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2020 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 25 – April 19 (Spring)
June 12 – September 6 (Summer)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)English: ESPN2, Twitch, YouTube
Chinese: Huya
Spring
ChampionsCloud9
  Runners-upFlyQuest
Top seedCloud9
Season MVPRobert "Blaber" Huang[1][2]
(Cloud9)
Summer
ChampionsTeam SoloMid
  Runners-upFlyQuest
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVPJo "CoreJJ" Yong-in[3]
(Team Liquid)
LCS seasons

The 2020 LCS season was the third year under partnership and eighth overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was the first year that the league used a double elimination bracket for its playoff format. Championship points and the regional finals were also removed from the World Championship qualification process.[4][5][6][7]

The spring split began on January 25 and was scheduled to conclude with the spring finals on April 19; however, due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the season was temporarily suspended on March 13.[8] Four days later, it was announced that the LCS would resume on March 20, with all matches being played online.

The summer split began on June 12 and concluded with the summer finals on September 6.[5][6]

The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2020 were Team SoloMid (summer champions), FlyQuest (summer runners-up), and Team Liquid (third place in summer playoffs).

League changes

Riot Games announced several changes to the LCS on January 8.[4][5][6][7]

Playoff format

The LCS changed its playoff format to a double elimination bracket,[4][6][7] similar to that which was adopted by the LEC in 2019.[9] The number of teams participating in the spring playoffs was unchanged, but the number of teams in the summer playoffs was increased to eight. Both splits' playoffs feature a winners' bracket and a losers' bracket, with the bottom two teams beginning in the losers' and the rest beginning in the winners'.[5][7]

Schedule

The LCS schedule was revised for the 2020 season. Four LCS games are broadcast each Saturday and Sunday instead of five, and two games are aired during "Monday Night League", which features the two most popular matchups of the week.[5][6][7] LCS commissioner Chris Greeley explained that this change was made to give less popular teams and players more exposure and opportunities to develop their brand, as most viewers, he argued, only tune in to watch their favorite teams.[7]

Following community feedback and "careful consideration", LCS officials announced that Monday Night League would be changed to Friday Night League for the summer split.[10]

International qualifications

Championship points and the regional finals were removed from the World Championship qualification process.[5][6] The results of the spring split only determined the LCS' representative for the Mid-Season Invitational, and did not have any part in determining a team's future qualification for the World Championship. The summer champions, runners-up and third place team qualified for the World Championship as the LCS' first, second and third seeds respectively.[7]

Broadcasting

The English broadcast was available on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch[11] and YouTube.[12] On January 20, Riot Games announced their official partnership with Chinese streaming service Huya, giving them exclusive rights to the Chinese broadcast.[12][13][14] On April 8, it was announced that the spring playoffs would be aired on ESPN2 and the ESPN App.[15]

Spring

Teams and rosters

Team Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
100 Thieves South Korea Ssumday United States Meteos Australia Ryoma Canada Cody Sun United States Stunt United States Zikz
Cloud9 Canada Licorice United States Blaber Belgium Nisqy Denmark Zven Canada Vulcan South Korea Reapered
Counter Logic Gaming South Korea Ruin United States Wiggily South Korea Crown
United States Pobelter 		United States Stixxay
South Korea Wind 		Canada Smoothie South Korea SSONG
Dignitas South Korea Huni United States Akaadian
United States Grig 		Denmark Froggen Canada Johnsun United States aphromoo United States Thinkcard
Evil Geniuses United States Kumo Denmark Svenskeren Italy Jiizuke South Korea Bang United States Zeyzal South Korea Irean
FlyQuest United States Solo
Canada V1per 		Denmark Santorin Germany PowerOfEvil Canada WildTurtle South Korea IgNar United States Curry
Golden Guardians United States Hauntzer Turkey Closer United States Goldenglue Australia FBI South Korea Huhi
United States Keith 		United States Inero
Immortals France sOAZ United States Xmithie France Eika Canada Altec
United States Apollo 		United States Hakuho France Zaboutine
Team Liquid South Korea Impact Denmark Broxah
Australia Shernfire 		Denmark Jensen United States Doublelift
United States Tactical 		South Korea CoreJJ South Korea Cain
Team SoloMid Turkey Broken Blade United States Dardoch Denmark Bjergsen Denmark Kobbe Canada Biofrost China Peter Zhang

Regular season

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Cloud9 17 1 16 Start in winners' bracket
2 Evil Geniuses 10 8 2
3 100 Thieves 10 8 2
4 FlyQuest 10 8 2
5 Team SoloMid 9 9 0 Start in losers' bracket
6 Golden Guardians 8 10 −2
7 Dignitas 8 10 −2
8 Immortals 8 10 −2
9 Team Liquid 7 11 −4
10 Counter Logic Gaming 3 15 −12
Source: LoL Esports
Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 1) Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 2)
1 Golden Guardians W
2 Dignitas W Dignitas L
3 Immortals L
Second place tiebreaker (Round 1) Second place tiebreaker (Round 2)
1 Evil Geniuses W
2 100 Thieves W 100 Thieves L
3 FlyQuest L

