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

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]

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

Teams and rosters

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
South Korea 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

  • 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[lower-alpha 1] 6 12 −6 Start in losers' bracket
8 Hong Kong Attitude[lower-alpha 1] 6 12 −6
9 Liyab Esports[lower-alpha 1] 6 12 −6
10 Resurgence 5 13 −8
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 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

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

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

Teams and rosters

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

  • 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[lower-alpha 1] 7 11 −4
6 Nova Esports[lower-alpha 1] 7 11 −4
7 Hong Kong Attitude[lower-alpha 1] 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:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 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

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

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

  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. 1 2 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.
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