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2019 LCS season
2019 LCS season
League	LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	January 26 – April 13 (Spring); June 1 – August 25 (Summer); September 6–8 (Regional finals)
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Caffeine, Twitch, YouTube
Spring
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in; (Team Liquid)
Summer
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Cloud9
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen; (Cloud9)
Regional finals
Winner	Clutch Gaming
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The 2019 LCS season was the second year under partnership and seventh overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals.^[4]

The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2019 were Team Liquid,^[5] Cloud9,^[6] and Clutch Gaming.^[7]

Spring

Regular season

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Liquid	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
2	Cloud9	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
3	Team SoloMid	13	5	8	Advance to quarterfinals
4	FlyQuest	9	9	0
5	Golden Guardians	9	9	0
6	Echo Fox	8	10	−2
7	Counter Logic Gaming	7	11	−4
8	OpTic Gaming	7	11	−4
9	Clutch Gaming	5	13	−8
10	100 Thieves	4	14	−10

Source: ^[8]

	Fourth place tiebreaker

	FlyQuest	W
	Golden Guardians	L

Player of the Game ranking

Rank	Times	Player	Team
1	5	Crown	OpTic Gaming
		CoreJJ	Team Liquid
		Froggen	Golden Guardians
4	4	Pobelter	FlyQuest
		Zven	Team SoloMid
		Jensen	Team Liquid
7	3	PowerOfEvil	Counter Logic Gaming
		Licorice	Cloud9
		Fenix	Echo Fox
		Nisqy	Cloud9
		Xmithie	Team Liquid
		Zeyzal	Cloud9
		Akaadian	Team SoloMid
14	2	Broken Blade	Team SoloMid
		Rush	Echo Fox
		Hauntzer	Golden Guardians
		Svenskeren	Cloud9
		Bjergsen	Team SoloMid
		V1per	FlyQuest
		Bang	100 Thieves
		Damonte	Clutch Gaming
		Darshan	Counter Logic Gaming
		Dhokla	OpTic Gaming
		Huni	Clutch Gaming
		Santorin	FlyQuest
		Smoothie	Team SoloMid
		Sneaky	Cloud9
28	1	Solo	Echo Fox
		Contractz	Golden Guardians
		Keith	Cloud9
		Deftly	Golden Guardians
		Stixxay	Counter Logic Gaming
		Apollo	Echo Fox
		Biofrost	Counter Logic Gaming
		Doublelift	Team Liquid
		Hakuho	Echo Fox
		Huhi	100 Thieves
		Impact	Team Liquid
		Piglet	Clutch Gaming
		Ssumday	100 Thieves
		WildTurtle	FlyQuest

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

RS1

Team Liquid

3

RS4

FlyQuest

3

QF1

FlyQuest

0

RS5

Golden Guardians

2

1

Team Liquid

3

2

Team SoloMid

2

RS2

Cloud9

2

RS3

Team SoloMid

3

QF2

Team SoloMid

3

RS6

Echo Fox

1

Awards

Award	Player	Team
MVP	CoreJJ	Team Liquid
Rookie of the Split	V1per	FlyQuest
Coach of the Split	Reapered	Cloud9
1st Team All-Pro	Licorice	Cloud9
	Xmithie	Team Liquid
	Bjergsen	Team SoloMid
	Doublelift	Team Liquid
	CoreJJ	Team Liquid

Summer

Regular season

Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Liquid	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
2	Cloud9	12	6	6	Advance to semifinals
3	Counter Logic Gaming	12	6	6	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Team SoloMid	10	8	2
5	Clutch Gaming	9	9	0
6	OpTic Gaming	8	10	−2
7	Golden Guardians	8	10	−2
8	100 Thieves	8	10	−2
9	FlyQuest	5	13	−8
10	Echo Fox	4	14	−10

Source: ^[9]

Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 1)			Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 2)

			1	Golden Guardians	L
2	OpTic Gaming	W		OpTic Gaming	W
3	100 Thieves	L

	Second place tiebreaker

	Cloud9	W
	Counter Logic Gaming	L

Playoffs

Format: Single elimination, best-of-five

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			RS1	Team Liquid	3
RS4	Team SoloMid	1	QF1	Clutch Gaming	2
RS5	Clutch Gaming	3				1	Team Liquid	3
						2	Cloud9	2
			RS2	Cloud9	3
RS3	Counter Logic Gaming	3	QF2	Counter Logic Gaming	1
RS6	OpTic Gaming	0				Third-place match

						4	Clutch Gaming	2
						3	Counter Logic Gaming	3

Season awards

Awards

Award	Player	Team
MVP	Svenskeren	Cloud9
Rookie of the Split	FakeGod	100 Thieves
Coach of the Split	Cain	Team Liquid
1st Team All-Pro	Impact	Team Liquid
	Svenskeren	Cloud9
	Jensen	Team Liquid
	Doublelift	Team Liquid
	CoreJJ	Team Liquid

Ranking

Pos	Prize Money	Prize %	Championship Points	Qualification for Worlds	Team
	$100,000	50%	Automatic qualification	First seed	Team Liquid
	$50,000	25%	100	Second seed	Cloud9
	$25,000	12.5%	70	Regional qualifier	Counter Logic Gaming
4th	$25,000	12.5%	40	Regional qualifier	Clutch Gaming
5th/6th	$0	0%	20	Regional qualifier	Team SoloMid
5th/6th	$0	0%	20		Optic Gaming

Regional finals

Round 1

Round 2

Finals

CP3

Team SoloMid

2

CP4

Counter Logic Gaming

2

R2

Clutch Gaming

3

CP5

Clutch Gaming

3

R1

Clutch Gaming

3

CP6

FlyQuest

1

References

^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.
^ "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.

External links

2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS

[1] Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[2] Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[3] Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[4] "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[5] Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[6] Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[7] Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

[8] "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.

[9] "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.

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