2020 LCK season

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2020 LCK season
LeagueLCK
SportLeague of Legends
Duration5 February – 25 April (Spring)
17 June – 5 September (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
Season championsT1
Runners-upGen.G
Top seedGen.G
Season MVPGwak "Bdd" Bo-seong[1]
(Gen.G)
Summer
Season championsDAMWON Gaming
  Runners-upDRX
Top seedDAMWON Gaming
Season MVPHeo "ShowMaker" Su[2]
(DAMWON Gaming)
LCK seasons

The 2020 LCK season was the ninth year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

The spring split began on 5 February and was scheduled to end with the spring finals on 13 April; however, the regular season was suspended for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and the split instead concluded on 25 April.[3][4][5]

The summer split began on 17 June and concluded with the summer finals on 5 September.

Spring[]

Promotion[]

  Round 1 Qualifying match (top) + losers' round (bottom) Qualifying match
                           
  LCK Hanwha Life Esports 1  
CK APK Prince 2  
  W1 APK Prince 3
  W2 Jin Air Green Wings 1  
LCK Jin Air Green Wings 2
  CK Team Dynamics 0  
    L3 Jin Air Green Wings 0
  W3 Hanwha Life Esports 3
  L1 Hanwha Life Esports 3
  L2 Team Dynamics 1

Regular season[]

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Gen.G 14 4 10 Advance to Finals
2 T1 14 4 10 Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3 DragonX 14 4 10 Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4 KT Rolster 10 8 2 Advance to Wild Card
5 DAMWON Gaming 9 9 0
6 Afreeca Freecs 7 11 −4
7 APK Prince 6 12 −6
8 Hanwha Life Esports 6 12 −6
9 SANDBOX Gaming 5 13 −8 Drop to promotion tournament
10 Griffin 5 13 −8
Source:[citation needed]

Playoffs[]

  Wild Card     Playoffs Round 1     Playoffs Round 2     Finals
                                     
    1 Gen.G 0
      2 T1 3     2 T1 3
      3 DragonX 3     3 DragonX 1  
  4 KT Rolster 1     5 DAMWON Gaming 2  
  5 DAMWON Gaming 2  

Summer[]

Promotion[]

  Round 1 Qualifying match (top) + losers' round (bottom) Qualifying match
                           
  LCK SANDBOX Gaming 0  
CK Team Dynamics 2  
  W1 Team Dynamics 2
  W2 Seorabeol Gaming 0  
LCK Griffin 1
  CK Seorabeol Gaming 2  
    L3 Seorabeol Gaming 0
  W3 SANDBOX Gaming 3
  L1 SANDBOX Gaming 2
  L2 Griffin 0

Regular season[]

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 DAMWON Gaming 16 2 14 Advance to Finals
2 DRX 15 3 12 Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3 Gen.G 14 4 10 Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4 T1 13 5 8 Advance to Wild Card
5 Afreeca Freecs 10 8 2
6 KT Rolster 7 11 −4
7 SANDBOX Gaming 7 11 −4
8 Team Dynamics 5 13 −8
9 Hanwha Life Esports 2 16 −14
10 SeolHaeOne Prince 1 17 −16
Source:[citation needed]

Playoffs[]

  Wild Card     Playoffs Round 1     Playoffs Round 2     Finals
                                     
    1 DAMWON Gaming 3
      2 DRX 3     2 DRX 0
      3 Gen.G 3     3 Gen.G 2  
  4 T1 1     5 Afreeca Freecs 0  
  5 Afreeca Freecs 2  

References[]

  1. ^ Heath, Jerome (23 April 2020). "Gen.G's Bdd wins MVP of LCK Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ Lupasco, Cristian (3 September 2020). "Damwon's ShowMaker named 2020 LCK Summer Split MVP". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex; Byers, Preston (3 March 2020). "Riot reportedly suspends LCK due to coronavirus". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "LCK set to shut down due to coronavirus concerns". Reuters. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. ^ Moncav, Melany (16 March 2020). "LCK reportedly returning soon after coronavirus shutdown". WIN.gg. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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