2023 LCK season

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2023 LCK season
League LCK
Sport League of Legends
Duration
  • 18 January – 9 April (Spring)
  • 7 June – 20 August (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
Season champions Gen.G
  Runners-up T1
Season MVP Ryu "Keria" Min-seok
Summer
Season championsGen.G
  Runners-upT1
Season MVPSon "Lehends" Si-woo
LCK seasons

The 2023 LCK season was the twelfth season of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends . The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on 18 January and culminated with the playoff finals on 9 April 2023. The Summer Split began on 7 June and culminated with the Spring Split finals on 20 August 2023.

Contents

The Spring Split winners, Gen.G, and runners-up, T1, qualified for the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational. Gen.G also won the Summer Split, directly qualifying them for the 2023 World Championship. T1 qualified for the 2023 World Championship via Championship Points, while both KT Rolster and Dplus Kia also qualified for the 2023 World Championship through the regional qualifier.

Format

The regular season format was double round-robin. The games were played five days per week for both round robins. [1]

Starting from the 2023 season, LCK introduced new format for the playoffs, where double elimination would be applied starting from the semifinals. [2] [3] LCK also eliminated the rules for call-up and send-down between LCK and LCK Challengers League from this season. [4]

Spring

The Spring Split regular season ran from 18 January to on 19 March 2023. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, which took place from 22 March to 9 April 2023. [5] [6] The finals took place at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul. [7] The top two teams from the playoffs qualified for the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational. [8]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 T1 18171.944Advance to upper semifinals
2 Gen.G 18135.722
3 KT Rolster 18135.722Advance to upper quarterfinals
4 Dplus Kia 18126.667
5 Hanwha Life Esports 18108.556
6 Liiv Sandbox 18108.556
7 Kwangdong Freecs 18612.333
8Fredit Brion18414.222
9 DRX 18315.167
10 Nongshim RedForce 18216.111
Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs

Gen.G and T1 played in the Spring Finals match. 2023 LCK Spring Finals - GenG and T1 on stage - 3 (cropped).jpg
Gen.G and T1 played in the Spring Finals match.
Upper quarterfinalsUpper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
1T13
3KT Rolster33KT Rolster2
6Liiv Sandbox11T13
2Gen.G1
2Gen.G3
4Dplus Kia15Hanwha Life Esports1
5Hanwha Life Esports3
1T11
2Gen.G3
Lower semifinalsLower final
2Gen.G3
3KT Rolster33KT Rolster1
5Hanwha Life Esports1

Summer

The Summer Split regular season began on 7 June. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, which took place from 22 March to 9 April 2023. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, which took place from 8 to 20 August 2023. The finals took place at the Daejeon Convention Center in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. [7]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 KT Rolster 18171.944Advance to upper semifinals
2 Gen.G 18162.889
3 Hanwha Life Esports 18126.667Advance to upper quarterfinals
4 Dplus Kia 18117.611
5 T1 1899.500
6 DRX 18612.333
7 Liiv Sandbox 18513.278
8Fredit Brion18513.278
9 Nongshim RedForce 18513.278
10 Kwangdong Freecs 18414.222
Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs

Upper quarterfinalsUpper semifinalsUpper finalFinal
1KT Rolster2
3Hanwha Life Esports35T13
6DRX02Gen.G3
5T12
2Gen.G3
4Dplus Kia13Hanwha Life Esports0
5T13
2Gen.G3
5T10
Lower semifinalsLower final
5T13
1KT Rolster31KT Rolster2
3Hanwha Life Esports0

World Championship qualification

Championship points

PosTeamSprSumTotalQualification
1 Gen.G 90AQAQ 2023 World Championship
2 T1 70100170
3 KT Rolster 5080130Advance to regional qualifier upper final
4 Hanwha Life Esports 305080
5 Dplus Kia 203050Advance to regional qualifier lower semifinal
6 DRX 01010
7 Liiv Sandbox 10010
8 Kwangdong Freecs 000
9 Nongshim RedForce 000
10Fredit Brion000

Regional qualifier

The regional qualifier was a tournament consisting of the top four teams in the LCK based on championship points that had not directly qualified for the 2023 World Championship. The top two teams faced off, and the winner earned a spot in the World Championship. Simultaneously, the bottom two teams played against each other, with the losing team being eliminated. The remaining two teams then competed for the last LCK spot in the 2023 World Championship. [9]

Upper finalAdvance to World Championship
3KT Rolster3
KT Rolster
4Hanwha Life Esports1
Lower semifinalLower finalAdvance to World Championship
4Hanwha Life Esports1
Dplus Kia
5Dplus Kia35Dplus Kia3
6DRX0

Source: LoL Esports

Awards

Spring
  • 2nd Team All-Pro: [11]
    • T Kiin, KT Rolster
    • J Peanut, Gen.G
    • M Chovy, Gen.G
    • B Deft, Dplus KIA
    • S Kellin, Dplus KIA
  • 3rd Team All-Pro: [11]
    • T Doran, Gen.G
    • J Canyon, Dplus KIA
    • M Bdd, KT Rolster
    • B Peyz, Gen.G
    • S Lehends, KT Rolster
Summer
  • 1st Team All-Pro: [12]
    • T Kiin, KT Rolster
    • J Cuzz, KT Rolster
    • M Bdd, KT Rolster
    • B Aiming, KT Rolster
    • S Lehends, KT Rolster
  • 2nd Team All-Pro: [12]
    • T Doran, Gen.G
    • J Peanut, Gen.G
    • M Chovy, Gen.G
    • B Peyz, Gen.G
    • S Delight, Gen.G
  • 3rd Team All-Pro: [12]
    • T Zeus, T1
    • J Canyon, Dplus KIA
    • M Zeka, Hanwha Life Esports
    • B Viper, Hanwha Life Esports
    • S Life, Hanwha Life Esports
Season
  • Player of the Year: Faker, T1 [13]
  • Positional Players of the Year: [14]
  • Sponsorship Awards: [15]
    • Secret Lab Assist King Award: Delight, Gen.G
    • Best Monster Slayer Award: Peanut, Gen.G
    • Logitech G Best Power Play Award: Deft, Dplus
    • JW Pharmaceutical Vision Award: Kael, Liiv Sandbox
    • OP.GG Search King Award: Faker, T1
    • LG Ultragear Objective Steal Award: Cuzz, KT Rolster
    • LCK Global Marketing Award: Morgan, Fredit Brion
    • HP Omen Best KDA Award: Aiming, KT Rolster
    • BBQ First Blood Award: Oner, T1
    • Woori WON Banking Gold King Award: Gumayusi, T1
  • LCK 10th Anniversary Award: Seong Seung-heon and CloudTemplar [16]
  • Best Showmanship Award: Kwangdong Freecs [16]
  • Meme of the Year: CloudTemplar [16]

Broadcast

The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms: [17] [18]

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