2021 PCS season
The 2021 PCS season will be 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]
| 2021 PCS season | |
|---|---|
| League | Pacific Championship Series |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Duration | 19 February – unannounced (Spring) unannounced (Summer) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
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 from the Singaporean and Malaysian qualifier. Resurgence was relegated after a close series. 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 in the PCS.
| Qualification match | ||||||||
| PCS |  Resurgence |
2 | ||||||
| QLF | Impunity |
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.[3] Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei, who was previously the jungler for Taipei Assassins and Hong Kong Attitude, acquired ahq's spot and created a new team named Beyond Gaming.[4] Nova Esports also withdrew from the league[5] and was replaced by BOOM Esports.[6]
| Teams | Players | Head coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Support | ||
 Alpha Esports |
3z |
Apex |
An |
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| Beyond Gaming |
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| J Team |
Mission |
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| Machi Esports |
Likai |
Gemini |
JimieN |
Atlen |
Koala |
Dreamer |
 Hong Kong Attitude |
Rock |
Kycz |
Biven |
MnM |
Wing |
Chawy |
| PSG Talon |
Hanabi |
 River |
Maple |
Unified |
Kaiwing |
Helper |
 Berjaya Dragons |
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 BOOM Esports |
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| Impunity |
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| Liyab Esports |
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| Note: Only players who have officially signed/resigned with a team are shown. | ||||||
Regular season standings
- Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpha Esports |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Berjaya Dragons |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Beyond Gaming |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | BOOM Esports |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hong Kong Attitude |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Impunity |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | J Team |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Liyab Esports |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Machi Esports |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Talon Esports |
0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- 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.
- "PCS Promotion Qualifier". PCS Official. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Statement to AHQ fans who have accompanied us all the way". Facebook (in Chinese). ahq eSports Club. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "前職業選手丁特宣布買下《英雄聯盟》ahq戰隊". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "PCS teams for the 2021 Spring Split". Facebook. LoL Pacific Championship Series. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "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.