LPL Spring 2023

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• Spring
• Summer
• Regional Finals

• Overview
• Group Stage
• Playoffs
• Statistics

[e][h]LPL Spring 2023

League Information

Series:

LPL

Organizer:

Tencent Games

Sponsor(s):

Mercedes-Benz
Nike
Momchilovtsi
Harbin Beer
Lenovo
Wahaha
KFC
War Horse
OPPO
Suning.com
ThunderTalk
Liepin
Razer
AutoFull
Intel-Gaming

Server:

China

Type:

Offline/Online

Location:

 Shanghai
 Suzhou
 Hangzhou
 Shenzhen
 Xi'an

Venue:

The Hub(虹桥天地)

Format:

Group Stage
Single Round-Robin
Playoffs
King-of-the-Hill & Double Elimination

Prize Pool:

¥4,200,000 CNY
(≃ $623,256 USD)

Start Date:

2023-01-14

End Date:

2023-03-26

Teams:

17

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Chronology

 Summer 2022

Summer 2023 

The LPL Spring 2023 split is the first split of the 2023 LPL season, maintaining all 17 teams from last year. JD Gaming will be the defending title champions.

Format

• Group Stage
  • Single round robin
  • All matches are Bo3
  • Top 10 advanced to Playoffs
    • Top 2 teams get seeded into the semifinals
    • 3rd and 4th place teams get seeded into the last round of playoffs
    • 5th and 6th place teams get seeded into the second round of playoffs
    • 7 - 10th place teams get seeded into the first round of playoffs
  • Tiebreakers
    • If two or more teams have won the same number of matches, the tie will be broken by the order:
      1. Games differential
      2. Head-to-head results

• Playoffs
  • Phase One: King-of-the-Hill
    • 3rd - 10th seeded teams from Group Stage are divided into two brackets to play a King-of-the-Hill format
      • 3rd, 6th, 7th and 10th seed are in one bracket (the first bracket), the other 4 seeds are in the other
      • The winners advance to Phase Two
      • The winner of the first bracket faces 2nd seed team in the Double-Elimination Stage, the other faces the 1st seed
  • Phase Two: Double-Elimination
    • Four teams play in a Double-Elimination format to compete for the championship
  • All matches are Bo5
  • Winner and the runner-up qualify for Mid-Season Invitational 2023

• Free Side Selection Privilege
  • The teams have Free Side Selection Privilege can choose which three games of the Bo5 series to pick the side
  • At the last match of Playoffs Phase One and the lower bracket matches of Playoffs Phase Two, the Free Side Selection Privilege will be determined by coin toss. Besides that, the higher seeded teams (in Grand Finals, the upper bracket winner) will have the Free Side Selection Privilege.

Broadcast Talent

• Hosts:
  •  Christina 
  •  Wendy (Xia An)

• Play-by-play Commentators:
  •  Hysterics (Jake Osypenko)
  •  Mazel (Lennon White)
  •  Munchables (Joe Fenny)
  •  Oisín (Oisín Molloy)

• Color Commentators:
  •  Jamada (Adrian Wharlton-Thorne)
  •  Nymaera (Alex Hapgood)
  •  Lyric (Jordan Corby)
  •  Kitty (Athena Jiang)

Prize Pool

Place

$ USD

¥ CNY

Qualifies To

Points

Participant

 1st

$296,788.66

¥2,000,000

 MSI

90

TBD

 2nd

$148,394.33

¥1,000,000

 MSI

70

TBD

 3rd

$74,197.16

¥500,000

-

50

TBD

 4th

$44,518.30

¥300,000

-

30

TBD

 5th-6th

$29,678.87

¥200,000

-

20

TBD

TBD

 7th-8th

-

-

-

10

TBD

TBD

 9th-10th

-

-

-

-

TBD

TBD

place 11 to 17 

place 11 to 17 

 11th

-

-

-

-

TBD

 12th

-

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-

-

TBD

 13th

-

-

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-

TBD

 14th

-

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-

TBD

 15th

-

-

-

-

TBD

 16th

-

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-

TBD

 17th

-

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TBD

(Converted USD prizes are based on the exchange rate on Feb 5, 2023: ¥1 CNY ≃ $0.14839 USD)

