With the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2022 tournament concluded, all the regions across the world are gearing up for the big Summer Split, the most-important season before the World Championship. Major regions including North America’s League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), Europe’s League of Legends European Championship (LEC), and Korea’s League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) have already announced the start dates of their league’s 2022 Summer Split.
The LCK will kick off its 2022 Summer Split on 15th June though many expected the split to start a week earlier than the actual start date. However, with the 2022 Asian Games standing indefinitely postponed, the LCK has gone with a later date.
Earlier on 3rd June, all the teams participating in the LCK and the LCK Challengers League submitted their first-round rosters for the upcoming split.
On 7th June, the league wrote on Twitter, “We look forward to seeing #LCK fans again for the return of Summer starting June 15th!” It added that the LCK MSI representative’s – T1 – first match shall take place on Friday (17th June) to give the team considerable time to rest between tournaments.
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The LCK released the full schedule for the upcoming split. Here’s everything you need to know about the LCK 2022 Summer Split.
The LCK 2022 Summer Split is the second split of the 2022 competitive season and the second year of Korea's professional league under the partnership program. Ten teams will be competing in a round-robin group stage before the playoffs.
Ten teams participate
Double round-robin setup
Matches are best-of-three
The top six teams qualify for LCK Summer Playoffs
Top two teams receive a bye to the semifinals
S. no | Team | Record |
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1 | GEN.G (GEN) | 17-1 |
2 | T1 | 15-3 |
3 | Liiv SANDBOX (LSB) | 13-5 |
4 | DWG KIA (DK) | 10-8 |
5 | KT Rolster (KT) | 10-8 |
6 | DRX | 9-9 |
7 | Kwangdong Freecs (KDF) | 6-12 |
8 | Nongshim RedForce (NS) | 5-13 |
9 | Fredit BRION (BRO) | 3-15 |
10 | Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) | 2-16 |
The LCK kicks off its Summer Split on 15th June with a best-of-three (BO3) series between Kwangdong Freecs (KDF) and Hanwha Life Esports (HLE).
Week 1: 15th June to 19th June
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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15th June | KDF vs HLE | 10.00 am | 2-1 | KDF |
NS vs DRX | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | DRX | |
16th June | KT vs GEN | 10.00 am | 0-2 | GEN |
BRO vs DK | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | DK | |
17th June | LSB vs KDF | 10.00 am | 2-0 | LSB |
T1 vs NS | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 | |
18th June | GEN vs HLE | 10.00 am | 2-0 | GEN |
DRX vs BRO | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | DRX | |
19th June | KT vs T1 | 10.00 am | 1-2 | T1 |
DK vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | DK |
Week 2: 22nd June to 26th June
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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22nd June | GEN vs DK | 10.00 am | 2-1 | GEN |
BRO vs KT | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | KT | |
23rd June | KDF vs NS | 10.00 am | 0-2 | NS |
T1 vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 | |
24th June | HLE vs DRX | 10.00 am | 1-2 | DRX |
BRO vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | GEN | |
25th June | DK vs T1 | 10.00 am | 0-2 | T1 |
LSB vs KT | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | LSB | |
26th June | HLE vs NS | 10.00 am | 1-2 | NS |
DRX vs KDF | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | DRX |
Week 3: 29th June to 3rd July
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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29th June | LSB vs DRX | 10.00 am | 2-1 | LSB |
KDF vs T1 | 01.00 pm | 2-1 | KDF | |
30th June | BRO vs HLE | 10.00 am | 1-2 | HLE |
NS vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | GEN | |
1st July | KT vs DK | 10.00 am | 0-2 | DK |
T1 vs DRX | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 | |
2nd July | LSB vs BRO | 10.00 am | 2-0 | LSB |
GEN vs KDF | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | GEN | |
3rd July | DK vs NS | 10.00 am | 2-0 | DK |
