2021 LEC season

2021 LEC season
LeagueLEC
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 22 - April 11 (Spring)
June 22 - August 1 (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
ChampionsMAD Lions
  Runners-upRogue
Season MVPMartin "Rekkles" Larsson
Summer
ChampionsMAD Lions
  Runners-upFnatic
Season MVPKacper "Inspired" Słoma
LEC seasons

The 2021 LEC season was the third year of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends, following its rebranding in late 2018. The spring regular season began on 22 January,[1] and concluded on 14 March, while the playoffs started on 26 March and concluded on 11 April. The summer split began on 22 June, and playoffs concluded on 1 August. The three teams that qualified for the 2021 World Championship were MAD Lions,[2] Fnatic,[3] and Rogue,[4] respectively.[5]

  1. ^ Kelly, Michael (15 December 2020). "LEC schedules 2021 opening day for Jan. 22". Dot Esports. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (2021-08-29). "MAD Lions win 2021 LEC Summer Finals with impressive 3-1 series victory against Fnatic". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. ^ "Fnatic deny G2 and become the last LEC team to qualify for Worlds 2021". Upcomer. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "[LEC Summer Playoffs] Rogue is the first team to qualify for Worlds 2021 after defeating Misfits 3-2". InvenGlobal. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ^ Heath, Jerome (2021-09-23). "All teams qualified for Worlds 2021". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-03-17.