The preliminary round of the "2nd National High School eSports Championships" for the League of Legends Division is now set! 119 teams entered from all over Japan!

Mainichi Shimbun Inc. and Third Wave Inc. will host the finals of the 2nd National High School eSports Championship for high school students from all over Japan in December 2019. The pairings for the League of Legends Division Qualifying Tournament (online), which will be held on November 23 and 24, 2019, have now been finalized.

This year, 119 teams have entered the competition, surpassing the 93 teams that entered the first competition. The preliminary round will be broadcast live on Twitch and Periscope's official tournament account.

Tournament Outline
■League of Legends Division Qualifying Tournament (Online)
Date: Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, 2019
Distribution:
　 Twitch
　 Official Periscope Twitter
Distribution details:
　On Saturday, November 23rd, one match will be distributed at random from the 2nd to 4th rounds.
　On Sunday, 24th, all the preliminary finals for each block will be distributed.
・Combinations:

The 2nd National High School e-Sports Championship
Objective: To support high school students who enjoy e-sports and develop it as a new culture.
Name of the tournament: The 2nd National High School e-Sports Championship
Organizers: Mainichi Shimbun, Third Wave Co.
Cooperation: E5esportsWorks
Sponsors: Nissin Foods Holdings Corporation, Denso Corporation, Jikei Gakuen COM Group
・Titles:
　Rocket League" (PC)
　　　　Players operate "battle cars" that can jump and fly to
　　　　Players play soccer by operating a "battle car" that can jump and fly. The player scores one point by putting the ball in the opponent's goal and scores more points within a time limit.
　　　　The team that scores more points within the time limit wins.
　League of Legends" (PC)
　　　　Players control a character called "Champion.
　　　　The player controls a character called "Champion" and attacks the enemy team's base in cooperation with his or her teammates.
　　　　The team that destroys the opponent's base first is the winner.
Schedule:
　Rocket League.
　　　　Preliminary Tournament (Online) August 24 (Sat) and 25 (Sun), 2019
　　　　Final (offline): Saturday, December 28, 2019
　League of Legends.
　　　　Preliminary Competition (Online) Saturday, November 23, 2019, Sunday, November 24, 2019
　　　　Finals (offline) Sunday, December 29, 2019
Final venue: EBiS303 (1-20-8, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Theme song: "Namita Chinu" by BURNOUTSYNDROMES
Participation fee: Free of charge
Eligibility: High school students residing in Japan

*Full-time high school, regular high school, multi-part high school, credit high school, correspondence high school, technical college, special training college, vocational high school, international school
*International students residing in Japan are also eligible to participate.
*Eligible ages are between 16 and 19 years old (birthdays between April 2, 2000 and April 1, 2004).
Participants must be able to attend both the preliminary and final competitions.
Teams of students from the same high school are eligible to participate.
*If you are a correspondence high school student and have a specific campus to which you belong, please enter only members from the same campus. If you are a student of an online learning course only and do not have a specific campus to which you belong, please enter only members of the same online learning course.
*The team captain and one of the starting members must be able to communicate smoothly in Japanese.