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).
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. It was later announced on 18 February that the 2020 season would officially begin on 29 February.
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, 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. Five days later, Machi Esports was announced as G-Rex's replacement.
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 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
Playoffs Format: Double elimination Top two teams qualify for the 2020 Mid-Season Showdown
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.
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
Playoffs Format: Double elimination Top two teams qualify for the 2020 World Championship
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
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