How to watch the 2020 League of Legends Champion Series (LCS) Spring: Event, schedule, and stream.

2020 LoL Championship Series Spring

With loads of exciting events coming up in the LoL esports calendar, currently, fans of the esport are spoilt for choice in terms of events to watch and this weekend kick-offs another prominent showcase of the League of Legends circuit, the 2020 League Championship Series (LCS) Spring.

In this year’s event, which is the second of North America’s fully professional League of Legends league under partnership and the league’s seventh year of the overall, the action should be more heart pumping and exciting than ever before with teams knowing what to expect. All 10 teams involved will know how it works now and what the stakes are with $100,000 up for grabs.

More than anything though, they will all be keen to make their mark here early and progress through to the next stage, the LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs. This is when it really starts to heat up as success here will mean qualifying for the Rift Rivals 2020 NA-EU, 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, or both, where even more big opportunities present themselves. As such, this is just the first step on a long journey and no team wants to bow out early doors.

Let’s take a look at how LoL Championship Series Spring 2020 looks like, how you can view it, and who are the teams looking to get their hands-on the glory.

How to Qualify for the Main Event

This stage of the event is essentially a qualification period in its own right as only the top 6 of the 10 possible teams earn the right to progress and battle it out in the Playoffs. These are scheduled to happen over the course of March and April. This will then give them a shot at qualifying for the Rift Rivals 2020 NA-EU or the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational. As such, this is just the first hurdle on the route to greatness. This is hence they were there was no qualification process for this event with the teams applying to and then allocated sports invited by the event organizers. Riot Games. Still, these teams include some of the biggest known sides in North America.

Tournament Format

The competition begins with a group stage where each team plays 18 matches in a Double Round Robin, i.e. each team plays every other twice. In these initial stages, the games will be played in a Bo1 format and so the pressure will be on from the get-go to get the results needed. Of course, points will be accumulated based on wins, while losses will count for nothing. When this is all said and done, the 6 best performing of the 10 teams will be able to process to the play-off’s stages, while for the 4 worst performing, it will all over for this year.

Naturally, in the play-off stages thing will heat up as the prize money and qualification places will then be in sight. The way this will work is that the top 4 teams in the groups will be seeded into Winner Bracket, and the other 2 will be placed in the Loser bracket. The 1^st place group stage team will select an opponent from either one of the 34d or 4^th placed teams to face in the quarter-final. The 2^nd place team will face the other. At this point, it will be double elimination all matches will be Bo5.

Winners of these quarter-finals will compete in a Winner’s final and then the winner of this will then move on to the Grand finale, meanwhile, those in the Loser bracket’s route will consist of two rounds, followed by a Loser’s final and the winner will be in the grand final too. The winner will win $100,000 in cash and be the team that moves on to the Mid-Season Invitational 2020, while the 3 teams will qualify for Rift Rivals 2020 NA-EU alongside. Those ranked 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th will then earn $50,000 $30,00 and $20,000 each respectively.

List of Teams

The ten teams involved are as follows:

·         100 Thieves

·         Cloud9

·         Counter Logic Gaming

·         Dignitas

·         Evil Geniuses

·         FlyQuest

·         Golden Guardians

·         Immortals2

·         Team Liquid

·         Team SoloMid

Schedule list

The group stages of the 2020 LoL Championship Series Spring will run from this weekend all the way up until Match 23^rd with matches happening a couple of times a week so there is plenty of chances to catch some this action. The playoffs will kick-off around a week later on March 28^th, 2020 and will go on for just shy of a month afterward ending on April 19^th, 2020. All told, therefore, it is around 3 months’ worth of LoL action for you to enjoy. Excluding, the competitions that success here can make the teams eligible for.

