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Vitality.Bee Closure Puts LFL’s 2027 Plans Under Pressure

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Vitality.Bee Closure Puts LFL’s 2027 Plans Under Pressure

Team Vitality is pausing its LFL activities and closing Vitality.Bee, making it the second French organisation in three days to step back as the league’s 2027 operator remains unannounced.

Vitality said on October 9 that the move is a pause rather than a permanent departure. Vitality.Bee has competed in the Ligue Française de League of Legends since the competition launched in 2019.

The announcement followed Ici Japon Corp Esport‘s October 7 decision to cease operations at the end of 2026. The club joined the LFL in 2025; Esports Advocate, citing Sheep Esports, reported that uncertainty around the league’s future was among the factors behind its decision.

The two announcements add to pressure on the French competition as teams plan for next season. Joblife ended its League of Legends division in September, before the October announcements.

According to Sheep Esports reporting cited by Esports Advocate, only five of the 10 LEC organisations still field teams in regional leagues. That figure reflects a wider pullback from academy operations, even as the regional circuit remains a development route for players aiming to reach the top flight.

Sheep Esports reported on August 19, citing sources, that Webedia would stop organising the LFL from 2027. The operator had been involved since the league’s creation, but neither Webedia nor Riot had publicly confirmed the change, Esports Advocate reported.

New Esports Org (NEO), which has taken over other competitions from Webedia, told The Esports Radar it was in talks with Riot and French stakeholders, but had not planned to invest in the LFL and no decision had been made.


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