LJL Spring 2021

• Overview
• Group Stage
• Playoffs
• Statistics

[e][h]LJL Spring 2021

League Information

Series:

LJL

Organizer:

Riot Games

Sponsor:

Yoshimoto
PlayBrain
Alienware
LipovitanD
au
NISSIN
KFC

Game Version:

Patch 11.1 – Patch 11.6

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

 Tokyo

Format:

Group Stage:
Double Round-Robin
Playoffs:
Single Elimination

Number of Teams:

8

Prize Pool:

¥10,000,000 JPY
(≃ $91,190 USD)

Start Date:

2021-01-23

End Date:

2021-04-11

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Chronology

 Summer 2020

Summer 2021 

Format

• Group Stage - January 23rd - March 6th, 2021
  • Double Round Robin
  • Each team plays 14 matches
  • All matches are Bo1
  • 1st to 6th place will play the playoffs
    • 1st and 2nd place are seeded into Winners' Finals
    • 3rd to 6th place are seeded into Losers' Round 1
• Playoffs - March 14th - April 11th, 2021
  • Single Elimination
  • All matches are Bo5
  • Winner qualifies for Mid-Season Invitational 2021

Broadcast Talent

• MCs:
  •  Taketo (Taketo Nakamura)
  •  Mea Shimotsuki 

• Play-by-Play Casters:
  •  eyes (Koji Mitarai)
  •  Jaeger 
  •  katsudion (Tatsuya Yamamoto)

• Color Casters:
  •  Lillebelt (Yosiaki Koka)
  •  Recruit 
  •  Revol (Ryosuke Kakizaki)

Prize Pool

¥10,000,000 JPY are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	¥ JPY	Seed	Team
1st	$91,191	¥10,000,000	MSI	DetonatioN FocusMe
2nd	-	-	-	V3 Esports
3rd	-	-	-	Rascal Jester
4th	-	-	-	Sengoku Gaming
5th-6th	-	-	-	Crest Gaming Act
				Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming
7th	-	-	-	Burning Core
8th	-	-	-	AXIZ

(Converted USD prizes are based on the currency rate on Apr 11, 2021: 1 JPY ≃ 0.00912 USD.)

Roster moves

Roster moves during the off-season

Date Player Old New Ref 2021-01-18 Ino Hoglet Megumiin Honey Nemoh Dice None ⇒ 2021-01-18 Day1 ⇒ None 2021-01-09 Aria C Yang None ⇒ 2020-12-31 C Awaker None ⇒ 2020-12-29 MooJin None ⇒ 2020-12-28 Cassin Naehyun Milan Alchemy C Ping9 A Natsuki None ⇒ 2020-12-28 Nemoh Yoshi Aria ⇒ None 2020-12-27 cogcog Hollow None ⇒ 2020-12-18 apaMEN Zenit Corporal C Squirtle None ⇒ 2020-12-18 C ZanDarC ⇒ None 2020-12-18 C Son None ⇒ 2020-12-18 Mortify A Meat ⇒ None 2020-12-17 C Awaker ⇒ None 2020-12-16 Gaeng None ⇒ 2020-12-14 Gariaru None ⇒ 2020-12-12 Paz Crash Ramune Gango None ⇒ 2020-12-07 Nesuty ⇒ None 2020-12-04 Flaw ⇒ Retired 2020-11-30 C Dragon None ⇒ 2020-11-20 C OnAir ⇒ None

