Europe’s top League of Legends competition is back as the LEC Spring Split is just around the corner. Keep track of the schedule and the latest roster changes with our coverage hub.
The League of Legends European Championship has been revamped for the 2023 season and now has a new, three-split format, with matchdays 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 Winter split came to an end on February 26, with G2 Esports lifting the trophy after a 3-0 victory over MAD Lions. In doing so, they also became the first team to qualify for MSI 2023, which will be held in London in May.
The winner of LEC Spring will automatically qualify for MSI’s playoff stage (by contrast, G2’s Winter victory only earned them a Play-In berth) and for the LEC Finals in Montpellier in August.
LEC Spring 2023: Stream
LEC Spring 2023 will be streamed live on Twitch on the official LEC channel. The stream is embedded below for your convenience.
Miss the games? Catch up with VODs on the LoL Esports channel.
LEC Spring 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 the next stage, a double-elimination group phase 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 (March 11 — March 27)
Week 1 (March 11-13)
Day
Match
PT
ET
GMT
March 11
EXCEL vs Fnatic
9AM
12PM
5PM
BDS vs SK
10AM
1PM
6PM
MAD Lions vs Vitality
11AM
2PM
7PM
Astralis vs KOI
12PM
3PM
8PM
Heretics vs G2
1PM
4PM
9PM
March 12
MAD Lions vs BDS
8AM
11AM
4PM
EXCEL vs Vitality
9AM
12PM
5PM
Fnatic vs SK
10AM
1PM
6PM
G2 vs Astralis
11AM
2PM
7PM
Heretics vs KOI
12PM
3PM
8PM
March 13
BDS vs Heretics
8AM
11AM
4PM
SK vs Astralis
9AM
12PM
5PM
KOI vs MAD Lions
10AM
1PM
6PM
G2 vs EXCEL
11AM
2PM
7PM
Vitality vs Fnatic
12PM
3PM
8PM
LEC Spring 2023: Regular season standings
Green = Qualified for group stage. Red = Eliminated.
Placement
Team
Record
–
Astralis
–
–
EXCEL
–
–
Fnatic
–
–
G2 Esports
–
–
Heretics
–
–
KOI
–
–
MAD Lions
–
–
SK Gaming
–
–
Team BDS
–
–
Vitality
–
LEC Spring 2023: Teams & players
Most of the teams in the LEC will field the same roster from the Winter split, but there are a few cases of teams making adjustments after a rough start to the year.
The most notable case is Fnatic, who are changing two players after failing to make it past the first stage in the Winter split. They turned to their academy for some fresh blood, promoting top laner Óscar ‘Oscarinin’ Muñoz and support Henk ‘Advienne’ Reijenga, while hiring Tomáš ‘Nightshare’ Kněžínek as their new head coach.
Vitality also made waves in the transfer window as they completed the signing of Fnatic’s benched AD Carry, Elias ‘Upset’ Lipp, to replace Matúš ‘Neon’ Jakubčík.
On March 8, EXCEL unveiled LIMIT as their new support, replacing Targamas. And on March 9, Astralis confirmed the signing of mid laner LIDER, who fills the slot left vacant by Dajor.
Team
Top
Jungle
Mid
Bot
Support
Astralis
Finn
113
LIDER
Kobbe
JeongHoon
EXCEL
Odoamne
Xerxe
Vetheo
Patrik
LIMIT
Fnatic
Oscarinin
Razork
Humanoid
Rekkles
Advienne
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
Upset
Kaiser
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