2023 LCK season
The 2023 LCK season is 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) – (Summer) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Spring | |
| Season champions | Gen.G |
| Runners-up | T1 |
| Season MVP | Ryu "Keria" Min-seok[1] (T1) |
| Summer | |
The regular season format was double round robin. The games were played five days per week for both round robins.[2]
The spring split began on 18 January and will finish on 19 March, immediately would be followed by the spring playoffs on 22 March, which would then conclude with the spring finals.[3][4]
Starting from 2023 season, LCK introduced new format for the playoffs, where double elimination would be applied starting from the semifinals.[5][6] LCK also eliminated the rules for call-up and send-down between LCK and LCK Challengers League from this season.[7]
Broadcasting
The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms:[8][9]
Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV
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 |
Playoffs
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- Jang, David (22 March 2023). "All five T1 players voted to the All-LCK First Team". Inven Global. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- "2023 LCK 18일 개막, 4월 9일 결승... PO 더블 엘리 도입". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- "LCK Time". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- "'새터데이 쇼다운' 함께 특별해진 LCK 2023...18일 개막". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "LCK implements double-elimination in PO, 2023 LCK Spring Split to start Jan. 18". InvenGlobal. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- "LCK 플레이오프 방식 변경…2023 LCK PO에 '더블 엘리' 도입". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- 기자, 안희찬 게임진. "LCK, 내년도 플레이오프 방식 더블 엘리미네이션 방식으로 바뀐다". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "LCK Platform". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- 기자, 게임메카 장진욱. "중계권 계약 불발, 트위치 LCK 한국어 중계 멈춘다". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "LoL Esports - All Pro". lolesports.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- "[LCK 스프링] T1, 사상 첫 5명 모두 올 LCK 퍼스트 팀 선정". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 22 March 2023.