Yokohama’s resident tournament, the Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational, returns in 2024, bringing with it the return of domestic fan favorites ZETA DIVISION and DetonatioN FocusMe.
JAPAN – The Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational returns in 2024, taking place December 14-15 at the K-Arena in Yokohama, Japan—the same venue that hosted the event in 2023.
The Riot Games ONE event will feature a variety of competitions, including League of Legends (Legendary Legends Showmatch), VALORANT (Pro Invitational), and VALORANT Console (Play With Us).
The Pro Invitational will feature top-tier Japanese teams ZETA DIVISION and DetonatioN FocusMe with their newly-formed rosters, alongside an FNATIC team without star player Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev, and Leviatán who recently signed 2023 World Champion Max “Demon1” Mazanov. FNATIC will make their return to Yokohama after participating in the first edition in 2022.
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Set for December 14-15, the Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational will take place over two days, with matches running later each day. The event will include a best-of-one single-round robin group stage featuring six matches, where teams will compete against each other to determine their final standings.
In the 2023 edition, Natus Vincere claimed victory at the event, which also featured ZETA DIVISION, DetonatioN FocusMe, and the now-defunct Bleed Esports. Meanwhile, the 2022 edition featured six teams including the aforementioned two Japanese teams, FNATIC, DRX, and Paper Rex.
Below you can find the list of participants for the 2024 Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational:
| DFM | ZETA |
| FNC | LEV |
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