All You Need to Know for LoL 2020 Spring Season Across the World
It’s 2020, the start of another decade and in League of Legends, that means Season 10 is right around the corner. With the holiday season ending, pros are soon going back to the rift to kickstart their journey to the Summoner’s Cup. With that said, we compiled the start dates of the global League of Legends leagues as the 2020 Spring Season begins!
Pacific Championship Series (PCS)
The newly-formed Pacific league will be starting on February 08, 2020 with a double round-robin format featuring best-of-one matches between the league’s franchised teams. The league has only released nine out of ten of their competing teams thus far and has teams competing from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and Southeast Asia. Competing teams are as follows:
- ahq eSports Club
- Alpha Esports
- G-Rex
- HK Attitude
- J Team
- Liyab Esports
- Nova Esports
- Resurgence
- Talon Esports
Team Liquid in Worlds 2019. (Source: Riot Games)
League of Legends Championship Series (LCS)
The North American league will be starting on January 25, 2020 with a double round-robin format featuring best-of-one matches between the league’s franchised teams. Evil Geniuses and Immortals will be returning to the league replacing Echo Fox and Optic Gaming in the 2020 season. Competing teams are as follows:
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Dignitas
- Evil Geniuses
- FlyQuest
- Golden Guardians
- Immortals
- Team Liquid
- Team SoloMid
League of Legends European Championship (LEC)
The European league will be starting on January 24, 2020 with a double round-robin format featuring best-of-one matches between the league’s franchised teams. MAD Lions steps in to replace Splyce following their bowing out from the league. Competing teams are as follows:
- Excel Esports
- FC Schalke 04
- Fnatic
- G2 Esports
- MAD Lions
- Misfits Gaming
- Origen
- Rogue
- SK Gaming
- Team Vitality
Superstar AD Carry of RNG, Uzi. (Source: Riot Games)
League of Legends Pro League (LPL)
The Chinese league will be starting on January 13, 2020 with a single round-robin format featuring best-of-three matches between the league’s seventeen teams. Competing teams are as follows:
- Bilibili Gaming
- Dominus Esports
- EDward Gaming
- eStar
- FunPlus Phoenix
- Invictus Gaming
- JD Gaming
- LGD Gaming
- LNG Esports
- Oh My God
- Rogue Warriors
- RNG
- Suning
- Team WE
- Top Esports
- Vici Gaming
- Victory Five
League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK)
The Korean league is yet to announce its start date but will still feature a double round-robin format featuring best-of-three matches between the league’s 10 teams. Competing teams are as follows:
- Afreeca Freecs
- APK Prince
- DAMWON Gaming
- DragonX
- Gen.G
- Griffin
- Hanwha Life
- KT Rolster
- SANDBOX Gaming
- T1
Follow all the action on Twitch and YouTube for the LCS, LEC, LCK, and LPL and Facebook for the PCS. This article will be updated when further information is released.
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