA Partner teams are permanent team slots in the new LoL Americas system, while LTA Guest slots are temporary positions in the Tier One ecosystem. A total of 13 LTA Partner teams and three LTA Guest teams are currently competing in 2025.

This is what it means to be a “Guest Team” for 100 Thieves, Disguised and Isurus Gaming.

100 Thieves leaving LTA after 2025 season?

100 Thieves will continue to enjoy all the advantages enjoyed by other Northern partner teams and will be able to qualify for international tournaments in 2025. However, they will not be eligible to participate in the Promotion tournament where their position in the LTA 2026 season has not been determined. The provisional LTA slot will undergo further evaluation towards 2026.

For now, 100 Thieves will compete in LTA as a Joint Team in the LTA North Conference, where the organization will attempt to return to the World Championships.

How does being an LTA Guest Team affect Disguised and Isurus Gaming?

As the LTA North Guest Team, Disguised will enjoy all the benefits of Partner Teams. They will be eligible to participate in international tournaments such as MSI and Worlds in the 2025 season.

Disgissed will also qualify to defend their place in the LTA North Conference through the Promotion Tournament against NACL and LRN representatives.

This format will also be available for LTA South Conference Guest Team Isurus Gaming, who will compete against CBLOL Academy and LRS representatives in the LTA South Promotional Tournament.

The LTA 2025 season will officially begin on January 25, 2025, with both the Northern and Southern Conference teams beginning their new journey towards the World Championship stage.

For now, new LTA fans should definitely watch the League of Legends World Championship 2024 Grand Final between China’s Bilibili Gaming and South Korea’s T1. The LoL World Championship 2024 Grand Final will take place on November 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM PT and one team will become the next LoL World Champion.

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