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League/Tournament Brands:
- Insurance company R+V Versicherung will become the supplier of the Premier Tour, a Riot-sanctioned competition for the German-speaking market.
- The insurer will support the Premier Tour Summoner Cup competition, which will conclude at gamescom 2019.
- This announcement precludes the Premier Tour’s development from a tournament circuit into a multi-tiered league.
R+V Versicherung, a German insurance company, will be the official supplier for the League of Legends 
(LoL) Premier Tour. Though details have yet to be revealed, the insurer will work with Riot Games to deliver “exclusive events and competitions” and to give away LoL skins and prizes, according to the announcement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
R+V Versicherung entered esports by expanding its partnership with Schalke 04, becoming the jersey sponsor of the soccer club’s esports division. Schalke 04 Esports fields both an academy roster in the Premier Tour, and a team in the top level LoL European Championship (LEC).
First introduced in 2018, the Premier Tour is run in partnership with German esports agency Freaks 4U Gaming, and is one of Riot’s European regional leagues (ERLs). Up until now, the competition operated as a tournament circuit, with stops across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (the DACH region). However, on May 14, Riot head of esports DACH Hans Christian Dürr indicated that the Premier Tour would transition into a league structure, with multiple divisions, in 2020.
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For this summer season, the Premier Tour is running a tournament known as the Summoner Cup. The final round of the competition will take place at trade show gamescom in August. Along with prize money, the top two teams will advance to the European Masters, a twice-annual continental cup featuring the best performing regional League of Legends teams.
