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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 
The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2019 were Team Liquid,[5] Cloud9,[6] and Clutch Gaming.[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: [8]
| 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 | 
| .svg.png.webp) Licorice | Cloud9 | ||
|  Fenix | Echo Fox | ||
| .svg.png.webp) 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 | ||
| .svg.png.webp) V1per | FlyQuest | ||
|  Bang | 100 Thieves | ||
|  Damonte | Clutch Gaming | ||
| .svg.png.webp) Darshan | Counter Logic Gaming | ||
|  Dhokla | OpTic Gaming | ||
|  Huni | Clutch Gaming | ||
|  Santorin | FlyQuest | ||
| .svg.png.webp) 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 | ||
| .svg.png.webp) Biofrost | Counter Logic Gaming | ||
|  Doublelift | Team Liquid | ||
|  Hakuho | Echo Fox | ||
|  Huhi | 100 Thieves | ||
|  Impact | Team Liquid | ||
|  Piglet | Clutch Gaming | ||
|  Ssumday | 100 Thieves | ||
| .svg.png.webp) 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 | ||||||||||||
Awards
    
| Award | Player | Team | 
|---|---|---|
| MVP |  CoreJJ | Team Liquid | 
| Rookie of the Split |  V1per | FlyQuest | 
| Coach of the Split |  Reapered | Cloud9 | 
| 1st Team All-Pro | .svg.png.webp) Licorice | Cloud9 | 
|  Xmithie | Team Liquid | |
|  Bjergsen | Team SoloMid | |
|  Doublelift | Team Liquid | |
|  CoreJJ | Team Liquid | 
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: [9]
| Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 1) | Sixth place tiebreaker (Round 2) | ||||||||
| 1 | Golden Guardians | L | |||||||
| 2 | OpTic Gaming | W | OpTic Gaming | W | |||||
| 3 | 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 | |||||||||
| RS6 | OpTic Gaming | 0 | Third-place match | |||||||||||
| 4 | Clutch Gaming | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||
Awards
    
| Award | Player | Team | 
|---|---|---|
| MVP |  Svenskeren | Cloud9 | 
| Rookie of the Split |  FakeGod | 100 Thieves | 
| Coach of the Split |  Cain | Team Liquid | 
| 1st Team All-Pro |  Impact | Team Liquid | 
|  Svenskeren | Cloud9 | |
|  Jensen | Team Liquid | |
|  Doublelift | Team Liquid | |
|  CoreJJ | Team Liquid | 
Ranking
    
| Pos | Prize Money | Prize % | Championship Points | Qualification for Worlds | Team | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | $100,000 | 50% | Automatic qualification | First seed | Team Liquid | 
|  | $50,000 | 25% | 100 | Second seed | Cloud9 | 
|  | $25,000 | 12.5% | 70 | Regional qualifier | Counter Logic Gaming | 
| 4th | $25,000 | 12.5% | 40 | Regional qualifier | Clutch Gaming | 
| 5th/6th | $0 | 0% | 20 | Regional qualifier | Team SoloMid | 
| 5th/6th | $0 | 0% | 20 | 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 | |||||||||||
References
    
- 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.
- "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.
- "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2019.
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