Actual Champions Format

Confirmed
Top 3 American teams from league qualify
Top 3 Pacific teams from league qualify
Top 3 EMEA teams from league qualify

Speculation
The 2 Chinese teams from Tokyo qualify for Champions too
The winner of Tokyo grants their region's LCQ an extra slot, so each LCQ has 1 slot except for the region that wins Masters, who will have 2
The rumored Summer league in China (separate from the FGC tournaments) acts as an LCQ tournament, granting 1 slot

Final slot allocation:
4 Americas
4 Pacific
4 EMEA
3 CN
+1 to the region that wins Tokyo

come back to this when I'm right

ascension winners play in lcq?
to make it 8 teams

randomperson [#2]

ascension winners play in lcq?
to make it 8 teams

Most prob

randomperson [#2]

ascension winners play in lcq?
to make it 8 teams

It's a possibility, but I doubt it. Since NA Challengers officially end on June 10, Riot would have to fit the Ascension tournament and the LCQ, which are both LANs, into a less than 2 month period (Champions starts on August 6), while giving the teams participating at least a 1-2 week break between VCLs, Ascension, and then the LCQ like they normally do. It's possible, but seems unlikely knowing Riot and how much they like to space out their events.

My guess
3-Top 3 pacific league
3-Top 3 EMEA league
3-Top 3 Americas league

2 Teams from Lcq -Pacific
2 Teams from Lcq -Emea
2 Teams form Lcq -Americas

1 Team from CN

4 teams from emea + 1 lcq
4 teams from americas + 1 lcq
4 teams from pacific + 1 lcq
1 chinese team

inafog [#5]

My guess
3-Top 3 pacific league
3-Top 3 EMEA league
3-Top 3 Americas league

2 Teams from Lcq -Pacific
2 Teams from Lcq -Emea
2 Teams form Lcq -Americas

1 Team from CN

They are not going to give only 1 slot to China. Im 100 percent sure what Sprout has posted will be correct

donut2612 [#6]

4 teams from emea + 1 lcq
4 teams from americas + 1 lcq
4 teams from pacific + 1 lcq
1 chinese team

or
3 from emea + 1 lcq
3 from americas + 1 lcq
3 from pacific + 1 lcq
3 teams from china + 1 lcq

wizardbot [#7]

They are not going to give only 1 slot to China. Im 100 percent sure what Sprout has posted will be correct

3 is too much tho, 2 is enough

en3sk0se [#9]

3 is too much tho, 2 is enough

Trust me bro it will not be less then 3 slot for china

12 team from master
other 4 from lcq including china
and don't expect any high from riot, they always take L

I bet my account, china will get more than 1 slot

2 americas
2 emea
2 pacific
1 from each lcq (3 total)
5 china
1 china lcq
1 tokyo winner
china maybe gets some more

inafog [#5]

My guess
3-Top 3 pacific league
3-Top 3 EMEA league
3-Top 3 Americas league

2 Teams from Lcq -Pacific
2 Teams from Lcq -Emea
2 Teams form Lcq -Americas

1 Team from CN

I don’t see Riot giving CN less slots for Champions then they got for Masters