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2024 LCS season#Spring

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2024 LCS season

| logo =

| league = LCS

| caption =

| sport = League of Legends

| duration = {{ubl|January 20 – March 31 (Spring)
June 15 – September 7 (Summer)}}

| no_of_matches =

| no_of_teams = 8

| season = Spring Split

| season_champ_name = Champions

| season_champs = Team Liquid

| second_place = FlyQuest

| top_seed = FlyQuest

| MVP = Lim "Quid" Hyeon-seung

| MVP_link =

| season2 = Summer Split

| season_champ2_name = Champions

| season_champs2 = FlyQuest

| second_place2 = Team Liquid

| top_seed2 = Team Liquid

| MVP2 = Jeong "Impact" Eon-young

| MVP_link2 =

| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = LCS

| prevseason_link = 2023 LCS season

| prevseason_year = 2023

| nextseason_link =

| nextseason_year =

}}

The 2024 LCS season was the 12th, and final, season of the League Championship Series (LCS), a North American professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split ran from January 20 to March 31, 2024. For the first time since 2014, the league had eight teams competing instead of 10.

League changes

= Teams =

Following the 2023 season, TSM sold their LCS franchise slot to Shopify Rebellion.{{cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Jay |title=Iconic League of Legends team TSM replaced by Shopify in pro league |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23883238/league-of-legends-lcs-tsm-replaced-shopify-rebellion |access-date=December 13, 2023 |work=The Verge |date=September 21, 2023 |language=en}} In addition, on November 19, 2023, Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses exited the LCS, as their third-party administrator agreement with Riot Games was terminated. With not enough time to fill the two vacancies, the league announced that they would continue with eight teams for the 2024 season.{{cite news |last1=Xu |first1=Davide |title=Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians leave LCS, franchise league to operate with eight teams |url=https://esportsinsider.com/2023/11/evil-geniuses-golden-guardians-leave-lcs-8-teams-2024 |access-date=December 13, 2023 |work=Esports Insider |date=November 21, 2023}} The 2024 season marks the first time in a decade that the LCS had only eight teams competing in the league.{{cite news |last1=Geracie |first1=Nick |title=LCS Will Drop to 8 Teams in 2024 — Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses Exit |url=https://esi.si.com/league-of-legends/lcs-2024-8-teams |access-date=December 14, 2023 |work=Esports Illustrated |date=November 20, 2023 |language=en}}

= Commissioner =

On December 13, 2023, Riot Games has announced that Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman would be the new commissioner for the LCS. His appointment followed the departure of Jackie Felling, who stepped down from the commissioner position in summer 2023 due to health-related complications.{{cite news |last1=Geracie |first1=Nick |title=LCS Names MarkZ New Commissioner |url=https://esi.si.com/league-of-legends/markz-lcs-commissioner |access-date=December 14, 2023 |work=Esports Illustrated |date=December 12, 2023 |language=en}}

Spring

The Spring Split regular season ran from January 20 to March 10, 2024. The regular season followed a double round-robin tournament format, with each team playing each other twice. All matches were best-of-one. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, with the top four teams starting in the upper bracket, and the following two starting in the lower bracket.{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=When does 2024 LCS Spring Split start? Full 2024 LCS season schedule |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/when-does-2024-lcs-spring-split-start-full-schedule |access-date=December 14, 2023 |work=Dot Esports |date=December 12, 2023}} The Spring Split Finals took place on March 31 at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Richman |first1=Olivia |title=LCS Announces Further Reductions — Limited Road Shows Amidst Layoffs |url=https://esi.si.com/league-of-legends/no-lcs-road-shows |access-date=February 27, 2024 |work=Esports Illustrated |date=January 31, 2024 |language=en}}

= Regular season =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=none|ranking_style=perc

| update = complete | source = [https://lolesports.com/standings/lcs/lcs_spring_2024/regular_season LoL Esports]

| team2 = 100 | name_100 = 100 Thieves

| team3 = C9 | name_C9 = Cloud9

| team6 = DIG | name_DIG = Dignitas

| team1 = FLY | name_FLY = FlyQuest

| team8 = IMT | name_IMT = Immortals

| team5 = NRG | name_NRG = NRG Esports

| team7 = SR | name_SR = Shopify Rebellion

| team4 = TL | name_TL = Team Liquid

| win_100 = 10 | loss_100 = 4

| win_C9 = 8 | loss_C9 = 6

| win_DIG = 6 | loss_DIG = 9

| win_FLY = 10 | loss_FLY = 4

| win_IMT = 4 | loss_IMT = 10

| win_NRG = 7 | loss_NRG = 8

| win_SR = 5 | loss_SR = 9

| win_TL = 7 | loss_TL = 7

| result1 = UB | result2 = UB

| result3 = UB | result4 = UB

| result5 = LB | result6 = LB

| res_col_header = Q

| col_UB = green1 | text_UB = Upper bracket semifinals

| col_LB = blue1 | text_LB = Lower bracket quarterfinals

}}

= Playoffs =

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim | upperstyle = 3

| boldwinner = high

| RD1 = Upper semifinals

| RD1b = Lower quarterfinals

| RD2b = Lower semifinals

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = FlyQuest

| RD1-score1 = 3

| RD1-seed2 = 4

| RD1-team2 = Team Liquid

| RD1-score2 = 2

| RD1-seed3 = 2

| RD1-team3 = 100 Thieves

| RD1-score3 = 0

| RD1-seed4 = 3

| RD1-team4 = Cloud9

| RD1-score4 = 3

| RD1b-seed1 = 2

| RD1b-team1 = 100 Thieves

| RD1b-score1 = 3

| RD1b-seed2 = 5

| RD1b-team2 = NRG Esports

| RD1b-score2 = 2

| RD1b-seed3 = 4

| RD1b-team3 = Team Liquid

| RD1b-score3 = 3

| RD1b-seed4 = 6

| RD1b-team4 = Dignitas

| RD1b-score4 = 0

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = FlyQuest

| RD2-score1 = 3

| RD2-seed2 = 3

| RD2-team2 = Cloud9

| RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2b-seed1 = 2

| RD2b-team1 = 100 Thieves

| RD2b-score1 = 1

| RD2b-seed2 = 4

| RD2b-team2 = Team Liquid

| RD2b-score2 = 3

| RD3b-seed1 = 3

| RD3b-team1 = Cloud9

| RD3b-score1 =0

| RD3b-seed2 = 4

| RD3b-team2 = Team Liquid

| RD3b-score2 =3

| RD4-seed1 = 1

| RD4-team1 = FlyQuest

| RD4-score1 =1

| RD4-seed2 = 4

| RD4-team2 =Team Liquid

| RD4-score2 =3

}}

= Final standings =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! width=28 | {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

! width=190 | Team

! Qualification

style="background-color:#BBF3BB;"

| 1

| style="text-align:left"| Team Liquid

| 2024 Mid-Season Invitational bracket stage

style="background-color:#BBF3FF;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left"| FlyQuest

| 2024 Mid-Season Invitational play-in stage

3

| style="text-align:left"| Cloud9

| rowspan="4"|

4

| style="text-align:left"| 100 Thieves

rowspan="2" | 5–6

| style="text-align:left"| NRG Esports

style="text-align:left"| Dignitas

Summer

= Regular season =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=none|ranking_style=perc

| update = complete | source = [https://lolesports.com/standings/lcs/lcs_summer_2024/regular_season LoL Esports]

