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Contents

   



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1 Format  




2 Offseason changes  




3 Spring  


3.1  Regular season  




3.2  Playoffs  


3.2.1  Bracket  






3.3  Promotion tournament  






4 Summer  


4.1  Regular season  




4.2  Playoffs  


4.2.1  Bracket  






4.3  Promotion tournament  






5 Worlds qualification  


5.1  Championship Points  




5.2  Regional qualifier  






6 Notes  




7 References  




8 External links  













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2016 NA LCS season
LeagueNA LCS
SportLeague of Legends
Duration
  • January 16 – April 17 (Spring)
  • June 3 – August 28 (Summer)
    • Number of teams10
    TV partner(s)Twitch
    Spring
    ChampionsCounter Logic Gaming
      Runners-upTeam SoloMid
    Top seedImmortals
    Season MVPKim "Reignover" Yeu-jin[1]
    (Immortals)
    Summer
    ChampionsTeam SoloMid
      Runners-upCloud9
    Top seedTeam SoloMid
    Season MVPSøren "Bjergsen" Bjerg[1]
    (Team SoloMid)
    Regional finals
    WinnerCloud9
    NA LCS seasons

    ← 2015

    2017 →

    The 2016 NA LCS season was the fourth year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.[2] It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. Regular season games were played in the Riot Games Studios in Los Angeles, California.

    Format[edit]

    Teams compete in a double round robin tournament over the course of nine weeks during the regular season, with matches being best-of-three. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. The seventh place team qualifies for the next split of the LCS but does not participate in playoffs. The bottom three teams play in a promotion/relegation tournament against the top two NA Challenger Series teams. Playoffs were single-elimination and matches were best-of-five. The winner of the summer split automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship, while the team with the most cumulative championship points from the spring and summer splits also qualified for World Championship. A final team, the winner of the regional finals, also qualified for the World Championship.

    Offseason changes[edit]

    As the team with the worst record in the 2015 NA LCS Summer regular season, Team Dragon Knights was automatically relegated to the NA Challenger Series. As the eighth and ninth team places respectively, Team 8 and Enemy eSports were obligated to play in a promotion tournament against the second and third place Challenger teams, who were Team Coast and Team Imagine respectively. Enemy was relegated after losing to Coast 3–0, but Team 8 beat Imagine 3–1 to remain in the LCS. The two teams that won the Promotion matches both sold their spots to other teams before the start of the spring split. The LA Renegades were automatically promoted by winning the NA Challenger Series.

    A total of three teams, Team Coast, Team 8, and Gravity Gaming sold their NA LCS spots, all to new esports organizations that had been created for the sole purpose of being in the LCS. Team Coast sold their spot to NRG eSports,[3] Team 8 sold their spot to Immortals,[4] and Gravity's spot was sold to Echo Fox.[5] Team Impulse had announced their intentions to sell their spot,[6] but failed to do so prior to the original deadline.[7] However, after the Spring Split, Team Impulse managed to sel it's spot to Phoenix1 just before the start of the Summer Split.[8]

    Spring[edit]

    Regular season[edit]

    Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification or relegation
    1 Immortals 18 17 1 0.944 Advance to semifinals
    2 Counter Logic Gaming 18 13 5 0.722
    3 Cloud9 18 12 6 0.667 Advance to quarterfinals
    4 Team Liquid 18 10 8 0.556
    5 NRG Esports 18 9 9 0.500
    6 Team SoloMid 18 9 9 0.500
    7 Echo Fox 18 6 12 0.333
    8 LA Renegades 18 5 13 0.278 Promotion tournament
    9 Team Impulse 18 5 13 0.278
    10 Dignitas 18 4 14 0.222 Relegated to NA CS
    Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine)
    Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

    Playoffs[edit]

    The 2016 NA LCS Spring finals saw a rematch of the previous split's finals between Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming.[9] The finals were played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.[10]

    Bracket[edit]

    QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    1Immortals0
    3Cloud 916Team SoloMid3
    6Team SoloMid36Team SoloMid2
    Top seed selects opponent
    2Counter Logic Gaming3
    2Counter Logic Gaming3
    4Team Liquid34Team Liquid2Third place
    5NRG eSports0
    4Team Liquid0
    3Immortals3

