The 2023 LEC Winter Split begins on January 21 as the 10 teams face off in a shortened regular season that leads into a group stage and eventually the playoffs.
The League of Legends European Championship has been revamped for the 2023 season and now has a new, three-split format, with match days on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. There are also two new teams for LEC fans to follow: Team Heretics, who acquired Misfits Gaming’s slot, and KOI, who merged with Rogue.
The winner of the Winter Split, decided in the playoff stage, will earn a spot in the LEC Finals along with 120 points toward qualification for Worlds 2023.
Below you can find all you need to know about the LEC Winter Split 2023.
LEC Winter 2023: Stream
LEC Winter 2023 will be streamed live on Twitch on the official LEC channel. The stream is embedded below.
Miss the games? Catch up with VODs on the LoL Esports channel.
LEC Winter 2023: Format and schedule
Under the LEC’s new format, the ten teams will face each other during a three-week span in a single round-robin stage. The top eight teams will advance to stage 2, a double-elimination group stage with two groups of four teams.
The group winners and runners-up from stage 2 will then progress to the playoffs, also featuring a double-elimination bracket.
Regular Season (January 21 — February 6)
Week 1 (January 21-23)
Day
Match
PT
ET
GMT
January 21
G2 Esports vs EXCEL
9AM
12PM
5PM
KOI vs BDS
10AM
1PM
6PM
Astralis vs Heretics
11AM
2PM
7PM
SK Gaming vs MAD Lions
12PM
3PM
8PM
Fnatic vs Vitality
1PM
4PM
9PM
January 22
SK Gaming vs BDS
8AM
11AM
4PM
Astralis vs MAD Lions
9AM
12PM
5PM
Vitality vs Heretics
10AM
1PM
6PM
EXCEL vs KOI
11AM
2PM
7PM
G2 Esports vs Fnatic
12PM
3PM
8PM
January 23
SK Gaming vs Heretics
8AM
11AM
4PM
EXCEL vs BDS
9AM
12PM
5PM
G2 Esports vs Astralis
10AM
1PM
6PM
Fnatic vs KOI
11AM
2PM
7PM
MAD Lions vs Vitality
12PM
3PM
8PM
Week 2 (January 28-30)
Day
Match
PT
ET
GMT
January 28
Astralis vs Vitality
9AM
12PM
5PM
Fnatic vs BDS
10AM
1PM
6PM
KOI vs Heretics
11AM
2PM
7PM
G2 Esports vs SK Gaming
12PM
3PM
8PM
EXCEL vs MAD Lions
1PM
4PM
9PM
January 29
Astralis vs BDS
8AM
11AM
4PM
SK Gaming vs Vitality
9AM
12PM
5PM
G2 Esports vs Heretics
10AM
1PM
6PM
KOI vs MAD Lions
11AM
2PM
7PM
Fnatic vs EXCEL
12PM
3PM
8PM
January 30
EXCEL vs Astralis
8AM
11AM
4PM
BDS vs MAD Lions
9AM
12PM
5PM
KOI vs MAD Lions
10AM
1PM
6PM
G2 Esports vs Vitality
11AM
2PM
7PM
Fnatic vs Heretics
12PM
3PM
8PM
Week 3 (February 4-6)
Day
Match
PT
ET
GMT
February 4
SK Gaming vs Astralis
9AM
12PM
5PM
Heretics vs EXCEL
10AM
1PM
6PM
BDS vs G2 Esports
11AM
2PM
7PM
Vitality vs KOI
12PM
3PM
8PM
Fnatic vs MAD Lions
1PM
4PM
9PM
February 5
Heretics vs BDS
8AM
11AM
4PM
Astralis vs KOI
9AM
12PM
5PM
Fnatic vs SK Gaming
10AM
1PM
6PM
Vitality vs EXCEL
11AM
2PM
7PM
MAD Lions vs G2 Esports
12PM
3PM
8PM
February 6
MAD Lions vs Heretics
8AM
11AM
4PM
Fnatic vs Astralis
9AM
12PM
5PM
SK Gaming vs EXCEL
10AM
1PM
6PM
KOI vs G2 Esports
11AM
2PM
7PM
Vitality vs BDS
12PM
3PM
8PM
LEC Winter 2023: Regular season standings
Green = Qualified for group stage. Red = Eliminated.
Placement
Team
Record
–
MAD Lions
0-0
–
G2 Esports
0-0
–
KOI
0-0
–
Heretics
0-0
–
Fnatic
0-0
–
EXCEL
0-0
–
Vitality
0-0
–
Astralis
0-0
–
SK Gaming
0-0
–
Team BDS
0-0
LEC Winter 2023: Teams & players
The LEC has seen significant changes in the offseason. Along with the format changes, two new teams joined the league for 2023, KOI and Team Heretics.
Many teams turned their rosters inside out for the new competitive calendar in hopes of reaching greater heights in 2023. Fnatic revamped their bot lane, re-signing Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson and promoting academy support Rúben ‘rhuckz’ Barbosa, and so did G2 Esports, who, in addition to picking up Steven ‘Hans sama’ Liv and bringing Mihael ‘Mikyx’ Mehle back, snared rookie jungler Martin ‘Yike’ Sundelin.
Meanwhile, Vitality, after the collapse of their ‘super team’, built almost an entirely new roster, which will revolve around jungler Zhou ‘Bo’ Yangbo. He is one of the imports that LEC fans are excited to see in action, along with Heretics’ Japanese top laner Shunsuke “Evi” Murase, formerly of Detonation FocusMe.
Team
Top
Jungle
Mid
Bot
Support
Astralis
Finn
113
Dajor
Kobbe
JeongHoon
EXCEL
Odoamne
Xerxe
Vetheo
Patrik
Targamas
Fnatic
Wunder
Razork
Humanoid
Rekkles
Rhuckz
G2 Esports
Broken Blade
Yike
caPs
Hans sama
Mikyx
MAD Lions
Chasy
Elyoya
Nisqy
Carzzy
Hylissang
Team Heretics
Evi
Jankos
Ruby
Jackspektra
Mersa
KOI
Szygenda
Malrang
Larssen
Comp
Trymbi
SK Gaming
Irrelevant
Markoon
Sertuss
Exakick
Doss
Team BDS
Adam
Sheo
NUCLEARINT
Crownshot
Labrov
Vitality
Photon
Bo
Perkz
Neon
Kaiser
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