2019 LCS season
2019 LCS season | |
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League | LCS |
Sport | League of Legends |
Duration | January 26 – April 13 (Spring) June 1 – August 25 (Summer) September 6–8 (Regional finals) |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Caffeine,[1] Twitch, YouTube |
Spring | |
Champions | Team Liquid |
Runners-up | Team SoloMid |
Top seed | Team Liquid |
Season MVP | Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in[2] (Team Liquid) |
Summer | |
Champions | Team Liquid |
Runners-up | Cloud9 |
Top seed | Team Liquid |
Season MVP | Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen[3] (Cloud9) |
Regional finals | |
Winner | Clutch Gaming |
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 |
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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 |
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1 | 5 | ![]() |
OpTic Gaming |
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Team Liquid | ||
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Golden Guardians | ||
4 | 4 | ![]() |
FlyQuest |
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Team SoloMid | ||
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Team Liquid | ||
7 | 3 | ![]() |
Counter Logic Gaming |
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Cloud9 | ||
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Echo Fox | ||
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Cloud9 | ||
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Team Liquid | ||
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Cloud9 | ||
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Team SoloMid | ||
14 | 2 | ![]() |
Team SoloMid |
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Echo Fox | ||
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Golden Guardians | ||
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Cloud9 | ||
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Team SoloMid | ||
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FlyQuest | ||
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100 Thieves | ||
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Clutch Gaming | ||
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Counter Logic Gaming | ||
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OpTic Gaming | ||
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Clutch Gaming | ||
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FlyQuest | ||
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Team SoloMid | ||
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Cloud9 | ||
28 | 1 | ![]() |
Echo Fox |
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Golden Guardians | ||
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Cloud9 | ||
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Golden Guardians | ||
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Counter Logic Gaming | ||
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Echo Fox | ||
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Counter Logic Gaming | ||
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Team Liquid | ||
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Echo Fox | ||
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100 Thieves | ||
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Team Liquid | ||
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Clutch Gaming | ||
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100 Thieves | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Team SoloMid |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
Team Liquid |
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FlyQuest | ||
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Team Liquid |
Season awards[]
Award | Players |
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Rookie of the Split | ![]() (100 Thieves) |
Most Valuable Player | ![]() (Cloud9) |
All Pro Team[]
Roster | Coach | ||||
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Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | |
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Ranking[]
Pos | Prize Money | Prize % | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
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$100,000 | 50% | World Championship | World Championship | Team Liquid |
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$50,000 | 25% | 100 | Cloud9 | |
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$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[]
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
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