Plans to break league into 4 regions and applying franchising business model was postponed until season 2019.[4][5] Best-of-three format with dividing teams into two groups has been replaced by a Double Round Robin Format with "best of one" matches in a single group owing to EU LCS viewership falling.[6][7]
Second-tier competition in Europe from season 2014 to 2017 was Challenger Series. In season 2018 it has been replaced by European Regional Leagues (ERLs).[8] Promotion Tournament was cancelled, the European Cup provided in addition to ERLs.[9]