| team5 = 100 | name_100 = 100 Thieves

| team2 = C9 | name_C9 = Cloud9

| team4 = DIG | name_DIG = Dignitas

| team3 = FLY | name_FLY = FlyQuest

| team8 = IMT | name_IMT = Immortals

| team6 = NRG | name_NRG = NRG Esports

| team7 = SR | name_SR = Shopify Rebellion

| team1 = TL | name_TL = Team Liquid

| win_100 = 3 | loss_100 = 4

| win_C9 = 6 | loss_C9 = 1

| win_DIG = 3 | loss_DIG = 4

| win_FLY = 5 | loss_FLY = 2

| win_IMT = 1 | loss_IMT = 6

| win_NRG = 2 | loss_NRG = 5

| win_SR = 1 | loss_SR = 6

| win_TL = 7 | loss_TL = 0

| result1 = US | result2 = US

| result3 = UQ | result4 = UQ

| result5 = UQ | result6 = UQ

| res_col_header = Q

| col_US = green1 | text_US = Upper bracket semifinals

| col_UQ = green2 | text_UQ = Upper bracket quarterfinals

}}

= Playoffs =

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim| lowerstyle = 2

| boldwinner = high

| RD1 = Upper quarterfinals

| RD2 = Upper semifinals

| RD2b = Lower quarterfinal

| RD3b = Lower semifinal

| RD1-seed1 = 4

| RD1-team1 = Dignitas

| RD1-score1 = 0

| RD1-seed2 = 5

| RD1-team2 = 100 Thieves

| RD1-score2 = 3

| RD1-seed3 = 3

| RD1-team3 = FlyQuest

| RD1-score3 = 3

| RD1-seed4 = 6

| RD1-team4 = NRG

| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD1b-seed1 = 4

| RD1b-team1 = Dignitas

| RD1b-score1 = 3

| RD1b-seed2 = 6

| RD1b-team2 = NRG

| RD1b-score2 = 2

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = Team Liquid

| RD2-score1 = 3

| RD2-seed2 = 5

| RD2-team2 = 100 Thieves

| RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-seed3 = 2

| RD2-team3 = Cloud9

| RD2-score3 = 1

| RD2-seed4 = 3

| RD2-team4 = FlyQuest

| RD2-score4 = 3

| RD2b-seed1 = 5

| RD2b-team1 = 100 Thieves

| RD2b-score1 = 3

| RD2b-seed2 = 4

| RD2b-team2 = Dignitas

| RD2b-score2 = 2

| RD3-seed1 = 1

| RD3-team1 = Team Liquid

| RD3-score1 = 3

| RD3-seed2 = 3

| RD3-team2 = FlyQuest

| RD3-score2 = 2

| RD3b-seed1 = 2

| RD3b-team1 = Cloud9

| RD3b-score1 = 1

| RD3b-seed2 = 5

| RD3b-team2 = 100 Thieves

| RD3b-score2 = 3

| RD4b-seed1 = 3

| RD4b-team1 = FlyQuest

| RD4b-score1 = 3

| RD4b-seed2 = 5

| RD4b-team2 = 100 Thieves

| RD4b-score2 = 0

| RD5-seed1 = 1

| RD5-team1 = Team Liquid

| RD5-score1 = 1

| RD5-seed2 = 3

| RD5-team2 = FlyQuest

| RD5-score2 = 3

}}

{{resize|Source: [https://lolesports.com/standings/lcs/lcs_summer_2024/playoffs LoL Esports]}}

= Final standings =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! width=28 | {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

! width=190 | Team

! Qualification

style="background-color:#BBF3BB;"

| 1

| style="text-align:left"| FlyQuest

| rowspan="2" | 2024 World Championship Swiss Stage

style="background-color:#BBF3BB;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left"| Team Liquid

style="background-color:#BBF3FF;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left"| 100 Thieves

| 2024 World Championship Play-In Stage

4

| style="text-align:left"| Cloud9

| rowspan="3" |

5

| style="text-align:left"| Dignitas

6

| style="text-align:left"| NRG

Awards

;Spring

  • Most Valuable Player: Quid, 100 Thieves{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=Quid wins 2024 LCS Spring MVP in second split in NA |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/quid-wins-2024-lcs-spring-mvp-in-second-split-in-na |access-date=April 8, 2024 |work=Dot Esports |date=March 29, 2024}}
  • Coaching Staff of the Split: 100 Thieves{{cite news |title=2024 LCS Spring Split Awards |url=https://lolesports.com/article/2024-lcs-spring-split-awards/blt693e75257b5fa651 |access-date=April 8, 2024 |work=LoL Esports |date=March 21, 2024}}

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;Summer

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Broadcast

The LCS will return to Saturday and Sunday broadcasts after a year of weekday broadcasts. Riot Games announced the decision to revert to the original Saturday and Sunday broadcast days in response to widespread feedback from the North American League of Legends community. The move to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday broadcasts in the previous year faced backlash from fans, contributing to a decline in overall viewership. The previous year saw a notable decrease in LCS viewership, reaching its lowest levels in peak viewership and average viewer counts over the last six seasons.{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=LCS returns to weekend scheduling for 2024 LoL season |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/breaking-lcs-returns-to-weekend-scheduling-for-2024-lol-season |access-date=December 14, 2023 |work=Dot Esports |date=December 12, 2023}}

References

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