2019 LCS season

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2019 LCS season
League LCS
Sport League of Legends
Duration
  • January 26 – April 13 (Spring)
  • June 1 – August 25 (Summer)
  • September 6–8 (Regional finals)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Caffeine, Twitch, YouTube, ESPN+
Spring
Champions Team Liquid
  Runners-up Team SoloMid
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVP Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in
Summer
ChampionsTeam Liquid
  Runners-up Cloud9
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVP Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen
Regional finals
Winner Clutch Gaming
LCS seasons

The 2019 LCS season was the seventh season of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the video game League of Legends . The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on January 26 and culminated with the playoff finals on April 13, 2019. The Summer Split began on June 1 and culminated with the Spring Split finals on August 25, 2019.

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Team Liquid won the spring split playoffs, qualifying them for the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. Team Liquid also won the summer split playoffs, directly qualifying them for the 2019 World Championship. Cloud9 and Clutch Gaming also qualified for the 2019 World Championship via Championship Points and winning the Regional Finals, respectively.

Spring

The Spring Split regular season began on January 26 and ended on March 24, 2019. The regular season followed a standard double round-robin format, where each team faced every other team twice. [1] The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which ran from March 29 to April 13, 2019. Of the six teams, the top two started in the semifinals, while the bottom four started in the quarterfinals. The winner of the playoffs advanced to the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. [2] The Spring Split final was played at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. [3]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 Team Liquid 18144.778Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 18144.778
3 Team SoloMid 18135.722Advance to quarterfinals
4 FlyQuest 19109.526
5 Golden Guardians 19910.474
6 Echo Fox 18810.444
7 Counter Logic Gaming 18711.389
8 OpTic Gaming 18711.389
9 Clutch Gaming 18513.278
10 100 Thieves 18414.222
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Team Liquid3
3Team SoloMid34FlyQuest0
6Echo Fox11Team Liquid3
Top seed selects opponent
3Team SoloMid2
2Cloud92
4FlyQuest33Team SoloMid3
5Golden Guardians2

Awards

Summer

The Summer Split regular season ran from June 1 to August 4, 2019, and followed the same format as the Spring Split. [5] The top six teams from the summer regular season secured spots in the Summer Split playoffs, which ran from August 10 to 25, 2019. The playoffs were a single-elimination tournament, with top two teams starting in the semifinals and the following four starting in the quarterfinals. The winner of the summer playoffs directly qualified for the 2019 World Championship. [6] The third place match and final took place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. [7]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification
1 Team Liquid 18144.778Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 19136.684
3 Counter Logic Gaming 19127.632Advance to quarterfinals
4 Team SoloMid 18108.556
5 Clutch Gaming 1899.500
6 OpTic Gaming 201010.500
7 Golden Guardians 19811.421
8 100 Thieves 19811.421
9 FlyQuest 18513.278
10 Echo Fox 18414.222
Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Team Liquid3
3Counter Logic Gaming35Clutch Gaming2
6OpTic Gaming01Team Liquid3
Top seed selects opponent
2Cloud92
2Cloud93
4Team SoloMid13Counter Logic Gaming1Third place
5Clutch Gaming3
5Clutch Gaming2
3Counter Logic Gaming3

Awards

Championship Points

PosTeamSprSumTotalQualification
1Team Liquid90AQAQ 2019 League of Legends World Championship
2Cloud940100140
3Team SoloMid702090Advance to Regional Finals
4Counter Logic Gaming07070
5Clutch Gaming04040
6FlyQuest40040
7OpTic Gaming02020
8Echo Fox10010
9Golden Guardians10010
10100 Thieves000
Source: 2019 LCS Rulebook

Regional Finals

The Regional Finals was a single elimination tournament consisting of the top four teams in the LCS based on championship points that had not directly qualified for the 2019 World Championship. The winner of the Regional Finals advanced to the 2019 World Championship. [9]

Round 1Round 2Final
3Team SoloMid2
4Counter Logic Gaming25Clutch Gaming3
5Clutch Gaming35Clutch Gaming3
6FlyQuest1

Broadcast

In June 2019, Riot announced a streaming partnership with Caffeine for the LCS. This partnership, which was not exclusive, enabled users of Caffeine to co-host the broadcast by streaming it on their individual channels. The agreement, which was not exclusive, was in effect for the remainder of the 2019 LCS season, encompassing the regular season, playoffs, finals, and regional qualifiers. The LCS also broadcast their matches on Twitch, YouTube, and ESPN+. [10]

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