At Worlds 2020, a strong representation from the LPL showed promise for the region’s dominance and strength in the scene. Accordingly, heading into next season, high expectations are inevitable. Indeed, it all kicks off with the LPL 2021 Spring Season – don’t worry, we’ve got your covered with How to Watch!
Event Background
The LPL 2021 Spring Season will act as the beginning to the ninth year of competitive League of Legends in the Chinese regions. Just like last year, a total of 17 teams are back to compete, and here they are:
- Bilibili Gaming
- EDward Gaming
- eStar
- FunPlus Phoenix
- Invictus Gaming
- JD Gaming
- LGD Gaming
- LNG Esports
- Oh My God
- Rare Atom
- Rogue Warriors
- RNG
- Suning
- Team WE
- Top Esports
- TT
- Victory Five
Like last year, the majority of competition aims to be offline though this is not fully clear so far. What is factual is that the Spring season will run from 9th January up to 28th March. This should be followed up by a Split which teams will seed for.
Format
The format is also remaining the same from last year. Accordingly, a single round robin will take place across three months, with BO3 matches. Basically, this means that each team will face every single other team once. With no second chances, you cannot afford to lose big match-ups.
Teams will be fighting for a top 8 spot in order to qualify for the next stage of competition.
Note that TieBreaker Rules are the same as follows: same number of wins will be broken by game differential and head to head record secondly. No extra matches will be hosted for tiebreakers.
Schedule for the LPL 2021 Spring Season (CET)
All games are spread out across 10 weeks of scheduled matches, providing an insane number of viewership to fans. Below find the first two weeks of the LPL 2021 Spring Season here:
Week 1
Saturday 9th January
- Top Esports vs Suning (10:00)
- OMG vs EDward Gaming (12:00)
Sunday 10th January
- Team WE vs Rogue Warriors (10:00)
- JD Gaming vs Invictus Gaming (12:00)
Week 2
Monday 11th January
- Bilibili Gaming vs eStar Gaming (10:00)
- TT vs Royal Never Give Up (12:00)
Tuesday 12th January
- OMG vs FunPlus Phoenix (10:00)
- Rogue Warriors vs Top Esports (12:00)
Wednesday 13th January
- Team WE vs Victory Five (10:00)
- LNG Esports vs Invictus Gaming (12:00)
Thursday 14th January
- JD Gaming vs Bilibili Gaming (10:00)
- Royal Never Give Up vs Suning (12:00)
Friday 15th January
- Rogue Warrios vs eStar Gaming (10:00)
- Top Esports vs Rare Atom (12:00)
Saturday 16th January
- Victory Five vs LGD Gaming (10:00)
- EDward Gaming vs FunPlus Phoenix (12:00)
Sunday 17th January
- LNG Esports vs TT (10:00)
- Team WE vs Invictus Gaming (12:00)
Watch the LPL 2021 Spring stream on esportsguide.com
You can also watch the LPL 2021 Spring 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.
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Predictions
Wow, the LPL know how to kick off a season. Indeed, the LPL 2021 Spring stream will start through an absolutely massive match between Top Esports and Suning.
Naturally, yes, the top contenders are Top Esports and Suning following their performance at Worlds 2020. However, we shouldn’t overlook the competition within the LPL.
Accordingly, I’d like to highlight JD Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix and Invictus Gaming as teams to watch out for that can make a mark. However, competitive League of Legends changes every year, and so have the rosters.
Do note that the best team from the region of last year, Suning, starting the year in the LPL 2020 Spring season with an 11th place finish.
