2019 LCS season

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]

2019 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 26 – April 13 (Spring)
June 1 – August 25 (Summer)
September 6–8 (Regional finals)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Caffeine,[1] Twitch, YouTube
Spring
ChampionsTeam Liquid
Runners-upTeam SoloMid
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVPJo "CoreJJ" Yong-in[2]
(Team Liquid)
Summer
ChampionsTeam Liquid
  Runners-upCloud9
Top seedTeam Liquid
Season MVPDennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen[3]
(Cloud9)
Regional finals
WinnerClutch Gaming

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

Regular season
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 14 4 10 Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 14 4 10
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
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
  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

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

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

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

Ranking
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
Optic Gaming

Regional finals
  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
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References
  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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