# Shadow Combat League

- Canonical: https://robot-fighting-championship.com/leagues/scl
- Record family: leagues
- Stable ID: scl
- Data snapshot: 2026-08-02T00:00:00Z
- Data source: fixture

## Direct answer

Shadow Combat League is a teleoperated humanoid combat property pairing named human pilots with robot fighters through VR and motion capture.

## Classification

- **Record status**: Active league
- **Entity kind**: sports-league
- **Field role**: core
- **Competition class**: Teleoperated humanoid combat league
- **Control mode**: VR + motion capture
- **Hardware field**: Unitree G5

## History

SCL introduced its roster and First Light programme in 2026, then appeared at LEAP East in Hong Kong. Project H treats those as dated event records, not proof of an uninterrupted season.

## Format

The official site names pilots and scheduled bouts and describes teleoperation. No complete public scoring or referee document has been located.

## Broadcast

First Light is available as an official replay. SCL’s owned livestream and highlights are linked as event media rather than substituted for a result sheet.

## Verification boundary

League identity, pilots, bouts and control mode are official-site backed. Current calendar continuity and full sporting rules remain open questions.

## Rules status

**Bouts confirmed · full rulebook absent.** SCL confirms teleoperation, pilots and bout programming, but does not expose a versioned public sporting rulebook.

- **Control**: VR + motion capture — Named human pilots
- **Programme**: First Light — Official replay available

## Evidence claims

No published records.

## Events

No published records.

## Fights

No published records.

## Robots

No published records.

## Teams

No published records.

## People

- Joseph Saw — CTO
- Peter Davis — CCO

## Rules

No published records.

## Relationships

- org:scl-org operates league:scl — confidence low
- league:scl requires_platform platform:unitree-g5 — confidence low
- event:scl-first-light edition_of league:scl — confidence low
- event:scl-leap-east edition_of league:scl — confidence low
- person:joseph-saw involved_in league:scl — confidence low
- person:peter-davis involved_in league:scl — confidence low

## Media

- image: Shadow Combat League banner; source https://www.shadowcombatleague.com/misc/scl-banner.png; credit Shadow Combat League; rights prototype-only
- logo: Shadow Combat League identity mark; source https://www.shadowcombatleague.com/misc/scl.svg; credit Shadow Combat League; rights prototype-only
- youtube: Video still: Shadow Combat League's First Light Livestream; source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5X0qNzXZtc; credit Shadow Combat League; rights embed-only

## Primary sources

- [Official site — Shadow Combat League](https://www.shadowcombatleague.com/): Owned competition record.
- [Official site — Shadow Combat League](https://www.shadowcombatleague.com/): Control, roster and event presentation.
- [Livestream — Shadow Combat League](https://www.shadowcombatleague.com/livestream): Owned First Light replay surface.

## Citation boundary

Use the canonical HTML page for visible evidence state, context, corrections and source relationships. This Markdown representation is generated from the same published Project H record and contains no draft or private fields.