Playoffs MVPs
Player	MVPs

Tournament Awards

Award	Player	Team
Group Stage MVP	TBD
Playoffs MVP	TBD
Outstanding Rookie	TBD
1st All-Pro Team	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
2nd All-Pro Team	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
3rd All-Pro Team	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD
	TBD

Weekly Awards

Award	Player	Team
Player of Week 1	YSKM	Invictus Gaming
Rookie of Week 1	YSKM	Invictus Gaming
Best of the Rift - Week 1	YSKM	Invictus Gaming
	Karsa	Weibo Gaming
	Rookie	Top Esports
	Ruler	JD Gaming
	Wink	Invictus Gaming

Roster Moves

Roster moves during the off-season

Date Player Old New Ref 2023-01-11 Tangyuan Bunny ziyou RYL  ⇒   ⇒   ⇒  RNG 2023-01-11 Ming RNG  ⇒  None 2023-01-11 MRB Dijia syc None M ⇒ M L ⇒ L SU ⇒ SU UP 2023-01-11 Fishball LNG.A  ⇒  UP 2023-01-11 Miaoniu Qi Yu UP  ⇒  M ⇒ M None 2023-01-11 pinz BLG.J  ⇒  AL 2023-01-11 KenZhu None  ⇒  EDG 2023-01-11 Ziv EDG  ⇒  None 2023-01-11 Angel None  ⇒  RNG 2023-01-10 Tianzhen iG  ⇒  IGY 2023-01-10 Duke Rich None  ⇒   ⇒  NIP 2023-01-10 climber NIP  ⇒  None 2023-01-10 Jwei BLG.J  ⇒  BLG 2023-01-10 Xiasu JDG  ⇒  BLG 2023-01-10 BigWei JT  ⇒  BLG 2023-01-10 JyKim BLG  ⇒  None 2023-01-07 ppgod None  ⇒  OMG 2023-01-06 Invincible XLB climber Dream Photic Zhuo 阿宁 Zero Cluo V5  ⇒   ⇒   ⇒   ⇒   ⇒   ⇒  M ⇒ M  ⇒   ⇒  NIP 2023-01-05 Chelizi X1ri guiyixiong LGD  ⇒   ⇒   ⇒  None 2023-01-04 Forge AL  ⇒  None

Participating Teams

Anyone's Legend

	DNP  Harder
Main RosterStaff

	MingZhe
	ZYB
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Zdz
	Xiaohao
	pinz
	Betty
	SwordArT
SubstitutesStaff

Bilibili Gaming

	DNP  Can
	DNP  Jwei
Main RosterStaff

	Dian
	BigWei
	Xiasu
	Duan
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Bin
	XUN
	Yagao
	Elk
	ON
SubstitutesStaff

EDward Gaming

	Maokai
	KenZhu
	Mni
Main Roster

	Ale
	Jiejie
	FoFo
	Fisher
	Leave
	Meiko
Staff

FunPlus Phoenix

	DNP  fearness
	H4cker
	DNP  Xingye
Main Roster

	xiaolaohu
	haoye
	Care
	Lwx
	Lele
Substitutes

Invictus Gaming

	neny
	DNP  Tianzhen
Main RosterStaff

	Joker
	Jykim
	Renzhe
Main RosterSubstitutes

	YSKM
	GIDEON
	Dove
	Ahn
	Wink
SubstitutesStaff

JD Gaming

	DNP  Lzq
Main RosterStaff

	Homme
	Viod
	Vus5o
Main RosterSubstitutes

	369
	Kanavi
	Knight
	Ruler
	Missing
SubstitutesStaff

LGD Gaming

	DNP  Haichao
Main RosterStaff

	1874
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Xiaoxu
	Meteor
	xqw
	Lpc
	Jinjiao
SubstitutesStaff

