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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.
The LCK released the full schedule for the upcoming split. Here’s everything you need to know about the LCK 2022 Summer Split.
A guide to 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.
Format
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
LCK 2022 Summer Split: Teams and standings
Schedule for LCK Summer Split
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
Week 2: 22nd June to 26th June
Week 3: 29th June to 3rd July
Week 4: 6th July to 10th July
Week 5: 13th July to 17th July
Week 6: 20th July to 24th July
Week 7: 27th July to 31st July
Week 8: 3rd August to 7th August
Week 9: 10th August to 14th August
Where to watch
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.
