The 2021 PCS season was the second year of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.

The spring regular season was scheduled to begin on 5 February but was delayed to 19 February due to regional COVID-19 restrictions.[1] The spring split concluded with the spring finals on 18 April.

The summer split began with the first day of the summer regular season on 9 July and concluded with the summer finals on 29 August.

PSG Talon was the PCS' representative at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational and first seed at the 2021 World Championship. Beyond Gaming was the PCS' second seed at the 2021 World Championship.

Spring

Promotion and relegation

The organisers of the PCS announced on 4 August 2020 that a promotion tournament would be introduced for the 2021 season to promote regional competitiveness.[2] Singaporean team Resurgence, which finished tenth in both splits of the 2020 season, had to play a relegation match against Impunity Esports from the Singaporean and Malaysian qualifier. Resurgence was relegated after a close series and Impunity Esports took their spot.[3] Filipino team Liyab Esports, which finished ninth in both splits of the 2020 season, swept Panic Time from the Filipino qualifier in their relegation match and kept their spot.

Qualification match
   
PCS Resurgence 2
QLF Impunity Esports 3
PCS Liyab Esports 3
QLF Panic Time 0

Teams and rosters

ahq eSports Club announced on 6 January 2021 that it would no longer participate in the PCS.[4] Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei, who was previously the jungler for Taipei Assassins and Hong Kong Esports, acquired ahq's spot and created a new team named Beyond Gaming.[5] Nova Esports also withdrew from the league[6] and was replaced by BOOM Esports.[7]

Teams Players Coach(es)
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Alpha Esports 3Z kiy1n9 APEX AN Zihan Taizan
Laba
Beyond Gaming Liang
PK 		Husha Husky
Maoan 		Doggo Kino Benny
J Team Rest
Driver 		Hana Mission Lilv Woody Wei
Coldicee
Machi Esports Likai Gemini JimieN Atlen Koala Dreamer
Gengar
Hong Kong Attitude Rock Patience
Kongyue 		B1ven MnM Wing Chawy
Reign
PSG Talon Hanabi River Maple Unified Kaiwing Helper
Winged
Berjaya Dragons Azhi Enso Minji Eren K2 Axin
BOOM Esports Rockky Epic Ruby Wako PoP Warlock
Hammock
Impunity Esports TOPKING CYH Shera Blaze Smerv Shiazuri
Vainie
Liyab Esports Speltz DoeDoii Xyliath
Kanji 		Dawn Cresho Cabbage
Tgee
Source: LoL PCS official website

Regular season standings

  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 PSG Talon 17 1 16 Advance to winners' bracket second round
2 Beyond Gaming 16 2 14
3 Machi Esports 14 4 10 Start in winners' bracket
4 J Team 11 7 4
5 BOOM Esports 8 10 −2
6 Impunity Esports 7 11 −4
7 Berjaya Dragons 6 12 −6 Start in losers' bracket
8 Hong Kong Attitude 5 13 −8[a]
9 Alpha Esports 5 13 −8[a]
10 Liyab Esports 1 17 −16
Source: LoL PCS official website
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hong Kong Attitude defeated Alpha Esports in a tiebreaker match.

Playoffs

Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Semifinals (WB, BO5)Finals (BO5)
1. PSG Talon3
4. J Team2R1 J Team0
5. BOOM Esports1R2 PSG Talon3
R2 Beyond Gaming0
2. Beyond Gaming3
3. Machi Esports2R1 Machi Esports1
6. Impunity Esports0
WB PSG Talon3
LB Beyond Gaming0
Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Round 3 (BO5)Semifinals (LB, BO5)
R1 Berjaya Dragons0
7. Berjaya Dragons2WB J Team3R3 Machi Esports2
WB Impunity Esports0R2 J Team0WB Beyond Gaming3
R2 Machi Esports3
R1 Hong Kong Attitude0
8. Hong Kong Attitude2WB Machi Esports3
WB BOOM Esports1

Ranking

Place Team Prize (USD) Prize share Qualification
1st PSG Talon $30,000 37.5% 2021 Mid-Season Invitational
2nd Beyond Gaming $14,000 17.5%
3rd Machi Esports $10,000 12.5%
4th J Team $7,000 8.75%
5th–6th Berjaya Dragons $4,500 5.625%
Hong Kong Attitude
7th–8th BOOM Esports $3,000 3.75%
Impunity Esports
9th Alpha Esports $2,000 2.5%
10th Liyab Esports

