2023 LEC season | |
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League | LEC |
Sport | League of Legends |
Duration |
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Number of teams | 10 |
Winter | |
Champions | G2 Esports |
Runners-up | MAD Lions |
Spring | |
Champions | MAD Lions |
Runners-up | Team BDS |
Summer | |
Champions | G2 Esports |
Runners-up | Excel Esports |
Season Finals | |
Champions | G2 Esports |
Runners-up | Fnatic |
The 2023 LEC season is the 11th season of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends , and the first under new branding. The LEC rebranded from the "European Championship" to the "EMEA Championship" to broaden player eligibility. Two team changes occurred for the 2023 season, with Misfits Gaming selling their LEC franchise slot to Team Heretics and Rogue rebranding to KOI. The league also saw a major format change, expanding from two splits to three, and introduced a season final playoff. The schedule also underwent adjustments, with Superweeks every week, extending into Monday.
The LEC rebranded from the League of Legends European Championship to the League of Legends EMEA Championship, opening eligibility for players with residency status in Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East/North Africa to participate in the league without transfer restrictions. The League of Legends Continental League (for CIS and Russia) remained suspended but allowed CIS-based league to be integrated into the expanded LEC in the future. [1]
The LEC underwent a significant revamp in its format for the year 2023. The new format featured three splits with three champions throughout the year. Each split consisted of three weeks of a round-robin regular season, followed by a group stage with the top eight teams from the regular season engaging in a double-elimination bracket over two weeks. The top four teams emerging from this stage proceeded to the playoffs, where they competed in a best-of-five, double-elimination format for the trophy. The three seasonal champions automatically qualified for the Season Finals, where overall seeding was determined by Championship Points. In the Season Finals, the three LEC champions met the top Championship Points candidates in a final four-week, best-of-five double-elimination bracket to decide the yearly LEC Champion. [2]
Unlike the previous structure where games were played primarily on Saturdays and Sundays with occasional Friday "Superweeks," the new schedule included Superweeks every week. Instead of concluding on Sunday, each week extended into Monday. This schedule adjustment was part of a broader transformation in the European League of Legends ecosystem. The aim was to increase the significance of regular-season games, as they historically tended to matter less, especially in the Spring splits. [3]
The 2023 season saw two team changes coming into the season. In July 2022, Misfits Gaming sold their LEC franchise slot to Team Heretics, effective at the beginning of the 2023 LEC season. [4] Additionally, following the merger between Rougue and KOI in October 2022, Rogue rebranded to KOI. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Team Vitality | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | Advance to Group stage |
2 | MAD Lions | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | |
3 | SK Gaming | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | |
4 | G2 Esports | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | |
5 | Team BDS | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | |
6 | Team Heretics | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
7 | KOI | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
8 | Astralis | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | |
9 | Fnatic | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | |
10 | Excel Esports | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
1 | Team Vitality | 2 | ||||||
6 | Team Heretics | 1 | ||||||
1 | Team Vitality | 0 | ||||||
7 | KOI | 2 | ||||||
3 | SK Gaming | 0 | ||||||
7 | KOI | 2 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
1 | Team Vitality | 0 | ||||||
6 | Team Heretics | 0 | 3 | SK Gaming | 2 | |||
3 | SK Gaming | 2 | ||||||
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 2 | ||||||
8 | Astralis | 1 | ||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 0 | ||||||
4 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||
4 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||
5 | Team BDS | 1 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 2 | ||||||
8 | Astralis | 2 | 8 | Astralis | 0 | |||
5 | Team BDS | 1 | ||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |||||||||||
A1 | KOI | 1 | G2 Esports | 3 | |||||||||
B1 | G2 Esports | 3 | MAD Lions | 0 | |||||||||
KOI | 1 | ||||||||||||
MAD Lions | 3 | ||||||||||||
A2 | SK Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||
B2 | MAD Lions | 3 | |||||||||||
Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | G2 Esports | MSI 2023 Play-In stage and Season Finals |
2 | MAD Lions | |
3 | KOI | |
4 | SK Gaming |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Team BDS | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | Advance to Group stage |
2 | Astralis | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | |
3 | G2 Esports | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | |
4 | Team Vitality | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | |
