Champions Korea on the computer game League of Legends for teams from South Korea . LCK is regarded as the world's strongest professional league in League of Legends [1] [2] . It is held jointly by KeSPA , Riot Games Korea and cable channel OnGameNet [3] , which in addition to this, along with SPOTV Games, has the right to broadcast competition games [4] . The 1st LCK was held in 2012 under the name “Azubu Champions”, and its team “ MiG Blaze ” won.
| Champions korea | |
|---|---|
| LCK | |
 Logo LCK (OGN Champions) in 2012 | |
| Region | The Republic of Korea |
| Status | Main |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| League Level | one |
| Retirement in |  Challengers korea |
| International | Major international competitions |
| Current winner | ROX Tigers (1) |
| Most titled | SK Telecom T1 (5) |
| Broadcast | LCK1 , LCK2 |
| Website | Ngamenet |
From 2012 to 2014, there were up to three LCK draws per season. A modern format with the identification of two champions for each cycle of the World Championship in League of Legends has developed since 2015 , at the same time a ban was imposed on the ownership of more than one team in the league by one organization.
The LCK season begins in January with the regular spring split season and ends in August with the grand final of the summer split. The winner of the latter receives a League of Legends World Championship ticket as does the team that scored the maximum number of championship points for both parts of the season, and the four teams left behind in the ranking fight in the regional finals (carried out according to the King of the Hill system) for one place in the main international competition for LoL - as a result of 3 teams from LCK to Worlds . Each split consists of a promotion tournament (butt matches against teams from the Challengers Korea league), a regular season and a playoff. The champion of spring split since 2015 qualifies for the Mid-Season Invitational .
“ ROX Tigers ” are the current champions of the league, “ SK Telecom T1 " is the most titled LCK team.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Prizes
- 3 Awards MVP Split
- 4 League of Legends World Cup Qualification
- 5 teams from LCK in international competitions
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 Notes
History
In 2012, the League of Legends in South Korea surpassed Starcraft II in popularity - in the game of the MOBA genre, competitions began that were not deprived of the support of sponsors and broadcasters. One of such competitions was The Champions League from the cable channel OnGameNet with 16 teams [5] [6] . In the first two league splits, teams from other parts of the world took part - the Chinese “ World Elite ” [7] , as well as the organizations “ FnaticRaidCall ”, “ Counter Logic Gaming ” and “ Natus Vincere ” [8] .
At the beginning of season 5, organizations were forbidden to have 2 rosters in the LCK, which provoked a massive dissolution of the teams, and as a result, an outflow of players mainly in the LPL [9] .
League matches until May 2016 were held at the Jongsan e-sports stadium, which was located in the administrative district of the center of Seoul - Yongsan-gu [10] . The Seoul OGN e-Stadium, seating 800 spectators [11] , has become the new venue for the competition [12] .
Prizes
| Title sponsor | Season | four | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azubu | Spring 2012 | MiG Blaze | MiG Frost | Xenics storm | Team op |
| ₩ 100,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ₩ 10,000,000 | ||
| Summer 2012 ( | Azubu frost | CLG Europe | Najin sword | Azubu blaze | |
| ₩ 50,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ₩ 12,000,000 | ₩ 6,500,000 | ||