LNG Esports

	DNP  Xin
	DNP  Yuekai
Main Roster

	Zika
	Tarzan
	Scout
	LP
	Hang
Substitutes

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Notes

	DNP  invincible
	DNP  Pout
Main RosterStaff

	Duke
	Zero
	Cluo
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Rich
	XLB
	Dream
	Photic
	Zhuo
SubstitutesStaff

¹ According to the QQ Team page, Ninjas in Pyjamas will compete in the LPL, replacing Victory Five.

Oh My God

	DNP  Munian
	DNP  Jerry
Main RosterStaff

	Despa1r
	River
Main RosterSubstitutes

	shanji
	AKi
	Creme
	Able
	ppgod
SubstitutesStaff

Rare Atom

	DNP  bkr
Main RosterStaff

	Loong
	Endless
	Water
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Cube
	Leyan
	Strive
	Assum
	Southwind
SubstitutesStaff

Royal Never Give Up

	Angel
	DNP  ziyou
Main RosterStaff

	Tabe
	Xiaobai
	Heart
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Breathe
	Wei
	Tangyuan
	GALA
	Bunny
SubstitutesStaff

Team WE

	DNP  Demon
Main RosterStaff

	WarHorse
	Changan
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Biubiu
	Heng
	Shanks
	Hope
	Iwandy
SubstitutesStaff

ThunderTalk Gaming

	DNP  Pudding
Main RosterStaff

	NoName
	Along
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Hoya
	Beichuan
	Ucal
	huanfeng
	XinLiu
SubstitutesStaff

