| 2020 LPL season | |
| League: | LPL |
| Sport: | League of Legends |
| Duration: | 13 January – 2 May (Spring) 5 June – 27 August (Summer) 28 August – 30 August (Regional Finals) |
| No Of Teams: | 17 |
| Season: | Spring |
| Top Seed: | Invictus Gaming |
| Mvp: | Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok (JD Gaming) |
| Season Champs: | JD Gaming |
| Second Place: | Top Esports |
| Season2: | Summer |
| Top Seed2: | Top Esports |
| Mvp2: | Zhuo "knight" Ding (Top Esports) |
| Season Champs2: | Top Esports |
| Second Place2: | JD Gaming |
| Season3: | Regional Finals |
| Season Champ3 Name: | Winner |
| Season Champs3: | Suning |
| Second Place3: | LGD Gaming |
| Seasonslistnames: | LPL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2019 LPL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2021 LPL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021 |
The 2020 LPL season was the eighth year of China's League of Legends Pro League (LPL), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.
The spring split began on 13 January, but was suspended after the first week of competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.[1] [2] The season resumed on 9 March with games being played online,[3] However, several players could not play due to travel restrictions after they returned to their hometowns.[4] and concluded with the spring finals on 2 May.
The summer split began on 5 June and concluded with the summer finals on 27 August.
| Point distribution | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | ||
| 1st | 60 | AQ1 | |
| 2nd | 40 | 90 | |
| 3rd | 30 | 70 | |
| 4th | 20 | 40 | |
| 5th | 10 | 20 | |
| 6th | 10 | 10 | |
1 Auto qualification as the LPL's first seed.
Excluding the first and second seeds, the remaining four teams with the most Championship Points qualify for the Regional Finals (if Championship Points are equal, the final seeding for the regional finals is determined by teams' summer season rankings).
Note: The winner of Round 1, Game 1 (i.e. Suning vs LGD Gaming) is the Regional Finals winner and the LPL's third seed at the World Championship. The winner of Round 2 is the Regional Finals runners-up and the LPL's fourth seed at the World Championship. The losers of Round 1, Game 2 (i.e. Invictus Gaming vs FunPlus Phoenix) and Round 2 are eliminated from World Championship contention.