2020 LCS season


The 2020 LCS season is the third year under partnership and eighth overall of the League of Legends Championship Series, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It is the first year that the league will use a double elimination bracket for its playoff format. Championship points and the regional finals were also removed from the World Championship qualification process.
The spring split began on January 25 and was scheduled to conclude with the spring finals on April 19; however, due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the season was temporarily suspended on March 13. Four days later, it was announced that the LCS would resume on March 20, with all matches being played online.
The summer split began on June 12 and will conclude with the summer finals on September 13.

League changes

announced several changes to the LCS on January 8.

Playoff format

The LCS changed its playoff format to a double elimination bracket, similar to that which was adopted by the LEC in 2019. The number of teams participating in the spring playoffs was unchanged, but the number of teams in the summer playoffs was increased to eight. Both splits' playoffs feature a winners' bracket and a losers' bracket, with the bottom two teams beginning in the losers' and the rest beginning in the winners'.

Schedule

The LCS schedule was revised for the 2020 season. Four LCS games are broadcast each Saturday and Sunday instead of five, and two games are aired during "Monday Night League", which features the two most popular matchups of the week. LCS commissioner Chris Greeley explained that this change was made to give less popular teams and players more exposure and opportunities to develop their brand, as most viewers, he argued, only tune in to watch their favorite teams.
Following community feedback and "careful consideration", LCS officials announced that Monday Night League would be changed to Friday Night League for the summer split.

International qualifications

Championship points and the regional finals were removed from the World Championship qualification process. The results of the spring split will only determine the LCS' representative for the Mid-Season Invitational, and will no longer have any part in determining a team's future qualification for the World Championship. The summer champions, runners-up and third place team will qualify for the World Championship as the LCS' first, second and third seeds respectively.

Broadcasting

The English broadcast is available on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch and YouTube. On January 20, Riot Games announced their official partnership with Chinese streaming service Huya, giving them exclusive rights to the Chinese broadcast. On April 8, it was announced that the spring playoffs would be aired on ESPN2 and the ESPN App.

Spring

Teams and rosters

Regular season

Playoffs

Ranking

Summer

Teams and rosters

Regular season