The 2021 LCK season was the tenth season of South Korea's

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''. 2021 was also the first season LCK implemented their long-term partnership model. On 1 November 2020, Riot Korea announced the ten organizations that successfully signed the contract for LCK franchising model. The regular season format was double round robin. During the first round of the split, games were played five days per week, and for the second round, games took place four days a week. The spring split began on 13 January 2021 and concluded with the spring finals on 10 April 2021.

Broadcasting

The LCK was broadcast at the following platforms: * Korean: Naver, Afreeca TV, Twitch * English: Twitch * Chinese: HuyaTV * French: OTP

Spring

Regular season

Playoffs

Summer

Regular season

Playoffs

References

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