| OLYMPUS | Winter 2012-2013 | Najin sword | Azubu frost | KT Rolster B | Azubu blaze |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| Spring 2013 | MVP Ozone | CJ Entus Blaze | SK Telecom T1 2 | CJ Entus Frost | |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| Summer 2013 ( | SK Telecom T1 | KT Rolster Bullets | MVP Ozone | CJ Entus Frost | |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| PANDORA.TV | Winter 2013-2014 | SK Telecom T1 K | Samsung Ozone | KT Rolster Bullets | NaJin White Shield |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| HOT6iX | Spring 2014 | Samsung Galaxy Blue | NaJin White Shield | Samsung Ozone | CJ Entus Blaze |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| Summer 2014 ( | KT Rolster Arrows | Samsung Galaxy Blue | Samsung Galaxy White | SK Telecom T1 S | |
| ₩ 80,000,000 | ₩ 40,000,000 | ₩ 24,000,000 | ₩ 18,000,000 | ||
| SBENU | Spring 2015 ( MSI 2015 ) | SK Telecom T1 | Ge tigers | Cj entus | Jin air green wings |
| ₩ 100,000,000 | ₩ 60,000,000 | ₩ 30,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ||
| Summer 2015 ( World Cup 2015 ) | SK Telecom T1 | Kt roller | Koo tigers | Cj entus | |
| ₩ 100,000,000 | ₩ 60,000,000 | ₩ 30,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ||
| Kko-kkal-kon | Spring 2016 ( MSI 2016 ) | SK Telecom T1 | Rox tigers | Kt roller | Jin air green wings |
| ₩ 100,000,000 | ₩ 60,000,000 | ₩ 30,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ||
| Coca Cola Zero | Summer 2016 ( World Cup 2016 ) | Rox tigers | Kt roller | SK Telecom T1 | Samsung Galaxy |
| ₩ 100,000,000 | ₩ 60,000,000 | ₩ 30,000,000 | ₩ 20,000,000 | ||
| Spring 2017 ( MSI 2017 ) | will be determined later | ||||
Split MVP Awards
| Season | Nickname | Full | Glasses | Team | East |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2012-2013 | MaKNooN | Yoon Hown | 1900 | Najin sword | [13] |
| Spring 2013 | dade | Pe ojin | 900 | MVP Ozone | [fourteen] |
| Summer 2013 | Faker | Lee San Hyuk | 950 | SK Telecom T1 | [fifteen] |
| Winter 2013-2014 | Faker | Lee San Hyuk | 1000 | SK Telecom T1 K | [16] |
| Spring 2014 | dade | Pe ojin | 850 | Samsung Blue | [17] |
| Summer 2014 | KaKAO | Lee Byungwon | 1050 | KT Rolster Arrows | [eighteen] |
| Spring 2015 | Duke | Lee Hoceng | 1000 | NaJin e-mFire | [19] |
| Summer 2015 | Ssumday | Kim Chanho | 1400 | Kt roller | [twenty] |
| Spring 2016 | Smeb | Song Kyonho | 1400 | Rox tigers | [21] |
| Summer 2016 | Smeb | Song Kyonho | 1200 | Rox tigers | [22] |
| Spring 2017 | will be determined later | ||||
League of Legends World Cup Qualification
| FROM | Summer split | Championship Points | Regional finale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | n / a | Azubu frost | Najin sword |
| 3rd | n / a | NaJin Black Sword | SK Telecom T1 # 2 |
| Samsung Ozone | |||
| 2014 | n / a | Samsung Blue | NaJin White Shield |
| Samsung White | |||
| 2015 | SK Telecom T1 | Koo tigers | Kt roller |
| 2016 | Rox tigers | SK Telecom T1 | Samsung Galaxy |
LCK International Competition Teams
| Competition | the date of the | Team | INV / Q | A place | Prize pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLG 2012 Summer Arena | August 3 - 5, 2012 | Azubu blaze | INV | $ 10,000 | |
| LoL World Championship Season 2 | October 4 - 13, 2012 | Azubu frost | Q | $ 250,000 | |
| Najin sword | Q | 5-8 | $ 75,000 | ||
| 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Fall Championship | November 2 - 4, 2012 | Azubu blaze | INV | $ 16,000 | |
| Najin sword | INV | $ 8,000 | |||
| IGN ProLeague Season 5 | November 29 - December 2, 2012 | Azubu blaze | INV | 7-8 | $ 1,750 |
| Intel Extreme Masters Season VII | March 6 - 9, 2013 | CJ Entus Blaze | Q | $ 50,000 | |
| CJ Entus Frost | Q | $ 25,000 | |||
| SK Telecom T1 | Q | 3-4 | $ 13,500 | ||
| Incredible Miracle | Q | 7-8 | $ 5,900 | ||
| World GameMaster Tournament 2013 | June 15 - 16, 2013 | Xenics storm | INV | ¥ 50,000 | |
| 3rd Season LoL World Championship | September 15 - October 4, 2013 | SK Telecom T1 | Q | $ 1,000,000 | |
| NaJin Black Sword | Q | 3-4 | $ 150,000 | ||
| Samsung Ozone | Q | 9-10 | $ 45,000 | ||
| International e-Culture Festival 2013 | October 12 - 13, 2013 | Xenics storm | INV | $ 14,000 | |
| World Cyber Games 2013 | November 28 - December 1, 2013 | CJ Entus Blaze | INV | $ 30,000 | |
| Intel Extreme Masters Season VIII | March 4 - 6, 2014 | KT Rolster Bullets | INV | $ 60,000 | |
