2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series
2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series | |
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League | North American League of Legends Championship Series |
Sport | League of Legends |
TV partner(s) | twitch.tv/riotgames (online) |
Finals champions | Counter Logic Gaming (Darshan, Xmithie, HuHi, Stixxay Aphromoo) |
Runners-up | Team SoloMid (Hauntzer, Svenskeren, Bjergsen, Doublelift, Biofrost, Valkrin) |
The 2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series (2016 Spring NA LCS) is the fourth season of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.[1] The spring split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 NA LCS Summer playoff finals between Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming.[2] Most matches were played at a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California. The finals were played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.[3]
Offseason
From the 2015 Summer NA LCS, as the team with the worst record Team Dragon Knights was automatically relegated to the NA Challenger Series. As the 8th and 9th places, Enemy eSports and Team 8 were obligated to play qualification matches against the 2nd and 3rd place CS 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. LA Renegades were automatically promoted by winning the NA Challenger Series.
A total of three, Team Coast, Team 8, and Gravity Gaming sold their spots, all to new eSports organization that had been created for the sole purpose of being in the LCS. Coast sold their spot to NRG eSports,[4] Team 8 sold theirs to Immortals,[5] and Gravity to Echo Fox.[6] Team Impulse had announced their intentions to sell their spot,[7] but failed to do so by the (unknown) deadline,[8] but after playing in the Spring Split eventually sold to Phoenix1 just before the Summer split.[9]
Rosters
Team | Players | ||
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Cloud9 |
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Counter Logic Gaming |
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Echo Fox |
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Immortals |
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NRG eSports |
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Renegades |
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Team Dignitas |
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Team Impulse |
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Team Liquid |
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Team SoloMid |
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Final regular season standings
Place | Team | Match record | Game record | Champ. points |
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1. | Immortals | 17–1 | ||
2. | Counter Logic Gaming | 13–5 | ||
3. | Cloud9 | 12–6 | ||
4. | Team Liquid | 10–8 | ||
5. | NRG eSports | 9–9 | ||
6. | Team SoloMid | 9–9 | ||
7. | Echo Fox | 6–12 | ||
8. | Renegades | 2-6 | ||
9. | Team Impulse | 5–14 | ||
10. | Team Dignitas | 4–14 |
Teams
Team | Position in 2015 Summer Split | First appearance in LCS | Number of splits in LCS |
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Cloud9 | 7th | Summer 2013 | 5 |
Counter Logic Gaming | 1st | Spring 2013 | 6 |
Echo Fox[lower-alpha 1] | N/A | Spring 2016 | 0 |
Immortals[lower-alpha 2] | N/A | Spring 2016 | 0 |
LA Renegades | N/A | Spring 2016 | 0 |
NRG eSports[lower-alpha 3] | N/A | Spring 2016 | 0 |
Team Dignitas | 5th–6th | Spring 2013 | 6 |
Team Impulse | 4th | Summer 2014 | 3 |
Team Liquid | 3rd | Spring 2013 | 6 |
Team SoloMid | 2nd | Spring 2013 | 6 |
- notes
- ↑ Spot acquired from Gravity Gaming[10]
- ↑ Spot acquired from Team 8[11]
- ↑ Spot acquired from Team Coast[12]
Playoffs
Playoff standings
Place | Team | Championship points |
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1st | Counter Logic Gaming | 90 |
2nd | Team SoloMid | 70 |
3rd | Immortals | 50 |
4th | Team Liquid | 30 |
5th/6th | Cloud9 | 10 |
5th/6th | NRG eSports | 10 |
7th/10th | Echo Fox | 0 |
7th/10th | Renegades | 0 |
7th/10th | Team Impulse | 0 |
7th/10th | Team Dignitas | 0 |
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Immortals | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Cloud 9 | 1 | 6 | Team SoloMid | 3 | ||||||||
6 | Team SoloMid | 3 | 2 | Counter Logic Gaming | 3 | ||||||||
6 | Team SoloMid | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Counter Logic Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Team Liquid | 3 | 4 | Team Liquid | 2 | Third place | |||||||
5 | NRG eSports | 0 | 4 | Team Liquid | 0 | ||||||||
1 | Immortals | 3 |
References
- ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (January 15, 2016). "NA LCS offseason report cards -- CLG survives, NRG rises". ESPN.
- ↑ Wolf, Jacob (2016-01-09). "Every North American LCS team, and how they should stack up this season". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "NA LCS spring finals to be held in Vegas". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ "Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact". Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ "Team 8 has sold its LCS spot". Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ "NBA legend Rick Fox buys pro League of Legends team". Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ LeJacq, Yannick. "League Of Legends Team Is Selling Its Spot In Next Year's Championship Series". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ "Tempo Storm came close to buying Team Impulse's LCS spot". Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ "Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ↑ Gach, Ethan (June 6, 2016). "Rick Fox's Esport Teams Can't Stop Losing". Kotaku. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ Hussain, Tamoor (October 7, 2015). "League of Legends Team-8 Acquired and Rebranded "Immortals," Expansion into Dota 2, Counter-Strike Planned". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Rosen, Daniel (November 16, 2015). "NRG eSports acquire NA LCS spot; sign Impact, GBM, Moon and konkwon". theScore eSports. theScore Inc. Retrieved 20 November 2015.