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2020 PCS season

The 2020 PCS season was the first year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. The PCS was created in late 2019 as a merger between the League of Legends Master Series (LMS) and League of Legends SEA Tour (LST).[1]

2020 PCS season
LeaguePacific Championship Series
SportLeague of Legends
Duration29 February – 3 May (Spring)
20 June – 30 August (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
Season champions Talon Esports
  Runners-up Machi Esports
Summer
Season champions Machi Esports
  Runners-up PSG Talon
PCS seasons

The spring regular season was initially set to begin on 8 February but was postponed until further notice on 29 January due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] It was later announced on 18 February that the 2020 season would officially begin on 29 February.[4]

The spring split began with the first day of the spring regular season on 29 February and concluded with the spring finals on 3 May. The summer split began with the first day of the summer regular season on 20 June and concluded with the summer finals on 30 August.

Talon Esports was the PCS' representative at the 2020 Mid-Season Showdown. Machi Esports and PSG Talon were the PCS' first and second seeds, respectively, at the 2020 World Championship.

Spring edit

Teams and rosters edit

G-Rex was originally announced as one of the PCS' ten franchise partners,[5][6] but on 25 September 2019 it was announced that the team had disbanded and forfeited its spot in the PCS as a result of internal restructuring by their parent company Emperor Esports Stars.[7] Five days later, Machi Esports was announced as G-Rex's replacement.[4]

Teams Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
  ahq eSports Club   Ziv   Kongyue   Uniboy   Wako   Ysera   GreenTea
  Alpha Esports   Rock   CatJug   Assassin   Atlen   Kino   Radiance
  J Team   Rest   Hana   Nestea   Lilv   Woody   Coldicee
  Machi Esports   PK   Gemini   M1ssion   Bruce   Koala   Dreamer
  Hong Kong Attitude   3z   Holo
  Kabuu 		  Chase
  JimieN 		  MnM   Wing   Skywalk
  Talon Esports   Hanabi   River   Candy   Unified   Kaiwing   Bigfafa
  Berjaya Dragons   Azhi   Enso   Maoan
  Minji 		  K2   Chilly   Paul
  Liyab Esports   Kaigu
  Kurd 		  DoeDoii   Rex   Exosen   Hamez   Cabbage
  Nova Esports   Rockky   Ryan   G4   MixcrosS   PoP   Warlock
  Resurgence   Shinsekai   Epic
  Gengar 		  Raven   Mexi   Dennis
  Do1u1u 		  Crowe
Source: LoL Esports

Regular season standings edit

  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   Machi Esports 15 3 12 Advance to winners' bracket second round
2   ahq eSports Club 14 4 10
3   Talon Esports 13 5 8 Start in winners' bracket
4   Berjaya Dragons 10 8 2
5   Alpha Esports 8 10 −2
6   Nova Esports 7 11 −4
7   J Team[a] 6 12 −6 Start in losers' bracket
8   Hong Kong Attitude[a] 6 12 −6
9   Liyab Esports[a] 6 12 −6
10   Resurgence 5 13 −8
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Hong Kong Attitude, J Team, and Liyab Esports were in a three-way-tie for seventh place at the end of the regular season. Because all three teams had a tied head-to-head record (1–1) with the other two, placement in the subsequent tiebreaker matches was determined by the combined game time of each team's wins. J Team was awarded a bye to the second match for having the shortest total, and auto-qualified for playoffs.
Seventh place tiebreaker (Match 1) Seventh place tiebreaker (Match 2)
1   J Team W
2   Liyab Esports L   Hong Kong Attitude L
3   Hong Kong Attitude W

Playoffs edit

Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Semifinals (WB, BO5)Finals (BO5)
1.  Machi Esports3
4.  Berjaya Dragons2R1  Berjaya Dragons0
5.  Alpha Esports1R2  Machi Esports3
R2  Talon Esports2
2.  ahq eSports Club2
3.  Talon Esports2R1  Talon Esports3
6.  Nova Esports0
WB  Machi Esports2
LB  Talon Esports3
Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO3)Round 3 (BO3)Semifinals (LB, BO5)
R1  Alpha Esports1
7.  J Team1WB  ahq eSports Club2R3  ahq eSports Club2
WB  Alpha Esports2R2  ahq eSports Club2WB  Talon Esports3
R2  Hong Kong Attitude0
R1  Hong Kong Attitude2
8.  Hong Kong Attitude2WB  Berjaya Dragons0
WB  Nova Esports0

Ranking edit

Place Team Prize (USD) Prize share Qualification
1st   Talon Esports $30,000 37.5% 2020 Mid-Season Showdown
2nd   Machi Esports $14,000 17.5% 2020 Mid-Season Showdown
3rd   ahq eSports Club $10,000 12.5%
4th   Hong Kong Attitude $7,000 8.75%
5th–6th   Alpha Esports $4,500 5.625%
  Berjaya Dragons
7th–8th   J Team $3,000 3.75%
  Nova Esports
9th   Liyab Esports $2,000 2.5%
10th   Resurgence

Summer edit

Teams and rosters edit

Prior to the start of the summer split, Talon Esports announced that its League of Legends team had partnered with PSG Esports and would henceforth compete as PSG Talon.[8][9]