| 2014 LoL World Cup | September 18 - October 19, 2014 | Samsung Galaxy White | Q | $ 1,000,000 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Blue | Q | 3-4 | $ 150,000 | ||
| NaJin White Shield | Q | 5-8 | $ 75,000 | ||
| Intel Extreme Masters Season IX | November 28, 2014 - March 15, 2015 | Ge tigers | INV | 3-4 | $ 15,000 |
| Cj entus | Q | 5-6 | $ 5,000 | ||
| Mid-Season Invitational 2015 | May 7 - 10, 2015 | SK Telecom T1 | Q | $ 50,000 | |
| 2015 LoL World Championship | October 1 - 31, 2015 | SK Telecom T1 | Q | $ 1,000,000 | |
| Koo tigers | Q | $ 250,000 | |||
| Kt roller | Q | 5-8 | $ 75,000 | ||
| Intel Extreme Masters Season X | December 18, 2015 - March 6, 2016 | SK Telecom T1 | INV | $ 50,000 | |
| ESC Ever | Q | 5-6 | $ 3,500 | ||
| Mid-Season Invitational 2016 | May 4 - 15, 2016 | SK Telecom T1 | Q | $ 250,000 | |
| World Championship LoL 2016 | September 29 - October 29, 2016 | Rox tigers | Q | 3-4 | |
| SK Telecom T1 | Q | one | |||
| Samsung Galaxy | Q | 2 |
See also
- Mid-season invitational
- League of Legends World Championship
Links
- eSportsWikis, LCK / 2016 Season / Summer Season (link not available) . Date of treatment September 30, 2016. Archived October 2, 2016.
Notes
- ↑ Raven, Josh Doa on why Korea is still the best — and why you shouldn't draw too many conclusions from Worlds (link not available) . The Daily Dot (October 13, 2015). Date of treatment October 22, 2015. Archived October 14, 2016.
- ↑ '롤 챔스' 검색 결과 unopened . Date of treatment October 22, 2015.
- ↑ OGN, KeSPA, and Riot Games Korea plans for 2015 . GoodGames.Ru (October 28, 2014). Date of appeal October 21, 2016.
- ↑ Champions Civil War: SPOTV vs. OGN (English) . ESPN (May 19, 2015). Date of appeal October 21, 2016.
- ↑ League of Legends in South Korea: History and Teams . boosteria.org (August 15, 2015). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ League Of Legends Is The New StarCraft In Korea . Kotaku Australia (March 14, 2012). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ Events of the week in League of Legends . ProPlay (September 10, 2012). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ League of Legends from February 20 to February 26 . Place2Play (February 2012). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Back to ... SK Telecom T1 domine la Corée (Fr.) . League of Legends . millenium.org (December 13, 2015). Date of treatment October 11, 2016.
- ↑ e-Sports Stadium . Visit Seoul . Date of treatment October 22, 2015. Archived March 5, 2016.
- ↑ New eSports arena from OGN . cybersport.ru (April 16, 2016). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ New E-sports complex to celebrate its opening on Saturday . koreatimes.co.kr (April 29, 2016). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ OGN: Clash of the Korean Powerhouses! (English) (inaccessible link) . in2LOL.com (February 4, 2013). Date of treatment October 24, 2016. Archived October 24, 2016.
- ↑ LoL News: MVP Ozone blank Blaze in OGN Finals upset . GosuGamers (June 15, 2013). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 . League of Legends eSports Wiki. Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 . League of Legends eSports Wiki. Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 . League of Legends eSports Wiki. Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ KT Arrows é campeã da OGN em cima da Samsung Galaxy Blue (port) . Mais e-Sports (August 16, 2014). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ SBENU Champions Spring 2015 . eSportspedia. Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ `롤 챔스` MVP 1 위, 최고의 전성기 KT 탑 라이너 `Ssumday` 김찬호 ( box ) (link not available) . 플레이 팸 (August 12, 2015). Date of treatment October 24, 2016. Archived October 24, 2016.
- ↑ LoL Features: LCK 2016 Spring Split Awards . GosuGamers (April 6, 2016). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.
- ↑ Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season . eSportspedia (August 6, 2016). Date of treatment October 24, 2016.