Riot Video games has revealed the collaborating gamers for the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2026 Season Opening.
5 groups comprising of high LoL professionals will compete on January ninth, ranging from 6 PM KST / 9 AM GMT in Seoul, South Korea.
The Season Opening is a celebratory exhibition occasion that may kick off off the subsequent LCK season. Gamers are drafted into combined groups based mostly on their roles (resembling high laner and jungler), with every staff led by an assigned captains.
They arrive from a number of League of Legends organisations, together with the Worlds 2025 champion T1, alongside different high groups resembling Gen.G Esports (Gen.G), Hanwha Life Esports (HWE), KT Rolster, and extra.
All Groups and Gamers Competing
Listed below are the groups representing every function on the 2026 LCK Season Opening:
Crew TOP
Choi ‘Zeus‘ Woo-je from HWE is the captain of Crew TOP. He’s joined by Gen.G’s Kim ‘Kiin‘ Ki-in, Lee ‘DuDu‘ Dong-ju from SOOPers, T1’s Choi ‘Doran‘ Hyeon-jun, and Hwang ‘Kingen‘ Seong-hoon from Nongshim RedForce.
Kiin is the one participant on this staff who competed within the 2025 version of LCK Season Opening, the place his staff completed as runner-up.
Crew JGL
Crew JGL options junglers from throughout the league, with T1’s Mun ‘Oner‘ Hyeon-jun being the IGL. He’ll play alongside HWE’s Website positioning ‘Kanavi‘ Jin-hyeok, Kim ‘Willer‘ Jeong-hyeon from DRX, KT Rolster’s Mun ‘Cuzz‘ U-chan, and Kim “GIDEON” Min-seong from Hanjin BRION.
Crew MID
Crew MID is the reigning champion from 2025, and is as soon as once more helmed by the League of Legends icon and T1’s mid-laner, Lee ‘Faker‘ Sang-hyeok. Supporting him within the showmatch is Dplus’ Heo ‘ShowMaker‘ Su, Lee ‘Scout‘ Ye-chan from Nongshim RedForce, Gen.G’s Jeong ‘Chovy‘ Ji-hoon and Son ‘ucal‘ Woo-hyeon from DRX.
Each ShowMaker and Chovy had been a part of Faker’s profitable lineup in 2025, although solely time will inform whether or not they can defend their title.
Crew BOT
Crew BOT has appointed Park ‘Ruler‘ Jae-hyuk from Gen.G as its captain. He might be joined by T1’s Kim ‘Peyz‘ Su-hwan, Park ‘Teddy‘ Jin-seong from Hanjin BRION, Dplus’ Sin ‘Smash‘ Guem-jae and Nam ‘Diable‘ Dae-geun and FEARX.
Teddy is the one member from Crew BOT’s 2025 roster returning for the 2026 LCK Season Opening.
Crew SUP
Crew SUP incorporates a lineup of help gamers led by captain Ryu ‘Keria‘ Min-seok from T1. Through the exhibition match, he might be supported by KT Rolster’s Jang ‘Ghost‘ Yong-jun, Kim ‘Kellin‘ Hyeong-gyu from FEARX, HWE’s Yu ‘Delight‘ Hwan-jung and Kim ‘Life‘ Jeong-min from SOOPers.
Out of those 5 gamers, solely Keria and Delight beforehand competed within the 2025 showmatch.
