SinoDragon Gaming and Victory Five are entering the League of Legends Pro League, expanding the highest tier of Chinese League of Legends to 16 teams split into two eight-team regions, the league announced Friday.

SinoDragon Gaming moves up from the secondary Chinese division, the LoL Development League, where they finished first during the spring and summer regular seasons, according to Phase Dive. They reached the semifinals in the spring before going on to win the summer playoffs.

The organization posted the announcement of their LPL entry on Weibo. The post was deleted but shared by esports writer Ran.

"LDL summer champion officially announced their entry in #LPL 2019," Ran tweeted. "It's pretty much public knowledge but it's the first time they've locked in roster and do an announcement so thought should post it."

The roster for SinoDragon's first LPL split will be Jiang "Changhong" Chang-Hong, Yang "Memory" Ju-Bao, Wang "xiaopeng" Peng, Huang "Twila" Ting-Wei, Chen "GALA" Wei, Ling "Mark" Xu, Ou-Yang "Iceman" Yi-Qiang.

Lpl announces two additional teams for next year

SDG, LDL summer champion

Victory Five, founded by the head of Macao's esports association. pic.twitter.com/VsttJjnA14 — Ran🔜#Allstar2018 (@ran_lpl) November 30, 2018

Victory Five are a new team established over the spring and owned by Mario Ho, the son of Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho. The organization has also been involved in the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds scene in China.

It is not yet known who will be on Victory Five's team, or where either team will be based.

-- Field Level Media