2022 PCS season

2022 PCS season
2022 PCS season
League	Pacific Championship Series
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	11 February – 17 April (Spring); 1 July – 4 September (Summer)
Number of teams	10
Spring
Season champions	PSG Talon
Runners-up	CTBC Flying Oyster
Summer
Season champions	CTBC Flying Oyster
Runners-up	Beyond Gaming
PCS seasons
	← 2021 2023 →

Last updated March 13, 2023

The 2022 PCS season was the third year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends .

Spring

Teams and rosters

Half of the teams in the PCS withdrew from the league prior to the 2022 season, including the PCS' representatives from the Philippines and Thailand.^[1] Berjaya Dragons, BOOM Esports, Hong Kong Attitude, Liyab Esports, and Machi Esports all withdrew from the PCS, and were replaced by CTBC Flying Oyster, Deep Cross Gaming, Frank Esports, Meta Falcon Team, and SEM9. Alpha Esports also rebranded as Hurricane Gaming.^[2]

Teams	Players					Coach(es)
Teams	Top	Jungle	Mid	Bot	Support	Coach(es)
Beyond Gaming	Liang Likai	Husha	Minji	Wako	Kino	Benny Wulala
CTBC Flying Oyster	Rest	Gemini	Mission	Atlen Shunn	Koala	Achie KMT
Deep Cross Gaming	Leaky	Hana	Nestea	Cryscata	Woody	Enzz
Hurricane Gaming	ICU	aoliao	qiaqia	BangTwo	EnHoa	Sen
J Team	Driver	Kongyue	Uniboy	Lilv	Enso	BigWei
Meta Falcon Team	Taco	665	Wen	Whale	Epoch Renhao	Lx2
Frank Esports	Kirt	Holo	Pretender	MnM	K2 Rebirth	Skywalk
PSG Talon	Hanabi	Juhan	Bay	Unified	Kaiwing	CorGi Tom
Impunity Esports	Quiet	tako	Faith	Blaze	CraliX pinwei	Jayz
SEM9	Shiromine	Arashi QaspieL	Kirino Lezar	Clayx	Felia	Axin

Regular season standings

Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	PSG Talon	16	2	14	Advance to winners' bracket second round
2	J Team	14	4	10	Advance to winners' bracket second round
3	CTBC Flying Oyster	13	5	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Start in winners' bracket
4	Deep Cross Gaming	13	5	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Beyond Gaming	11	7	4
6	Meta Falcon Team	8	10	−2
7	Frank Esports	7	11	−4	Start in losers' bracket
8	Impunity Esports	6	12	−6	Start in losers' bracket
9	Hurricane Gaming	2	16	−14
10	SEM9	0	18	−18

Source: PCS Facebook page
Notes:

1 2 CTBC Flying Oyster defeated Deep Cross Gaming in a tiebreaker match.

Playoffs

Format: Double elimination
Winner qualifies for the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational


Round 1 (BO5)			Round 2 (BO5)			Semifinals (WB, BO5)						Finals (BO5)



			1.	PSG Talon	3

4.	Deep Cross Gaming	3	R1	Deep Cross Gaming	0

5.	Beyond Gaming	1				R2	PSG Talon	1

						R2	CTBC Flying Oyster	3

			2.	J Team	0

3.	CTBC Flying Oyster	3	R1	CTBC Flying Oyster	3

6.	Meta Falcon Team	0
												WB	CTBC Flying Oyster	2

												LB	PSG Talon	3
Round 1 (BO5)			Round 2 (BO5)			Round 3 (BO5)			Semifinals (LB, BO5)



			R1	Frank Esports	0

7.	Frank Esports	3	WB	Deep Cross Gaming	3				R3	J Team	2

WB	Meta Falcon Team	0				R2	Deep Cross Gaming	1	WB	PSG Talon	3

						R2	J Team	3

			R1	Beyond Gaming	2

8.	Impunity Esports	0	WB	J Team	3

WB	Beyond Gaming	3

Ranking

Place	Team	Prize (USD)	Prize share	Qualification
1st	PSG Talon	$30,000	37.5%	2022 Mid-Season Invitational
2nd	CTBC Flying Oyster	$14,000	17.5%
3rd	J Team	$10,000	12.5%
4th	Deep Cross Gaming	$7,000	8.75%
5th–6th	Beyond Gaming	$4,500	5.625%
5th–6th	Frank Esports	$4,500	5.625%
7th–8th	Impunity Esports	$3,000	3.75%
7th–8th	Meta Falcon Team	$3,000	3.75%
9th	Hurricane Gaming	$2,000	2.5%
10th	SEM9	$2,000	2.5%

Summer

Teams and rosters

Dewish Team acquired the PCS spot of Hurricane Gaming prior to the start of the summer split.

