Webedia, the company that has operated France’s top League of Legends (LoL) league, the LFL, is reportedly stepping away from that role starting in 2027.
The news was revealed during an episode of On Refait Le Nash, a French esports show on Winamax TV. According to the LoL creator and former pro Thomas “Zaboutine” Si-Hassen, who cited a source he described as reliable, Webedia has reached an agreement to leave the LFL (Ligue Française de League of Legends) next season.
Neither Riot Games nor Webedia have officially confirmed the report as of this writing, so the details of what happens next remain unclear. The Esports Radar has also reached out to Webedia to confirm whether the information is accurate but has received no response at the time of publication.
The LFL is France’s premier professional League of Legends competition. It was launched in January 2019 as a joint project between Webedia and Riot Games France. Webedia’s job was to organise the league day-to-day: handling business and sponsorship matters and producing the broadcasts, often working with production partner OTP to stream matches on Twitch and YouTube and later extending coverage to platforms like TikTok and X.
No exact reason for Webedia’s exit as tournament operator was given, but a few factors are considered to have played a role in the decision. The LFL has reportedly seen both average and peak viewership decline over the past year. There’s also a personnel change to consider: Bertrand Amar, who had overseen Webedia’s esports operations for close to a decade, left the company at the end of 2025 after his contract term ended. He went on to co-found a new company, NEO, which has since taken over several properties that were previously tied to Webedia, including EMEA Masters, LoL Game Changers (confirmed through the 2026–2027 season), and EVO France.
Webedia would not be the first operator to walk away from a national League of Legends league in Europe. The NLC, which covered the UK, Ireland, and the Nordic countries, lost its operator, Leagues ApS (which ran the league as Leagues.gg), after the company ran into financial trouble and eventually shut down. The league was later picked up on a temporary basis by GameWaves.
In Germany, Freaks 4U Gaming, one of the country’s largest esports and gaming agencies, also filed for insolvency last year. That put a question mark over several of its contracts, including its role running the Prime League, the top League of Legends competition in the DACH. However, similar to the NLC situation, the LoL Prime League was also later handed over to Berlin-based agency onethreefive gaming GmbH.
Taken together, these cases point to a rougher period for the operators running League of Legends’ national leagues beneath the LEC (League of Legends EMEA Championship), even as the top tier of European competition continues largely as before.
For now, the LFL’s future operator for 2027 has not been named, and both Webedia and Riot Games have yet to comment publicly. This article will be updated if official confirmation is provided.
UPDATE: NEO has confirmed it is in talks with Riot Games for the LFL, though no agreement has been finalised. Full coverage here.
