The LEC will likely be altering its weekend schedule for the 2023 season, in keeping with a report from Alejandro Gomis of Blix.gg. Next yr, the European League of Legends league will host its video games on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, in keeping with Blix.gg.
This shift will nonetheless revolve across the weekends, however Friday’s video games will reportedly get replaced with a Monday slate of contests.
The modifications to the league’s matchdays gained’t be the one main shift for the LEC in 2023. The league additionally plans on breaking apart its schedule into three splits versus the standard two. An further break up, known as the “Winter Split,” will start in January, whereas the LEC season will conclude with the “Season Playoffs” in July. The Mid-Season Invitational will nonetheless happen following the Spring Split, whereas the World Championship will observe the Summer Split, as per custom.
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Beyond the LEC, the LCS additionally has plans to reportedly change which days of the week its matches are performed on. Next season, the LCS will reportedly shift to a schedule that options video games on Tuesday and Wednesday, in keeping with an October report by Blix.gg.
Should the LCS and LEC each shift their matchdays, League followers can have constant video games to observe all through the weekend and early portion of the week in 2023. A schedule of Western video games that runs from Saturday to Wednesday will solely go away two days of the week open for uncapitalized Western-centric viewership on Riot’s finish.
Even nonetheless, the LPL and LCK will host video games practically each day of the week, leaving all the calendar booked with League video games. Between the 4 main areas and two worldwide tournaments, not less than one recreation {of professional} League was performed on practically each day spanning from early January to November in 2022.
The 2023 LEC season will begin in January with the start of the Winter Split. Riot may even host a world 2023 League season kickoff occasion on Jan. 10 to exchange the All-Star Event, which was canceled outright in 2021.