5 | SK Gaming | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
6 | Fnatic | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
7 | KOI | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
8 | MAD Lions | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | |
9 | Team Heretics | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | |
10 | Excel Esports | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
2 | Astralis | 2 | ||||||
6 | Fnatic | 1 | ||||||
2 | Astralis | 0 | ||||||
4 | Team Vitality | 2 | ||||||
4 | Team Vitality | 2 | ||||||
8 | MAD Lions | 0 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
2 | Astralis | 0 | ||||||
6 | Fnatic | 1 | 8 | MAD Lions | 2 | |||
8 | MAD Lions | 2 | ||||||
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
1 | Team BDS | 2 | ||||||
5 | SK Gaming | 0 | ||||||
1 | Team BDS | 2 | ||||||
7 | KOI | 0 | ||||||
3 | G2 Esports | 1 | ||||||
7 | KOI | 2 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
7 | KOI | 1 | ||||||
5 | SK Gaming | 0 | 3 | G2 Esports | 2 | |||
3 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |||||||||||
A1 | Team Vitality | 0 | Team BDS | 2 | |||||||||
B1 | Team BDS | 3 | MAD Lions | 3 | |||||||||
Team Vitality | 1 | ||||||||||||
MAD Lions | 3 | ||||||||||||
A2 | MAD Lions | 3 | |||||||||||
B2 | G2 Esports | 2 | |||||||||||
Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | MAD Lions | MSI 2023 Play-In stage and Season Finals |
2 | Team BDS | |
3 | Team Vitality | |
4 | G2 Esports |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | G2 Esports | 9 | 8 | 1 | .889 | Advance to Group stage |
2 | Fnatic | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | |
3 | Excel Esports | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | |
4 | Team Heretics | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | |
5 | Team BDS | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
6 | SK Gaming | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
7 | MAD Lions | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
8 | KOI | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
9 | Astralis | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | |
10 | Team Vitality | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 |
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
1 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||
8 | KOI | 0 | ||||||
1 | G2 Esports | 2 | ||||||
5 | Team BDS | 0 | ||||||
4 | Team Heretics | 1 | ||||||
5 | Team BDS | 2 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
5 | Team BDS | 0 | ||||||
8 | KOI | 0 | 4 | Team Heretics | 2 | |||
4 | Team Heretics | 2 | ||||||
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | |||||||
2 | Fnatic | 0 | ||||||
6 | SK Gaming | 2 | ||||||
6 | SK Gaming | 1 | ||||||
3 | Excel Esports | 2 | ||||||
3 | Excel Esports | 2 | ||||||
7 | MAD Lions | 0 | ||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | |||||||
6 | SK Gaming | 0 | ||||||
2 | Fnatic | 2 | 2 | Fnatic | 2 | |||
7 | MAD Lions | 0 | ||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |||||||||||
A1 | G2 Esports | 3 | G2 Esports | 3 | |||||||||
B1 | Excel Esports | 2 | Excel Esports | 0 | |||||||||
Excel Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||
Fnatic | 1 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Team Heretics | 1 | |||||||||||
B2 | Fnatic | 3 | |||||||||||
Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | G2 Esports | Season Finals |
2 | Excel Esports | |
3 | Fnatic | |
4 | Team Heretics |
A total of six teams qualified for the Season Finals. The winner of each split is automatically qualified, while the remaining teams are determined based on Championship Points. Teams are awarded Championship Points at the end of each split based on their performance, and seeding in the Season Finals is determined strictly by Championship Points. [6]
Pos | Team | Win | Spr | Sum | Total | Qualification |
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1 | G2 Esports [a] | 120 | 60 | 180 | 360 | Advance to upper bracket |
2 | MAD Lions [b] | 100 | 120 | 45 | 265 | |
3 | Team BDS | 30 | 100 | 75 | 205 | |
4 | Excel Esports | 5 | 5 | 150 | 160 | |
5 | Fnatic | 10 | 20 | 120 | 150 | Advance to lower bracket |
6 | SK Gaming | 60 | 30 | 60 | 150 | |
7 | KOI | 80 | 40 | 30 | 150 | |
8 | Team Vitality | 50 | 80 | 7 | 137 | |
9 | Team Heretics | 20 | 10 | 90 | 120 | |
10 | Astralis | 40 | 50 | 15 | 105 |
Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | G2 Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Team BDS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | G2 Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Excel Esports | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | G2 Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower quarterfinals | Lower semifinals | Lower final | 5 | Fnatic | 1 | |||||||||||||
4 | Excel Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | MAD Lions | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Fnatic | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Fnatic | 3 | 5 | Fnatic | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Team BDS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Team BDS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | SK Gaming | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | G2 Esports | Worlds 2023 Swiss Stage |
2 | Fnatic | |
3 | MAD Lions | |
4 | Team BDS | Worlds Qualifying Series 2023 |
5 | Excel Esports | |
6 | SK Gaming |