League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK)

The League of Legends Champions Korea, commonly known as the LCK, is the top-flight League of Legends league in South Korea, with events running for most of 2025. Some of the best teams in the world participate in the League of Legends Champions Korea every year, and the league has a major impact on international tournaments. LCK betting sites will often have extensive odds available, both prior to tournaments starting (outright winner, MVP, most kills betting, etc.) and on match day (moneylines, handicaps, head-to-head betting, etc.).

The LCK is one of the most watched leagues around the world, as they feature many of the world’s top teams and feature multiple international winners of the Mid-Season Invitational and LoL Worlds. Our guide below will discuss the top LCK betting sites, the 2025 teams, give you our latest LCK tips and news, and break down the latest prize-money information.

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LCK Tips

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LCK News

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What is the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK)?

The League of Legends Champions Korea is a 10-team competition that plays each other twice in a nine-week fixture, with all of the regular season series being best-of-three.

After all of the regular season games are completed, every team will be ranked on a table, with positions determined by individual teams’ win-loss records, and any ties will be sorted out by their map difference (+,-).

The top six teams in the standings will qualify for the LCK playoffs, with the top two seeds going straight through to the semi-finals and the remaining teams battling it out in the quarter-finals, with all playoff series played as best-of-five.

All LCK playoff matches are double-elimination best-of-five series, with the champion, runner-up and third-place getter qualifying for LoL Worlds.

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Top LCK betting sites & apps

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The top LCK betting sites will be determined by your location and the laws that they operate under. For instance, the USA has many states that now have regulated sports betting, and in these states there are plenty of legal sportsbooks you can sign up for.

Other places, like South Korea, where the LCK is based, do not have any legal betting options, and those looking to wager on this popular League of Legends series will need to wager with offshore online bookies. This does not mean that these LCK betting sites will be any less safe; it simply means that you should do your homework before wagering with them, because the ones that accept Korean bets are based in places like Curacao and Costa Rica.

LCK bet types available at the top League of Legends betting sites, like bet365 (bet365 review) and Betway (betway review), include match lines, most kills, map winners, and then “exotics” like barons, inhibitors, towers,** and dragons on map 1 (or whatever map you are up to).

Most LCK betting can be done via esports betting apps, with this being no surprise given over 70% of all esports bets are done via mobile in 2025. These betting apps are generally for popular Android smartphones (Huawei, Samsung, etc.) and, in some places, Apple smartphones operating off the iOS operating system.

Another huge plus to wagering on LCK via online betting sites is that they generally have payment options that suit players from all round the world. For instance, Australian bookmakers have got commonly used deposit options like Paypal, ApplePay and debit cards and locally-backed payment processors like POLi.

The best LCK betting sites will also often give punters the ability to switch their odds types with the click of a button, so you should be able to view match prices in the format you understand.

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LCK Odds

LCK odds are not available. ESB will update this page when the odds are released.

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LCK Teams

The LCK commences in January every year. The teams set to participate include:

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LCK Prize Pool Distribution

The presently announced prize pools (in US dollars) for the 2025 LCK season are as follows:

• First Place – $215,978
• Second Place – $107,989
• Third Place – $53,994
• Fourth Place – $26,997

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History of LCK champions

The LCK has been running since 2012, with a spring and summer split played every year, outside of 2013 and 2014, where a winter split was also played. The LCK Cup was introduced in 2025.

LCK Cup

• 2025 – Hanwha Life Esports

Spring Champions

• 2012 – MiG Blaze
• 2013 – MVP Ozone
• 2014 – Samsung Galaxy Blue
• 2015 – SK Telecom T1
• 2016 – SK Telecom T1
• 2017 – SK Telecom T1
• 2018 – Kingzone Dragon X
• 2019 – SK Telecom T1
• 2020 – T1
• 2021 – DWG KIA
• 2022 – T1
• 2023 – Gen.G
• 2024 – Gen.G

Summer Champions

• 2012 – Azubu Frost
• 2013 – SK Telecom T1 2
• 2014 – KT Rolster Arrows
• 2015 – SK Telecom T1
• 2016 – ROX Tigers
• 2017 – Longzhu Gaming
• 2018 – KT Rolster
• 2019 – SK Telecom T1
• 2020 – Damwon Gaming
• 2021 – DWG KIA
• 2022 – Gen.G
• 2023 – Gen.G
• 2024 – Hanwha Life Esports

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How to watch the LCK

Every game of the LCK is broadcast live on the official LCK twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/lck) and their official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/LCKglobal).

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Other League of Legends series by region

While the LCK is the main League of Legends series in Korea, there is plenty of other strong competitions based in other places around the world.

The other League of Legends events to keep an eye on are:

• China: League of Legends Pro League (LPL)
• The Americas: League of Legends Championship of the Americas (LTA)
• Europe: League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC)
• Pacific: League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP)