2022 LCS season

The 2022 LCS season is the fifth year of North America's League Championship Series, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends, under partnership and the tenth overall.

2022 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 14–30 (Lock In)
February 5 – April 24 (Spring)
June 18 – August 20 (Summer)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)English: Twitch, YouTube
Lock In
WinnerTeam Liquid
  Runners-upEvil Geniuses
Spring
WinnerEvil Geniuses
  Runners-up100 Thieves
Top seedTeam Liquid

The Lock In tournament began on January 14 and concluded on January 30 with Team Liquid defeating Evil Geniuses 3–0.[1]

The spring regular season began on February 5 and will conclude with the Mid-Season Showdown, which will start on April 2 and finish on April 24 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[2]

The summer split will begin on June 18 and will finish with the Summer Playoffs, which will begin on August 20 and conclude with the Summer Finals.[3]

League changes

On November 16, 2021, Riot announced the official format for the 2022 season, shortly after the conclusion of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. Returning for the second year was the Lock In, acting as a preseason tournament which does not affect the regular season standings. The winner and runners-up of the Summer Final from the previous season, 100 Thieves and Team Liquid alternately chose from a pool of the remaining 8 teams in the league, as to who would be in their individual groups. Each group would play each opponent in their own group once, in a four-day single Round Robin. The top four teams from each group would then be seeded into an eight-team, single-elimination bracket. The winner of the bracket would receive a cash prize of US$150,000 and be named the 2nd ever Lock In Champion.[4]

Additionally, some changes introduced in 2021 were reverted, namely the combination of records from the Spring and Summer Splits to decide seeding for the Summer Playoffs. Once again each Split will consist of an 18-game double round robin, and Spring record will affect the Mid Season Showdown, while success in the Summer Split will be the only factor in seeding for the Summer Playoffs.[5]

As 2022 was the tenth anniversary of the League Championship Series, Riot announced a new LCS logo alongside "year-long celebrations planned" for the league.[6]

Broadcasting

The English broadcast is available for live viewing on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch and YouTube. VOD's are also posted on LoL Esports and on YouTube.[7] A Spanish broadcast was produced by the LCS team FlyQuest.[8]

Lock In

Group stage
Group A
Pos Team W L Pts
1 100 Thieves 3 1 2
2 Cloud 9 3 1 2
3 FlyQuest 2 2 0
4 Golden Guardians 1 3 −2
5 Team SoloMid 1 3 −2
Source: LoL Esports
Group B
Pos Team W L Pts
1 Evil Geniuses 4 0 4
2 Team Liquid 3 1 2
3 Counter Logic Gaming 2 2 0
4 Dignitas 1 3 −2
5 Immortals 0 4 −4
Source: LoL Esports
  • Tiebreakers were based off head-to-head record

Knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 100 Thieves 0
B4 Dignitas 2
Dignitas 1
Team Liquid 3
B2 Team Liquid 2
A3 FlyQuest 0
Team Liquid 3
Evil Geniuses 0
B1 Evil Geniuses 2
A4 Golden Guardians 0
Evil Geniuses 3
Cloud9 0
A2 Cloud9 2
B3 Counter Logic Gaming 1

Spring

Teams and rosters
Teams Roster Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Counter Logic Gaming Jenkins Contractz Palafox Luger Poome Thinkcard
Team SoloMid Huni Spica Keiaduo
Takeover		 Tactical Shenyi
Yursan		 Chawy
Cloud9 Summit Blaber Fudge Berserker Winsome
Isles		 LS[lower-alpha 1]
Max Waldo
Team Liquid Bwipo Santorin Bjergsen Hans Sama CoreJJ
Eyla		 Guilhoto
FlyQuest Kumo Josedeodo Toucouille Johnsun Aphromoo Sharkz
100 Thieves Ssumday
Tenacity		 Closer Abbedagge FBI Huhi Reapered
Golden Guardians Licorice Pridestalkr Ablazeolive Lost Olleh Inero
Dignitas FakeGod River Blue Neo Biofrost Enatron
Evil Geniuses Impact Inspired Jojopyun Danny Vulcan Peter Dun
Immortals Revenge Xerxe PowerOfEvil WildTurtle
Arrow		 Destiny Invert

Regular season
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team Liquid 14 4 10 Start in winners' bracket
2 Cloud9 13 5 8
3 100 Thieves 12 6 6
4 Evil Geniuses 9 9 0
5 Golden Guardians 9 9 0 Start in losers' bracket
6 FlyQuest 9 9 0
7 Dignitas 8 10 −2
8 Counter Logic Gaming 6 12 −6
9 Team SoloMid 5 13 −8
10 Immortals 5 13 −8
Source: LoL Esports

Playoffs
WB First Round
   
2 Cloud9 0
3 100 Thieves 3
WB First Round
   
1 Team Liquid 3
4 Evil Geniuses 2
LB First Round
   
4 Evil Geniuses 3
6 FlyQuest 1
LB First Round
   
2 Cloud9 3
5 Golden Guardians 0
  Second Round Third Round Finals
                           
3 100 Thieves 3  
1 Team Liquid 2         WB 100 Thieves 0
      WB Team Liquid 0   LB Evil Geniuses 3
  LB Evil Geniuses 3  
2 Cloud9 0
LB Evil Geniuses 3  

Awards
AwardPlayerTeam
MVP TBDTBD
Coaching Staff of the Split TBDTBD
1st Team All-Pro SummitCloud9
BlaberCloud9
BjergsenTeam Liquid
Hans SamaTeam Liquid
CoreJJTeam Liquid

[9]

References
  1. "2022 LCS Format Update". LolEsports. 6 November 2021.
  2. "Riot Announces the 2022 LCS Mid-Season Showdown". Dot Esports. 18 August 2021.
  3. "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. Çakır, Gökhan (12 January 2021). "How to watch the LCS 2021 Lock In: Format, schedule, and more". Dot Esports.
  5. "2022 LCS Format Update". LolEsports. 6 November 2021.
  6. Garcia, Ethan (2022-01-03). "Year-long celebrations planned for 10th anniversary of LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  7. Tyler, Josh (15 January 2021). "LCS 2021: Where, When, and How to Watch the LCS Lock-In Tournament". Blog of Legends.
  8. Geracie, Nick (4 February 2021). "FlyQuest to produce Spanish co-stream for 2022 LCS season". www.invenglobal.com.
  9. Kelly, Michael (2022-04-01). "C9, Liquid dominate 2022 LCS Spring Split All-Pro teams". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  1. LS was released from Cloud9 on February 19.
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