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LoL Worlds 2026 schedule: start times in your time zone

Gaming · By SpikeToday ·

The Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, New York, seen from a busy street corner
Barclays Center in Brooklyn hosts the Worlds 2026 final on November 14. Photo: CityLimitsJunction, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

The 2026 League of Legends World Championship runs from October 15 to November 14 in the United States. Because it is played in American afternoons, most matches start in the middle of the night in Korea and China and in the evening in Europe. Here is when each stage starts where you live.

Dates and venues: LoL Esports. T1 are the three-time defending champions.

Start times by stage

Times are the first match of each day, in 24-hour time. "(+1)" means the next calendar day where you are.

Play-In: October 15–18

Swiss stage: October 23–26 and October 31

Swiss stage: October 28–30

Quarterfinals and semifinals: November 3–8

Final: Saturday, November 14

An empty esports stage with red lighting, player desks and large screens at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles
The Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles, where the Play-In is played. Photo: DJTechYT, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How these times were worked out

LoL Esports announced each day's start time in US time on September 25, as Insider Gaming and Altchar reported: 11 a.m. PDT for the Play-In, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. PDT for the Swiss stage, 2 p.m. PST for the knockouts and 11 a.m. PST for the final. We converted those into each time zone, including two clock changes: Europe goes back an hour on October 25 and the US on November 1. Riot can still move a day, so check lolesports.com on the day.

How to watch

Every match streams free on lolesports.com and on LoL Esports' official YouTube and Twitch channels.

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