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Spring Playoffs
Overview
| 2017 EU LCS Spring Playoffs | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | Riot Games | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | Europe | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | Germany | |
| Start Date | 2017-04-08 | |
| End Date | 2017-04-23 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch Full List | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Overview[]
The 2017 EU League Championship Series is the fifth season of Europe's fully professional League of Legends league. In the playoffs, six teams compete in a single-elimination bracket for prize money and Championship Points.
Format[]
- Single elimination with a third-place match.
- 1st seeds of the Spring Season get a bye into the semifinals.
- 2nd and 3rd seeds of the Spring Season play in the quarterfinals.
- Higher seed of one group faces lower seed of the other group in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
- In the event both teams from a single group win their Quarterfinals, the #1 and #2 teams from that group can not meet in the Semifinals
- All matches are best of five.
- Winner qualifies for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational
- Official 2017 Season EU LCS Rulebook
Prize Pool[]
€ 200,000 Euros are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Team |
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 1 | €80,000$85,600 | 40% | 90 |  G2 Esports |
 2 | €50,000$53,500 | 25% | 70 |  Unicorns of Love |
 3 | €30,000$32,100 | 15% | 50 |  Fnatic |
| 4 | €20,000$21,400 | 10% | 30 |  Misfits Gaming |
| 5-6 | €10,000$10,700 | 5% | 10 |  Splyce |
 H2k-Gaming |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on April 23, 2017, as follows:
- € 1 Euro = $ 1.07 US Dollars
Participants[]
Results[]
Quarterfinals
MSF
MSF3
SPY
SPY2
H2K
H2K0
FNC
FNC3
Semifinals
G2
G23
FNC
FNC1
UOL
UOL3
MSF
MSF1
Finals
G2
G23
UOL
UOL1
3rd place match
FNC
FNC3
MSF
MSF0
Player of the Series[]
| Series | Player | KDA | Champs Played |
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| MSF vs. SPY
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 PowerOfEvil
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6.33 |  Viktor  Cassiopeia  Syndra  LeBlanc
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| H2K vs. FNC
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 Rekkles
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22.5 |  Twitch  Vayne  Kennen
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| G2 vs. FNC
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 PerkZ
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7 | Cassiopeia  Orianna  Ekko
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| UOL vs. MSF
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 Xerxe
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10.5 |  Gragas  Graves  Rengar
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| FNC vs. MSF
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Broxah
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41 |  Ivern  Elise
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| G2 vs. UOL
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Expect
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6,75 |  Gangplank  Camille
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Match Schedule[]
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| Sat 8 Apr - Sun 9 AprSat 8 Apr - Sun 9 AprSun 9 Apr - Mon 10 Apr2017,4,08,15,00 - 2017,4,09,15,00 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-08 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-08 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-09 | |||||
| 2017,4,08,15,00 | |||||
| MSF | 3 | 2 | 2017,4,08,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | SPY | |
| Sun 2017-04-09 | |||||
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| Mon 2017-04-10 | |||||
| 2017,4,09,15,00 | |||||
| H2K | 0 | 3 | 2017,4,09,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | FNC | |
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| Sat 15 Apr - Sun 16 AprSat 15 Apr - Sun 16 AprSun 16 Apr - Mon 17 Apr2017,4,15,15,00 - 2017,4,16,15,00 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-15 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-15 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-16 | |||||
| 2017,4,15,15,00 | |||||
| G2 | 3 | 1 | 2017,4,15,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | FNC | |
| Sun 2017-04-16 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-16 | |||||
| Mon 2017-04-17 | |||||
| 2017,4,16,15,00 | |||||
| UOL | 3 | 1 | 2017,4,16,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | MSF | |
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| Sat 22 AprSat 22 AprSun 23 Apr2017,4,22,15,00 - 2017,4,22,15,00 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-22 | |||||
| Sat 2017-04-22 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-23 | |||||
| 2017,4,22,15,00 | |||||
