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 | |
|---|---|
| League | LCK |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration | 5 February – 25 April (Spring) 17 June – 5 September (Summer) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Spring | |
| Season champions | T1 |
| Runners-up | Gen.G |
| Top seed | Gen.G |
| Season MVP | Gwak "Bdd" Bo-seong[1] (Gen.G) |
| Summer | |
| Season champions | DAMWON Gaming |
| Runners-up | DRX |
| Top seed | DAMWON Gaming |
| Season MVP | Heo "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 matches | ||||||||
| LCK | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | |||||||
| CK | APK Prince | 2 | |||||||
| W1 | APK Prince | 3 | |||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||
| W2 | Jin Air Green Wings | 1 | |||||||
| LCK | Jin Air Green Wings | 2 | |||||||
| CK | Team Dynamics | 0 | |||||||
| L1 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | |||||||
| L2 | Team Dynamics | 1 | |||||||
| L3 | Jin Air Green Wings | 0 | |||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||
| W3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | |||||||
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:
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 matches | ||||||||
| LCK | SANDBOX Gaming | 0 | |||||||
| CK | Team Dynamics | 2 | |||||||
| W1 | Team Dynamics | 2 | |||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||
| W2 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 | |||||||
| LCK | Griffin | 1 | |||||||
| CK | Seorabeol Gaming | 2 | |||||||
| L1 | SANDBOX Gaming | 2 | |||||||
| L2 | Griffin | 0 | |||||||
| L3 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 | |||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||
| W3 | SANDBOX Gaming | 3 | |||||||
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:
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
- Heath, Jerome (23 April 2020). "Gen.G's Bdd wins MVP of LCK Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Lupasco, Cristian (3 September 2020). "Damwon's ShowMaker named 2020 LCK Summer Split MVP". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- Leckie-Zaharic, Alex; Byers, Preston (3 March 2020). "Riot reportedly suspends LCK due to coronavirus". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- "LCK set to shut down due to coronavirus concerns". Reuters. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Moncav, Melany (16 March 2020). "LCK reportedly returning soon after coronavirus shutdown". WIN.gg. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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