KT vs HLE | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | KT |
Week 4: 6th July to 10th July
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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6th July | NS vs KT | 10.00 am | 1-2 | KT |
KDF vs BRO | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | KDF | |
7th July | DK vs DRX | 10.00 am | 1-2 | DRX |
HLE vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 1-2 | LSB | |
8th July | GEN vs T1 | 10.00 am | 1-2 | T1 |
KDF vs KT | 01.00 pm | 2-1 | KDF | |
9th July | NS vs LSB | 10.00 am | 0-2 | LSB |
HLE vs DK | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | DK | |
10th July | DRX vs GEN | 10.00 am | 0-2 | GEN |
T1 vs BRO | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 |
Week 5: 13th July to 17th July
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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13th July | HLE vs T1 | 10.00 am | 1-2 | T1 |
GEN vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | GEN | |
14th July | KT vs DRX | 10.00 am | 2-1 | KT |
DK vs KDF | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | DK | |
15th July | BRO vs NS | 10.00 am | 2-0 | BRO |
LSB vs HLE | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | LSB | |
16th July | KT vs KDF | 10.00 am | 2-0 | KT |
DRX vs T1 | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | T1 | |
17th July | DK vs BRO | 10.00 am | 2-0 | DK |
GEN vs NS | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | GEN |
Week 6: 20th July to 24th July
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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20th July | BRO vs DRX | 10.00 am | 1-2 | DRX |
NS vs DK | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | DK | |
21st July | T1 vs KDF | 10.00 am | 2-1 | T1 |
HLE vs KT | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | KT | |
22nd July | LSB vs GEN | 10.00 am | 0-2 | GEN |
DRX vs DK | 01.00 pm | 2-1 | DRX | |
23rd July | BRO vs T1 | 10.00 am | 1-2 | T1 |
KT vs NS | 01.00 pm | 2-1 | KT | |
24th July | KDF vs LSB | 10.00 am | 0-2 | LSB |
HLE vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | GEN |
Week 7: 27th July to 31st July
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
---|---|---|---|---|
27th July | T1 vs KT | 10.00 am | 2-1 | T1 |
DK vs HLE | 01.00 pm | 2-1 | DK | |
28th July | LSB vs NS | 10.00 am | 1-2 | NS |
GEN vs DRX | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | GEN | |
29th July | BRO vs KDF | 10.00 am | 1-2 | KDF |
DK vs KT | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | KT | |
30th July | DRX vs LSB | 10.00 am | 1-2 | LSB |
T1 vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | GEN | |
31st July | HLE vs KDF | 10.00 am | 1-2 | KDF |
NS vs BRO | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | BRO |
Week 8: 3rd August to 7th August
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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3rd August | LSB vs DK | 10.00 am | 2-0 | LSB |
KDF vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | GEN | |
4th August | KT vs BRO | 10.00 am | 2-1 | KT |
T1 vs HLE | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 | |
5th August | DRX vs NS | 10.00 am | 2-1 | DRX |
DK vs GEN | 01.00 pm | 1-2 | GEN | |
6th August | HLE vs BRO | 10.00 am | 1-2 | BRO |
KT vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 1-2 | LSB | |
7th August | NS vs T1 | 10.00 am | 1-2 | T1 |
KDF vs DRX | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | DRX |
Week 9: 10th August to 14th August
Date | Match | Time (CET) | Score | Winner |
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10th August | GEN vs BRO | 10.00 am | 2-0 | GEN |
LSB vs T1 | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | LSB | |
11th August | KDF vs DK | 10.00 am | 0-2 | DK |
DRX vs KT | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | KT | |
12th August | NS vs HLE | 10.00 am | 2-0 | NS |
BRO vs LSB | 01.00 pm | 0-2 | LSB | |
13th August | GEN vs KT | 10.00 am | 2-1 | GEN |
T1 vs DK | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | T1 | |
14th August | DRX vs HLE | 10.00 am | 1-2 | HLE |
NS vs KDF | 01.00 pm | 2-0 | NS |
Fans can watch the LCK 2022 Summer Split live on the official LCK channel on Twitch once the league kicks off on 15th June. You can also check out the match highlights and other related videos on LCK Global YouTube channel.