The League of Legends 2020 season is well underway, and the time has now come for the 2020 LoL Champions Korea. The LCK Spring 2020 began on February 5 and will run over the coming months. After the initial Group Stage, where each of the teams faces each other twice in a Double-Robin format, the bottom two teams will drop down to the LCK Summer 2020 Promotion tournament. The five best teams qualify for the Spring Playoffs, with the Top 4 qualifying for the Rift Rivals 2020 and the eventual winner going to the Mid Season Invitational 2020. Additionally, the LCK 2020 prize pool awards all participating teams, as well as a number of individual players:
- 1st place: $93.798
- 2nd place: $56.279
- 3rd place: $28.139
- 4th place: $18.760
- 5th place: $14.070
- 6th-10th place: $9.380 each
How to qualify for the Main Event
The LCK Spring is a yearly league with at least eight returning teams from the previous LCK Summer season in 2019. The remaining two teams were decided in the LCK Summer Promotion 2020 playoffs, where the bottom two teams from the LCK Spring 2019 competed against the top two teams from the CK Summer 2019. APK Prince and Hanwha Life Esports qualified through this path, while the remaining eight teams are returnees from last year’s LCK Spring.
Tournament format
The Group Stage is organized around a ten-week long Double Round Robin format, where all the participating teams play against each other twice. All Group Stage matches are Best of 3, while the top 5 teams from the regular season qualify for the playoffs. The Bottom 2 teams are in danger of relegation, as they will have to play in the Summer Promotion tournament against two teams from the CK Summer League.
The playoffs move to a Single Elimination King of the Hill format. All matches are Best of 5, apart from the Wild Card match which is played as Best of 3. The top four teams qualify for the Rift Rivals 2020, while the winning team secures the lucrative qualification to the Mid Season Invitational 2020.
List of Teams
- Afreeca Freecs
- APK Prince
- DAMWON Gaming
- DragonX
- Gen.G Esports
- Griffin
- Hanwha Life Esports
- KT Rolster
- SANDBOX Gaming
- T1
Schedule List
LCK spring split (all times PT)
Week 1
Feb. 8
- 12 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Damwon Gaming
- 3 a.m. | Gen.G vs. Griffin
Feb. 9
- 12 a.m. |
- 3 a.m. |
Week 2
Feb. 12
- 12 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Afreeca Freecs
- 3 a.m. | Griffin vs. Sandbox Gaming
Feb. 13
- 12 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. T1
- 3 a.m. | DragonX vs. Hanwha Life Esports
Feb. 14
- 12 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. Gen.G
- 3 a.m. | Griffin vs. APK Prince
Feb. 15
- 12 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. DragonX
- 3 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. Sandbox Gaming
Feb. 16
- 12 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. KT Rolster
- 3 a.m. | T1 vs. Gen.G
Week 3
Feb. 19
- 12 a.m. | Gen.G vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- 3 a.m. | DragonX vs. T1
Feb. 20
- 12 a.m. | Griffin vs. Damwon Gaming
- 3 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. APK Prince
Feb. 21
- 12 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. Afreeca Freecs
- 3 a.m. | DragonX vs. Gen.G
Feb. 22
- 12 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. Griffin
- 3 a.m. | APK Price vs. T1
Feb. 23
- 12 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. KT Rolster
- 3 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. Damwon Gaming
Week 4
Feb. 26
- 12 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. Sandbox Gaming
- 3 a.m. | T1 vs. Griffin
Feb. 27
- 12 a.m. | Gen.G vs. Afreeca Freecs
- 3 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. Damwon Gaming
Feb. 28
- 12 a.m. | APK Prince vs. DragonX
- 3 a.m. | T1 vs. Sandbox Gaming
Feb. 29
- 12 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- 3 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. Afreeca Freecs
March 1
- 12 a.m. | Gen.G vs. APK Prince
- 3 a.m. | DragonX vs. Griffin
Week 5
March 4
- 12 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. DragonX
- 3 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. APK Prince
March 5
- 12 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. Gen.G
- 3 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. T1
March 6
- 12 a.m. | Griffin vs. KT Rolster
- 3 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. Hanwha Life Esports
March 7
- 12 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. T1
- 3 a.m. | Gen.G vs. DragonX
March 8
- 12 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. Griffin
- 3 a.m. | APK Prince vs. KT Rolster
Week 6
March 12
- 1 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. KT Rolster
- 4 a.m. | DragonX vs. APK Prince
March 13
- 1 a.m. | T1 vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- 4 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. Damwon Gaming
March 14
- 1 a.m. | Griffin vs. Gen.G
- 4 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. DragonX
March 15
- 1 a.m. | T1 vs. Afreeca Freecs
- 4 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Sandbox Gaming
Week 7
March 19
- 1 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. Griffin
- 4 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. KT Rolster
March 20
- 1 a.m. | Gen.G vs. Sandbox Gaming
- 4 a.m. | T1 vs. APK Prince
March 21
- 1 a.m. | DragonX vs. Afreeca Freecs
- 4 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. Damwon Gaming
March 22
- 1 a.m. | Griffin vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- 4 a.m. | Gen.G vs. T1
Week 8
March 26
- 1 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. DragonX
- 4 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. Gen.G
March 27
- 1 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. APK Prince
- 4 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. Griffin
March 28
- 1 a.m. | T1 vs. KT Rolster
- 4 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports vs. Afreeca Freecs
March 29
- 1 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Gen.G
- 4 a.m. | DragonX vs. Sandbox Gaming
Week 9
April 2
- 1 a.m. | T1 vs. DragonX
- 4 a.m. | Gen.G vs. Damwon Gaming
April 3
- 1 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. Sandbox Gaming
- 4 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. Griffin
April 4
- 1 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Hanwha Life Esports
- 4 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. T1
April 5
- 1 a.m. | Griffin vs. DragonX
- 4 a.m. | KT Rolster vs. Afreeca Freecs
Week 10
April 9
- 1 a.m. | Hanwha Life Esports
- 4 a.m. | Damwon Gaming vs. Sandbox Gaming
April 10
- 1 a.m. | Griffin vs. T1
- 4 a.m. | Afreeca Freecs vs. APK Prince
April 11
- 1 a.m. | DragonX vs. Damwon Gaming
- 4 a.m. | Sandbox Gaming vs. Hanwha Life Esports
April 12
- 1 a.m. | Gen.G vs. KT Rolster
- 4 a.m. | APK Prince vs. Griffin
Streaming platform list
LCK streams are available on popular platforms such as Youtube and Twitch. Live league coverage will run throughout the course of the tournament and will also cover the LCK Spring 2020 playoffs.
How to Stream the LCK Spring 2020 in English on Twitch
The LCK Spring 2020 live league has already started and is available on the most popular streaming platform, Twitch. All matches are broadcast live with excellent English-speaking coverage and commentators. The LCK stream is available on Twitch and can be accessed free of charge during the entire LoL league.
How to Stream the LCK Spring 2020 in English on Youtube
Live league coverage and streaming is also available on Youtube for the LCK Spring 2020 tournament. All matches receive English-language live coverage on the LCK Global Youtube channel and can be accessed on all platforms.
Streaming on esportsguide.com
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Predictions
SK Telecom 1, who has now been renamed as T1, won the LCK Summer 2019 tournament last year. However, most experts see Gen.G Esports and DragonX as the main favorites to win the league this year and secure the lucrative qualification to the Midseason Invitational 2020. APK Prince is not left many chances by the analysts, with most predicting them to drop down to the Summer Promotion tournament. The tournament is now underway, and with the action spanning over 10 weeks, we can expect a lot of upsets along the way.
