2024 LCS season
LeagueLCS
SportLeague of Legends
Number of teams8

The 2024 LCS season will be the 12th season of the League Championship Series (LCS), a North American professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. The season is divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split will begin on January 20, 2024. For the first time since 2014, the league will have eight teams competing instead of 10.

League changes

Teams

Following the end of 2023 season, TSM sold their LCS franchise slot to Shopify Rebellion.[1] In addition, on November 19, 2023, Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses exited the LCS, as their third-party administrator agreement with Riot Games was terminated. With not enough time to fill the two vacancies, the league announced that they would continue with eight teams for the 2024 season.[2] The 2024 season marks the first time in a decade that the LCS had only eight teams competing in the league.[3]

Commissioner

On December 13, 2023, Riot Games has announced that Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman would be the new commissioner for the LCS. His appointment followed the departure of Jackie Felling, who stepped down from the commissioner position in summer 2023 due to health-related complications.[4]

Spring

The Spring Split regular will begin on January 20, 2024.[5]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PCT
1 100 Thieves 0 0 0 —
2 Cloud9 0 0 0 —
3 Counter Logic Gaming 0 0 0 —
4 Dignitas 0 0 0 —
5 FlyQuest 0 0 0 —
6 Immortals 0 0 0 —
7 Shopify Rebellion 0 0 0 —
8 Team Liquid 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LoL Esports

Broadcast

The LCS will return to Saturday and Sunday broadcasts after a year of weekday broadcasts. Riot Games announced the decision to revert to the original Saturday and Sunday broadcast days in response to widespread feedback from the North American League of Legends community. The move to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday broadcasts in the previous year faced backlash from fans, contributing to a decline in overall viewership. The previous year saw a notable decrease in LCS viewership, reaching its lowest levels in peak viewership and average viewer counts over the last six seasons.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Jay (September 21, 2023). "Iconic League of Legends team TSM replaced by Shopify in pro league". The Verge. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ Xu, Davide (November 21, 2023). "Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians leave LCS, franchise league to operate with eight teams". Esports Insider. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ Geracie, Nick (November 20, 2023). "LCS Will Drop to 8 Teams in 2024 — Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses Exit". Esports Illustrated. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ Geracie, Nick (December 12, 2023). "LCS Names MarkZ New Commissioner". Esports Illustrated. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ Esguerra, Tyler (December 12, 2023). "When does 2024 LCS Spring Split start? Full 2024 LCS season schedule". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  6. ↑ Esguerra, Tyler (December 12, 2023). "LCS returns to weekend scheduling for 2024 LoL season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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