League of Legends Champions Korea
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea
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| Formerly | League of Legends Champions |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Owner(s) | Riot Games, KeSPA |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | Korea |
| Venue(s) | Seoul OGN e-Stadum, Nexon Arena |
| Most recent champion(s) |
ROX Tigers (1st title) |
| Most titles | SK Telecom T1 (5 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | OGN, SPOTV Games |
| Sponsor(s) | Coca-Cola Zero |
| Relegation to | Challengers Korea |
| Official website | http://program.interest.me/ongamenet/lolchamps |
League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) (Hangul: 리그 오브 레전드 챔피언스 코리아), previously known as Ongamenet LCK (OGN) from their sponsorship by Ongamenet, is the top level of professional League of Legends competition in Korea. Games are played out of the Yongshan e-Sports Stadium in Yongsan District, Seoul. The LCK is usually regarded as the strongest LoL league in the world.League of Legends developer Riot Games provides an English language broadcast of LCK games.
The tournament officially launched in March 2012 and is now in its third season, just recently ending with OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012–13. Continuing their sponsorship from OLYMPUS to hold OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 and eventually switching to Hot6ix to hold Hot6ix Champions Summer 2013. It changed to Pandora to hold Pandora Champions winter 2013 - 2014. After Pandora, sponsor changed to Hot6ix again. Hot6ix holds a Hot6ix Champions spring 2014. Continuing their sponsorship to Hot6ix summer 2014. In 2015, sponsor changed to SBENU. SBENU holds SBENU Champions spring 2015. Also SBENU continued to hold SBENU Champions summer 2015. Recently in 2016, Lotte Confectionery holds a Lotte Confectionery Champions Spring 2016. The most recent series is Coca Cola Zero League of Legends Championship 2016 which ran from 29th May to August 20th.
OGN held the LoL Champions Korea in 2012. The first season started with Azubu the Champions Spring 2012. There are three competitions in one year(spring, summer, winter) except at fall when LoL World Championship held.
Past LoL champions Korea was a game to earn the circuit points to enter the LoL World Championship. Teams can earn the circuit point with reaching 1~4place. First place: 400 points, second place: 225 points, third place: 150 points, fourth place: 100 points. There are three competitions in one year, so it means that they add all of the circuit points that teams get in one year.
In Azubu the Champions Spring 2012 and Azubu the Champions Summer 2012, they invited some abroad teams to make Knockout Stage system. After season 3, there was no abroad teams in LoL Champions Korea. Just 12 teams join the game. They divide with two groups and drop the 5,6 places in two groups. Then do the Quarterfinals with 8 teams. The system no longer in works.
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