4 League of Legends seasons into the brand new decade, and the LCK is continuous one of the crucial spectacular ongoing streaks within the esport following in the present day’s semifinal win by T1 over JD Gaming.
For the fourth consecutive 12 months, a Korean League crew can be current within the Worlds finals, with T1 representing the area for a second straight season. Final 12 months, T1 was certainly one of two Korean squads in an all-LCK bout between them and DRX, and on Nov. 19, they’ll look to earn redemption from final 12 months’s near-win after they tackle Weibo Gaming.
On this decade, a crew from the LCK has made it to the finals in all 4 seasons, with three totally different franchises—DAMWON, DRX, and T1—reaching the head match. Amongst these three, T1 is the one one to not win the Summoner’s Cup within the 2020s but.
League of Legends Worlds finals individuals and outcomes within the 2020s
| Yr | Champion | Runner-up |
| 2020 | DAMWON Gaming (LCK) | Suning (LPL) |
| 2021 | Edward Gaming (LPL) | DWG KIA (LCK) |
| 2022 | DRX (LCK) | T1 (LCK) |
| 2023 | TBD | TBD |
Korean groups had a Worlds finals streak by means of the near-entirety of the 2010s, however it went chilly in 2018 and 2019 when the finals featured matchups between Chinese language and European groups in these seasons. For almost all of the earlier decade, T1 (then generally known as SK Telecom T1) was certainly one of, if not the only LCK representatives within the finals, as they reached the final match in 4 of the six seasons between 2012 and 2017.
This marks the second time in franchise historical past that T1 has reached the Worlds finals in back-to-back seasons. The crew did so first in 2015 and 2016 after they received consecutive titles over fellow LCK groups KOO Tigers and Samsung Galaxy.
In truth, subsequent weekend’s remaining will mark the primary time in 10 seasons that the T1 organizations will play a Worlds finals match towards a non-domestic opponent. In 2013, SKT beat Royal Membership to win their first worldwide title, however in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2022, the group confronted off towards certainly one of their Korean leaguemates.
Three of the 4 seasons within the 2020s have featured a world remaining between a Korean and Chinese language crew, and equally to Worlds 2020—which came about in Shanghai—one of many areas can have home-field benefit in subsequent weekend’s sequence, as T1 can have the possibility to win all of it on house soil. For the primary time in his profession, T1 mid laner Faker can be taking part in for the Summoner’s Cup in his house nation, with subsequent week’s remaining being performed in Seoul.
T1 and Weibo Gaming will battle within the 2023 Worlds remaining subsequent Sunday, Nov. 19.