Premier Tournaments

edit   Tournaments Introduction   Premier Events   Major Events   Minor Events   Monthly   Weekly   Show Matches   Misc     Premier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are frequently played out offline, and feature the best teams from all over the world. They are commonly held by well established franchises and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community. 2013 Start Month Tournament Series Prize Pool T# Location Winner Runner-Up June Riot Season 3 EU Summer Season  LCS $ 8 Cologne June Tencent Games Arena Grand Prix Summer 2013  TGA $57,054 8 Taicang  Invictus Gaming Young  Energy Pacemaker June Riot Season 3 NA Summer Season  LCS $ 8 Los Angeles May NVIDIA Game Festival 2013  NGF $ 29,294 4 Shanghai  Team WE  Royal Club Huang Zu May 2013 GPL Summer  GPL $ 8 Online April OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013  LC $ 241,738 12 Seoul  MVP Ozone  CJ Entus Blaze March Tencent LoL Pro League Spring 2013  LPL $ 233,450 8 Taicang March 2013 MLG Winter Championship  MLG $ 15,000 4 Dallas  KT Rolster B  Gambit Gaming March IEM Season VII - World Championship  IEM $ 150,000 12 Hanover  CJ Entus Blaze  CJ Entus Frost February OGN Club Masters  OGN $ 29,467 6 Seoul  MVP  Xenics-OP United February Riot Season 3 EU Spring Season  LCS $ 100,000 8 Cologne  Fnatic  Gambit Gaming February Riot Season 3 NA Spring Season  LCS $ 100,000 8 Los Angeles  Team SoloMid  Good Game University January IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Sao Paulo  IEM $ 44,000 8 São Paulo  Incredible Miracle  Anexis eSports January IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice  IEM $ 44,000 8 Katowice  Gambit Gaming  Azubu Blaze January GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2  SWL $ 30,000 12 Shanghai  Invictus Gaming  Team WE January 2013 GPL Spring  GPL $ 100,000 8 Online  Taipei Assassins  Singapore Sentinels 2012 Start Month Tournament Series Prize Pool T# Location Winner Runner-Up December IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne  IEM $ 44,000 8 Cologne  SK Telecom T1  Fnatic December G-League 2012 Season 2  G-League $ 43,000 8 Shanghai  Team WE  Invictus Gaming November IGN ProLeague Season 5  IPL $ 100,000 16 Las Vegas  Team WE  Fnatic November DreamHack Winter 2012  DH $ 50,000 8 Jönköping  Fnatic  CLG Europe November IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Singapore  IEM $ 44,000 8 Singapore  MeetYourMakers  Absolute Legends North America November Tencent Games Arena Grand Prix Winter 2012  TGA $ 56,000 8 Taicang  Team WE  Royal Club Huang Zu November OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013  LTC $ 248,161 12 Busan  NaJin Sword  Azubu Frost November 2012 MLG Fall Championship  MLG $ 30,000 8 Dallas  Azubu Blaze  NaJin Sword October World e-Sports Masters 2012  WEM $ 69,000 8 Hangzhou  Team WE  Invictus Gaming October Season 2 World Championship  RIOT $ 2,000,000 12 Los Angeles  Taipei Assassins  Azubu Frost October Riot Season 2 Brazilian Championship  RIOT $ 50,000 8 São Paulo  vTi Ignis  vTi Nox August Season 2 - Regional Finals Seattle  RIOT $ 150,000 8 Seattle  Team SoloMid  Team Dignitas August 2012 MLG Summer Championship  MLG $ 40,000 12 Raleigh  Team Curse  Team Dignitas August Season 2 - Regional Finals Cologne  RIOT $ 150,000 8 Cologne  Moscow Five  SK Gaming August IPL Face Off: San Francisco Showdown  IPL $ 40,000 8 San Francisco  Team SoloMid  Team Curse July European Challenger Circuit: Poland  IEM $ 40,000 8 Warsaw  Moscow Five  CLG Europe July Azubu The Champions Summer 2012  LTC $ 129,000 16 Seoul  Azubu Frost  CLG Europe June Tencent Games Arena Grand Prix Summer 2012  TGA $ 55,000 8 Beijing  Team WE  EHOME June DreamHack Summer 2012  DH $ 40,000 8 Jönköping  CLG Europe  Moscow Five June 2012 MLG Spring Championship  MLG $ 40,000 20 Anaheim  Team SoloMid  CLG Prime May 2012 GPL Season 1  GPL $ 40,000 6 Singapore  Taipei Assassins  Singapore Sentinels April IGN Proleague Season 4 - Las Vegas  IPL $ 50,000 8 Las Vegas  Team SoloMid  Counter Logic Gaming March Azubu The Champions Spring 2012  LTC $ 177,000 16 Seoul  MiG Blaze  MiG Frost March IEM Season VI - World Championship  IEM $ 100,000 12 Hanover  Moscow Five  Team Dignitas January IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev  IEM $ 32,000 8 Kiev  Moscow Five  Team SoloMid 2011 Start Month Tournament Series Prize Pool T# Location Winner Runner-Up December 2011 World Cyber Games Grand Finals  WCG $ 34,000 18 Busan  Chicks Dig Elo  exGBT November 2011 MLG Pro Circuit - Providence  MLG $ 30,000 4 Providence  Team SoloMid  Epik Gamer November Tencent Games Carnival 2011  TGC $ 56,000 8 Shanghai  Team WE  EHOME October IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York  IEM $ 32,000 8 New York  Fnatic  SK Gaming October IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City  IPL $ 20,000 8 Atlantic City  Team Dignitas  Epik Gamer October Samsung Euro Championship 2011  WCG $ 30,000 7 Warsaw  exGBT  Frag eXecutors October IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou  IEM $ 32,000 8 Guangzhou  Team WE  Counter Logic Gaming August 2011 MLG Pro Circuit - Raleigh  MLG $ 20,000 4 Raleigh  Counter Logic Gaming  Epik Gamer August IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne  IEM $ 32,000 8 Cologne  Counter Logic Gaming  Team SoloMid June Riot Season 1 Championship  RIOT $ 100,000 8 Jönköping  Fnatic  against All authority 2010 Start Month Tournament Series Prize Pool T# Location Winner Runner-Up September 2010 World Cyber Games Grand Finals  WCG $ 10,000 8 Los Angeles  Counter Logic Gaming  SK Gaming T# is the amount of participating teams in the main event, not including preliminaries.