Teams	Players					Coach(es)
Teams	Top	Jungle	Mid	Bot	Support	Coach(es)
Beyond Gaming	Liang Likai	Husha	Minji SeNBon	Wako	Kino	Benny Wulala
CTBC Flying Oyster	Rest	Gemini	Mission	Atlen Shunn	Koala	Achie KMT
Deep Cross Gaming	Leaky	Hana	Nestea	Cryscata	Woody	Coldicee
Dewish Team	Lacunae	WSL	xiaotu	BangTwo	EnHoa	Sen
J Team	Driver Rock	Kongyue	Uniboy	Lilv	Enso	BigWei Nash
Meta Falcon Team	Taco	665 Renhao Hong2	Wen Hong2	Whale	1SSUE	Lx2
Frank Esports	YSKM	Holo	Pretender	MnM	Keres Rebirth	Skywalk Jazkit
PSG Talon	Hanabi	Burry	Gori	Unified	Kaiwing	CorGi Tom
Impunity Esports	ICU Jackpot	Alex	Apex Husky	Anex Lz	Natur3 Winnie Yusin	2188 Zest Dreamer REFRA1N
SEM9	N0name	Arashi QaspieL	Lezar Axin XieDoDo	XieDoDo QaspieL Axin	Axin Felia QaspieL	AhWood

Regular season standings

Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	PSG Talon	14	4	10	Advance to winners' bracket second round
2	Deep Cross Gaming	13	5	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to winners' bracket second round
3	J Team	13	5	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Start in winners' bracket
4	CTBC Flying Oyster	12	6	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Frank Esports	12	6	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Beyond Gaming	11	7	4
7	Meta Falcon Team	6	12	−6	Start in losers' bracket
8	Impunity Esports	5	13	−8	Start in losers' bracket
9	SEM9	2	16	−14^{[lower-alpha 3]}
10	Dewish Team	2	16	−14^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Source: PCS Facebook page
Notes:

1 2 Deep Cross Gaming defeated J Team in a tiebreaker match.
1 2 CTBC Flying Oyster defeated Frank Esports in a tiebreaker match.
1 2 SEM9 had the better head-to-head record against Dewish Team (2–0).

Playoffs

Format: Double elimination
Winner and runner-up qualify for the 2022 World Championship


Round 1 (BO5)			Round 2 (BO5)			Semifinals (WB, BO5)						Finals (BO5)



			1.	PSG Talon	2

4.	CTBC Flying Oyster	3	R1	CTBC Flying Oyster	3

5.	Frank Esports	1				R2	CTBC Flying Oyster	3

						R2	Beyond Gaming	1

			2.	Deep Cross Gaming	0

3.	J Team	1	R1	Beyond Gaming	3

6.	Beyond Gaming	3
												WB	CTBC Flying Oyster	3

												LB	Beyond Gaming	0
Round 1 (BO5)			Round 2 (BO5)			Round 3 (BO5)			Semifinals (LB, BO5)



			R1	J Team	0

7.	Meta Falcon Team	0	WB	PSG Talon	3				R3	PSG Talon	2

WB	J Team	3				R2	PSG Talon	3	WB	Beyond Gaming	3

						R2	Deep Cross Gaming	1

			R1	Frank Esports	0

8.	Impunity Esports	1	WB	Deep Cross Gaming	3

WB	Frank Esports	3

Ranking

Place	Team	Prize (USD)	Prize share	Qualification
1st	CTBC Flying Oyster	$30,000	37.5%	2022 World Championship main event
2nd	Beyond Gaming	$14,000	17.5%	2022 World Championship play-in stage
3rd	PSG Talon	$10,000	12.5%
4th	Deep Cross Gaming	$7,000	8.75%
5th–6th	Frank Esports	$4,500	5.625%
5th–6th	J Team	$4,500	5.625%
7th–8th	Impunity Esports	$3,000	3.75%
7th–8th	Meta Falcon Team	$3,000	3.75%
9th	SEM9	$2,000	2.5%
10th	Dewish Team	$2,000	2.5%

Related Research Articles

The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league for League of Legends in China. The first season of the LPL was the 2013 Spring season. The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bids to the League of Legends World Championship. Playoffs are an eight team single elimination with each step a best-of-five series. The total prize pool is ¥2,350,000. In 2014 Riot Games began providing an English language broadcast. The format is modeled after the League of Legends Champions Korea format in South Korea. In September 2015 it was announced that Riot Games was in negotiations with Tencent to take over operations of the league. In 2019, Riot Games and Tencent created joint venture, TJ Sports, to focus on all League of Legends esports business in China, including tournament organizing, talent management, and venues.