Teams Players Coach
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
  ahq eSports Club   Leaky
  Ziv 		  Kongyue   Uniboy   Wako   Ysera   GreenTea
  Zero
  Alpha Esports   Bush   World6
  YourRiver 		  Chen9   WeiLun   Yursan   Xiaoya
  J Team   Rest   Hana   Nestea   Lilv   Woody   Coldicee
  Ratis
  Machi Esports   PK   Gemini   M1ssion   Bruce   Koala   Dreamer
  Mountain
  Hong Kong Attitude   Kartis   Holo   MoonBlack   MnM   Tak
  Wing 		  Skywalk
  PSG Talon   Hanabi   River   Candy
  Tank 		  Unified   Kaiwing   Bigfafa
  Saroo
  Berjaya Dragons   Azhi   Enso   Maoan   K2   Chilly
  Do1u1u 		  Axin
  Paul
  Liyab Esports   Kanji   Doedoii   Rex   Dawn   Mocha   Cabbage
  Tgee
  Nova Esports   Rockky   Ryan   G4   Coldenfeet   PoP   DeuL
  WarL0cK
  Resurgence   Shinsekai   Epic   Raven   Mexi
  Quake 		  BoxeR
  Kusuo 		  Jensen
  OMO

Regular season standings edit

  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   J Team 15 3 12 Advance to winners' bracket second round
2   ahq eSports Club 14 4 10
3   PSG Talon 14 4 10 Start in winners' bracket
4   Machi Esports 13 5 8
5   Alpha Esports[a] 7 11 −4
6   Nova Esports[a] 7 11 −4
7   Hong Kong Attitude[a] 7 11 −4 Start in losers' bracket
8   Berjaya Dragons 6 12 −6
9   Liyab Esports 4 14 −10 Drop to promotion tournament
10   Resurgence 3 15 −12
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Alpha Esports, Hong Kong Attitude, and Nova Esports were in a three-way-tie for fifth place at the end of the regular season. Alpha Esports was awarded a bye to the second tiebreaker match for having the best head-to-head record with the other two teams.
Fifth place tiebreaker (Match 1) Fifth place tiebreaker (Match 2)
1   Alpha Esports W
2   Nova Esports W   Nova Esports L
3   Hong Kong Attitude L
Second place tiebreaker
  ahq eSports Club W
  PSG Talon L

Playoffs edit

Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Semifinals (WB, BO5)Finals (BO5)
1.  J Team1
4.  Machi Esports2R1  Machi Esports3
5.  Alpha Esports1R2  Machi Esports2
R2  PSG Talon3
2.  ahq eSports Club2
3.  PSG Talon2R1  PSG Talon3
6.  Nova Esports0
WB  PSG Talon0
LB  Machi Esports3
Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Round 3 (BO5)Semifinals (LB, BO5)
R1  Nova Esports0
7.  Hong Kong Attitude0WB  J Team3R3  J Team0
WB  Nova Esports2R2  J Team3WB  Machi Esports3
R2  ahq eSports Club1
R1  Berjaya Dragons1
8.  Berjaya Dragons2WB  ahq eSports Club3
WB  Alpha Esports0

Ranking edit

Place Team Prize (USD) Prize share Qualification
1st   Machi Esports $30,000 37.5% 2020 World Championship main event
2nd   PSG Talon $14,000 17.5% 2020 World Championship play-in stage
3rd   J Team $10,000 12.5%
4th   ahq eSports Club $7,000 8.75%
5th–6th   Berjaya Dragons $4,500 5.625%
  Nova Esports
7th–8th   Alpha Esports $3,000 3.75%
  Hong Kong Attitude
9th   Liyab Esports $2,000 2.5%
10th   Resurgence

References edit

  1. ^ "全新聯賽將於 2020 年啟動，聯合LMS及LST全面提高戰區戰力". 《英雄聯盟 LoL》官方網站 - 全球第一多人連線遊戲，挑戰你的電子競技夢想！ (in Chinese (Taiwan)). LoL Esports; Garena TW. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ Lunardi, Lara (29 January 2020). "League of Legends: The Pacific Championship Series has announced the postponing of its Spring Split due to the risks of a Coronavirus outbreak in the region". Inven Global. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Start of PCS postponed due to coronavirus". Field Level Media via Reuters. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b Garnace, Simon Juleovenz (18 February 2020). "PCS Starts Inaugural Season On 29th February, Machi Esports Joins As 10th Slot". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Chen, Ethan (22 December 2019). "League of Legends Pacific Championship Series teams revealed for 2020". Daily Esports. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ^ Tuting, Kristine (19 December 2019). "Here are the teams for the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS) 2020". ONE Esports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  7. ^ Geracie, Nick (13 February 2020). "League of Legends: [OFFICIAL] G-Rex disbands; withdraws from PCS as part of parent company's restructuring". Inven Global. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ^ Ashton, Graham (18 June 2020). "PSG Enters League of Legends Pacific Championship Series With Talon Esports". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (18 June 2020). "Paris-Saint Germain re-enters League of Legends by partnering with PCS' Talon Esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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