Participating Teams

AXIZ

	Ino
	Hoglet
	Megumiin
	Honey
	Nemoh
SubstitutesStaff

	Dicey
Main RosterStaff

C	Cube
C	Lago
Main RosterSubstitutes

Burning Core

	RayFarky
	Once
	Gariaru
	Yuhi
	Proud
Staff

C	34
Main Roster

C	TBD

Crest Gaming Act

	Nap
	Cassin
	Naehyun
	Milan
	Alchemy
Staff

C	Qoo
C	Ping9
Main Roster

C	TBD

DetonatioN FocusMe

	Evi
	Steal
	Aria
	Yutapon
	Kazu
SubstitutesStaff

	Ceros
	Gaeng
Main RosterStaff

C	Yang
Main RosterSubstitutes

Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS

	apaMEN
	Tussle
	Dasher
	Zenit
	Corporal
Staff

C	Sweet
C	Squirtle
Main Roster

C	TBD

Rascal Jester

	Kinatu
	hachamecha
	Recap
	Ssol
	Secret
Staff

C	VicaL
Main Roster

C	TBD

Sengoku Gaming

	Paz
	Crash
	Ramune
	Gango
	Enty
Staff

C	Son
Main Roster

C	TBD

V3 esports

	Cogcog
	MooJin
	Ace
	Hollow
	Raina
Staff

C	Dragon
Main Roster

C	TBD

Results

Group Stage

Group Stage Week 7 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					2-0
2.	AXIZ					1-1
2.	Burning Core					1-1
2.	Crest Gaming Act					1-1
2.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS					1-1
2.	Rascal Jester					1-1
2.	V3 Esports					1-1
8.	Sengoku Gaming					0-2
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					4-0
2.	V3 Esports					3-1
3.	Crest Gaming Act▼1					2-2
4.	AXIZ▼2					2-2
5.	Rascal Jester▼3					2-2
6.	Sengoku Gaming▲2					1-3
7.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS▼5					1-3
8.	Burning Core▼6					1-3
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					6-0
2.	V3 Esports					4-2
3.	Crest Gaming Act					3-3
4.	AXIZ					3-3
5.	Rascal Jester					3-3
6.	Sengoku Gaming					2-4
7.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS					2-4
8.	Burning Core					1-5
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					7-1
2.	V3 Esports					6-2
3.	Rascal Jester▲2					5-3
4.	Sengoku Gaming▲2					4-4
5.	Crest Gaming Act▼2					3-5
6.	AXIZ▼2					3-5
7.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS					2-6
8.	Burning Core					2-6
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					8-2
2.	Rascal Jester▲1					7-3
3.	V3 Esports▼1					7-3
4.	Sengoku Gaming					6-4
5.	Crest Gaming Act					4-6
6.	Burning Core▲2					3-7
7.	AXIZ▼1					3-7
8.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS▼1					2-8
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					10-2
2.	Rascal Jester					9-3
3.	V3 Esports					8-4
4.	Sengoku Gaming					7-5
5.	Crest Gaming Act					5-7
6.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS▲2					3-9
7.	Burning Core▼1					3-9
8.	AXIZ▼1					3-9
1.	DetonatioN FocusMe					12-2
2.	Rascal Jester					10-4
3.	Sengoku Gaming▲1					8-6
4.	V3 Esports▼1					8-6
5.	Crest Gaming Act					7-7
6.	Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS					4-10
7.	Burning Core					4-10
8.	AXIZ					3-11

Show AggregateShow Individual

		0-1 Feb 13	0-1 Jan 23	0-1 Feb 27	0-1 Feb 28	1-0 Jan 31	1-0 Feb 06	0-1 Feb 28		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1
	1-0 Feb 27		0-1 Feb 28	0-1 Feb 06	0-1 Jan 23	0-1 Jan 31	0-1 Feb 28	0-1 Jan 31	2-0 1-0, 1-0		1-1 0-1, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0
	1-0 Mar 06	0-1 Jan 23		0-1 Feb 28	1-0 Feb 27	1-0 Feb 06	1-0 Jan 31	0-1 Feb 27	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0		0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1
	1-0 Feb 06	1-0 Feb 13	1-0 Jan 31		1-0 Mar 06	0-1 Feb 27	1-0 Feb 28	1-0 Mar 06	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0		2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0
	0-1 Jan 23	1-0 Mar 06	1-0 Feb 06	0-1 Jan 31		0-1 Feb 28	0-1 Feb 27	0-1 Feb 06	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1
	1-0 Mar 06	1-0 Feb 27	1-0 Feb 13	0-1 Jan 23	1-0 Feb 13		0-1 Mar 06	1-0 Feb 28	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0		1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0
	1-0 Feb 13	1-0 Feb 06	0-1 Mar 06	1-0 Feb 13	1-0 Jan 31	0-1 Jan 23		1-0 Feb 27	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0		1-1 1-0, 0-1
	1-0 Jan 31	0-1 Mar 06	1-0 Feb 13	0-1 Jan 23	1-0 Feb 13	0-1 Feb 06	1-0 Jan 23		2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1

