| 2024 LEC season | |
|---|---|
| League | LEC |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration |
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| Number of teams | 10 |
The 2024 LEC season is the 12th season of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. The season is divided into three splits, Winter, Spring, and Summer, and will culminate with the LEC Season Finals.
Three team changes occurred leading up to the 2024 season, with Astralis selling their LEC franchise slot to Karmine Corp, KOI effectively rebranding to Rogue, and Excel Esports rebranding to GiantX.
League changes
Format and eligibility
In contrast to previous season, the LEC merged the group and playoff stages into one double-elimination tournament playoff for the 2024 season. It will maintain the same number of best-of-three and best-of-five series as the previous year. Additionally, teams that can face can face each other in the upper bracket of the playoffs will not face each other in the lower bracket, aside from the lower bracket final. The league also put increased emphasis on the Summer Split, with winner of the Summer Finals automatically qualifying for the 2024 World Championship and giving both the second- and third-place finishers in the Summer Split Playoffs a spot in the LEC Season Finals as well. Additionally, any ties in Championship Points heading into the LEC Season Finals are broken by which team earned the higher number of Championship Points in Summer.[1][2]
The league increased the time in between the Winter and Spring splits and Spring and the Mid-Season Invitational by one week. The break between Summer split and the LEC Season Finals will be shortened by one week.[1]
The LEC also increased the minimum age requirement to compete from 17 to 18. Riot said the reason for the age limit increase was to "enable teams and the LEC to explore additional revenue opportunities."[3]
Teams
Several team changes occurred heading into the 2024 season. In October 2023, La Ligue Française team Karmine Corp purchased the LEC franchise slot of Astralis.[4] The following month, KOI ended their partnership with Infinite Reality, splitting their esports assets. With the split, Infinite Reality retained the LEC franchise position and reverted their branding back to Rogue.[5] In December 2023, Excel Esports and Giants Gaming merged. As a result, LEC franchise Excel Esports rebranded to GiantX.[6]
Winter
The Winter Split regular season will begin on 13 January 2024, with all matches taking place at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany. The split will conclude with the Winter Split Final on 18 February.[7]
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fnatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | G2 Esports | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | GiantX | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Karmine Corp | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | MAD Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Rogue | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | SK Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 8 | Team BDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 9 | Team Heretics | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 10 | Team Vitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Playoffs
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| Lower round 1 | Lower quarterfinals | Lower semifinals | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
References
- 1 2 Ciocchetti, Cecilia (6 December 2023). "LEC addresses fan concerns with format, schedule changes for 2024". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "2024 LEC Season Changes: All you need to know". LoL Esports. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Šimić, Ivan (7 December 2023). "Riot Games unveils changes to LEC for 2024, including minimum player age increase". Esports Insider. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Fudge, James (18 October 2023). "Riot Games Approves Astralis Transfer of LEC Slot to Karmine Corp". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Daniels, Thomas (22 November 2023). "Rogue returns following KOI and Infinite Reality split". Esports Insider. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Šimić, Ivan (14 December 2023). "EXCEL ESPORTS and Giants Gaming merge to form GIANTX". Esports Insider. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Fudge, James (14 December 2023). "Riot Reveals 2024 LEC Winter Split Dates". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved 5 January 2024.