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The 2026 LCS Championship Is Set for Atlanta

The 2026 LCS Championship Is Set for Atlanta

League of Legends

Martin Arévalo-Östberg

Martin Arévalo-Östberg

14 Jun, 2026, 21:05

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Last updated: 14 Jun, 2026, 21:05

Riot Games has announced that the 2026 LCS Championship is heading to Atlanta, Georgia! The very best teams in the league will clash at the Gas South Arena on October 3-4 to decide this year's LCS Champion, as well as settle seeding for the League of Legends Worlds 2026 on home ground.

The 2026 LCS Championship Showdown Hits the Road

The last LCS Championship (2024) took place at the YouTube Theater in California, and boy did it deliver a show. In an electric atmosphere in front of thousand of fans, we saw one of the most hectic and thrilling endings to a Grand Finals in LCS history.

The 2024 LCS Championship delivered a stellar esports spectacle. (Credit:

The 2024 LCS Championship delivered a stellar esports spectacle. (Credit: Marv Watson/Riot Games)

This time around, all of that will be coming to Atlanta. For LCS fans all over the East Coast, this offers a fantastic opportunity to catch the teams, players, and game they love a lot closer to home.

What's more, the 2026 LCS Championship should also serve as an exciting prelude to what's to come. Worlds 2026 will be taking place in the US, and the Atlanta showdown will be the perfect event to get our engines warm just weeks before the best League of Legends teams from all over the globe clash in North America.

To find out more about the dates, locations, and ticket information for Worlds 2026 in the US, make sure to check out our guide. Note that tickets to the 2026 LCS Championship in Atlanta will be announce at a later date.

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Featured image credit: Colin Young-wolff/Riot Games

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