2020 LCK season

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.

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)

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: Leaguepedia

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: Leaguepedia

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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