2022 LCS season

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2022 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 14–30 (Lock In)
February 5 – April 24 (Spring)
June 18 – August 20 (Summer)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)English: Twitch, YouTube
Lock In
WinnerTeam Liquid
Runners-upEvil Geniuses
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The 2022 LCS season is the fifth year of North America's League Championship Series, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends, under partnership and the tenth overall.

The Lock In tournament began on January 14 and concluded on January 30 with Team Liquid defeating Evil Geniuses 3–0.[1]

The spring regular season began on February 5 and will conclude with the Mid-Season Showdown, which will start on April 2 and finish on April 24 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[2]

The summer split will begin on June 18 and will finish with the Summer Playoffs, which will begin on August 20 and conclude with the Summer Finals.[3]

League changes[]

On November 16, 2021, Riot announced the official format for the 2022 season, shortly after the conclusion of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. Returning for the second year was the Lock In, acting as a preseason tournament which does not affect the regular season standings. The winner and runners-up of the Summer Final from the previous season, 100 Thieves and Team Liquid alternately chose from a pool of the remaining 8 teams in the league, as to who would be in their individual groups. Each group would play each opponent in their own group once, in a four-day single Round Robin. The top four teams from each group would then be seeded into an eight-team, single-elimination bracket. The winner of the bracket would receive a cash prize of US$150,000 and be named the 2nd ever Lock In Champion.[4]

Additionally, some changes introduced in 2021 were reverted, namely the combination of records from the Spring and Summer Splits to decide seeding for the Summer Playoffs. Once again each Split will consist of an 18-game double round robin, and Spring record will affect the Mid Season Showdown, while success in the Summer Split will be the only factor in seeding for the Summer Playoffs.[5]

As 2022 was the tenth anniversary of the League Championship Series, Riot announced a new LCS logo alongside "year-long celebrations planned" for the league.[6]

Broadcasting[]

The English broadcast is available for live viewing on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch and YouTube. VOD's are also posted on LoL Esports and on YouTube.[7] A Spanish broadcast was produced by the LCS team FlyQuest.[8]

Lock In[]

Group stage[]

Group A
Pos Team W L Pts
1 100 Thieves 3 1 2
2 Cloud 9 3 1 2
3 FlyQuest 2 2 0
4 Golden Guardians 1 3 −2
5 Team SoloMid 1 3 −2
Source: LoL Esports
Group B
Pos Team W L Pts
1 Evil Geniuses 4 0 4
2 Team Liquid 3 1 2
3 Counter Logic Gaming 2 2 0
4 Dignitas 1 3 −2
5 Immortals 0 4 −4
Source: LoL Esports
  • Tiebreakers were based off head-to-head record

Knockout stage[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 100 Thieves 0
B4 Dignitas 2
Dignitas 1
Team Liquid 3
B2 Team Liquid 2
A3 FlyQuest 0
Team Liquid 3
Evil Geniuses 0
B1 Evil Geniuses 2
A4 Golden Guardians 0
Evil Geniuses 3
Cloud9 0
A2 Cloud9 2
B3 Counter Logic Gaming 1

Spring[]

Teams and rosters[]

Teams Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Counter Logic Gaming United States Jenkins United States Contractz United States Palafox Turkey Luger Canada Poome United States Thinkcard
Team SoloMid South Korea Huni China Spica China Keiaduo
Chile Takeover 		United States Tactical China Shenyi
Taiwan Yursan 		Singapore Chawy
Cloud9 South Korea Summit United States Blaber Australia Fudge South Korea Berserker United States Winsome United States LS[a]
United States Max Waldo
Team Liquid Belgium Bwipo Denmark Santorin Denmark Bjergsen France Hans Sama South Korea CoreJJ
Australia Eyla 		Portugal Guilhoto
FlyQuest United States Kumo Argentina Josedeodo France Toucouille Canada Johnsun Canada Aphromoo Belarus Sharkz
100 Thieves South Korea Ssumday
Canada Tenacity 		Turkey Closer Germany Abbedagge Australia FBI South Korea Huhi South Korea Reapered
Golden Guardians Canada Licorice Netherlands Pridestalkr Canada Ablazeolive New Zealand Lost South Korea Olleh United States Inero
Dignitas United States FakeGod South Korea River Belgium Blue United States Neo Canada Biofrost Greece Enatron
Evil Geniuses South Korea Impact Poland Inspired Canada Jojopyun United States Danny Canada Vulcan United Kingdom Peter Dun
Immortals United States Revenge Romania Xerxe Germany PowerOfEvil United States WildTurtle
South Korea Arrow 		Australia Destiny Canada Invert

Regular season[]

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 14 4 10 Start in winners' bracket
2 Cloud9 13 5 8
3 100 Thieves 12 6 6
4 Evil Geniuses 9 9 0
5 Golden Guardians 9 9 0 Start in losers' bracket
6 FlyQuest 9 9 0
7 Dignitas 8 10 −2
8 Counter Logic Gaming 6 12 −6
9 Team SoloMid 5 13 −8
10 Immortals 5 13 −8
Source: LoL Esports

Mid-Season Showdown[]

WB First Round (Game 1)
   
2 Cloud9
3 100 Thieves
WB First Round (Game 2)
   
1 Team Liquid
4 Evil Geniuses
LB First Round (Game 1)
   
WB  
6 FlyQuest
LB First Round (Game 2)
   
WB  
5 Golden Guardians
  Second Round Third Round Finals
                           
WB  
WB         WB
      WB   LB
  LB  
LB
LB  

References[]

  1. ^ "2022 LCS Format Update". LolEsports. 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Riot Announces the 2022 LCS Mid-Season Showdown". Dot Esports. 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. ^ Çakır, Gökhan (12 January 2021). "How to watch the LCS 2021 Lock In: Format, schedule, and more". Dot Esports.
  5. ^ "2022 LCS Format Update". LolEsports. 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ Garcia, Ethan (2022-01-03). "Year-long celebrations planned for 10th anniversary of LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  7. ^ Tyler, Josh (15 January 2021). "LCS 2021: Where, When, and How to Watch the LCS Lock-In Tournament". Blog of Legends.
  8. ^ Geracie, Nick (4 February 2021). "FlyQuest to produce Spanish co-stream for 2022 LCS season". www.invenglobal.com.
  1. ^ LS was released from Cloud9 on February 19.
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