against the second-half winner at the end of the season for the championship. The Philippine Basketball Association also conducts a split season similar in many ways to the and . All League of Legends leagues operate on a split-season system, with one split in the spring and one in the summer. The fall is reserved for each league's playoffs and the League of Legends World championship. Qualification to the World Championship is decided through two avenues: winning the second split of the season, or, for the five biggest leagues, through a system that awards points based on a team's performance in each of the splits. Unlike most other split-season formats, the summer split is more important than the spring split; coming second in the summer split is worth as many points as winning the spring split. The first four seasons of the National Hockey League used a half-season system, with the winners of the two half-seasons playing in the league final. References Association football terminology