Playoffs

WB First Round (Game 1)
   
2. Evil Geniuses 3
4. FlyQuest 1
WB First Round (Game 2)
   
1. Cloud9 3
3. 100 Thieves 0
LB First Round (Game 1)
   
LB FlyQuest 3
6. Golden Guardians 0
LB First Round (Game 2)
   
LB 100 Thieves 2
5. Team SoloMid 3
Second RoundThird RoundFinals
WBCloud93WBCloud93
WBEvil Geniuses1LBFlyQuest0
LBEvil Geniuses1
LBFlyQuest3
LBTeam SoloMid2
LBFlyQuest3

Ranking

Pos Team Prize (USD) Prize share
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cloud9 $100,000 50%
2nd place, silver medalist(s) FlyQuest $50,000 25%
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evil Geniuses $25,000 12.5%
4th Team SoloMid $25,000 12.5%
5th/6th 100 Thieves
Golden Guardians

Summer

Teams and rosters

Team Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
100 Thieves South Korea Ssumday United States Contractz
United States Meteos 		Australia Ryoma Canada Cody Sun Canada Poome
United States Stunt 		United States Zikz
Cloud9 Canada Licorice United States Blaber Belgium Nisqy Denmark Zven Canada Vulcan South Korea Reapered
Counter Logic Gaming Canada Deus
South Korea Ruin 		United States Wiggily United States Pobelter United States Stixxay Canada Smoothie South Korea SSONG
Dignitas United States Lourlo
Canada V1per 		United States Akaadian
United States Dardoch 		South Korea Fenix
Denmark Froggen 		Canada Johnsun United States Aphromoo United States Thinkcard
Evil Geniuses South Korea Huni
United States Kumo 		Denmark Svenskeren United States Goldenglue
Italy Jiizuke 		South Korea Bang United States Zeyzal South Korea Irean
FlyQuest United States Solo Denmark Santorin Germany PowerOfEvil Canada MasH
Canada WildTurtle 		South Korea IgNar United States Curry
Golden Guardians United States Hauntzer Turkey Closer United States Damonte Australia FBI United States Huhi United States Inero
Immortals United States Allorim
France sOAZ 		Canada Potluck
United States Xmithie 		France Eika
United States Insanity 		Canada Altec
United States Apollo 		United States Gate
United States Hakuho 		France Zaboutine
Team Liquid South Korea Impact Denmark Broxah Denmark Jensen United States Tactical South Korea CoreJJ Canada Jatt
Team SoloMid Turkey Broken Blade China Spica Denmark Bjergsen United States Doublelift Canada Biofrost
Sweden Treatz 		China Peter Zhang

Regular season

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 15 3 12 Start in winners' bracket second round
2 Cloud9 13 5 8
3 FlyQuest 12 6 6 Start in winners' bracket
4 Team SoloMid 12 6 6
5 Golden Guardians 9 9 0
6 Evil Geniuses 8 10 −2
7 100 Thieves 7 11 −4 Start in losers' bracket
8 Dignitas 5 13 −8
9 Counter Logic Gaming 5 13 −8
10 Immortals 4 14 −10
Source: LoL Esports

Template:2TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds

Playoffs

Winners' bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals (WB)
1 Team Liquid 3
4 Team SoloMid 0 Golden Guardians 0
5 Golden Guardians 3 Team Liquid 2
FlyQuest 3
2 Cloud9 1
3 FlyQuest 3 FlyQuest 3
6 Evil Geniuses 2

Losers' bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
LB Team SoloMid 3
LB Dignitas 0 WB Golden Guardians 2
WB Team SoloMid 3 LB Team SoloMid 3
LB Cloud9 1
LB Evil Geniuses 0
LB 100 Thieves 0 WB Cloud9 3
WB Evil Geniuses 3
Semifinals (LB)
   
WB Team Liquid 2
LB Team SoloMid 3

Finals

Finals
   
WB FlyQuest 2
LB Team SoloMid 3

Ranking

Pos Team Prize (USD) Prize share Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team SoloMid $100,000 50% 2020 World Championship main event
2nd place, silver medalist(s) FlyQuest $50,000 25% 2020 World Championship main event
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team Liquid $30,000 15% 2020 World Championship play-in stage
4th Cloud9 $20,000 10%
5th/6th Evil Geniuses
Golden Guardians
7th/8th 100 Thieves
Dignitas

References

  1. ^ Stavropoulos, Andreas (April 17, 2020). "C9 Blaber wins 2020 LCS Spring MVP award". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Ousley, Parkes (April 17, 2020). "League of Legends: Cloud9 Blaber is your 2020 LCS Spring Split Honda MVP". InvenGlobal. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Ocal, Arda (September 4, 2020). "Team Liquid's CoreJJ wins LCS MVP". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Esguerra, Tyler (January 8, 2020). "Riot changes LCS playoff format for 2020, will also remove NA regional qualifiers". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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  8. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (March 13, 2020). "Riot suspends LCS season, moves 2020 Spring Finals to Los Angeles". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  9. ^ Esguerra, Lawrence Tyler (January 15, 2019). "LEC introduces a new season format for 2019". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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