The 2024 LoL KeSPA CUP, the only short-term cup competition in Korea (hereinafter referred to as LoL), will open today (30th) with a match between DRX and BNK PeerX. Hosted by the Korea Esports Association (KeSPA), the 2024 LoL KeSPA CUP will be designated as a national team selection index review competition starting this year, and the competition data will be used to select national players. The association said, “We will actively cope with the gradually expanding national competition and contribute to the selection of fair national teams.” The Vietnamese All-Star team and the Chinese Taipei All-Star team will also participate in this competition, drawing attention.
Unlike before, many first-team players from LCK, a domestic LoL e-sports professional league, will also participate in this competition. Representatively, in Gen.G e-sports, all four main players, except for “Ruler” Park Jae-hyuk, including “Ki-in,” “Cannon” Kim Geon-bu, “Choby” Jung Ji-hoon and “Duro” Joo Min-kyu, will participate. In addition, well-known players such as “Oner” Moon Hyun-joon, “Gumayushi,” “Gumayushi” Lee Min-hyung (T1), “Zeka” Kim Gun-woo, “Viper” Park Do-hyun, “Delight” Yoo Hwan-joong (Hanwha Life e-Sports), “Showmaker” Heo Soo, “Lucid” Choi Yong-hyuk, “Aming,” “Aiming” Kim Haram, “Beryl” Hwang Ha-hee (D-plus Kia), “Kingen” Hwang Sung-hoon, and “Richens” Son Si-woo (Nongshim Red Force) were listed.
As the first-tier and second-tier players are competing, fans are paying keen attention to whether a “second-tier supernova” will emerge. Although LCK is operated as an integrated roster with the LCK CL (Challengers League), which is a second-tier league, most teams have often operated the first and second-tier teams separately. In other words, there has been a stage for the second-tier players to prove their skills against the first-tier players.
The four-day group qualifying round will begin with the opening match at 1 p.m. on the 30th. In Group A, ▲OK Savings Bank Brion ▲ DRX ▲ BNK Pierx ▲ Guangdong Freaks ▲ Katie Rolster ▲ China’s Taipei All-Star will participate, while in Group B, ▲ D-Plus Kia ▲ Zenji ▲ Hanwha Life e-Sports ▲ Nongshim Red Force ▲ T1 ▲ Vietnam All-Star will play every other day. The group qualifying round will be held on a single-round basis, with the top four teams from each group advancing to the finals.
A total of eight teams will advance to the top Swiss and Interstage, which will be held from the 4th of next month. The opponent will be determined according to the group stage ranking, and the team that wins the match between the first place will go straight to the semifinals, and the team that loses the match between the fourth place will be eliminated. After four matches, the semifinals and finals will be finalized. The semifinals and finals will be held at V Space in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 7th and 8th of next month. The winning team will receive a trophy and 40 million won in prize money. The total prize money is 80 million won. 메이저사이트
Jeon Yong-joon, “Dangun” Kim Eui-joong, Shim Ji-soo, and Lee Sung-hoon caster will participate in the broadcast, while “Nope” Jung No-cheol, “Kkokkogat” Ko Soo-jin, “Pony” Lim Joo-wan, “Lindarang” Heo Man-heung, “Lira” Nam Tae-yu, “New Clear” Shin Jung-hyun will participate in the commentary, and Yoon Soo-bin, announcer, will participate in the interview.
The Korean language broadcast of the upcoming competition will be broadcast exclusively on Naver’s Chizik. It will be available through official broadcasting and streamer Coastal Streaming through Naver’s official channels of LCK and KeSPA. English will be broadcast through KeSPA’s English channel (KeSPAen) and Korea eSports Association’s YouTube channel.
