2020 LCK season

The 2020 LCK season was the ninth year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

2020 LCK season
League	LCK
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	5 February – 25 April (Spring) 17 June – 5 September (Summer)
Number of teams	10
Spring
Season champions	T1
Runners-up	Gen.G
Top seed	Gen.G
Season MVP	Gwak "Bdd" Bo-seong[1] (Gen.G)
Summer
Season champions	DAMWON Gaming
Runners-up	DRX
Top seed	DAMWON Gaming
Season MVP	Heo "ShowMaker" Su[2] (DAMWON Gaming)

The spring split began on 5 February and was scheduled to end with the spring finals on 13 April; however, the regular season was suspended for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and the split instead concluded on 25 April.^[3][4][5]

The summer split began on 17 June and concluded with the summer finals on 5 September.

Spring

Promotion

	Round 1					Qualifying matches
	LCK	Hanwha Life Esports	1
	CK	APK Prince	2
						W1	APK Prince	3
	Winner's bracket
						W2	Jin Air Green Wings	1
	LCK	Jin Air Green Wings	2
	CK	Team Dynamics	0
	L1	Hanwha Life Esports	3
	L2	Team Dynamics	1
						L3	Jin Air Green Wings	0
	Loser's bracket
						W3	Hanwha Life Esports	3

Regular season

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Gen.G	14	4	10	Advance to Finals
2	T1	14	4	10	Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3	DragonX	14	4	10	Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4	KT Rolster	10	8	2	Advance to Wild Card
5	DAMWON Gaming	9	9	0
6	Afreeca Freecs	7	11	−4
7	APK Prince	6	12	−6
8	Hanwha Life Esports	6	12	−6
9	SANDBOX Gaming	5	13	−8	Drop to promotion tournament
10	Griffin	5	13	−8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

	Wild Card					Playoffs Round 1					Playoffs Round 2					Finals
																1	Gen.G	0
											2	T1	3			2	T1	3
						3	DragonX	3			3	DragonX	1
	4	KT Rolster	1			5	DAMWON Gaming	2
	5	DAMWON Gaming	2

Summer

Promotion

	Round 1					Qualifying matches
	LCK	SANDBOX Gaming	0
	CK	Team Dynamics	2
						W1	Team Dynamics	2
	Winner's bracket
						W2	Seorabeol Gaming	0
	LCK	Griffin	1
	CK	Seorabeol Gaming	2
	L1	SANDBOX Gaming	2
	L2	Griffin	0
						L3	Seorabeol Gaming	0
	Loser's bracket
						W3	SANDBOX Gaming	3

Regular season

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	DAMWON Gaming	16	2	14	Advance to Finals
2	DRX	15	3	12	Advance to Playoffs Round 2
3	Gen.G	14	4	10	Advance to Playoffs Round 1
4	T1	13	5	8	Advance to Wild Card
5	Afreeca Freecs	10	8	2
6	KT Rolster	7	11	−4
7	SANDBOX Gaming	7	11	−4
8	Team Dynamics	5	13	−8
9	Hanwha Life Esports	2	16	−14
10	SeolHaeOne Prince	1	17	−16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

	Wild Card					Playoffs Round 1					Playoffs Round 2					Finals
																1	DAMWON Gaming	3
											2	DRX	3			2	DRX	0
						3	Gen.G	3			3	Gen.G	2
	4	T1	1			5	Afreeca Freecs	0
	5	Afreeca Freecs	2