League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) is the primary competition for League of Legends esports in South Korea. Contested by ten teams, the league runs two seasons per year and serves as a direct route to qualification for the annual League of Legends World Championship. The LCK is administered in cooperation between Riot Games and KeSPA.

GAM Esports is a professional League of Legends team competing in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Vietnam. The team first rose to international prominence in 2017, after their exceptional performance at that year's Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).

The Pacific Championship Series (PCS) is the top level of professional League of Legends in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Riot Games, the game's developer, created the esports league on 19 December 2019. This followed an announcement three months prior by Garena – the game's distributor in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia – that it planned to merge the League of Legends Master Series (LMS) and League of Legends SEA Tour (LST) into a single tournament jointly run with Riot Games. On 18 November 2022, Riot Games announced that Oceania would become a part of the PCS region and the League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO) would be downgraded to a tier-two league, secondary to the PCS.

Berjaya Dragons was a Malaysian esports organisation which had teams competing in League of Legends and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Its League of Legends team competed in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia.

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).

The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esports live stream event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.

PSG Talon is a professional League of Legends team formed from a partnership between PSG Esports and Talon Esports. Talon Esports' original League of Legends team was founded on 18 December 2019.

The 2021 PCS season was the second year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational was the sixth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2021 Spring Split and the first international competition of Season 11.

Beyond Gaming, officially Mega Bank Beyond Gaming, is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series, the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. The team was founded by former professional League of Legends player Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei after he purchased the PCS spot of ahq eSports Club.

SEM9 is a professional esports organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It has teams competing in PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, League of Legends, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. It also operates SEM9 Senai, an esports-themed hotel located in Senai, Johor, Malaysia.

The 2022 LCS season is the fifth year of North America's League Championship Series, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends, under partnership and the tenth overall.

CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. It is owned by CTBC Sports Entertainment, a subsidiary of CTBC Bank.

The 2022 LCK season was the eleventh season of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

Deep Cross Gaming (DCG) is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. It is sponsored by the computer peripherals company Logitech.

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational was the seventh Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games–organised tournament for League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2022 Spring Split and the first interregional competition of Season 12.

Frank Esports is a Hong Kong-based professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia.

The 2022 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the twelfth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from September 29 to November 5 in Mexico and the United States. Twenty-four teams from 11 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia and Vietnam, with twelve of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage.

The 2023 PCS season is the fourth year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. The spring regular season began on 3 February and will conclude on 11 March.

References

↑ Kalro, Nikhil (30 January 2022). "PCS Spring 2022 returns Feb. 11 with Taiwan heavy representation". Esports.net. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
↑ O'Dwyer, Samuel (28 January 2022). "Riot details new teams, rules, and schedule for 2022 PCS Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[table_hth_CFO0.15216644767307-3] 1 2 CTBC Flying Oyster defeated Deep Cross Gaming in a tiebreaker match.

[table_hth_DCG0.45987359921442-4] 1 2 Deep Cross Gaming defeated J Team in a tiebreaker match.

[table_hth_CFO0.45987359921442-5] 1 2 CTBC Flying Oyster defeated Frank Esports in a tiebreaker match.

[table_hth_SEM0.45987359921442-6] 1 2 SEM9 had the better head-to-head record against Dewish Team (2–0).

[1] Kalro, Nikhil (30 January 2022). "PCS Spring 2022 returns Feb. 11 with Taiwan heavy representation". Esports.net. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[2] O'Dwyer, Samuel (28 January 2022). "Riot details new teams, rules, and schedule for 2022 PCS Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[1]

[2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 3]

v t e 2022 in professional League of Legends competition
International	World Championship Mid-Season Invitational
Regional	North America (LCS) Europe (LEC) South Korea (LCK) TW/HK/MO/SEA (PCS)

2022 PCS season

Contents

Spring

Teams and rosters

Regular season standings

Playoffs

Ranking

Summer

Teams and rosters

Regular season standings

Playoffs

Ranking

Related Research Articles

References