LEC raises minimum player age to 18 for 2024 season

The LEC has confirmed a pivotal change to its player eligibility criteria heading into the 2024 season. Effective as of January, the minimum age for League of Legends players competing in the LEC will be raised from 17 to 18, Riot Games announced today. 

At the beginning of the year, the LEC mistakenly released a statement prematurely revealing the age limit increase, and Maximilian Peter Schmidt, the director of League esports EMEA, tried to clarify the situation. “We have been evaluating the option to raise the age requirement as we had no underage players recently, it unlocks potential future sponsorships and we strongly believe in our ERLs & EM as the foundation of our ecosystem, but have decided against it for the time being,” Schmidt said earlier this year.