Top Esports

S	Qingtian
Main Roster

	Wayward
	Tian
	Rookie
	JackeyLove
	Mark
Substitutes

Ultra Prime

	DNP  Hery
Main RosterStaff

	Ratis
	Fishball
Main RosterSubstitutes

	zs
	Ning
	Qing
	Doggo
	Baolan
SubstitutesStaff

Weibo Gaming

	DNP  KennyChan
Main RosterStaff

	Easyhoon
	Rui
	Tselin
Main RosterSubstitutes

	TheShy
	Karsa
	Xiaohu
	Light
	Crisp
SubstitutesStaff

Group Stage

LPL Spring 2023 Current Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Current
1.	Invictus Gaming			1-0	2-0	+2
1.	Ninjas in Pyjamas			1-0	2-0	+2
1.	Royal Never Give Up			1-0	2-0	+2
4.	JD Gaming			1-0	2-1	+1
4.	Rare Atom			1-0	2-1	+1
4.	Team WE			1-0	2-1	+1
	EDward Gaming			0-0	0-0	0
	LNG Esports			0-0	0-0	0
	ThunderTalk Gaming			0-0	0-0	0
	Top Esports			0-0	0-0	0
	Weibo Gaming			0-0	0-0	0
12.	Bilibili Gaming			0-1	1-2	-1
12.	FunPlus Phoenix			0-1	1-2	-1
12.	LGD Gaming			0-1	1-2	-1
15.	Anyone's Legend			0-1	0-2	-2
15.	Oh My God			0-1	0-2	-2
15.	Ultra Prime			0-1	0-2	-2
1.	Invictus Gaming			2-0	4-0	+4
2.	EDward Gaming			1-0	2-0	+2
2.	LNG Esports			1-0	2-0	+2
2.	Ninjas in Pyjamas▼1			1-0	2-0	+2
5.	JD Gaming▼1			1-0	2-1	+1
5.	Rare Atom▼1			1-0	2-1	+1
5.	Weibo Gaming			1-0	2-1	+1
8.	Top Esports			1-1	3-2	+1
9.	Bilibili Gaming▲3			1-1	3-3	0
9.	Royal Never Give Up▼8			1-1	2-2	0
11.	Team WE▼7			1-1	2-3	-1
12.	LGD Gaming			0-1	1-2	-1
13.	Oh My God▲2			0-1	0-2	-2
13.	ThunderTalk Gaming			0-1	0-2	-2
13.	Ultra Prime▲2			0-1	0-2	-2
16.	FunPlus Phoenix▼4			0-2	2-4	-2
17.	Anyone's Legend▼2			0-2	0-4	-4
1.	LNG Esports▲1			3-0	6-0	+6
2.	Invictus Gaming▼1			3-1	7-2	+5
3.	Top Esports▲5			3-1	7-3	+4
4.	JD Gaming▲1			2-0	4-1	+3
5.	EDward Gaming▼3			2-1	4-2	+2
5.	Oh My God▲8			2-1	4-2	+2
7.	Bilibili Gaming▲2			2-1	5-4	+1
8.	Rare Atom▼3			2-2	4-5	-1
8.	Team WE▲3			2-2	4-5	-1
10.	Weibo Gaming▼5			1-1	3-3	0
11.	FunPlus Phoenix▲5			1-2	4-5	-1
12.	LGD Gaming			1-2	3-5	-2
12.	Ultra Prime▲1			1-2	3-5	-2
14.	ThunderTalk Gaming▼1			1-2	2-5	-3
15.	Ninjas in Pyjamas▼13			1-3	3-6	-3
16.	Royal Never Give Up▼7			1-3	2-6	-4
17.	Anyone's Legend			0-4	2-8	-6
1.	LNG Esports			3-0	6-0	+6
2.	Invictus Gaming			3-1	7-2	+5
3.	Top Esports			3-1	7-3	+4
4.	JD Gaming			2-0	4-1	+3
5.	EDward Gaming			2-1	4-2	+2
5.	Oh My God			2-1	4-2	+2
7.	Bilibili Gaming			2-1	5-4	+1
8.	Rare Atom			2-2	4-5	-1
8.	Team WE			2-2	4-5	-1
10.	Weibo Gaming			1-1	3-3	0
11.	FunPlus Phoenix			1-2	4-5	-1
12.	LGD Gaming			1-2	3-5	-2
12.	Ultra Prime			1-2	3-5	-2
14.	ThunderTalk Gaming			1-2	2-5	-3
15.	Ninjas in Pyjamas			1-3	3-6	-3
16.	Royal Never Give Up			1-3	2-6	-4
17.	Anyone's Legend			0-4	2-8	-6

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 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches (Week 1-4)
 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches (Week 5-7)
 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches (Week 8-10)

Additional Data

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	China	72 / 90 (80%)	369, Able, Ahn, AKi, Ale, Angel, Assum, Baolan, Beichuan, Bin, Biubiu, Breathe, Bunny, Care, Creme, Crisp, Cube, Dream, Elk, GALA, H4cker, Hang, haoye, Heng, Hope, huanfeng, Iwandy, JackeyLove, Jiejie, Jinjiao, Knight, Leave, Lele, Leyan, Light, LP, Lpc, Lwx, Mark, Meiko, Meteor, Missing, neny, Ning, ON, Photic, pinz, ppgod, Qing, Qingtian, shanji, Shanks, Southwind, Strive, Tangyuan, Tian, Wayward, Wei, Wink, Xiaohao, Xiaohu, xiaolaohu, Xiaoxu, XinLiu, XLB, xqw, XUN, Yagao, Zdz, Zhuo, Zika, zs
2	South Korea	12 / 90 (13%)	Dove, Fisher, GIDEON, Hoya, Kanavi, Rich, Rookie, Ruler, Scout, Tarzan, TheShy, Ucal
3	Taiwan	5 / 90 (6%)	Betty, Doggo, FoFo, Karsa, SwordArT
4	Hong Kong	1 / 90 (1%)	YSKM