Fnatic Rising win inaugural UK League Championship

Fnatic Rising, the organisation’s League of Legends academy team, have emerged victorious in the very first UK League Championship (UKLC) finals.
They beat Diabolus Esports 3-0 in a convincing best-of-five series to win the UKLC.
In doing so, they join Diabolus in qualifying for the EU Masters, the finals of which will take place at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre on April 27th and 28th.
The EU Masters is a €150,000 tournament for the strongest up and coming League of Legends teams from 13 regions across Europe.
Fnatic have qualified for the main event group stages, while Diabolus will have to get through the play-ins first. Two teams out of the seven taking part in the play-ins will advance to the main event group stages.
In the UKLC finals this weekend, Fnatic defeated Excel 2-1 in yesterday’s first semi-final, while Diabolus beat MnM 2-1.
While Fnatic put in some solid performances across the first UKLC season, today’s matches were arguably their finest. They performed solidly as a team and showed togetherness when Targamas stepped in for Prosfair in games one and two, for Prosfair to return for game three.
Speaking of Prosfair, it’s the support player’s third UK scene title on a trot, and top-laner Shikari’s fourth.

#FNCWIN pic.twitter.com/9lyyyOLqA2

— Prosfair (@Prosfair) March 31, 2019

Several people in the UK scene shared their comments and reaction on Twitter using the #UKLC hashtag.
Fnatic ADC xMatty (who we interviewed here) said he was proud of his teammates and wished Diabolus well in the EU Masters play-ins.

Such a relief to finally show our level with a strong 3-0 in the finals. Super proud of my teammates as we performed super well today. GG @DiabolusEsports , do UK proud in the EU Masters Play-ins. #fncwin #UKLC

— FNC xMatty (@xMattyyLoL) March 31, 2019

Despite the loss today, credit to Diabolus for finishing top of the standings ahead of the finals this weekend.

With Fnatic’s victory, our league table for #UKLC Spring Split has been finalised!
Join us at 10am on Saturday and Sunday as the top 4 teams enter Playoffs ? pic.twitter.com/r6njo1qEUa

— LVP UK (@LVPuk) March 28, 2019

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.