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\n SEOUL, Playoff rounds of the South Korean professional League of Legends (LoL) championships will kick off this weekend, its organizer said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In this year’s regular LoL Champions Korea (LCK) season, which ended Sunday, reigning champion Gen.G defended its title and T1 finished runner-up.<\/p>\n

The top two teams have moved straight up to the second round of the LCK Spring 2024 playoffs next week.<\/p>\n

Four other teams — Hanwha Life, KT Rolster, Dplus Kia and Kwandong Freecs — will compete in the first round of the playoffs this weekend.<\/p>\n

The finals will be held April 14.<\/p>\n

The organizer said this year’s spring league winner and runner-up will win tickets to the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), an annual LoL international tournament, slated for May in Chengdu, China.<\/p>\n

The MSI champion will advance to the LoL World Championship, set to take place in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n

T1, led by the star player Faker, or Lee Sang-hyeok, won the LoL Championship last year, clinching a record fourth title in the popula
\nr e-sports tournament.<\/p>\n

Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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