# 2020 LCK season

The 2020 LCK season was the ninth year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.
The spring split began on 5 February and was scheduled to end with the spring finals on 13 April; however, the regular season was suspended for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and the split instead concluded on 25 April.
The summer split began on 17 June and concluded with the summer finals on 5 September.

## Spring
### Promotion

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Qualifying matches | Qualifying matches | Qualifying matches |
| LCK | Hanwha Life Esports | 1 | | | |
| CK | APK Prince | 2 | | | |
| CK | APK Prince | 2 | W1 | APK Prince | 3 |
| Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | W1 | APK Prince | 3 |
| Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | W2 | Jin Air Green Wings | 1 |
| LCK | Jin Air Green Wings | 2 | W2 | Jin Air Green Wings | 1 |
| CK | Team Dynamics | 0 | | | |
| L1 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 | | | |
| L2 | Team Dynamics | 1 | | | |
| L2 | Team Dynamics | 1 | L3 | Jin Air Green Wings | 0 |
| Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | L3 | Jin Air Green Wings | 0 |
| Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | W3 | Hanwha Life Esports | 3 |

### Regular season

| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gen.G | 14 | 4 | 10 | Advance to Finals |
| 2 | T1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs Round 2 |
| 3 | DragonX | 14 | 4 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs Round 1 |
| 4 | KT Rolster | 10 | 8 | 2 | Advance to Wild Card |
| 5 | DAMWON Gaming | 9 | 9 | 0 | Advance to Wild Card |
| 6 | Afreeca Freecs | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
| 7 | APK Prince | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
| 8 | Hanwha Life Esports | 6 | 12 | −6 | |
| 9 | SANDBOX Gaming | 5 | 13 | −8 | Drop to promotion tournament |
| 10 | Griffin | 5 | 13 | −8 | Drop to promotion tournament |

### Playoffs

| Wild Card | Wild Card | Wild Card | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 2 | Playoffs Round 2 | Playoffs Round 2 | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Gen.G | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | T1 | 3 | 2 | T1 | 3 |
| | | | 3 | DragonX | 3 | 3 | DragonX | 1 | | | |
| 4 | KT Rolster | 1 | 5 | DAMWON Gaming | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | DAMWON Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

## Summer
### Promotion

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Qualifying matches | Qualifying matches | Qualifying matches |
| LCK | SANDBOX Gaming | 0 | | | |
| CK | Team Dynamics | 2 | | | |
| CK | Team Dynamics | 2 | W1 | Team Dynamics | 2 |
| Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | W1 | Team Dynamics | 2 |
| Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | Winner's bracket | W2 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 |
| LCK | Griffin | 1 | W2 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 |
| CK | Seorabeol Gaming | 2 | | | |
| L1 | SANDBOX Gaming | 2 | | | |
| L2 | Griffin | 0 | | | |
| L2 | Griffin | 0 | L3 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 |
| Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | L3 | Seorabeol Gaming | 0 |
| Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | Loser's bracket | W3 | SANDBOX Gaming | 3 |

### Regular season

| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DAMWON Gaming | 16 | 2 | 14 | Advance to Finals |
| 2 | DRX | 15 | 3 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs Round 2 |
| 3 | Gen.G | 14 | 4 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs Round 1 |
| 4 | T1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | Advance to Wild Card |
| 5 | Afreeca Freecs | 10 | 8 | 2 | Advance to Wild Card |
| 6 | KT Rolster | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
| 7 | SANDBOX Gaming | 7 | 11 | −4 | |
| 8 | Team Dynamics | 5 | 13 | −8 | |
| 9 | Hanwha Life Esports | 2 | 16 | −14 | |
| 10 | SeolHaeOne Prince | 1 | 17 | −16 | |

### Playoffs

| Wild Card | Wild Card | Wild Card | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 1 | Playoffs Round 2 | Playoffs Round 2 | Playoffs Round 2 | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | DAMWON Gaming | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | DRX | 3 | 2 | DRX | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Gen.G | 3 | 3 | Gen.G | 2 | | | |
| 4 | T1 | 1 | 5 | Afreeca Freecs | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Afreeca Freecs | 2 | | | | | | | | | |