The Turkish champions league is the premier league in turkish League Of Legends esports and it follows the same format as all the official leagues around the globe with a qualifier, regular season and a playoffs stage.

The teams participating in the TCL Winter 2018 is the top 5 placing teams from last years Summer season and the top team from challenger as well as the two victorious teams out of the qualifiers.

The champion of TCL Winter will be playing in the 2018 MSI play-in tournament.