2020 PCS season | |
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League | Pacific Championship Series |
Sport | League of Legends |
Duration | 29 February – 3 May (Spring) 20 June – 30 August (Summer) |
Number of teams | 10 |
Spring | |
Season champions | Talon Esports |
Runners-up | Machi Esports |
Summer | |
Season champions | Machi Esports |
Runners-up | PSG Talon |
The 2020 PCS season was the first year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends . The PCS was created in late 2019 as a merger between the League of Legends Master Series (LMS) and League of Legends SEA Tour (LST). [1]
The spring regular season was initially set to begin on 8 February but was postponed until further notice on 29 January due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] It was later announced on 18 February that the 2020 season would officially begin on 29 February. [4]
The spring split began with the first day of the spring regular season on 29 February and concluded with the spring finals on 3 May. The summer split began with the first day of the summer regular season on 20 June and concluded with the summer finals on 30 August.
Talon Esports was the PCS' representative at the 2020 Mid-Season Showdown. Machi Esports and PSG Talon were the PCS' first and second seeds, respectively, at the 2020 World Championship.
G-Rex was originally announced as one of the PCS' ten franchise partners, [5] [6] but on 25 September 2019 it was announced that the team had disbanded and forfeited its spot in the PCS as a result of internal restructuring by their parent company Emperor Esports Stars. [7] Five days later, Machi Esports was announced as G-Rex's replacement. [4]
Teams | Players | Coach | ||||
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Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | ||
ahq eSports Club | Ziv | Kongyue | Uniboy | Wako | Ysera | GreenTea |
Alpha Esports | Rock | CatJug | Assassin | Atlen | Kino | Radiance |
J Team | Rest | Hana | Nestea | Lilv | Woody | Coldicee |
Machi Esports | PK | Gemini | M1ssion | Bruce | Koala | Dreamer |
Hong Kong Attitude | 3z | Holo Kabuu | Chase JimieN | MnM | Wing | Skywalk |
Talon Esports | Hanabi | River | Candy | Unified | Kaiwing | Bigfafa |
Berjaya Dragons | Azhi | Enso | Maoan Minji | K2 | Chilly | Paul |
Liyab Esports | Kaigu Kurd | DoeDoii | Rex | Exosen | Hamez | Cabbage |
Nova Esports | Rockky | Ryan | G4 | MixcrosS | PoP | Warlock |
Resurgence | Shinsekai | Epic Gengar | Raven | Mexi | Dennis Do1u1u | Crowe |
Source: LoL Esports |
Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Machi Esports | 15 | 3 | 12 | Advance to winners' bracket second round |
2 | ahq eSports Club | 14 | 4 | 10 | |
3 | Talon Esports | 13 | 5 | 8 | Start in winners' bracket |
4 | Berjaya Dragons | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
5 | Alpha Esports | 8 | 10 | −2 | |
6 | Nova Esports | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
7 | J Team [lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 12 | −6 | Start in losers' bracket |
8 | Hong Kong Attitude [lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
9 | Liyab Esports [lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
10 | Resurgence | 5 | 13 | −8 |
Seventh place tiebreaker (Match 1) | Seventh place tiebreaker (Match 2) | ||||||||
J Team | W | ||||||||
Hong Kong Attitude | L | ||||||||
Liyab Esports | L | ||||||||
Hong Kong Attitude | W |
Round 1 (BO3) | Round 2 (BO5) | Semifinals (WB, BO5) | Finals (BO5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1. | Machi Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. | Berjaya Dragons | 2 | R1 | Berjaya Dragons | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
5. | Alpha Esports | 1 | R2 | Machi Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
R2 | Talon Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. | ahq eSports Club | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. | Talon Esports | 2 | R1 | Talon Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
6. | Nova Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WB | Machi Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
LB | Talon Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 (BO3) | Round 2 (BO3) | Round 3 (BO3) | Semifinals (LB, BO5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
R1 | Alpha Esports | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7. | J Team | 1 | WB | ahq eSports Club | 2 | R3 | ahq eSports Club | 2 | |||||||||||||||
WB | Alpha Esports | 2 | R2 | ahq eSports Club | 2 | WB | Talon Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||
R2 | Hong Kong Attitude | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R1 | Hong Kong Attitude | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8. | Hong Kong Attitude | 2 | WB | Berjaya Dragons | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