 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches

Playoffs

Winners' Finals

DetonatioN FocusMe

3

DetonatioN FocusMe

Rascal Jester

March 27, 2021 - 17:00 JST

28:04

28:04

28:46

28:29

·

Rascal Jester

1

Losers' Round 1

Sengoku Gaming

3

Sengoku Gaming

Crest Gaming Act

March 14, 2021 - 17:00 JST

31:42

26:58

26:01

·

Crest Gaming Act

0

V3 Esports

3

V3 Esports

Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming

March 20, 2021 - 17:00 JST

34:38

26:12

36:36

29:37

32:09

·

Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming

2

Losers' Round 2

Sengoku Gaming

2

Sengoku Gaming

V3 Esports

April 4, 2021 - 17:00 JST

33:04

27:03

31:21

30:32

35:57

·

V3 Esports

3

Losers' Finals

Rascal Jester

0

Rascal Jester

V3 Esports

April 10, 2021 - 15:00 JST

29:01

34:16

31:38

·

V3 Esports

3

Grand Finals

DetonatioN FocusMe

3

DetonatioN FocusMe

V3 Esports

April 11, 2021 - 15:00 JST

35:39

30:43

33:22

26:28

·

V3 Esports

1

Additional Data

Viewership Statistics

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers	37 644
Average Viewers	20 382
Hours Watched	2 039 830

Statistics

		Total				Blue Side				Red Side							Match Length (mins)
	Champion	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	Played By	Played With	Played Vs.	<25			25-30			30-35			35-40			40-45			>45
1	Kai'Sa	43	21	22	49%	16	9	7	56%	27	12	15	44%	8 (2-6) 7 (6-1) 7 (1-6) 6 (5-1) 5 (4-1)	13 (7-6) 11 (3-8) 10 (4-6) 9 (6-3) 9 (6-3)	13 (7-6) 12 (5-7) 12 (4-8) 12 (4-8) 10 (4-6)	2	0-2	0%	13	7-6	54%	13	7-6	54%	7	3-4	43%	8	4-4	50%	0	0-0	0%
2	Gnar	40	25	15	63%	14	7	7	50%	26	18	8	69%	9 (8-1) 8 (6-2) 6 (4-2) 6 (4-2) 4 (0-4)	9 (7-2) 9 (6-3) 9 (6-3) 8 (6-2) 8 (4-4)	12 (8-4) 11 (8-3) 9 (5-4) 9 (5-4) 7 (4-3)	1	0-1	0%	11	7-4	64%	16	12-4	75%	7	4-3	57%	5	2-3	40%	0	0-0	0%
3	Rell	39	24	15	62%	23	15	8	65%	16	9	7	56%	8 (7-1) 7 (6-1) 5 (4-1) 4 (2-2) 4 (2-2)	13 (7-6) 10 (7-3) 9 (6-3) 8 (5-3) 8 (5-3)	13 (8-5) 12 (8-4) 11 (7-4) 10 (5-5) 9 (6-3)	3	2-1	67%	12	7-5	58%	14	8-6	57%	7	6-1	86%	3	1-2	33%	0	0-0	0%
4	Udyr	33	16	17	48%	16	11	5	69%	17	5	12	29%	8 (5-3) 5 (3-2) 5 (3-2) 4 (1-3) 4 (0-4)	11 (3-8) 10 (7-3) 9 (2-7) 8 (5-3) 7 (4-3)	12 (6-6) 11 (6-5) 10 (6-4) 9 (7-2) 9 (3-6)	1	0-1	0%	10	4-6	40%	11	6-5	55%	6	4-2	67%	5	2-3	40%	0	0-0	0%
5	Olaf	31	15	16	48%	16	9	7	56%	15	6	9	40%	8 (7-1) 5 (3-2) 5 (2-3) 4 (2-2) 3 (1-2)	9 (7-2) 8 (5-3) 7 (5-2) 7 (2-5) 7 (2-5)	12 (6-6) 11 (5-6) 9 (5-4) 7 (4-3) 7 (3-4)	2	2-0	100%	8	3-5	38%	14	9-5	64%	3	0-3	0%	4	1-3	25%	0	0-0	0%
		81 games played				46W - 35L (57%)				35W - 46L (43%)							3 games			23 games			30 games			16 games			9 games			0 games
Click here for complete Champion Statistics table

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Japan	24 / 43 (56%)	Ace, Alchemy, apaMEN, Ceros, cogcog, Dicey, Enty, Evi, Gariaru, hachamecha, Ino, Kazu, Kinatu, Megumiin, Milan, Nap, Nemoh, Paz, Raina, Ramune, RayFarky, Recap, Yuhi, Yutapon
2	South Korea	18 / 43 (42%)	Aria, Cassin, Crash, Dasher, Gaeng, Gango, Hoglet, Hollow, Honey, Moojin, NaeHyun, Once, Proud, SSol, Secret, Steal, Tussle, Zenit
3	Australia	1 / 43 (2%)	Corporal