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Revision as of 08:29, 26 March 2020

2020 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 25 – April 19 (Spring)
June 20 – September 13 (Summer)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)English: Caffeine, Twitch, YouTube
Chinese: Huya
LCS seasons

The 2020 LCS season is the third year under partnership and eighth overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It is the first year that the league will use a double elimination bracket for its playoff format. Championship points and the regional finals were also removed from the World Championship qualification process.[1][2][3][4]

The spring split began on January 25 and was scheduled to conclude with the spring finals on April 19; however, due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the season was temporarily suspended on March 13.[5] Four days later, it was announced that the LCS would resume on March 20, with all matches being played online.

The summer split will begin on June 20 and conclude with the summer finals on September 13.[2][3]

League changes

Riot Games announced several changes to the LCS on January 8.[1][2][3][4]

Playoff format

From the 2020 season onwards, the LCS will use a double elimination bracket as its playoff format,[1][3][4] similar to that which was adopted by the LEC the previous year.[6] The number of teams participating in the spring playoffs will remain unchanged at six, but the summer playoffs will include an additional two teams, bringing the total up to eight. Both splits will feature a winners' bracket and a losers' bracket, with the bottom two teams beginning in the losers' and the rest beginning in the winners'.[2][4]

Schedule

The LCS schedule was revised for the 2020 season. Four LCS games will broadcast each Saturday and Sunday instead of five, and two games will air during "Monday Night League", which will feature the two most popular matchups of the week.[2][3][4] LCS commissioner Chris Greeley explained that this was done to give less popular teams and players more exposure and opportunities to develop their brand, as most viewers, he argued, only tune in to watch their favorite teams.[4]

International qualifications

Championship points and the regional finals were removed from the LCS prior to the start of the 2020 season.[2][3] The results of the spring split will only determine the LCS' representative for the Mid-Season Invitational, and will no longer have any part in determining a team's future qualification for the World Championship. The summer champions, runners-up and third place team will qualify for the World Championship as the LCS' first, second and third seeds respectively.[4]

Broadcasting

The English broadcast is available on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Caffeine,[7] Twitch[8] and YouTube.[9] On January 20, Riot Games announced their official partnership with Chinese streaming service Huya, giving them exclusive rights to the Chinese broadcast.[9][10][11]

Spring

Teams and rosters

Team Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
100 Thieves South Korea Ssumday United States Meteos Australia Ryoma Canada Cody Sun United States Stunt United States Zikz
Cloud9 Canada Licorice United States Blaber Belgium Nisqy Denmark Zven Canada Vulcan South Korea Reapered
Counter Logic Gaming South Korea Ruin United States Wiggily South Korea Crown United States Stixxay Canada Smoothie South Korea SSONG
Dignitas South Korea Huni United States Grig Denmark Froggen Canada Johnsun United States aphromoo United States Thinkcard
Evil Geniuses United States Kumo Denmark Svenskeren Italy Jiizuke South Korea Bang United States Zeyzal South Korea Irean
FlyQuest Canada V1per Denmark Santorin Germany PowerOfEvil Canada WildTurtle South Korea IgNar United States Curry
Golden Guardians United States Hauntzer Turkey Closer United States Goldenglue Australia FBI United States Keith United States Inero
Immortals France sOAZ Philippines Xmithie France Eika Canada Altec United States Hakuho France Zaboutine
Team Liquid South Korea Impact Denmark Broxah Denmark Jensen United States Doublelift South Korea CoreJJ South Korea Cain
Team SoloMid Turkey Broken Blade United States Dardoch Denmark Bjergsen Denmark Kobbe Canada Biofrost China Peter Zhang

Regular season standings

Pos Team W–L Points Qualification
1. Cloud9 15–1 +14 Start in winners' bracket
2. Evil Geniuses 9–7 +2
2. FlyQuest 9–7 +2
2. Team SoloMid 9–7 +2
5. 100 Thieves 8–8 +0 Start in losers' bracket
5. Immortals 8–8 +0
7. Team Liquid 7–9 -2 No qualification for playoffs
8. Dignitas 6–10 -4
8. Golden Guardians 6–10 -4
10. Counter Logic Gaming 3–13 -10

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Esguerra, Tyler (January 8, 2020). "Riot changes LCS playoff format for 2020, will also remove NA regional qualifiers". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Rutledge, Caroline (January 8, 2020). "Riot Games Announces Major LCS Format Changes Ahead of 2020 Season". TheGamer. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Stewart, Jack (January 8, 2020). "LCS introduces double elimination Playoffs and stronger Academy investment for 2020". GGIntel. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Kolev, Radoslav (January 9, 2020). "LCS restructures Worlds qualification method, finally introduces double elimination bracket". VPEsports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (March 13, 2020). "Riot suspends LCS season, moves 2020 Spring Finals to Los Angeles". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  6. ^ Esguerra, Lawrence Tyler (January 15, 2019). "LEC introduces a new season format for 2019". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Brathwaite, Brandon (September 14, 2018). "Riot Games Pilots Twitch Co-Streaming for NA LCS". The Esports Observer. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Matthiesen, Tom (January 20, 2020). "League of Legends: Riot partners with Huya as exclusive platform to broadcast the LCS and LEC in China". Inven Global. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  10. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (January 20, 2020). "Huya becomes newest exclusive LCS and LEC broadcaster in China". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  11. ^ Murray, Trent (January 20, 2020). "Huya Secures Chinese Broadcast Rights for LCS, LEC". The Esports Observer. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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