2022 LCK season

The 2022 LCK season was the eleventh season of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

2022 LCK season
LeagueLCK
SportLeague of Legends
Duration12 January – 2 April (Spring)
15 June – 28 August (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
Season championsT1
  Runners-upGen.G
Season MVPRyu "Keria" Min-seok[1]
(T1)
Summer
Season championsGen.G
  Runners-upT1
Season MVPPark "Ruler" Jae-hyuk[2]
(Gen.G)

The regular season format was double round robin. The games were played five days per week for both round robins.[3]

The spring split began on 12 January and finished on 20 March, immediately followed by the spring playoffs, which concluded with the spring finals,[4] where T1 defeated Gen.G with a match score of 3–1 on 2 April.[5] T1 represented the LCK in the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational, losing out to defending champions Royal Never Give Up 3–2 in the finals.[6]

Broadcasting

The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms:[7]

  • South Korea Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV, Twitch
  • United States English: Twitch
  • China Chinese: HuyaTV
  • France French: OTP
  • Vietnam Vietnam: YouTube

Spring

Regular season
Pos Team SW SL GW GL Pts Qualification
1 T1 18 0 36 7 29 Advance to Semifinals
2 Gen.G 15 3 30 12 18
3 DWG KIA 11 7 27 15 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
4 DRX 11 7 22 19 3
5 Kwangdong Freecs 8 10 19 22 −3
6 Fredit Brion 8 10 21 24 −3
7 KT Rolster 7 11 19 24 −5
8 Nongshim RedForce 5 13 16 29 −13
9 Liiv Sandbox 4 14 11 30 −19
10 Hanwha Life Esports 3 15 12 31 −19
Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Gen.G 3
DWG KIA 3 DWG KIA 2
Fredit Brion 0 Gen.G 1
T1 3
T1 3
DRX 2 Kwangdong Freecs 0
Kwangdong Freecs 3

Awards
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPKeriaT1
1st Team All-ProZeusT1
CanyonDWG KIA
FakerT1
GumayusiT1
KeriaT1

[8]

Summer

Regular season
Pos Team SW SL GW GL Pts Qualification
1 Gen.G 17 1 35 5 30 Advance to Semifinals
2 T1 15 3 31 13 18
3 Liiv Sandbox 13 5 27 14 13 Advance to Quarterfinals
4 DWG KIA 10 8 24 17 7
5 KT Rolster 10 8 25 20 5
6 DRX 9 9 22 23 −1
7 Kwangdong Freecs 6 12 13 29 −16
8 Nongshim RedForce 5 13 14 28 −14
9 Fredit Brion 3 15 11 31 −20
10 Hanwha Life Esports 2 16 12 34 −22
Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Gen.G 3
Liiv Sandbox 3 Liiv Sandbox 1
DRX 1 Gen.G 3
T1 0
T1 3
DWG KIA 3 DWG KIA 2
KT Rolster 2

Awards
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPRulerGen.G
1st Team All-Pro ZeusT1
PeanutGen.G
ChovyGen.G
RulerGen.G
LehendsGen.G

[9]

References
  1. Kelly, Michael (21 March 2022). "Keria makes LCK history as first support to be crowned MVP in Korean league". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. Kelly, Michael (16 August 2022). "Long time comin': Veteran Gen.G ADC Ruler wins first LCK MVP award for 2022 Summer Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. "LCK Spring Split 2022: Schedule, results, format, where to watch | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. Miter, Mateusz (3 January 2022). "LCK releases schedule for 2022 Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. "T1 defeat Gen.G 3-1 and becomes 2022 LCK Spring Champions, will represent the LCK at MSI 2022". InvenGlobal. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. "RNG defeat T1 to win MSI 2022". Upcomer. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. "How to watch the 2022 LCK Spring Live". EsportsBets.com. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. Kelly, Michael (21 March 2022). "Four-fifths of historic T1 lineup headline LCK 2022 Spring Split All-Pro team". Dot Esports. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  9. "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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