2021 LCK season
| 2021 LCK season | |
|---|---|
| League | LCK |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration | 13 January – 10 April (Spring) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Spring | |
| Season champions | DWG KIA |
| Runners-up | Gen.G |
| Summer | |
| Season champions | DWG KIA |
| Runners-up | T1 |
The 2021 LCK season is the tenth year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.
This was also the first season LCK implementing the long-term partnership model.[1] On 1 November 2020, Riot Korea announced the ten organizations that successfully signed the contract for LCK franchising model.[2]
The format of LCK is double round robin. During the first round of the split, the game would be played five days per week, as for round 2, the game would take place four days a week.[3]
The spring split began on 13 January 2021 and concluded with the spring finals on 10 April 2021.
Broadcasting[]
The LCK was being broadcast at the following platforms:[4]
Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV, Twitch
English: Twitch
Chinese: HuyaTV
French: OTP
Spring[]
Regular season[]
| Pos | Team | SW | SL | GW | GL | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWG KIA | 16 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 23 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Gen.G | 13 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
| 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 12 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 8 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | T1 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | |
| 5 | DRX | 9 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | |
| 6 | Nongshim RedForce | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | −6 | |
| 7 | KT Rolster | 6 | 12 | 18 | 27 | −9 | |
| 8 | Liiv SANDBOX | 6 | 12 | 15 | 25 | −10 | |
| 9 | Afreeca Freecs | 5 | 13 | 16 | 26 | −10 | |
| 10 | Fredit BRION | 5 | 13 | 12 | 27 | −15 |
Source: [5]
Playoffs[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
| DWG KIA | 3 | ||||||||
| Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 0 | ||||||
| Nongshim RedForce | 2 | DWG KIA | 3 | ||||||
| Gen.G | 0 | ||||||||
| Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||
| T1 | 3 | T1 | 0 | ||||||
| DRX | 1 | ||||||||
Summer[]
Regular season[]
| Pos | Team | SW | SL | GW | GL | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWG KIA | 12 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 15 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Gen.G | 12 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 8 | |
| 3 | Nongshim RedForce | 12 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 8 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | T1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 6 | |
| 5 | Liiv SANDBOX | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 5 | |
| 6 | Afreeca Freecs | 11 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 4 | |
| 7 | KT Rolster | 7 | 11 | 21 | 25 | −4 | |
| 8 | Hanwha Life Esports | 7 | 11 | 17 | 26 | −9 | |
| 9 | Fredit BRION | 5 | 13 | 20 | 28 | −8 | |
| 10 | DRX | 2 | 16 | 9 | 34 | −25 |
Source: [6]
Playoffs[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
| DWG KIA | 3 | ||||||||
| Nongshim RedForce | 3 | Nongshim Redforce | 0 | ||||||
| Afreeca Freecs | 1 | DWG KIA | 3 | ||||||
| T1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gen.G | 1 | ||||||||
| T1 | 3 | T1 | 3 | ||||||
| Liiv Sandbox | 0 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ "[Official] Franchising in the LCK to start from 2021". InvenGlobal. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "[LCK] Riot Games announces the 10 finalized organizations that made it into LCK's franchising model". InvenGlobal. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Details of the 2021 LCK Spring announced, Wolf and Chronicler newly joins the LCK global caster line-up". InvenGlobal. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "After LCK and YouTube fail to agree, where to watch the 2021 LCK". WIN.gg. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "[LCK Today] T1 soars over HLE with sweep, LSB upsets DRX". 28 March 2021.
- ^ "[LCK Today] Gen.G defeats NS RedForce 2-0 to secure 2nd place in the regular split standings". 15 August 2021.
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