2019 LCK season

League of Legends Champions Korea
2019
Tournament information
LocationSouth Korea South Korea
AdministratorRiot Games
Tournament
format(s)
2 Splits (Spring and Summer)
Teams10
Purse₩ 350,000,000
Final positions
ChampionSouth Korea SK Telecom T1
(Spring and Summer)
Runner-upSouth Korea Griffin
(Spring and Summer)
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 LCK season was the eighth season of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.[1]

Spring Split

SK Telecom T1 won the Spring Split.

Team standings

Pos Team SW SL SPCT GW GL GPCT Pts Qualification
1 Griffin 15 3    31 8    23 Advance to Finals
2 SK Telecom T1 14 4    31 13    18 Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3 Kingzone DragonX 13 5    27 12    15 Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4 SANDBOX Gaming 13 5    28 16    12 Advance to Wild Card
5 DAMWON Gaming 11 7    25 17    8
6 Hanwha Life Esports 9 9    20 21    −1
7 Gen.G 5 13    16 28    −12
8 Afreeca Freecs 5 13    14 29    −15
9 KT Rolster 4 14    13 29    −16 Drop to promotion tournament
10 Jin Air Green Wings 1 17    3 35    −32
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1Griffin0
2SK Telecom T132SK Telecom T13
3Kingzone DragonX33Kingzone DragonX0
4SANDBOX Gaming15DAMWON Gaming0
5DAMWON Gaming2

Summer Split

Team standings

Pos Team SW SL SPCT GW GL GPCT Pts Qualification
1 Griffin 13 5    29 13    16 Advance to Finals
2 DAMWON Gaming 13 5    28 16    12 Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3 SANDBOX Gaming 12 6    27 18    9 Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4 SK Telecom T1 11 7    26 17    9 Advance to Wild Card
5 Afreeca Freecs 11 7    26 20    6
6 Gen.G 10 8    24 20    4
7 Kingzone DragonX 9 9    23 23    0
8 KT Rolster 6 12    16 28    −12
9 Hanwha Life Esports 5 13    15 27    −12 Drop to promotion tournament
10 Jin Air Green Wings 0 18    4 36    −32
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

Wild CardPlayoffs Round 1Playoffs Round 2Finals
1Griffin1
2DAMWON Gaming04SK Telecom T13
3SANDBOX Gaming04SK Telecom T13
4SK Telecom T124SK Telecom T13
5Afreeca Freecs1

Media

Streams

Broadcast Talent

  • Korean
    • South KoreaJeon "Caster Jun" Yong Jun – Play-by-Play Caster
    • South KoreaSeung "SEONG K" Seung Heon – Play-by-Play Caster
    • South KoreaLee "CloudTemplar" Hyun-woo – Color Caster
    • South KoreaKim Dong-jun – Color Caster
    • South KoreaKang "KangQui" Seung Hyun – Color Caster
  • English
    • AustraliaMax "Atlus" Anderson – Play-by-Play Caster
    • AustraliaChris "PapaSmithy" Smith – Color Caster
    • United StatesBrendan "Valdes" Valdes – Play-by-Play Caster
    • United StatesNick "LS" De Cesare – Color Caster

Viewership Statistics

Spring

Peak Viewership
Total 28,014,116
Without Chinese Viewers 641,088
English Streams 227,915
Chinese Streams 27,532,576
Korean Streams 468,409
Twitch.TV Streams 243,544
YouTube Streams 223,603
Other
Avg Concurrent Viewers 2,878,118
Avg Concurrent Viewers (Excl. Chinese) 124,793
Total time watched 820,503,526

[2][better source needed]

Summer

Peak Viewership
Total 766 770
Without Chinese Viewers 766 770
Twitch.TV Streams 366 440
Other
Total Time Watched 33 852 258 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers 117 136

[3][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ "LCK". eu.lolesports. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ "LCK Spring 2019". Esports Charts. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "LCK Summer 2019". Esports Charts. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.