2024 LCK season

2024 LCK season
2024 LCK season
League	LCK
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	17 January – 14 April (Spring); 12 June – 14 September; (Summer);
Number of teams	10
Spring
Season champions	Gen.G
Runners-up	T1
Season MVP	Chovy (Gen.G)
Summer
Season champions	Hanwha Life Esports
Runners-up	Gen.G
Season MVP	Chovy (Gen.G)
LCK seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 LCK season was the 13th season of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), a professional South Korean esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. The season is divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on 17 January 2024 and culminated with the playoff finals on 14 April. The Summer Split began on 12 June and ended with the Summer Grand Final on 14 September.

League changes

Teams

Liiv Sandbox rebranded its esports team FearX heading into the 2024 season,^[1] which became BNK FearX on 23 May in time for the Summer Split.

Salary cap

In response to financial challenges faced by LCK organizations, such as Gen.G's CEO Arnold Hur revealing that his team had "never turned a profit" despite leading in sponsorship revenue, the LCK implemented a hard salary cap for starting rosters and a luxury tax system for the 2024 season. The salary cap will be calculated based on the total salary paid to the starting roster, excluding substitutes or benched players. It consists of a minimum level, set at 70% of a team's revenue earned in 2022, and an upper limit. Teams exceeding the maximum cap will incur a luxury tax, which will be redistributed to teams that stayed within the limit. However, to be eligible for a share of the luxury tax, teams must reach the minimum level of the salary cap. There is no individual cap on a player's salary, only for the entire team, and there are exceptions and bonuses based on player achievements.^[2]

Spring

The Spring Split regular season ran from 17 January to 24 March 2024. The 10 teams played a total of 90 games, and all regular season games were played in a best-of-three format. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, which took place from 30 March to 14 April 2024.^[1] The top two teams from the playoffs advanced to the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational.^[3]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	Gen.G	18	17	1	.944	Advance to upper semifinals
2	T1	18	15	3	.833	Advance to upper semifinals
3	Hanwha Life Esports	18	15	3	.833	Advance to upper quarterfinals
4	KT Rolster	18	11	7	.611
5	Dplus Kia	18	9	9	.500
6	Kwangdong Freecs	18	7	11	.389
7	FearX	18	6	12	.333
8	Nongshim RedForce	18	4	14	.222
9	DRX	18	3	15	.167
10	OKSavingsBank Brion	18	3	15	.167

Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs


Upper quarterfinals			Upper semifinals			Upper final			Final



			1	Gen.G	3

3	Hanwha Life Esports	3	5	Dplus KIA	2

6	Kwangdong Freecs	0				1	Gen.G	3
			Top seed selects opponent
						3	Hanwha Life Esports	1

			2	T1	0

4	KT Rolster	2	3	Hanwha Life Esports	3

5	Dplus Kia	3
									1	Gen.G	3

									2	T1	2

			Lower semifinals			Lower final




						3	Hanwha Life Esports	1

			5	Dplus KIA	0	2	T1	3

			2	T1	3

Source: LoL Esports

Summer

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	Gen.G	18	17	1	.944	Advance to upper semifinals
2	Hanwha Life Esports	18	14	4	.778	Advance to upper semifinals
3	Dplus Kia	18	13	5	.722	Advance to upper quarterfinals
4	T1	18	11	7	.611
5	KT Rolster	18	9	9	.500
6	BNK FearX	18	8	10	.444
7	Kwangdong Freecs	18	7	11	.389
8	Nongshim RedForce	18	5	13	.278
9	DRX	18	4	14	.222
10	Ok SavingBank Brion	18	2	16	.111

Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs


Upper quarterfinals			Upper semifinals			Upper final			Final



			1	Gen.G	3

3	Dplus Kia	3	3	Dplus Kia	0

6	BNK FearX	1				1	Gen.G	3
			Top seed selects opponent
						2	Hanwha Life Esports	1

			2	Hanwha Life Esports	3

4	T1	3	4	T1	0

5	KT Rolster	1
									1	Gen.G	2

									2	Hanwha Life Esports	3

			Lower semifinals			Lower final




						2	Hanwha Life Esports	3

			3	Dplus Kia	1	4	T1	1

			4	T1	3

Source: LoL Esports

World Championship qualification

Championship points

Pos	Team	Spr	Sum	Total	Qualification
1	Hanwha Life Esports	50	AQ	AQ	2024 World Championship
2	Gen.G	90	100	190	2024 World Championship
3	T1	70	80	150	Advance to regional qualifier upper Round 1
4	Dplus Kia	30	50	80	Advance to regional qualifier upper Round 1
5	KT Rolster	20	30	50	Advance to regional qualifier lower Round 1
6	BNK FearX	0	10	10	Advance to regional qualifier lower Round 1
7	Kwangdong Freecs	10	0	10
8	Nongshim RedForce	0	0	0
9	DRX	0	0	0
10	Ok SavingBank Brion	0	0	0

