As summer comes to a close, tournament organiser DreamHack has announced the NLC Fall Open.
This competition will feature the top teams from the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC), League of Legends UK League Championship (UKLC) and Telia Esports Series (TES).
The tournament will begin on Thursday November 5th and will conclude with the grand finals on Sunday November 15th. Group stages will take place from November 5th to 8th and the playoffs will start on November 12th.
A total of 16 teams will compete for a €24,000 prize pool. 10 teams will be invited based on previous performance in the summer season in the respective leagues, and six teams will be added from the qualifiers.
In the case that a team declines their invitation, invitation slots will be transferred to the qualifiers.
Teams not invited have the chance to compete in the qualifiers, which take place from October 16th to 19th and October 22nd to 25th.
The qualifiers format will be a single elimination best of three series, where each qualifier runs over three days.
Broadcasters from the community will have the opportunity to apply to cover the qualifiers; DreamHack says more details on that will be released soon.
The news comes after the conclusion of the NLC Summer Season. Fnatic Rising beat Riddle 3-1 in the grand finals to win the NLC.
The NLC features UK teams such as Fnatic Rising, BT Excel, MNM Gaming, Barrage Esports and Munster Rugby Gaming. Teams for the NLC Fall Open will be confirmed at a later date.
The NLC Fall Open Main Event will be broadcast on twitch.tv/NLClol.
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.
