3 Most Anticipated 2021 eSports Events

Discover the biggest eSports events of the most popular esports game of North America - League Of Legends. Along with the regular season NALCS, 2021 Worlds is set to gather the best of the best in one place this autumn. Read more to find out how and when your favorite team can become a world champion!

The LCS 2021 Summer Season is the second split of the ninth year of North America’s professional League Of Legends League. You can find LCS Schedule Here. This time, unlike previous seasons, all records carry over from LCS Spring Season. Where to watch: YouTube, Twitch.tv.

NA LCS Format:

• 10 Teams
• Triple Round Robin
• Best Of One Matches
• Top 8 Teams qualify for the Championship

Which Teams Are Expected: 100 Thieves. Cloud9, CLG, Dignitas, Evil Geniuses, FlyQuest, Golden Guardians, Immortals, Team Liquid, TSM.

The 2021 Mid Season Invitational (MSI 2021) is the cross-region tournament held between the 1st and the 2nd splits of all regions. It features the winners from 12 individual Riot leagues spring splits competing in the 6th annual tournament.

This year, it is headed to Reykjavík - the capital of Iceland. The games will be played at the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena, famous for hosting the iconic “Match of the Century” in 1972 at the World Chess Championship.

Confirmed Team Participants: Royal Never Give Up (China), MAD Lions (Europe), DWG KIA (Korea), Cloud9 (NA), PSG Talon (PCS), GAM Esports (Vietnam), Unicorns Of Love (CIS), Infinity Esports (Latin America), Istanbul Wildcards (Turkey), paiN Gaming (Brazil), Detonation FocusMe (Japan), Pentanet.GG (Oceania).

The 2021 Season World Championship (aka ‘LoL Worlds 2021’) is the conclusion of the 2021 LoL esports season. It is the main and crowning event of League of Legends eSports for the year. The tournament welcomes 24 teams from all regions of the game that won their respective LCS playoffs, in a months-long race for the Summoner’s Cup.

This year's World Championship will be held in Shenzhen, China will be a back-to-back host for the Worlds. North America's Worlds event will be pushed to 2022. While Riot has announced the city for this year's event, they have not confirmed an official start date as of now. We can assume it will begin around September, which is typically when the event takes place. The starting prize of the tournament is $2.225 million, which is expected to grow with in-game item sales.

The Valorant eSports scene has grown a lot since the game's release. 2021 has already introduced many Valorant Tournaments globally, including the big final - Valorant Champions. To get to the Champions event, teams must qualify to Valorant Challengers to get seed in the Valorant Masters. Participating in Masters will allow teams to get circuit points. Only teams with the most points from each region will meet and clash together in the biggest upcoming Valorant Tournament of 2021: Valorant Champions.

Each Challenger stage will consist of three tournaments and a final taking place over six weeks. In addition to that, every tournament will feature eight teams that will earn their spots through open qualifiers.

The squads that perform well in the Challenger tournaments will qualify for the Challenger finals. The Challenger final event will feature the best eight teams – they will receive amazing prizes as well as a qualification slot for the next Master event.

Where to watch:

• Free Twitch.tv stream 1
• Free Twitch.tv stream 2

VCT 2021 Stage 2 Masters in Iceland will be the first international Valorant tournament. The Valorant Masters Reykjavik will be hosting ten teams from across the world, qualifying from their respective regions.
With teams qualifying from across the world, the Valorant Champions Tour 2021 Stage 2 Masters Reykjavik is undoubtedly going to be an event to watch out for.

The VALORANT Champions Tour is Riot Games’ first official attempt at a global circuit for stoking competitive VALORANT.

Spawned out of the early success of the First Strike events, the Champions Tour is a year-long circuit of regional competition culminating in a Champions event to crown the first world champion.

It's going to be a two-week-long event featuring 16 teams from multiple regions, including North America, Europe, Brazil, Korea, and Japan.

Rocket League is a highly popular eSports game with regular weekly tournaments in a league format, as well as smaller qualifying leagues and big Lan Major tournaments. Find out what the most exciting eSports Rocket League matches are waiting for you in 2021!

Rocket League Championship Series, also known as the RLCS, is Rocket League eSports' primary competition. The RLCS comprises 2 regions, North America and Europe, with 8 teams respectively, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2nd Division, the Rival Series (RLRS).

Seasons run over a course of 3-4 months twice a year. You can watch them here: YouTube, Twitch.tv.

The RCLS X event is the most important Rocket League regional tournament taking place in North America, Europe, South America, and Oceania, where qualifying teams face off to determine who reigns supreme in their respective regions.

2021 Rocket League Esports World Championship starts June 15th, with the Grand Finals starting June 20th.

Rocket League World Championship 2021 Prizes:

• Europe: $400,000
• North America: $400,000
• Oceania: $100,000
• South America: $100,000

With 5G becoming widely available across North America, especially among mobile video gamers, alongside the latest Playstation and Xbox Gaming Console model introduced just recently, Video gaming tournaments became vivid events that attract growing audiences of gamers, both newbies and professionals. eSports events become mainstream gigs that provide high-quality treats that should not be missed by true fans and can be experienced to their fullest with the latest technology devices and infrastructure introduced to the market. Each of the events this article has mentioned is a great candidate for an ultimate video gaming experience.