Dates Confirmed for CBLOL 2026 Promotion Tournament

Riot Games has published the schedule for the CBLOL 2026 Promotion Tournament, which pits top Tier 2 squads from Circuito Desafiante and LRS against each other for a shot at CBLOL Tier 1 the following year. Seven competition days are set, running from September 28 to October 12. The timing stands out because it overlaps the CBLOL playoffs, and that overlap creates a real scheduling problem for LOS, which may have to juggle matches in both events at once.

Every Promotion Tournament series is best-of-five, and the event uses a double-elimination bracket with an upper and a lower side. Teams that lose an upper-bracket series still have a way back, and the calendar runs from the late-September Play-In all the way to the October Grand Final. No single weekend decides it. Each listed date is part of one connected bracket, and every one of them can affect how a team reaches the final. For qualified Tier 2 teams, the key takeaway is a confirmed timeline of every tournament day, from the opening Play-In to the Grand Final. For LOS, the confirmed concern is the overlap itself, since possible CBLOL playoff dates may land between its Promotion Tournament matches.

Seven dates define the promotion race

The event kicks off on September 28 with the Play-In. The upper bracket follows straight away: its first semifinal takes place on September 29, the second on September 30, and the upper-bracket final on October 1. The lower bracket resumes on October 5 with its semifinal, then the lower-bracket final is held on October 6. The Grand Final closes the Promotion Tournament on October 12. These seven days make up the full confirmed schedule. They also show how the double-elimination structure splits the event into upper and lower paths before the last date. A team that stays in the upper bracket plays through the September 29 to October 1 stretch, while a team dropped into the lower bracket may be scheduled for October 5 and October 6. Either way, the October 12 Grand Final is the last step.

The format and dates make the scheduling problem bigger than one clash of dates. Since every series is best-of-five and the bracket has both an upper and a lower path, an involved team could have matches on several days, not just on Grand Final day. The prize is a place in CBLOL Tier 1 for the strongest Tier 2 teams from Circuito Desafiante and LRS. The schedule matters most when read alongside the CBLOL playoffs. LOS has its next playoff match listed for September 12, and any later dates hinge on how its playoff run goes. The material singles out LOS as the organization most likely to feel the squeeze, since it could be competing in two events at the same time. None of this confirms that LOS will reach a particular round, win a series, or play every listed date. What it does show is a possible and demanding calendar if results put the organization in both brackets during the same stretch.

LOS faces a packed competitive stretch

In the published calendar discussion, LOS is the team identified as potentially affected by the overlap. Its next CBLOL playoff match is set for September 12. A loss would send LOS to play on September 27, and a win would put it on October 3, with a possible CBLOL Grand Final on October 10. If LOS wins its next match, it would return to action on September 26. On that path, a victory leads straight to the October 10 Grand Final, while a defeat gives it another shot on October 3 to fight for a spot in the deciding series.

The toughest version of the outline has the playoff dates running right alongside the Promotion Tournament calendar. LOS could open with a CBLOL match on September 27, then compete in the Promotion Tournament on September 30 and October 1. After that, it could go back to CBLOL on October 3, and if it lost the upper-bracket final, it would reappear in the Promotion Tournament on October 6. That sequence could still run into the CBLOL final on October 10 and the Promotion Tournament Grand Final on October 12. This is the documented bracket impact: the dates could force LOS to shift between two separate competitive tracks in a short span. The schedule does not promise that LOS will play every one of those matches, because its later playoff and Promotion Tournament appearances depend on results. Still, the route makes clear why the timing is the headline of this announcement. What is confirmed is the calendar pressure caused by simultaneous competitions, not any specific outcome for LOS in either the CBLOL playoffs or the Promotion Tournament.

• September 28 to October 1: Play-In, both upper-bracket semifinals, and the upper-bracket final.
• October 5 to October 12: lower-bracket semifinal, lower-bracket final, and the Promotion Tournament Grand Final.

The CBLOL 2026 Promotion Tournament runs over seven competition days between September 28 and October 12, offering a Tier 1 opportunity to the qualified Tier 2 teams. Its best-of-five, double-elimination design builds both upper- and lower-bracket rounds ahead of the Grand Final. Because the event overlaps the CBLOL playoffs, LOS is the central scheduling case: depending on results, it may need to handle both competitions over the same stretch of dates.