Summer

Teams and rosters

Teams Players Coach(es)
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Alpha Esports 3Z kiy1n9 Xiaotu AN Sheng Laba
Beyond Gaming Liang
PK 		Husha Maoan Doggo Kino Benny
Wulala
J Team Rest Hana Mission Lilv Woody Wei
Coldicee
Machi Esports Likai Gemini JimieN Atlen Koala Dreamer
Gengar
Hong Kong Attitude Rock Kongyue HongSuo
Wen
Biven 		MnM s1aytrue
K 		Chawy
Manny
PSG Talon Hanabi River Maple Unified Kaiwing Helper
Winged
Berjaya Dragons Azhi Enso
Arashi 		Minji K2 Felia Axin
BOOM Esports Rockky Alex
Holo 		Ruby Wako Pop Warlock
Impunity Esports TOPKING Epic Moonblack Blaze Smerv
CraliX 		Shiazuri
YaLEN
Liyab Esports Speltz
Kanji 		DoeDoii Xyliath
Kanji 		Dawn Aeiden Tgee
Source: LoL PCS official website

Regular season standings

  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 PSG Talon 18 0 18 Advance to winners' bracket second round
2 Beyond Gaming 14 4 10[a]
3 Machi Esports 14 4 10[a] Start in winners' bracket
4 BOOM Esports 11 7 4[b]
5 J Team 11 7 4[b]
6 Hong Kong Attitude 7 11 −4
7 Berjaya Dragons 6 12 −6 Start in losers' bracket
8 Liyab Esports 4 14 −10[c]
9 Impunity Esports 4 14 −10[c]
10 Alpha Esports 1 17 −16
Source: LoL PCS official website
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Beyond Gaming defeated Machi Esports in a tiebreaker match.
  2. ^ a b BOOM Esports defeated J Team in a tiebreaker match.
  3. ^ a b Liyab Esports defeated Impunity Esports in a tiebreaker match.

Playoffs

Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Semifinals (WB, BO5)Finals (BO5)
1. PSG Talon3
4. BOOM Esports1R1 J Team0
5. J Team2R2 PSG Talon2
R2 Beyond Gaming3
2. Beyond Gaming3
3. Machi Esports2R1 Machi Esports1
6. Hong Kong Attitude1
WB Beyond Gaming2
LB PSG Talon3
Round 1 (BO3)Round 2 (BO5)Round 3 (BO5)Semifinals (LB, BO5)
R1 Hong Kong Attitude1
7. Berjaya Dragons0WB J Team3R3 J Team0
WB Hong Kong Attitude2R2 J Team3WB PSG Talon3
R2 Machi Esports2
R1 BOOM Esports2
8. Liyab Esports1WB Machi Esports3
WB BOOM Esports2

Ranking

Place Team Prize (USD) Prize share Qualification
1st PSG Talon $30,000 37.5% 2021 World Championship main event
2nd Beyond Gaming $14,000 17.5% 2021 World Championship play-in stage
3rd J Team $10,000 12.5%
4th Machi Esports $7,000 8.75%
5th–6th BOOM Esports $4,500 5.625%
Hong Kong Attitude
7th–8th Berjaya Dragons $3,000 3.75%
Liyab Esports
9th Impunity Esports $2,000 2.5%
10th Alpha Esports

References

  1. ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (22 January 2021). "Start of 2021 PCS Spring Split postponed due to tightening COVID-19 regulations". Dot Esports. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "PCS Promotion Qualifier". PCS Official. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ Lozano, Kurt (23 February 2021). "Impunity Esports unveil Singaporean League of Legends lineup for 2021 PCS". Yahoo Esports SEA. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Statement to AHQ fans who have accompanied us all the way". Facebook (in Chinese (Taiwan)). ahq eSports Club. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ "前職業選手丁特宣布買下《英雄聯盟》ahq戰隊". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ "PCS teams for the 2021 Spring Split". Facebook. LoL Pacific Championship Series. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Welcome BOOM Esports (BME) representing Thailand as the 10th and last team to join us for the 2021 PCS Spring Split!". Facebook. LoL Pacific Championship Series. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_PCS_season
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