The best esports tournaments!
What are esports?
Esports or better known as e-sports, are organized competitions of video games that are played at both amateur and professional level. esports present similar things compared to traditional sports. For example, in esports teams or individual players competing against each other in different games, such as League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and many others. Being an environment that has both amateur and professional competitions have a large number of audiences, besides having the ability to fill and have big events.
In the world of esports mainly player profiles must have great skill, strategy and good team cooperation (communication, etc), and have gained considerable popularity, especially with the advent of streaming platforms such as Twitch, Kick, Youtube... These allow viewers to watch live matches and interact in real time. In addition, esports are backed by organizations that offer infrastructure, training, and support, similar to professional sports leagues.
Most important esports tournaments in the world
These are some of the most important esports tournaments in the world:
- The Worlds (World League of Legends): The “Worlds” or the League of Legends World Championship is one of the most important events in the esports world. Organized every year by Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, this tournament brings together the best teams from all competitive regions of the game to compete for the Worlds title. https://lolesports.com/
- MSI (Mid-Season Invitational): The MSI (Mid-Season Invitational) is an esports tournament for the League of Legends game, organized by Riot Games every year. It brings together the champions of the regional mid-season leagues to compete internationally. Unlike Worlds, which determines the world champion at the end of the year, the MSI offers the ultimate mid-season competition on a global level and can influence the allocation of spots for regions at Worlds. https://lolesports.com/
- The International (Dota 2): The Dota 2 International, is the tournament with the largest prize pool in the esports world, organized by Valve, the developer of Dota 2. At this annual event we will see the best teams in the world of DOTA in esports and is famous for its great way, the prize pool is funded by in-game sales. https://www.dota2.com/home
- Call of Duty League: The Call of Duty League is a professional esports league for Call of Duty, organized by Activision. The league follows a city-based format similar to traditional esports and culminates in a world championship, the Champs where it brings together the best teams of the CDL season for a world champion spot on an annual basis. https://callofdutyleague.com/es-es/
Most popular esports tournaments in Spain
In Spain, the esports scene is vibrant and has been growing significantly in recent years. Some of the most important esports tournaments in Spain include:
- LVP (Liga de Videojuegos Profesional): LVP is one of the largest esports tournament organizers in Spain and is known for running the Superliga, which is the main League of Legends competition in Spain. They also organize competitions in other popular games such as FIFA, Call of Duty, and more. https://lvp.global/
- Iberian Cup: Also organized by the LVP, this competition brings together teams from Spain and Portugal in a regional tournament, mainly focused on League of Legends. It is one of the most prominent events in the Iberian Peninsula. https://iberiancup.lvp.global/
- DreamHack Spain: Part of the international DreamHack circuit, these events include tournaments of various games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, and many more. DreamHack has a great gamer culture, as well as musical, technological and artistic. It changed branding to OWN. https://www.openworldnow.com/
- ESL Masters Spain: Organized by ESL Spain, one of the biggest names in esports worldwide and oldest in the industry, this tournament has competitions in several games, including CS:GO and Rainbow Six Siege.
It formerly had its semi-professional League of Legends circuit and other competitions.
- GameGune: Especially relevant in this latest edition with VALORANT & Counter Strike shooters, GameGune is a tournament that is held in Pais Vasco (Bilbao, Spain) and attracts high-level players from all over Europe.
These tournaments / leagues show the popularity of esports in Spain, but also serve as national circuits to grow the amateur / semi-professional players in Spain.
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