The Korea e-Sports Association seeks to participate in the first round of the LCK Academy Series Open Tournament in 2025
Jan 18, 2025
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The LCK Academy Series (hereinafter referred to as LCK AS) is a stage where aspiring professional players and academy teams from LCK teams compete to make their professional debut. It provides promising players with opportunities to join and participate in the competition, and has established itself as a competition centered on fostering promising players through continuous competition.
A total of 810 people participated in last year's six open tournaments, two tryouts, and two academy leagues. Of these, 14 were called up to the LCK and LCK Challengers League, and 42 joined the LCK Team Academy.
The open tournament, which was held three times per half-year, will be operated twice from this year. The academy league will be held once a half-year, the same as last year, and the full league will be held in a triple round robin method and the playoffs will be held in a semi-double elimination method in the semi-finals. As a result, the number of games per team will increase and the duration of the tournament will be extended. Meanwhile, the tryout, which was held twice a year, is planned to be held only once in June this year.
Applications for the first round of the Open Tournament, which marks the start of LCKAS, will be available from the 17th to the 26th at 11:59 p.m., and the competition will be held from February 9th. The qualification for participation is 12 years of age or older, and anyone who has their own account at the last split of the previous season or DIA 4 or higher of the current season can participate in a team. However, participation is restricted if those registered on the LCK & LCK Challengers League (hereinafter referred to as LCK CL) integrated roster and CL sub-roster or have played in LCK, LCK CL, or other regional professional leagues within the last six months.
The league's total prize money is 13 million won per quarter, and in the case of open tournaments, 2 million won will be paid to the first team and 1 million won to the second team. Details related to the competition, such as the 2nd competition and future schedule, can be found on the LCKAS official website, official SNS, and Discord.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