LCS spring split (all times PT)

Week 1

Jan. 25

• 2 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Team Liquid
• 3 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Dignitas
• 4 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Golden Guardians
• 5 p.m. | Immortals vs. FlyQuest

Jan. 26

• 12 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Evil Geniuses
• 1 p.m. | Team SoloMid vs. Immortals
• 2 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Cloud9
• 3 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Jan. 27

• 5:30 p.m. | Evil Geniuses vs. 100 Thieves
• 6:30 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Team SoloMid

Week 2

Feb. 1

• 2 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. 100 Thieves
• 3 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Team Liquid
• 4 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Immortals
• 5 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Evil Geniuses

Feb. 2

• 12 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. FlyQuest
• 1 p.m. | Evil Geniuses vs. Team SoloMid
• 2 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Immortals
• 3 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Evil Geniuses

Feb. 3

• 5:30 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Dignitas
• 6:30 p.m. | Team SoloMid vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Week 3

Feb. 8

• 2 p.m. | Evil Geniuses vs. Counter Logic Gaming
• 3 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Team Liquid
• 4 p.m. | Team SoloMid vs. Dignitas
• 5 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. FlyQuest

Feb. 9

• 12 p.m. | Immortals vs. 100 Thieves
• 1 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Team SoloMid
• 2 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Cloud9
• 3 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Evil Geniuses

Feb. 10

• 5:30 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Golden Guardians
• 6:30 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Immortals

Week 4

Feb. 15

• 2 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Immortals
• 3 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid
• 4 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Counter Logic Gaming
• 5 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Dignitas

Feb. 16

• 12 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Golden Guardians
• 1 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team Liquid
• 2 p.m. | Team SoloMid vs. FlyQuest
• 3 p.m. | Immortals vs. Evil Geniuses

Feb. 17

• 5:30 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. 100 Thieves
• 6:30 p.m. | Evil Geniuses vs. Cloud9

Week 5

Feb. 22

• 2 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Team SoloMid
• 3 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud9
• 4 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Immortals
• 5 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. FlyQuest

Feb. 23

• 12 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses
• 1 p.m. | Immortals vs. Cloud9
• 2 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Golden Guardians
• 3 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Feb. 24

• 5:30 p.m. | Team SoloMid vs. Evil Geniuses
• 6:30 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Dignitas

Week 6

Feb. 29

• 2 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Cloud9
• 3 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Team SoloMid
• 4 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Immortals
• 5 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Evil Geniuses

March 1

• 12 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Team Liquid
• 1 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Dignitas
• 2 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team SoloMid
• 3 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Evil Geniuses

March 2

• 5:30 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Cloud9
• 6:30 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Immortals

Week 7

March 7

• 2 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Dignitas
• 3 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid
• 4 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Counter Logic Gaming
• 5 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Evil Geniuses

March 8

• 12 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Evil Geniuses
• 1 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Immortals
• 2 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Dignitas
• 3 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Team SoloMid

March 9

• 5:30 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Immortals
• 6:30 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Cloud9

Week 8

March 14

• 2 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Dignitas
• 3 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Cloud9
• 4 p.m. | Immortals vs. Team SoloMid
• 5 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses

March 15

• 12 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Evil Geniuses
• 1 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Immortals
• 2 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Team Liquid
• 3 p.m. | Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud9

March 16

• 5:30 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Team SoloMid
• 6:30 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. FlyQuest

Week 9

March 14

• 2 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Team SoloMid
• 3 p.m. | Cloud9 vs. Evil Geniuses
• 4 p.m. | FlyQuest vs. Team Liquid
• 5 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. Counter Logic Gaming
• 6 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Immortals

March 15

• 1 p.m. | Golden Guardians vs. FlyQuest
• 2 p.m. | Dignitas vs. Team SoloMid
• 3 p.m. | Team Liquid vs. Cloud9
• 4 p.m. | Immortals vs. Evil Geniuses
• 5 p.m. | 100 Thieves vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Streaming platform list

With so much happening you will need a reliable website by which to stream it all and the best bet in regards to this would be Twitch. However, you can also catch much of the action on YouTube or other streaming services, including online sports betting sites that offer esports betting and viewing also. There are also a number of specialist LoL streaming sites that will definitely also have some options available to you.

Streaming on esportsguide.com

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Prediction

In terms of the teams competing in this 2020 LoL Championship Series Spring, there is not quite as much world-class LoL talent as some other competitions might boast as, generally, the biggest LoL team hail from Asia. There is just one major team that will be involved in this series and that will be Team Liquid. These guys will compete for the top spots in any competition and this one will be no different and it would be a major upset not to see this e-gaming powerhouse to take that 2020 Mid-Season Invitational spot for themselves and also go to Rift Rivals 2020 NA-EU via success here. One of their main competitors here for this will likely be the other big name involved in the series, Evil Geniuses, who should also qualify for the Rift Rivals 2020 NA-EU. In terms of that final spot at Rife though, it is very open and any team would be a good bet.