LCK Challengers League to embark on a six-month season journey from the 31st
Mar 26, 2025
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Like LCK, it will operate as a single season from this year, and will continue for about six months until the end of September. The competition is divided based on the MSI (Mid Season Invitational).
Prior to MSI, 10 LCK CL teams will play the first and second rounds in a double round robin method. After that, depending on the performance, the top five teams are divided into 'Challenge Group' and the bottom five teams are divided into 'Trial Group', and from the third round after MSI, the game will be played in a triple round robin manner within each group. Finally, the players of the season and the teams that advance to the playoffs will be determined by adding up their performances to the fifth round.
Regular season results 'Challenge Group' 1st and 2nd place go straight to the second round of the playoffs, while 3rd and 4th place go to the first round of the playoffs. Meanwhile 'Challenge Group'5th place and 'Trial Group'1st to 3rd place advance to the season play-in. The winning team in the play-in winner will be the fifth seed in the playoffs, and the winning team in the final round will be the sixth seed in the playoffs. The play-in and playoff will be played in a dual tournament and double elimination method, respectively, and will be played in the best-of-five series of all games.
LCK CL will open the regular season with a game between T1 Esports Academy and KT Rolster at 2 p.m. on the 31st. The match between Nongshim Red Force and OK Savings Bank Brion is scheduled at 4 p.m., and DRX and Hanwha Life e-Sports at 6 p.m.
The LCKCL regular season offline game will be held at WDG Studio Hongdae in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Tickets for on-site viewing can be booked at the ticket link 72 hours before the start of the game and can be issued at the on-site kiosk. The ticket price is 10,000 won for R seats, and you can purchase up to 4 tickets per person.
Like the kickoff, Sim Ji-soo, caster Lee Sung-hoon and Kim Dong-joon, and commentators for `New Clear' Shin Jung-hyun and 'Kuro' Lee Seo-haeng will participate as the broadcast team, and announcers Kwon Yi-seul and Kim Ok-young will be joined as interviewers. Live online broadcasts are available on Naver esports, LCK CL official YouTube, SOOP, and CGIC.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