WB | Nova Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place | Team | Prize (USD) | Prize share | Qualification |
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1st | Talon Esports | $30,000 | 37.5% | 2020 Mid-Season Showdown |
2nd | Machi Esports | $14,000 | 17.5% | 2020 Mid-Season Showdown |
3rd | ahq eSports Club | $10,000 | 12.5% | |
4th | Hong Kong Attitude | $7,000 | 8.75% | |
5th–6th | Alpha Esports | $4,500 | 5.625% | |
Berjaya Dragons | ||||
7th–8th | J Team | $3,000 | 3.75% | |
Nova Esports | ||||
9th | Liyab Esports | $2,000 | 2.5% | |
10th | Resurgence |
Prior to the start of the summer split, Talon Esports announced that its League of Legends team had partnered with PSG Esports and would henceforth compete as PSG Talon. [8] [9]
Teams | Players | Coach | ||||
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Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | ||
ahq eSports Club | Leaky Ziv | Kongyue | Uniboy | Wako | Ysera | GreenTea Zero |
Alpha Esports | Bush | World6 YourRiver | Chen9 | WeiLun | Yursan | Xiaoya |
J Team | Rest | Hana | Nestea | Lilv | Woody | Coldicee Ratis |
Machi Esports | PK | Gemini | M1ssion | Bruce | Koala | Dreamer Mountain |
Hong Kong Attitude | Kartis | Holo | MoonBlack | MnM | Tak Wing | Skywalk |
PSG Talon | Hanabi | River | Candy Tank | Unified | Kaiwing | Bigfafa Saroo |
Berjaya Dragons | Azhi | Enso | Maoan | K2 | Chilly Do1u1u | Axin Paul |
Liyab Esports | Kanji | Doedoii | Rex | Dawn | Mocha | Cabbage Tgee |
Nova Esports | Rockky | Ryan | G4 | Coldenfeet | PoP | DeuL WarL0cK |
Resurgence | Shinsekai | Epic | Raven | Mexi Quake | BoxeR Kusuo | Jensen OMO |
Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | J Team | 15 | 3 | 12 | Advance to winners' bracket second round |
2 | ahq eSports Club | 14 | 4 | 10 | |
3 | PSG Talon | 14 | 4 | 10 | Start in winners' bracket |
4 | Machi Esports | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
5 | Alpha Esports [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
6 | Nova Esports [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
7 | Hong Kong Attitude [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 11 | −4 | Start in losers' bracket |
8 | Berjaya Dragons | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
9 | Liyab Esports | 4 | 14 | −10 | Drop to promotion tournament |
10 | Resurgence | 3 | 15 | −12 |
Fifth place tiebreaker (Match 1) | Fifth place tiebreaker (Match 2) | ||||||||
Alpha Esports | W | ||||||||
Nova Esports | L | ||||||||
Nova Esports | W | ||||||||
Hong Kong Attitude | L |
Second place tiebreaker | |||
ahq eSports Club | W | ||
PSG Talon | L |
Round 1 (BO3) | Round 2 (BO5) | Semifinals (WB, BO5) | Finals (BO5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1. | J Team | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. | Machi Esports | 2 | R1 | Machi Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
5. | Alpha Esports | 1 | R2 | Machi Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
R2 | PSG Talon | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. | ahq eSports Club | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. | PSG Talon | 2 | R1 | PSG Talon | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
6. | Nova Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WB | PSG Talon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
LB | Machi Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Round 1 (BO3) | Round 2 (BO5) | Round 3 (BO5) | Semifinals (LB, BO5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
R1 | Nova Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7. | Hong Kong Attitude | 0 | WB | J Team | 3 | R3 | J Team | 0 | |||||||||||||||
WB | Nova Esports | 2 | R2 | J Team | 3 | WB | Machi Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||
R2 | ahq eSports Club | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R1 | Berjaya Dragons | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8. | Berjaya Dragons | 2 | WB | ahq eSports Club | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
WB | Alpha Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place | Team | Prize (USD) | Prize share | Qualification |
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1st | Machi Esports | $30,000 | 37.5% | 2020 World Championship main event |
2nd | PSG Talon | $14,000 | 17.5% | 2020 World Championship play-in stage |
3rd | J Team | $10,000 | 12.5% | |
4th | ahq eSports Club | $7,000 | 8.75% | |
5th–6th | Berjaya Dragons | $4,500 | 5.625% | |
Nova Esports | ||||
7th–8th | Alpha Esports | $3,000 | 3.75% | |
Hong Kong Attitude | ||||
9th | Liyab Esports | $2,000 | 2.5% | |
10th | Resurgence |
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