This photo shows a media session held on Jan. 10, 2024 in Seoul, a few days ahead of the opening of the League of Legends Champions Korea. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean spring league of League of Legends’ (LoL) 2024 season kicked off in Seoul on Wednesday to distinguish teams to play in the mid-season invitational (MSI) slated for May.
The opening game for LoL Champions Korea (LCK) spring split between Nongshim RedForce and DRX began at 5 p.m. in the LCK Arena in central Seoul.
In the spring season, 10 teams, including last year’s champion Gen.G and runner-up T1, will play a total of 90 games, and the upper six will move on to the play-offs set to begin March 30, according to the event’s organizer.
The finals will be held April 14.
The organizer said this year’s spring league winner and runner-up will win tickets to the MSI, which will be held in Chengdu, China, in May.
The MSI ticket is important as the winner of the event will go straight to the LoL World Championship set to take place in the second half of the year.
Gen.G and T1, last year’s top two, will clash in LCK spring’s second game set to take place right after the first game is over.
T1 has four world titles in LoL championships, including last year’s, and is led by start player “Faker,” or Lee Sang-hyeok.
Gen.G won the LoL Worlds twice, in 2014 and 2017.
(Yonhap)
