{"id":13158,"date":"2020-08-28T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T01:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=13158"},"modified":"2020-08-31T22:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T02:18:16","slug":"riot-korea-reveal-top-candidates-for-lck-franchise-licences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/riot-korea-reveal-top-candidates-for-lck-franchise-licences\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Korea reveal top candidates for LCK franchise licences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riot Korea have announced a list of 10 leading candidates for the franchised League of Legends<\/a> Champions Korea (LCK), with SeolHaeOne Prince the only current LCK team not included.<\/p>\n

In April, Riot Games announced that the LCK will move to a franchise model in 2021<\/a>. This will make LCK the fourth major region to transition to such a system. The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and League of Legends Pro League (LPL) franchised their leagues in 2018, while the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) followed suit in 2019.<\/p>\n

At the time, Riot Korea revealed they would be holding a formal application process for all esports organisations who wished to become LCK partner teams. The process included thorough reviews of the applicants and interviews with the team’s representatives, which have now provided us with a shortlist of favoured organisations.<\/p>\n

Gamer Republic were cut from the list in the first phase of documental evaluation, while FaZe Clan and NRG Esports decided to exit the race shortly after showing their interest to expand their brands into the Asian LoL scene. Treasure Hunter and Pittsburgh Knights both submitted a letter of intent (LOI) but instead decided to partner with one of the other applicants.<\/p>\n

With over a dozen bids left for Riot Korea to evaluate, the LCK organisers have come up with a list of 10 preferred candidates:<\/p>\n