2019 LCS season

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2019 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 26 – April 13 (Spring)
June 1 – August 25 (Summer)
September 6–8 (Regional finals)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Caffeine,[1] Twitch, YouTube
Spring
ChampionsTeam Liquid
Runners-upTeam SoloMid
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVPJo "CoreJJ" Yong-in[2]
(Team Liquid)
Summer
ChampionsTeam Liquid
  Runners-upCloud9
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVPDennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen[3]
(Cloud9)
Regional finals
WinnerClutch Gaming
LCS seasons

The 2019 LCS season was the second year under partnership and seventh overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals.[4]

The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2019 were Team Liquid (summer champions),[5] Cloud9 (most championship points)[6] and Clutch Gaming (regional finals winner).[7]

Spring[]

Regular season[]

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 14 4 10 Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 14 4 10
3 Team SoloMid 13 5 8 Advance to quarterfinals
4 FlyQuest 9 9 0
5 Golden Guardians 9 9 0
6 Echo Fox 8 10 −2
7 Counter Logic Gaming 7 11 −4
8 OpTic Gaming 7 11 −4
9 Clutch Gaming 5 13 −8
10 100 Thieves 4 14 −10
Source:[citation needed]
Fourth place tiebreaker
FlyQuest W
Golden Guardians L

Player of the Game ranking[]

Rank Times Player Team
1 5 South Korea Crown OpTic Gaming
South Korea CoreJJ Team Liquid
Denmark Froggen Golden Guardians
4 4 United States Pobelter FlyQuest
Denmark Zven Team SoloMid
Denmark Jensen Team Liquid
7 3 Germany PowerOfEvil Counter Logic Gaming
Canada Licorice Cloud9
South Korea Fenix Echo Fox
Belgium Nisqy Cloud9
United States Xmithie Team Liquid
United States Zeyzal Cloud9
United States Akaadian Team SoloMid
14 2 Germany Broken Blade Team SoloMid
South Korea Rush Echo Fox
United States Hauntzer Golden Guardians
Denmark Svenskeren Cloud9
Denmark Bjergsen Team SoloMid
Canada V1per FlyQuest
South Korea Bang 100 Thieves
United States Damonte Clutch Gaming
Canada Darshan Counter Logic Gaming
United States Dhokla OpTic Gaming
South Korea Huni Clutch Gaming
Denmark Santorin FlyQuest
Canada Smoothie Team SoloMid
United States Sneaky Cloud9
28 1 United States Solo Echo Fox
United States Contractz Golden Guardians
United States Keith Cloud9
United States Deftly Golden Guardians
United States Stixxay Counter Logic Gaming
United States Apollo Echo Fox
Canada Biofrost Counter Logic Gaming
United States Doublelift Team Liquid
United States Hakuho Echo Fox
South Korea Huhi 100 Thieves
South Korea Impact Team Liquid
South Korea Piglet Clutch Gaming
South Korea Ssumday 100 Thieves
Canada WildTurtle FlyQuest

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
RS1 Team Liquid 3
RS4 FlyQuest 3 QF1 FlyQuest 0
RS5 Golden Guardians 2 1 Team Liquid 3
2 Team SoloMid 2
RS2 Cloud9 2
RS3 Team SoloMid 3 QF2 Team SoloMid 3
RS6 Echo Fox 1

Summer[]

Regular season[]

  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 14 4 10 Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 12 6 6
3 Counter Logic Gaming 12 6 6 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Team SoloMid 10 8 2
5 Clutch Gaming 9 9 0
6 OpTic Gaming 8 10 −2
7 Golden Guardians 8 10 −2
8 100 Thieves 8 10 −2
9 FlyQuest 5 13 −8
10 Echo Fox 4 14 −10
Source:[citation needed]
Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 1) Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 2)
      
Golden Guardians L
OpTic Gaming W
OpTic Gaming W
100 Thieves L
Second place tiebreaker
Cloud9 W
Counter Logic Gaming L

Playoffs[]

  • Format: Single elimination, best-of-five
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
        RS1 Team Liquid 3  
  RS4 Team SoloMid 1     QF1 Clutch Gaming 2    
  RS5 Clutch Gaming 3         1 Team Liquid 3
      2 Cloud9 2
        RS2 Cloud9 3    
  RS3 Counter Logic Gaming 3     QF2 Counter Logic Gaming 1   Third-place match
  RS6 OpTic Gaming 0   4 Clutch Gaming 2
  3 Counter Logic Gaming 3

Playoffs MVP ranking[]

Rank Times Player Team
1 2 Denmark Bjergsen Team SoloMid
2 1 United States Doublelift Team Liquid
United States Pobelter FlyQuest
South Korea Impact Team Liquid

Season awards[]

Award Players
Rookie of the Split United States FakeGod
(100 Thieves)
Most Valuable Player Denmark Svenskeren
(Cloud9)

All Pro Team[]

Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid ADC Support
South Korea Impact
(Team Liquid)
Denmark Svenskeren
(Cloud9)
Denmark Jensen
(Team Liquid)
United States Doublelift
(Team Liquid)
South Korea CoreJJ
(Team Liquid)
South Korea Cain
(Team Liquid)

Ranking[]

Pos Prize Money Prize % Championship Points Qualification Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) $100,000 50% World Championship World Championship Team Liquid
2nd place, silver medalist(s) $50,000 25% 100 Cloud9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) $25,000 12.5% 70 Counter Logic Gaming
4th $25,000 12.5% 40 Clutch Gaming
5th/6th 20 Team SoloMid
Optic Gaming

Regional finals[]

  Round 1 Round 2 Finals
                           
    CP3 Team SoloMid 2
    CP4 Counter Logic Gaming 2     R2 Clutch Gaming 3
CP5 Clutch Gaming 3     R1 Clutch Gaming 3  
CP6 FlyQuest 1

References[]

  1. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

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