LPL 2024 Summer Split Format Explained

With the official announcement regarding the 2024 LPL Summer Split, here is everything you need to know about the new format for the league.

LPL 2024 Summer Split Format – 3 stages before playoffs

Compared to the traditional single round-robin Bo3 format used by the LPL in the past years, a revamped format will be used heading into summer.

According to the announcement, the regular split will be divided into four stages: group draw, fixed group, in-group, and “box-out” (unofficial name) stage. Let’s go over one by one and explain what it means for the competition.

Group Draw Stage

The 17 teams will be divided into 4 pools based on their Spring Split Performance. Teams with home court in the same arena will be in different groups. The seedings of the pools are:

Pool 1

• BLG
• TES
• JDG
• NIP

Pool 2

• FPX
• WBG
• LNG
• WE

Pool 3

• OMG
• IG
• AL
• LGD
• TT

Pool 4

• RNG
• RA
• EDG
• UP

Fixed Group Stage

Each group will play a double round robin Bo3 with the fearless draft mode. The bottom 2 teams in each group will be seeded into Group B while the top 9 ranked teams will go into Group A.

In-group Stage

Once the two groups are confirmed, each will go through a single round robin Bo3. At this stage, teams will compete using the regular “competitive draft” format. The top 7 teams from Group A will advance to playoffs while the bottom 4 from Group B will be eliminated and terminate their split.

Box-out Stage

The last two teams from Group A will compete with the top four from Group B in a single-elimination Bo5 bracket. The matches are as follows:

• 8th place Group A vs 4th place Group B
• 9th place Group A vs 3rd place Group B
• 1st place Group A vs 2nd place Group A

The winners of each match will get a spot in playoffs and join the remaining 7 teams in playoffs.