Source: 2024 LCK Rulebook

Regional qualifier

The regional qualifier is a tournament consisting of the top four teams in the LCK based on championship points that had not directly qualified for the 2024 World Championship. The top two teams face off, and the winner earns a spot in the World Championship. Simultaneously, the bottom two teams played against each other, with the losing team being eliminated. The remaining two teams then compete for the last LCK spot in the 2024 World Championship.


Round 1			Round 2			Advance to Worlds



3	T1	2
						Dplus Kia
4	Dplus Kia	3

			3	T1	3
						T1
			5	KT Rolster	2

5	KT Rolster	3

6	FearX	0

Source: LoL Esports

Awards

Spring

Most Valuable Player: Chovy, Gen.G^[4]
Player of the Split: Chovy, Gen.G^[4]

1st Team All-Pro:^[4]
- T Kiin, Gen.G
- J Canyon, Gen.G
- M Chovy, Gen.G
- B Peyz, Gen.G
- S Keria, T1

2nd Team All-Pro:^[4]
- T Zeus, T1
- J Oner, T1
- M Faker, T1
- B Viper, Hanwha Life Esports
- S Lehends, Gen.G

3rd Team All-Pro:^[4]
- T Doran, Hanwha Life Esports
- J Peanut, Hanwha Life Esports
- M Zeka, Hanwha Life Esports
- B Gumayusi, T1
- S Delight, Hanwha Life Esports

Summer

Most Valuable Player: Peyz, Gen.G
Player of the Split: Chovy, Gen.G
Rookie of the Year: Lucid, Dplus Kia

1st Team All-Pro:
- T Kiin, Gen.G
- J Canyon, Gen.G
- M Chovy, Gen.G
- B Peyz, Gen.G
- S Lehends, Gen.G

2nd Team All-Pro:
- T Doran, Hanwha Life Esports
- J Peanut, Hanwha Life Esports
- M Zeka, Hanwha Life Esports
- B Viper, Hanwha Life Esports
- S Delight, Hanwha Life Esports

3rd Team All-Pro:
- T Kingen, Dplus Kia
- J Oner, T1
- M Bdd, KT Rolster
- B Aiming, Dplus Kia
- S Keria, T1

References

^ ^a ^b Cha, Jong-kwan (January 4, 2024). "2024 LCK 스프링 1월 17일 개막…젠지-T1 맞대결" [2024 LCK Spring opens on January 17th... Gen.G-T1 showdown]. Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ Taifalos, Nicholas (July 19, 2023). "LCK brings in salary cap for LoL teams, will punish offenders with 'luxury tax'". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ Jang, David (April 14, 2024). "All teams qualified for MSI 2024". InvenGlobal. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lee, Yong-jun (March 26, 2024). "'쵸비' 정지훈, 스프링 정규 리그 MVP...어워드 '싹쓸이 3관왕'" ['Chovy' Jeong Ji-hoon, spring regular league MVP... won three awards in a 'sweep']. The Korea Daily (in Korean). Retrieved March 30, 2024.

[Cha-1] Cha, Jong-kwan (January 4, 2024). "2024 LCK 스프링 1월 17일 개막…젠지-T1 맞대결" [2024 LCK Spring opens on January 17th... Gen.G-T1 showdown]. Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[2] Taifalos, Nicholas (July 19, 2023). "LCK brings in salary cap for LoL teams, will punish offenders with 'luxury tax'". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[3] Jang, David (April 14, 2024). "All teams qualified for MSI 2024". InvenGlobal. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[Spring_Awards-4] Lee, Yong-jun (March 26, 2024). "'쵸비' 정지훈, 스프링 정규 리그 MVP...어워드 '싹쓸이 3관왕'" ['Chovy' Jeong Ji-hoon, spring regular league MVP... won three awards in a 'sweep']. The Korea Daily (in Korean). Retrieved March 30, 2024.

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