LoL KeSPA Cup

Main Events

Start	End	Tournament	Prize Pool	First	Runner-Up
2025-12-06	2025-12-14	KeSPA Cup 2025	₩ 80,000,000	T1	Hanwha Life
2024-11-30	2024-12-08	KeSPA Cup 2024	₩ 80,000,000	OK BRION	Dplus Kia
2021-12-10	2021-12-12	KeSPA Cup 2021	₩ 20,000,000	DWG KIA Challengers	BRO Challengers
2020-12-21	2021-01-02	KeSPA Cup 2020	₩ 112,000,000	DAMWON	NS RedForce
2019-12-23	2020-01-05	KeSPA Cup 2019	₩ 158,000,000	Afreeca Freecs	SANDBOX Gaming
2018-12-18	2018-12-31	KeSPA Cup 2018	₩ 100,000,000	Griffin	Gen.G
2017-11-20	2017-12-02	KeSPA Cup 2017	₩ 100,000,000	KT Rolster	Longzhu Gaming
2016-11-09	2016-11-19	KeSPA Cup 2016	₩ 100,000,000	ROX Tigers	Kongdoo Monster
2015-11-06	2015-11-14	KeSPA Cup 2015	₩ 100,000,000	ESC Ever	CJ Entus

Qualifiers

None found

Invited Foreign Teams

Year	Teams
2021	APAC ⁠⁠Hungkuang Falcon, APAC ⁠⁠West Point Esports, CN ⁠⁠LNG Academy, CN ⁠⁠Weibo Gaming Youth Team
2024	APAC ⁠⁠Chinese Taipei, VN ⁠⁠Vietnam
2025	AME ⁠⁠Cloud9, AME ⁠⁠Team Liquid, APAC ⁠⁠Japan, APAC ⁠⁠Vietnam

Organizations By Appearances

Organizations with at least five appearances are listed.

Org	#	Team	#	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2024	2025
⁠⁠	9	⁠⁠KT	8	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8	0010001	0030043 - 4	0090129 - 12	0030043 - 4		0060006	01001210 - 12
⁠⁠	9	⁠⁠KT.C	1							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠	8	⁠⁠AF	5		0090149 - 14	0090129 - 12	0050085 - 8	0010001	0090109 - 10
		⁠⁠AF.C	1							0090169 - 16
		⁠⁠KDF	1								01101211 - 12
		⁠⁠DNF	1									0060006
⁠⁠	8	⁠⁠SKT	4	0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠	8	⁠⁠T1	4					0030043 - 4	0070087 - 8		01101211 - 12	0010001
⁠⁠	7	⁠⁠DWG	4			0090129 - 12	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8	0010001
		⁠⁠DK.C	1							0010001
		⁠⁠DK	2								0020002	0030003
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠BRB	2				01301913 - 19	0090129 - 12
		⁠⁠BRO	1						0090109 - 10
		⁠⁠BRO.C	1							0020002
		⁠⁠BRO	2								0010001	01301413 - 14
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠GEN	5				0020002	0050085 - 8	0050065 - 6		0030043 - 4	01301413 - 14
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠GEN.C	1							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠HLE	5				01301913 - 19	0050085 - 8	0030043 - 4		0030043 - 4	0020002
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠HLE.C	1							0030043 - 4
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠KZ	1				0050085 - 8
		⁠⁠DRX	1					0030043 - 4
		⁠⁠DRX	3						0070097 - 9		0080008	0070097 - 9
		⁠⁠DRX.C	1							0050085 - 8
⁠⁠	6	⁠⁠SB	2				0090129 - 12	0020002
		⁠⁠LSB	1						0050065 - 6
		⁠⁠LSB.C	1							0050085 - 8
		⁠⁠BFX	2								0090109 - 10	0070097 - 9
⁠⁠	5	⁠⁠DYN	1					0090129 - 12
		⁠⁠NS	3						0020002		0070007	0040004
		⁠⁠NS.C	1							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠	5	⁠⁠JAG	5	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0090129 - 12	01302013 - 20
⁠⁠	5	⁠⁠ESC	2	0010001	0030043 - 4
		⁠⁠bbq	2			0090129 - 12	0090129 - 12
		⁠⁠ESC	1					01302013 - 20