| FNC | 3 | 0 | 2017,4,22,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | MSF | |
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| Sun 23 AprSun 23 AprMon 24 Apr2017,4,23,15,00 - 2017,4,23,15,00 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-23 | |||||
| Sun 2017-04-23 | |||||
| Mon 2017-04-24 | |||||
| 2017,4,23,15,00 | |||||
| G2 | 3 | 1 | 2017,4,23,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | UOL | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| MSF | SPY | 3 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| H2K | FNC | 0 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| G2 | FNC | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| UOL | MSF | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| FNC | MSF | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| G2 | UOL | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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Media[]
Peak viewers[]
Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[1]:
- The tournament's Overall peak was 402 969 viewers
- The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 398 428 viewers
- English streams peak was 318 515 viewers
- Russian streams peak was 854 viewers
- Chinese streams peak was 19 520 viewers
- Twitch.tv peak was 293 301 viewers
Streams[]
Twitch
YouTube
Twitch
Twitch
Twitch - O'Gaming
Twitch - Eclypsia
Twitch
Twitch - Nervarien
Twitch - Frenzy
Articles[]
- April 4, Kelsey Moser's 2017 EU LCS Spring Split playoffs power rankings by Kelsey Moser on Yahoo! Esports
- April 19, Stats Science: Spring Finals Special on ADC Damage by Eike "Timbolt" Heimpel on LoL Esports
- April 22, 2017 EU LCS Spring Finals by Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
- April 22, The MVP of the Spring Split is... by Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
Interviews[]
- April 9, Caps: "It's coincidence whether we win" with Sport1
- April 9, IgNar: "Kennen is good, Fiddlesticks not" with Sport1
- April 13 sOAZ gives a vet's take on personal improvement, lessons from Origen, and what makes a good coach with Blitz Esports
- April 13, Sheepy on UOL signing humble players: "[You can't be fine with what you've done], then perform well" with Blitz Esports
- April 13, "Not sad that Schalke and PSG do not rise" with Sport1
- April 14, Cyanide about a possible comeback with Sport1
- April 14, Jankos talks about H2K's growth, how the team untilts, and the amazing burgers in NA with Blitz Esports
- April 17, Wunder talks what makes a great top-laner and how Splyce prepares for LCS matcheswith Blitz Eports
- April 17, Wunder talks what makes a great top-laner and how Splyce prepares for LCS matches with Blitz Eports
- April 19, Vizicsacsi talks about the secret to UOL's success and how the team stays positive and energetic with Blitz Esports
- April 20, Mikyx: "I know a lot of players that could be playing in LCS, but they type too much in chat" with Blitz Esports
- April 20, Odoamne: "When carry meta pops off in the top-lane, it's way more entertaining than any other carry" with Blitz Esports
- April 21, Sjokz talks the uniqueness of the EU LCS broadcast, bittersweet EU storylines, and fan appreciation with Blitz Esports
- April 22, The only way is up - FNC Broxah with Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
- April 23, "We had nothing more to lose" with Sport1
- April 23, "I respect Alphari significantly more than Expect" with Sport1
- April 23, "If UoL had reached the final" with Sport1
- April 23, Your 2017 Spring Split Champions are... with LoL Esports
- April 24, Trashy talks life on Splyce and his greatest achievement: being among the Top 10 Hottest LoL players with Blitz Esports
- April 24, G2 Esports Star Perkz would like the international title with Sport1
- April 25, Broxah about Fnatic’s playoffs success: “We got a lot of inspiration from the Unicorns of Love and copied their style a bit” with Darius Matushack on The Shotcaller
- April 25, PiraTechnics on being the EU LCS hype man, how he casts clown fiestas, and taking care of his voice with Blitz Esports
- April 25, "I am disappointed by UoL" with Sport1
- April 27, Sencux talks about playing League in an athletic family and how he started his pro career with Blitz Esports
- April 27, Deficio on why choking doesn't excuse poor international play & recreating the EU broadcast identity with Blitz Esports
Videos[]
- April 7, Making the Rounds: Kelsey and Emily preview EU LCS quarterfinals by Yahoo! Esports
- April 14, Making the Rounds: The tight G2 and Fnatic semifinal by Yahoo Esports
- April 19, EU LCS Spring Finals | Who will be the Kings of Europe? by LoL Esports
- April 21, EU LCS Spring 2017: Third-Place Match | Fnatic vs. Misfits by LoL Esports
- April 22, EU LCS Spring 2017: Final | G2 Esports vs. Unicorns of Love by LoL Esports
Announcements[]
- March 29, Extra tickets released for the 2017 EU Spring finals in Hamburg
- April 6, 2017 EU LCS Spring Playoffs
Additional Content[]
Additional Links[]
References[]
- ↑ EU LCS Spring 2017 esc.watch