2019 LCS season

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 teams	10
TV partner(s)	Caffeine, Twitch, YouTube
Spring
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in; (Team Liquid)
Summer
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Cloud9
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen; (Cloud9)
Regional finals
Winner	Clutch Gaming
LCS seasons
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 LCS season was the second year under partnership and seventh overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals.^[4]

The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2019 were Team Liquid (summer champions),^[5] Cloud9 (most championship points)^[6] and Clutch Gaming (regional finals winner).^[7]

Spring[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Liquid	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
2	Cloud9	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
3	Team SoloMid	13	5	8	Advance to quarterfinals
4	FlyQuest	9	9	0
5	Golden Guardians	9	9	0
6	Echo Fox	8	10	−2
7	Counter Logic Gaming	7	11	−4
8	OpTic Gaming	7	11	−4
9	Clutch Gaming	5	13	−8
10	100 Thieves	4	14	−10

Source: Leaguepedia

	Fourth place tiebreaker

	FlyQuest		W
	Golden Guardians		L

Player of the Game ranking[edit]

Rank	Times	Player	Team
1	5	Crown	OpTic Gaming
		CoreJJ	Team Liquid
		Froggen	Golden Guardians
4	4	Pobelter	FlyQuest
		Zven	Team SoloMid
		Jensen	Team Liquid
7	3	PowerOfEvil	Counter Logic Gaming
		Licorice	Cloud9
		Fenix	Echo Fox
		Nisqy	Cloud9
		Xmithie	Team Liquid
		Zeyzal	Cloud9
		Akaadian	Team SoloMid
14	2	Broken Blade	Team SoloMid
		Rush	Echo Fox
		Hauntzer	Golden Guardians
		Svenskeren	Cloud9
		Bjergsen	Team SoloMid
		V1per	FlyQuest
		Bang	100 Thieves
		Damonte	Clutch Gaming
		Darshan	Counter Logic Gaming
		Dhokla	OpTic Gaming
		Huni	Clutch Gaming
		Santorin	FlyQuest
		Smoothie	Team SoloMid
		Sneaky	Cloud9
28	1	Solo	Echo Fox
		Contractz	Golden Guardians
		Keith	Cloud9
		Deftly	Golden Guardians
		Stixxay	Counter Logic Gaming
		Apollo	Echo Fox
		Biofrost	Counter Logic Gaming
		Doublelift	Team Liquid
		Hakuho	Echo Fox
		Huhi	100 Thieves
		Impact	Team Liquid
		Piglet	Clutch Gaming
		Ssumday	100 Thieves
		WildTurtle	FlyQuest

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

RS1

Team Liquid

3

RS4

FlyQuest

3

QF1

FlyQuest

0

RS5

Golden Guardians

2

1

Team Liquid

3

2

Team SoloMid

2

RS2

Cloud9

2

RS3

Team SoloMid

3

QF2

Team SoloMid

3

RS6

Echo Fox

1

Summer[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Format: Double round robin, best-of-one

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Liquid	14	4	10	Advance to semifinals
2	Cloud9	12	6	6	Advance to semifinals
3	Counter Logic Gaming	12	6	6	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Team SoloMid	10	8	2
5	Clutch Gaming	9	9	0
6	OpTic Gaming	8	10	−2
7	Golden Guardians	8	10	−2
8	100 Thieves	8	10	−2
9	FlyQuest	5	13	−8
10	Echo Fox	4	14	−10

Source: Leaguepedia

Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 1)		Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 2)

		Golden Guardians	L
OpTic Gaming	W	OpTic Gaming	W
100 Thieves	L

	Second place tiebreaker

	Cloud9		W
	Counter Logic Gaming		L

Playoffs[edit]

Format: Single elimination, best-of-five

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			RS1	Team Liquid	3
RS4	Team SoloMid	1	QF1	Clutch Gaming	2
RS5	Clutch Gaming	3				1	Team Liquid	3
						2	Cloud9	2
			RS2	Cloud9	3
RS3	Counter Logic Gaming	3	QF2	Counter Logic Gaming	1	Third-place match
RS6	OpTic Gaming	0				4	Clutch Gaming	2
						3	Counter Logic Gaming	3

Playoffs MVP ranking[edit]

Rank	Times	Player	Team
1	2	Bjergsen	Team SoloMid
2	1	Doublelift	Team Liquid
		Pobelter	FlyQuest
		Impact	Team Liquid

Season awards[edit]

Award	Players
Rookie of the Split	FakeGod (100 Thieves)
Most Valuable Player	Svenskeren (Cloud9)

All Pro Team[edit]

Roster					Coach
Top	Jungle	Mid	ADC	Support	Coach
Impact (Team Liquid)	Svenskeren (Cloud9)	Jensen (Team Liquid)	Doublelift (Team Liquid)	CoreJJ (Team Liquid)	Cain (Team Liquid)

Ranking[edit]

Pos	Prize Money	Prize %	Championship Points	Qualification	Team
	$100,000	50%	World Championship	World Championship	Team Liquid
	$50,000	25%	100		Cloud9
	$25,000	12.5%	70		Counter Logic Gaming
4th	$25,000	12.5%	40		Clutch Gaming
5th/6th			20		Team SoloMid
5th/6th			20		Optic Gaming

Regional finals[edit]

Round 1

Round 2

Finals

CP3

Team SoloMid

2

CP4

Counter Logic Gaming

2

R2

Clutch Gaming

3

CP5

Clutch Gaming

3

R1

Clutch Gaming

3

CP6

FlyQuest

1

References[edit]

^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

External links[edit]

2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS

[1] Esguerra, Tyler (July 12, 2019). "Riot adds new platform Caffeine as an official streaming partner for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[2] Geracie, Nick (April 13, 2019). "League of Legends: CoreJJ is the 2019 LCS Spring Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[3] Geracie, Nick (August 22, 2019). "League of Legends: Svenskeren is the 2019 LCS Summer Split MVP". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[4] "2019 Official Rules LCS and LACS" (PDF). Riot Games. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[5] Abbas, Malcolm (August 19, 2019). "Team Liquid qualify for Worlds after semifinal win over Clutch Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[6] Geracie, Nick (August 18, 2019). "Team Liquid and Cloud9 qualify for 2019 League of Legends World Championship". Inven Global. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[7] Endres, Elena (September 8, 2019). "Clutch reverse sweep TSM to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

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2019 LCS season

Contents

Spring[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Player of the Game ranking[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Summer[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Playoffs MVP ranking[edit]

Season awards[edit]

All Pro Team[edit]

Ranking[edit]

Regional finals[edit]

References[edit]

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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 teams	10
TV partner(s)	Caffeine,^[1] Twitch, YouTube
Spring
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in^[2] (Team Liquid)
Summer
Champions	Team Liquid
Runners-up	Cloud9
Top seed	Team Liquid
Season MVP	Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen^[3] (Cloud9)
Regional finals
Winner	Clutch Gaming
LCS seasons
← 2018 2020 →