With many League of Legends regions kicking off the competition, there’s a lot to pick from across multiple franchised leagues. Accordingly, North American LoL is looking to take things up a notch this year starting next week – read on as we preview how to watch the LCS Spring 2023 event below!
Event Background
Overall, the North American LCS is late to the party compared to other regions to kick off their first split. Notably, this is the 12th season of the LCS.
Regardless, the event hosted by Riot Games looks to entertain one of the most popular regions in LoL esports. Hosted offline in Los Angeles, USA, the event will take place from 26th January to 17th March.
Here, with $200,000 on the line, the following franchised teams will compete:
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Dignitas
- Evil Geniuses
- FlyQuest
- Golden Guardians
- Immortals
- Team Liquid
- TSM
Apart from the prize on the line, do note that the top 2 teams will qualify for the international Mid-Season Invitational. Read on as we discuss the format and schedule below.
Format
In summary, the format is remaining relatively unchanged from prior seasons.
Accordingly, the first stage will involve a Group Stage. More specifically, a double round robin will take place meaning that teams will face one another a total of twice – a total of 18 matches each which are all BO1.
From this stage, teams progress based on their performances, with only the top 6 moving on to the Playoffs:
- 1-4th seeded into the Semifinals
- 5-6th seeded into Losers’ Round 1
Once in the Playoffs, teams will have to compete in the double elimination bracket where all matches are BO5.
For those unaware, a double elimination implies that those in the Winners’ bracket (1-4 seeds) can afford one loss to be dropped into the Losers’ bracket. Once here, an additional loss results in elimination.
As we’ll reiterate, apart from the regional pride, the top 2 teams will qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational 2023.
Schedule for the LCS Spring 2023
With regards to the schedule, there are a tonne of matches to look forward to. Bearing this in mind, find the first Week of matches listed below (CET):
January 26th
- 100 Thieves vs Cloud9 (21:00)
- Golden Guardians vs Evil Geniuses (22:00)
- FlyQuest vs Team Liquid (23:00)
- CLG vs Dignitas (00:00)
- TSM vs Immortals (01:00)
January 27th
- FlyQuest vs 100 Thieves (21:00)
- TSM vs CLG (22:00)
- Evil Geniuses vs Cloud9 (23:00)
- Dignitas vs Team Liquid (00:00)
- Immortals vs Golden Guardians (01:00)
For the entire split schedule, we recommend visiting the LoL Esports page here.
Watch the LCS Spring 2023 on esportsguide
You can also watch the event live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
When it comes to predictions, it’s always difficult to predict teams ahead of a new competition. Considering the number of roster changes and the changing title, we’re curious to see how our expectations are changed.
Specifically, our general expectations for this event are based on the LCS Summer 2022 event – the last time these teams faced off:
- 1st – Cloud9
- 2nd – 100 Thieves
- 3rd – Evil Geniuses
- 4th – Team Liquid
We can’t wait to see how the LCS takes off this season.
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