i56 UK League of Legends tournament signups now open, £5,000 prize pool on offer

The upcoming Multiplay Insomnia56 (i56) LAN gaming event will feature a Razer League of Legends Challenger Cup tournament with a £5,000 prize pool.
Signups to the qualifiers are now open.

The event will take place from December 11th to 13th at the Birmingham NEC, with LoL teams from around Europe competing against each other. It’s open to all teams on the EU West server, with registration on a first-come, first-served basis.
The qualifiers for this will take place on Saturday November 28th from 12.30pm, where up to 32 teams will have the chance to win five paid-for BYOC tickets to i56. Qualifiers will end at 10pm the same day.
The format will be a best of one until the quarter finals, where the tournament will then host best-of-three matches.
First place will receive £2,500, second £1,000, third £600 and fourth-place will receive £300. Fifth to eight-placed teams will pick up £150 each.
The tournament will be broadcast live on http://twitch.tv/multiplay_LoL from 1.30pm.
There’s more info over on the tournament page.
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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.