2023 LCK season
The 2023 LCK season was the twelfth season of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.
| 2023 LCK season | |
|---|---|
| League | LCK |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration | 18 January – 9 April (Spring) 7 June – 20 August (Summer) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Spring | |
| Season champions | Gen.G |
| Runners-up | T1 |
| Season MVP | Ryu "Keria" Min-seok[1] (T1) |
| Summer | |
| Season champions | Gen.G |
| Runners-up | T1 |
| Season MVP | Son "Lehends" Si-woo[2] (KT Rolster) |
The regular season format was double round-robin. The games were played five days per week for both round robins.[3]
The spring split began on 18 January and finished on 19 March, immediately followed by the spring playoffs on 22 March, which then concluded with the spring finals.[4][5]
The summer split began on 7 June. The playoffs started on 8 August, and concluded with the summer finals on 20 August.[6]
Starting from the 2023 season, LCK introduced new format for the playoffs, where double elimination would be applied starting from the semifinals.[7][8] LCK also eliminated the rules for call-up and send-down between LCK and LCK Challengers League from this season.[9]
Broadcasting
The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms:[10][11]
Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV, YouTube
English: Twitch, YouTube
Chinese: HuyaTV
French: OTP
Vietnam: YouTube, Facebook
Japan: Twitch
Spring
| Pos | Team | SW | SL | GW | GL | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 27 | Advance to upper semifinals |
| 2 | Gen.G | 13 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 17 | |
| 3 | KT Rolster | 13 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 13 | Advance to upper quarterfinals |
| 4 | Dplus Kia | 12 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 12 | |
| 5 | Hanwha Life Esports | 10 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 3 | |
| 6 | Liiv Sandbox | 10 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 1 | |
| 7 | Kwangdong Freecs | 6 | 12 | 17 | 28 | −11 | |
| 8 | Fredit Brion | 4 | 14 | 13 | 31 | −18 | |
| 9 | DRX | 3 | 15 | 12 | 32 | −20 | |
| 10 | Nongshim RedForce | 2 | 16 | 9 | 33 | −24 |
Source: LoL Esports
Playoffs
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Gen.G and T1 played in the Spring Finals match.
| Upper quarterfinals | Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | KT Rolster | 3 | 3 | KT Rolster | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Liiv Sandbox | 1 | 1 | T1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dplus Kia | 1 | 5 | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | T1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower semifinals | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | KT Rolster | 3 | 3 | KT Rolster | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Summer
| Pos | Team | SW | SL | GW | GL | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KT Rolster | 17 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 29 | Advance to upper semifinals |
| 2 | Gen.G | 16 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 25 | |
| 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 12 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 13 | Advance to upper quarterfinals |
| 4 | Dplus Kia | 11 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 8 | |
| 5 | T1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
| 6 | DRX | 6 | 12 | 16 | 27 | −11 | |
| 7 | Liiv Sandbox | 5 | 13 | 13 | 27 | −14 | |
| 8 | Fredit Brion | 5 | 13 | 15 | 30 | −15 | |
| 9 | Nongshim RedForce | 5 | 13 | 13 | 30 | −17 | |
| 10 | Kwangdong Freecs | 4 | 14 | 10 | 28 | −18 |
Source: LoL Esports
Playoffs
| Upper quarterfinals | Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | DRX | 0 | 2 | Gen.G | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | T1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | KT Rolster | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dplus Kia | 1 | 5 | T1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gen.G | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | T1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower semifinals | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | T1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 0 | 1 | KT Rolster | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | KT Rolster | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Awards
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | Lehends | KT Rolster |
| 1st Team All-Pro | Kiin | KT Rolster |
| Cuzz | KT Rolster | |
| Bdd | KT Rolster | |
| Aiming | KT Rolster | |
| Lehends | KT Rolster | |
| 2nd Team All-Pro | Doran | Gen.G |
| Peanut | Gen.G | |
| Chovy | Gen.G | |
| Peyz | Gen.G | |
| Delight | Gen.G | |
| 3rd Team All-Pro | Zeus | T1 |
| Canyon | Dplus KIA | |
| Zeka | Hanwha Life Esports | |
| Viper | Hanwha Life Esports | |
| Life | Hanwha Life Esports |
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