| 2024 LCK season | |
|---|---|
| League | LCK |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration |
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| Number of teams | 10 |
The 2024 LCK season is 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 will begin on 17 January and culminate with the playoff finals on 14 April 2024.
League changes
Teams
Liiv Sandbox rebranded its esports team FearX heading into the 2024 season.[1]
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 will run from 17 January to 24 March 2024. The 10 teams will play a total of 90 games, and all regular season games will be played in a best-of-three format. The top six teams from the regular season will advance to the playoffs, will take place from 30 March to 14 April 2024.[1]
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gen.G | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to upper semifinals |
| 2 | Dplus Kia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | KT Rolster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to upper quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nongshim RedForce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 5 | Hanwha Life Esports | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Kwangdong Freecs | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | FearX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | |
| 8 | OKSavingsBank Brion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | |
| 9 | T1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | |
| 10 | DRX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
Playoffs
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| Lower semifinals | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
References
- 1 2 Cha, Jong-kwan (January 4, 2024). "2024 LCK 스프링 1월 17일 개막…젠지-T1 맞대결". 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.