    Source: LoL Esports (Archived November 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine)

    Promotion tournament[edit]

    QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Winner to 2016 Summer
    A1Renegades3
    B2Team Dragon Knights3B2Team Dragon Knights0Winner to 2016 Summer
    B3Team Dignitas0B2Team Dragon Knights0
    Winner to 2016 SummerB1Apex Gaming3
    A2Team Impulse3
    B1Apex Gaming0

    Source: LoL Esports (Archived November 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine)

    Summer[edit]

    Regular season[edit]

    Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification or relegation
    1 Team SoloMid 18 17 1 0.944 Advance to semifinals
    2 Immortals 18 16 2 0.889
    3 Cloud9 18 12 6 0.667 Advance to quarterfinals
    4 Counter Logic Gaming 18 10 8 0.556
    5 Team Liquid 18 9 9 0.500
    6 Team EnVyUs[a] 18 8 10 0.444
    7 Apex Gaming 18 8 10 0.444
    8 Phoenix1[b] 18 5 13 0.278 Promotion tournament
    9 NRG Esports 18 4 14 0.222
    10 Echo Fox 18 1 17 0.056 Relegated to NA CS
    Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine)
    Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

    Playoffs[edit]

    The playoff stage for the third place match between Immortals and Counter Logic Gaming.

    The summer finals were held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada, the first time an NA LCS match had been played outside of the United States.[11]

    Bracket[edit]

    QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    1Team SoloMid3
    3Cloud934Counter Logic Gaming0
    6Team EnVyUs11Team SoloMid3
    Top seed selects opponent
    3Cloud91
    2Immortals2
    4Counter Logic Gaming33Cloud93Third place
    5Team Liquid1
    3Immortals3
    4Counter Logic Gaming2

    Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine)

    Promotion tournament[edit]

    QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Winner to 2017 Spring
    A1Phoenix13
    B2Echo Fox3B2Echo Fox0Winner to 2017 Spring
    B3Team Liquid Academy2B2Echo Fox3
    Winner to 2017 SpringA2NRG Esports0
    A2NRG Esports0
    B1Cloud9 Challenger3

    Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine)

    Worlds qualification[edit]

    Championship Points[edit]

    Pos Team Spr Sum Total Qualification
    1 Team SoloMid 70 AQ AQ 2016 League of Legends World Championship
    2 Counter Logic Gaming 90 40 130
    3 Immortals 50 70 120 Advance to regional qualifier
    4 Cloud9 10 90 100
    5 Team Liquid 30 20 50
    6 Team EnVyUs[a] 0 20 20
    7 Apex Gaming N/A 0 0
    8 Echo Fox 0 0 0
    9 NRG Esports 10[c] 0 0
    10 Phoenix1[b] 0 0 0
    11 Dignitas 0 N/A 0
    Source: 2016 NA LCS Rulebook
    Rules for classification: 1) Championship points; 2) Summer Split points; 3) Summer Split regular season winning percentage; 4) Head-to-head record

    Regional qualifier[edit]

    Round 1Round 2Finals
    3Immortals1
    4Cloud934Cloud93
    5Team Liquid06Team EnVyUs0
    6Team EnVyUs3

    Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine)

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ a b Team EnVyUs acquired Renegade's LCS seed
  • ^ a b Phoenix1 acquired Team Impulse's LCS seed
  • ^ NRG lost Spring Split points due to placing in a relegation position during the Summer Split

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Volk, Pete (April 25, 2017). "NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list". The Rift Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  • ^ Erzberger, Tyler (January 15, 2016). "NA LCS offseason report cards — CLG survives, NRG rises". ESPN.
  • ^ "Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact". Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ "Team 8 has sold its LCS spot". Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ "NBA legend Rick Fox buys pro League of Legends team". Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ LeJacq, Yannick. "League Of Legends Team Is Selling Its Spot In Next Year's Championship Series". Kotaku. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ "Tempo Storm came close to buying Team Impulse's LCS spot". Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ "Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ Wolf, Jacob (January 9, 2016). "Every North American LCS team, and how they should stack up this season". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  • ^ "NA LCS spring finals to be held in Vegas". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  • ^ Erzberger, Tyler (June 6, 2016). "The NA LCS summer finals head to Toronto". ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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