Team Timeline

Team	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2024	2025
⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs		0090149 - 14	0090129 - 12	0050085 - 8	0010001	0090109 - 10
⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs Challengers							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠APK Prince			01301913 - 19	01301913 - 19	01302013 - 20
⁠⁠ASURA					01302013 - 20
⁠⁠bbq Olivers			0090129 - 12	0090129 - 12
⁠⁠BNK FEARX								0090109 - 10	0070097 - 9
⁠⁠Brion Blade				01301913 - 19	0090129 - 12
⁠⁠Chinese Taipei								0050005
⁠⁠CJ Entus	0020002	0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Cloud9									0050005
⁠⁠CTU Pathos	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠DAMWON Gaming			0090129 - 12	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8	0010001
⁠⁠DN Freecs									0060006
⁠⁠Dplus Kia								0020002	0030003
⁠⁠DragonX					0030043 - 4
⁠⁠DRX						0070087 - 8		0080008	0070097 - 9
⁠⁠DRX Challengers							0050085 - 8
⁠⁠DWG KIA Challengers							0010001
⁠⁠ES Sharks				01301913 - 19
⁠⁠ESC Ever	0010001	0030043 - 4
⁠⁠ESports Connected					01302013 - 20
⁠⁠Ever8 Winners			0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Fredit BRION						0090109 - 10
⁠⁠Fredit BRION Challengers							0020002
⁠⁠Gen.G				0020002	0050085 - 8	0050065 - 6		0030043 - 4	01301413 - 14
⁠⁠Gen.G Challengers							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠Griffin			0050085 - 8	0010001	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠GC Busan Ascension					01302013 - 20
⁠⁠GC Busan Rising Star				0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Hanwha Life Esports				01301913 - 19	0050085 - 8	0030043 - 4		0030043 - 4	0020002
⁠⁠Hanwha Life Esports Challengers							0030043 - 4
⁠⁠Hungkuang Falcon							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠I Gaming Star			01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Incredible Miracle	0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Japan									01001210 - 12
⁠⁠Jin Air Green Wings	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0090129 - 12	01302013 - 20
⁠⁠Kingzone DragonX				0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster		0020002	01301913 - 19
⁠⁠KT Rolster	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8	0010001	0030043 - 4	0090129 - 12	0030043 - 4		0060006	01001210 - 12
⁠⁠KT Rolster Challengers							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs								01101211 - 12
⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX						0050065 - 6
⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX Challengers							0050085 - 8
⁠⁠LNG Academy							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠Longzhu Gaming		0090149 - 14	0020002
⁠⁠MVP		0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	01301913 - 19
⁠⁠NaJin e-mFire	0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Nongshim RedForce						0020002		0070007	0040004
⁠⁠Nongshim RedForce Challengers							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠OKSavingsBank BRION								0010001	01301413 - 14
⁠⁠Rebels Anarchy	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠REVERSE Gaming				01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Rising Star Gaming		0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Rockhead					01302013 - 20
⁠⁠ROX Tigers		0010001	0090129 - 12
⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	0090149 - 14	0050085 - 8	0030043 - 4
⁠⁠SANDBOX Gaming				0090129 - 12	0020002
⁠⁠SBENU Sonicboom	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Shadow Battlica							0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Shadow EK							0050085 - 8
⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8
⁠⁠Spear Gaming					0090129 - 12
⁠⁠T1					0030043 - 4	0070087 - 8		01101211 - 12	0010001
⁠⁠Team BattleComics			01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Team Dynamics					0090129 - 12
⁠⁠Team Liquid									0070097 - 9
⁠⁠Tigers	0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Vietnam								0090109 - 10	01001210 - 12
⁠⁠Winners	0090149 - 14		01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Weibo Gaming Youth Team							0030043 - 4
⁠⁠West Point Esports							0090169 - 16
⁠⁠Young Boss	0090149 - 14
⁠⁠Chungnam		0090149 - 14			01302013 - 20
⁠⁠Seoul		0090149 - 14		0090129 - 12
⁠⁠Gangwon			01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Gwangju			01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Gyeonggi			01301913 - 19
⁠⁠Ulsan					01302013 - 20

Records

Record	Team	Season
Most Championships	N/A	No teams won more than 1 time
Most Consecutive Championships	N/A	No teams won more than 1 time
Most Participated (Organization)	⁠⁠KT Rolster	9 times ⁠⁠KT: 8 times ⁠⁠KT.C: 1 time
Best non-LCK team's Result (excluded 2021)	⁠⁠ESC Ever	1st Place (2015)
Best non-Korean team's Result (included 2021)	⁠⁠Weibo Gaming Youth Team	3rd-4th Place (2021)
Best non-Korean team's Result (excluded 2021)	⁠⁠Chinese Taipei ⁠⁠Cloud9	5th Place (2024) 5th Place (2025)

2021 season was the tournament only included secondery league teams, no LCK teams are involved.