2019 LCK season

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League of Legends Champions Korea
2019
Tournament information
Location Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Administrator Riot Games
Tournament
format(s)
2 Splits (Spring and Summer)
Teams10
Purse₩ 350,000,000
Final positions
Champion Flag of South Korea.svg SK Telecom T1
(Spring and Summer)
Runner-up Flag of South Korea.svg Griffin
(Spring and Summer)
←  2018
2020  →

The 2019 LCK season was the eighth season of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends . [1]

Contents

Spring Split

SK Telecom T1 won the Spring Split. SKT after winning the 2019 LCK Spring Finals.jpg
SK Telecom T1 won the Spring Split.

Team standings

PosTeamSWSLSPCTGWGLGPCTPtsQualification
1 Griffin 153  318  23Advance to Finals
2 SK Telecom T1 144  3113  18Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3 Kingzone DragonX 135  2712  15Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4SANDBOX Gaming135  2816  12Advance to Wild Card
5 DAMWON Gaming 117  2517  8
6Hanwha Life Esports99  2021  −1
7 Gen.G 513  1628  −12
8 Afreeca Freecs 513  1429  −15
9 KT Rolster 414  1329  −16Drop to promotion tournament
10 Jin Air Green Wings 117  335  −32
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1Griffin0
2SK Telecom T132SK Telecom T13
3Kingzone DragonX33Kingzone DragonX0
4SANDBOX Gaming15DAMWON Gaming0
5DAMWON Gaming2

Summer Split

Team standings

PosTeamSWSLSPCTGWGLGPCTPtsQualification
1 Griffin 135  2913  16Advance to Finals
2 DAMWON Gaming 135  2816  12Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3SANDBOX Gaming126  2718  9Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4 SK Telecom T1 117  2617  9Advance to Wild Card
5 Afreeca Freecs 117  2620  6
6 Gen.G 108  2420  4
7 Kingzone DragonX 99  2323  0
8 KT Rolster 612  1628  −12
9Hanwha Life Esports513  1527  −12Drop to promotion tournament
10 Jin Air Green Wings 018  436  −32
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1Griffin1
2DAMWON Gaming04SK Telecom T13
3SANDBOX Gaming04SK Telecom T13
4SK Telecom T124SK Telecom T13
5Afreeca Freekc1

Media

Streams

Broadcast Talent

Viewership Statistics

Spring

Peak Viewership
Total28,014,116
Without Chinese Viewers641,088
English Streams227,915
Chinese Streams27,532,576
Korean Streams468,409
Twitch.TV Streams243,544
YouTube Streams223,603
Other
Avg Concurrent Viewers2,878,118
Avg Concurrent Viewers (Excl. Chinese)124,793
Total time watched820,503,526

[2] [ better source needed ]

Summer

Peak Viewership
Total766 770
Without Chinese Viewers766 770
Twitch.TV Streams366 440
Other
Total Time Watched33 852 258 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers117 136

[3] [ better source needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "LCK". eu.lolesports. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "LCK Spring 2019". Esports Charts. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "LCK Summer 2019". Esports Charts. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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