League of Legends Champions Korea

League of Legends Champions Korea
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea
Formerly League of Legends Champions
Sport League of Legends
Founded 2012
Owner(s) Riot Games, KeSPA
No. of teams 10
Country Korea
Venue(s) Seoul OGN e-Stadum, Nexon Arena
Most recent
champion(s)		 ROX Tigers (1st title)
Most titles SK Telecom T1 (5 titles)
TV partner(s) OGN, SPOTV Games
Sponsor(s) Coca-Cola Zero
Relegation to Challengers Korea
Official website http://program.interest.me/ongamenet/lolchamps

League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) (Hangul: 리그 오브 레전드 챔피언스 코리아), previously known as Ongamenet LCK (OGN) from their sponsorship by Ongamenet, is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Korea. Games are played out of the Yongshan e-Sports Stadium in Yongsan District, Seoul.[1] The LCK is usually regarded as the strongest LoL league in the world.[2][3] League of Legends developer Riot Games provides an English language broadcast of LCK games.[4]

The tournament officially launched in March 2012 and is now in its third season, just recently ending with OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012–13.[5][6] Continuing their sponsorship from OLYMPUS to hold OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 and eventually switching to Hot6ix to hold Hot6ix Champions Summer 2013. It changed to Pandora to hold Pandora Champions winter 2013 - 2014. After Pandora, sponsor changed to Hot6ix again. Hot6ix holds a Hot6ix Champions spring 2014. Continuing their sponsorship to Hot6ix summer 2014. In 2015, sponsor changed to SBENU. SBENU holds SBENU Champions spring 2015. Also SBENU continued to hold SBENU Champions summer 2015. Recently in 2016, Lotte Confectionery holds a Lotte Confectionery Champions Spring 2016. The most recent series is Coca Cola Zero League of Legends Championship 2016 which ran from 29th May to August 20th.

History

2012–2014

OGN held the LoL Champions Korea in 2012. The first season started with Azubu the Champions Spring 2012. There are three competitions in one year(spring, summer, winter) except at fall when LoL World Championship held.

Past LoL champions Korea was a game to earn the circuit points to enter the LoL World Championship. Teams can earn the circuit point with reaching 1~4place. First place: 400 points, second place: 225 points, third place: 150 points, fourth place: 100 points. There are three competitions in one year, so it means that they add all of the circuit points that teams get in one year.

In Azubu the Champions Spring 2012 and Azubu the Champions Summer 2012, they invited some abroad teams to make Knockout Stage system. After season 3, there was no abroad teams in LoL Champions Korea. Just 12 teams join the game. They divide with two groups and drop the 5,6 places in two groups. Then do the Quarterfinals with 8 teams. The system no longer in works.

In LoL Champions Korea, regular season matches are played in Best of Three matches while in the playoffs it's played as Best of Five matches.

2015–present

Game is played twice a year. It is held in spring and summer. At past, each club can make two teams, but now clubs can make one team in one club. League changed to 10 teams. There is second league named LoL Challengers Korea. At past they used the method of tournaments, but now they do the games with play offs. After 2016, LCK banned the blind pick.

Current participants

2016 Spring Regular season standings

Rank Team Win/Loss Pct. Gain/Loss
1st ROX Tigers 14-2 0.875 23
2nd KT Rolster 10-5 0.667 10
3rd Jin Air Green Wings 10-5 0.667 9
4th SK Telecom T1 10-5 0.643 8
5th Samsung 9-7 0.562 0
6th CJ Entus 8-8 0.500 -4
7th Afreeca Freecs 7-8 0.500 -1
8th Longzhu 7-8 0.467 1
9th Kongdoo Monster 1-14 0.067 -23
10th SBENU Sonicboom 1-15 0.062 -23

2016 Spring Pentakill awards

Team player Champion
Samsung Stitch Kalista
Jin Air Green Wings Pilot Kalista

2015 Summer Regular season standings

Rank Team Win/Loss Pct.
1st GE Tigers 12-2 .857
2nd SK Telecom T1 11-3[7] .786
3rd CJ Entus 10-4 .714
4th Jin Air Green Wings 7-7 .500
5th-8th KT Rolster 6-8 .429
5th-8th NaJin e-mFire 5-9 .428
5th-8th Incredible Miracle 3-11 .214
5th-8th Samsung Galaxy 2-12 .142

Past winners

Split 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
2012 Spring MiG Blaze MiG Frost Xenics Storm Team OP
2012 Summer Azubu Frost CLG Europe NaJin Sword Azubu Blaze
2012-13 Winter NaJin Sword Azubu Frost KT Rolster B Azubu Blaze
2013 Spring MVP Ozone CJ Entus Blaze SK Telecom T1 2 CJ Entus Frost
2013 Summer SK Telecom T1 KT Rolster Bullets MVP Ozone CJ Entus Frost
2013-14 Winter SK Telecom T1 K Samsung White KT Rolster Bullets Najin White Shield
2014 Spring Samsung Blue NaJin White Shield Samsung Ozone CJ Entus Blaze
2014 Summer KT Rolster Arrows Samsung Blue Samsung White SK Telecom T1 S
2015 Spring SK Telecom T1 GE Tigers CJ Entus Jin Air Greenwings
2015 Summer SK Telecom T1 KT Rolster KOO Tigers CJ Entus
2016 Spring SK Telecom T1 ROX Tigers KT Rolster Jin Air Greenwings
2016 Summer ROX Tigers KT Rolster SK Telecom T1 Samsung

History of broadcasting team

Um Jae Kyung commentator

Jeon Yong Jun caster (2012~now)

Lee Hyun Woo commentator (2013.10.24~now)

Kang Min commentator (2012~2015)

Kim Dong Jun commentator (2012~now)

Jung Soo Rim caster(2012~2014)

Seong Seung Hun caster (2012~2013)

References

  1. ↑ "e-Sports Stadium". Visit Seoul. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Raven, Josh (October 13, 2015). "Doa on why Korea is still the best—and why you shouldn't draw too many conclusions from Worlds". The Daily Dot. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "'롤챔스' 검색결과". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (January 6, 2015). "Riot confirms plans to broadcast Chinese, Korean pro leagues". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Azubu the Official Sponsor of League of Legends The Champions".
  6. ↑ "LEAGUE OF LEGENDS IN KOREA". 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ GE Tigers received a point penalty
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