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
LeagueLCK
SportLeague of Legends
Duration5 February – 25 April (Spring)
17 June – 5 September (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
Season championsT1
  Runners-upGen.G
Top seedGen.G
Season MVPGwak "Bdd" Bo-seong[1]
(Gen.G)
Summer
Season championsDAMWON Gaming
  Runners-upDRX
Top seedDAMWON Gaming
Season MVPHeo "ShowMaker" Su[2]
(DAMWON Gaming)
LCK seasons

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

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Promotion

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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

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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: [citation needed]

Playoffs

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Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1Gen.G0
2T132T13
3DragonX33DragonX1
4KT Rolster15DAMWON Gaming2
5DAMWON Gaming2

Summer

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Promotion

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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

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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: [citation needed]

Playoffs

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Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1DAMWON Gaming3
2DRX32DRX0
3Gen.G33Gen.G2
4T115Afreeca Freecs0
5Afreeca Freecs2

References

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  1. ^ Heath, Jerome (23 April 2020). "Gen.G's Bdd wins MVP of LCK Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ Lupasco, Cristian (3 September 2020). "Damwon's ShowMaker named 2020 LCK Summer Split MVP". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex; Byers, Preston (3 March 2020). "Riot reportedly suspends LCK due to coronavirus". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "LCK set to shut down due to coronavirus concerns". Reuters. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. ^ Moncav, Melany (16 March 2020). "LCK reportedly returning soon after coronavirus shutdown". WIN.gg. Retrieved 16 August 2020.