How to watch LEC Winter 2023: Teams, schedule, stream

The 2023 LEC Winter Split begins on January 21 as the 10 teams face off in a shortened regular season that leads into a group stage and eventually the playoffs.

The League of Legends European Championship has been revamped for the 2023 season and now has a new, three-split format, with match days on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. There are also two new teams for LEC fans to follow: Team Heretics, who acquired Misfits Gaming’s slot, and KOI, who merged with Rogue.

The winner of the Winter Split, decided in the playoff stage, will earn a spot in the LEC Finals along with 120 points toward qualification for Worlds 2023.

Below you can find all you need to know about the LEC Winter Split 2023.

LEC Winter 2023: Stream

LEC Winter 2023 will be streamed live on Twitch on the official LEC channel. The stream is embedded below.

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LEC Winter 2023: Format and schedule

Under the LEC’s new format, the ten teams will face each other during a three-week span in a single round-robin stage. The top eight teams will advance to stage 2, a double-elimination group stage with two groups of four teams.

The group winners and runners-up from stage 2 will then progress to the playoffs, also featuring a double-elimination bracket.

Regular Season (January 21 — February 6)

Week 1 (January 21-23)

Week 2 (January 28-30)

Week 3 (February 4-6)

LEC Winter 2023: Regular season standings

Green = Qualified for group stage. Red = Eliminated.

LEC Winter 2023: Teams & players

The LEC has seen significant changes in the offseason. Along with the format changes, two new teams joined the league for 2023, KOI and Team Heretics.

Many teams turned their rosters inside out for the new competitive calendar in hopes of reaching greater heights in 2023. Fnatic revamped their bot lane, re-signing Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson and promoting academy support Rúben ‘rhuckz’ Barbosa, and so did G2 Esports, who, in addition to picking up Steven ‘Hans sama’ Liv and bringing Mihael ‘Mikyx’ Mehle back, snared rookie jungler Martin ‘Yike’ Sundelin.

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Rekkles is back with Fnatic

Meanwhile, Vitality, after the collapse of their ‘super team’, built almost an entirely new roster, which will revolve around jungler Zhou ‘Bo’ Yangbo. He is one of the imports that LEC fans are excited to see in action, along with Heretics’ Japanese top laner Shunsuke “Evi” Murase, formerly of Detonation FocusMe.