2016 NA LCS season

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2016 NA LCS season
LeagueNA LCS
SportLeague of Legends
DurationJanuary 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

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

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

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 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

Teams and rosters

Teams Roster
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Counter Logic Gaming Canada Darshan United States Xmithie South Korea Huhi United States Stixxay United States Aphromoo
Team SoloMid United States Hauntzer Denmark Svenskeren Denmark Bjergsen United States Doublelift France YellOwStaR
Team Dignitas United States BillyBoss Netherlands Kirei Canada Shiphtur United States Apollo United States KiWiKiD
Cloud9 United States Balls South Korea Rush Denmark Jensen United States Sneaky United States Bunny FuFuu
United States Hai
Team Liquid United States Lourlo United States Dardoch South Korea FeniX South Korea Piglet United States Matt
Immortals South Korea Huni South Korea Reignover United States Pobelter Canada WildTurtle United States Adrian
Echo Fox South Korea kfo Canada Hard Denmark Froggen United States Keith United States Big
NRG Esports South Korea Impact United States Moon South Korea GBM United States Altec United States KonKwon
Renegades South Korea Seraph
Ukraine RF Legendary 		Venezuela Crumbzz Russia Alex Ich
South Korea Ninja 		Czech Republic Freeze
South Korea Ohq 		United States Hakuho
United States Remi
Team Impulse South Korea Feng South Korea Proxin South Korea Pirean Canada Mash United States Gate

Regular season

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Immortals 17 1 16 Advance to semifinals
2 Counter Logic Gaming 13 5 8
3 Cloud9 12 6 6 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Team Liquid 10 8 2
5 NRG Esports† 9 9 0
6 Team SoloMid 9 9 0
7 Echo Fox 6 12 −6 No qualification for playoffs
8 LA Renegades 5 13 −8 Promotion tournament
9 Team Impulse 5 13 −8
10 Dignitas 4 14 −10 Relegated to NA CS
Source: [9]

† NRG Esports won the tiebreaker over Team SoloMid due to head-to-head matchup in the regular season.

Playoffs

The 2016 NA LCS Spring finals saw a rematch of the previous split's finals between Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming.[10] The finals were played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.[11]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
RS1 Immortals 0
RS3 Cloud 9 1 QF1 Team SoloMid 3
RS6 Team SoloMid 3 1 Counter Logic Gaming 3
2 Team SoloMid 2
RS2 Counter Logic Gaming 3
RS4 Team Liquid 3 QF2 Team Liquid 2
RS5 NRG eSports 0 Third place match
4 Team Liquid 0
3 Immortals 3

Summer

Teams and rosters

Teams Roster
Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Counter Logic Gaming Canada Darshan United States Xmithie South Korea Huhi United States Stixxay United States Aphromoo
Team SoloMid United States Hauntzer Denmark Svenskeren Denmark Bjergsen United States Doublelift Canada Biofrost
Cloud9 South Korea Impact United States Meteos Denmark Jensen United States Sneaky United States Bunny FuFuu
Team Liquid United States Lourlo United States Dardoch South Korea FeniX South Korea Piglet United States Matt
Immortals South Korea Huni South Korea Reignover United States Pobelter Canada WildTurtle United States Adrian
Echo Fox South Korea kfo Canada Hard Denmark Froggen United States Keith United States Big
NRG Esports Venezuela Quas Denmark Santorin South Korea GBM South Korea Ohq United States KiWiKiD
Team Apex South Korea Ray Russia Diamondprox South Korea Keane South Korea Shrimp United States Xpecial
Team Envy South Korea Seraph South Korea Proxcin South Korea Ninja Canada LOD United States Hakuho
Phoenix1 United States Zig Netherlands Inori Canada Pirean United States Mash United States Gate

Regular season

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 Team SoloMid 17 1 16 Advance to semifinals
2 Immortals 16 2 14
3 Cloud9 12 6 6 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Counter Logic Gaming 10 8 2
5 Team Liquid 9 9 0
6 Team Envy† 8 10 −2
7 Apex Gaming 8 10 −2 No qualification for playoffs
8 Phoenix1 5 13 −8 Promotion tournament
9 NRG Esports 4 14 −10
10 Echo Fox 1 17 −16 Relegated to NA CS
Source: [12]

† Team Envy won the tiebreaker over Apex Gaming due to head-to-head matchup in the regular season.

Playoffs

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, Ontario, Canada, the first time an NA LCS match had been played outside of the United States.[13]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
RS2 Immortals 2
RS3 Cloud9 3 QF1 Cloud9 3
RS6 Team Envy 1 2 Cloud9 1
1 Team SoloMid 3
RS1 Team SoloMid 3
RS4 Counter Logic Gaming 3 QF2 Counter Logic Gaming 0
RS5 Team Liquid 1 Third place
3 Immortals 3
4 Counter Logic Gaming 2

Regional finals

Round 1Round 2Finals
CP3Immortals1
CP4Cloud93R2Cloud93
CP5Team Liquid0R1Team Envy0
CP6Team Envy3

References

  1. ^ a b Volk, Pete (April 25, 2017). "NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list". The Rift Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Erzberger, Tyler (January 15, 2016). "NA LCS offseason report cards — CLG survives, NRG rises". ESPN.
  3. ^ "Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact". Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "Team 8 has sold its LCS spot". Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "NBA legend Rick Fox buys pro League of Legends team". Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  6. ^ LeJacq, Yannick. "League Of Legends Team Is Selling Its Spot In Next Year's Championship Series". Kotaku. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  7. ^ "Tempo Storm came close to buying Team Impulse's LCS spot". Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  9. ^ "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2016.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "NA LCS spring finals to be held in Vegas". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "Teams & Standings". LoL Esports. 2016.
  13. ^ Erzberger, Tyler (June 6, 2016). "The NA LCS summer finals head to Toronto". ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
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