The famous Korean league, LCK, comes back for the Summer Split! No changes for the 10 teams. Jin Air Green Wings and KT Rolster managed to keep their spot in the major league after the promoting tournament. They will compete over 10 weeks, twitch each in a BO3 format. The 5 best of them at the end of the regular season will qualify for playoffs, and the big winner will get his free ticket to the World Championship.
Schedule
- Regular season: from June 5 to August 18
- Playoffs: from August 21 to 31
Format
- 10 teams
- 10 weeks of regular season
- Back-to-back matches (double BO3)
- 5 best teams at the end of regular season qualify for playoffs
- Playoffs are divided in 4 steps: Wild Card, Round 1, Round 2, Grand finals
- Team which ends up in 1st seed goes to the grand finals
- Team which ends up in 2nd seed goes directly to Round 2
- Team which ends up in 3rd seed goes directly to Round 1
- The 4th and 5th teams qualify for Wild Card
- 2 last teams go to the relegation tournament
- Playoffs format: BO5
Prize pool
- 1st : ₩100,000,000
- 2nd : ₩60,000,000
- 3rd : ₩30,000,000
- 4th : ₩20,000,000
- 5th : ₩10,000,000
Location
- LoL Park, Seoul (regular season)
Broadcast
- LCK1 on Twitch
Written by Charlotte "Cthulhu" Rognant. Translated from French by Millenium.us.org.
