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Mid-Season Cup

Mid-Season Cup was a Riot Games international League of Legends competition between the LCK and LPL, held once in 2020 during the period when MSI was canceled.

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Mid-Season Cup
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Updated October 27, 2026

Tournament snapshot

Organizer

Riot Games

Host and dates

Online · Seoul and Shanghai · May 28–31, 2020

Champion

Top Esports

Combined prize pool

USD 600,000

Participant scale

8 teams · LCK and LPL top four

Overview

The Mid-Season Cup was a one-time international League of Legends event organized by Riot Games in 2020. It brought together the top four teams from the LCK and LPL Spring Splits. Riot described it as one of the May events replacing the canceled 2020 Mid-Season Invitational. The event was played online, with LCK teams at LoL Park in Seoul and LPL teams at the Shanghai LPL Arena.[1]

Eight teams were split into two four-team groups for single-game round-robin play. The top two from each group advanced to single-elimination best-of-five semifinals and a best-of-five final; game one of each series used blind pick.[3] Top Esports won the final against FunPlus Phoenix and took the listed USD 600,000 total prize pool.[4]

Latest tracked edition

Mid-Season Cup 2020

Online · LoL Park, Seoul, South Korea, and Shanghai LPL Arena, Shanghai, ChinaMay 28, 2020 – May 31, 2020COMPLETED
Open edition
Mid-Season Cup 2020

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1 tracked

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References4
  1. [1]Introducing the 2020 Mid-Season Cup: An LCK vs. LPL Showdown — Riot Games / LoL Esports
  2. [2]Rosters for 2020 Mid-Season Cup announced — Inven Global
  3. [3]2020 MSC format information — Riot Games / League of Legends Korea
  4. [4]Mid-Season Cup 2020 — Leaguepedia