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2018 EU LCS Summer Playoffs
EU LCS 2018 Logo
Tournament Information
OrganizerRiot Games
RulebookRulebook
FormatSingle Elimination
Location & Dates
Region
EU
Europe
Event TypeOffline
Country
Spain
Start Date2018-08-24
End Date2018-09-09
Broadcast
Streams
Twitch
Full List
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links
Infobox Homepagelogo std

The 2018 EU League Championship Series is the sixth 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.

Overview[]

Format[]

  • Single elimination with a third-place match.
  • 1st and 2nd place of the Summer Season get a bye into the semifinals.
  • 3rd through 6th place of the Summer Season play in the quarterfinals.
  • Teams are reseeded after quarterfinals so the first-place team always plays the lowest-ranked advancing quarterfinal team.
  • All matches are best of five
  • Official 2018 Season EU LCS Rulebook
  • Winner qualifies for the 2018 Season World Championship
  • Finals Weekend held at the Palacio Vistalegre (Calle de Utebo, 1, 28025 Madrid, Spain)

Prize Pool[]

€ 200,000 Euros are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalUSD
PlacePrizePrize (%)PointsQualificationTeam
PlacementIcon1 1€80,000$92,462.5340%Worlds 2018Fnaticlogo stdFnatic
PlacementIcon2 2€50,000$57,789.0825%90FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdSchalke 04
PlacementIcon3 3€30,000$34,673.4515%70Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
4€20,000$23,115.6310%40Misfits Gaminglogo stdMisfits Gaming
5-6€10,000$11,557.825%20Splycelogo stdSplyce
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 Esports

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on 2018-09-09, as follows:

  • € 1 Euro = $ 1.1557815983 US Dollars

Participants[]

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Results[]

Quarterfinals
FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04
3
Splycelogo stdSPY
2
G2 Esportslogo stdG2
0
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
3
Semifinals
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
3
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
1
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
1
FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04
3
Finals
Fnaticlogo stdFNC
3
FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04
1
3rd place match
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
3
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
1

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 8.16
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Quarterfinals
Fri 24 Aug - Sat 25 AugFri 24 Aug - Sat 25 AugSat 25 Aug - Sun 26 Aug2018,8,24,16,00 - 2018,8,25,15,00
    
Fri 2018-08-24
Fri 2018-08-24
Sat 2018-08-25
2018,8,24,16,00
S04FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo std32Splycelogo stdSPY
Sat 2018-08-25
Sat 2018-08-25
Sun 2018-08-26
2018,8,25,15,00
G2G2 Esportslogo std03Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
Patch: 8.16
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Semifinals
Fri 31 Aug - Sat 1 SepFri 31 Aug - Sat 1 SepSat 1 Sep - Sun 2 Sep2018,8,31,16,00 - 2018,9,01,15,00
    
Fri 2018-08-31
Fri 2018-08-31
Sat 2018-09-01
2018,8,31,16,00
VITTeam Vitalitylogo std13FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04
Sat 2018-09-01
Sat 2018-09-01
Sun 2018-09-02
2018,9,01,15,00
FNCFnaticlogo std31Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
Patch: 8.16
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Third-Place Match
Sat 8 SepSat 8 SepSun 9 Sep2018,9,08,15,00 - 2018,9,08,15,00
    
Sat 2018-09-08
Sat 2018-09-08
Sun 2018-09-09
2018,9,08,15,00
VITTeam Vitalitylogo std31Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF
Patch: 8.16
[showhide]
Finals
Sun 9 SepSun 9 SepMon 10 Sep2018,9,09,15,00 - 2018,9,09,15,00
    
Sun 2018-09-09
Sun 2018-09-09
Mon 2018-09-10
2018,9,09,15,00
FNCFnaticlogo std31FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04

VODs & Match Links[]

Individual Awards[]

Player of the Series[]

Series Player KDA Champs Played
FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04 vs. Splycelogo stdSPY FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdUpset 2.6 Kai'SaSquareKai'Sa EzrealSquareEzreal
G2 Esportslogo stdG2 vs. Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF Misfits Gaminglogo stdHans Sama 4.8 KalistaSquareKalista EzrealSquareEzreal DravenSquareDraven
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT vs. FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04 FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdAmazing 3.8 SkarnerSquareSkarner PoppySquarePoppy TrundleSquareTrundle
Fnaticlogo stdFNC vs. Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF Fnaticlogo stdCaps 3.9 CassiopeiaSquareCassiopeia CorkiSquareCorki VayneSquareVayne LeBlancSquareLeBlanc
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT vs. Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSF Team Vitalitylogo stdJiizuke 7 SyndraSquareSyndra ZileanSquareZilean LeBlancSquareLeBlanc RyzeSquareRyze
FC Schalke 04 Esportslogo stdS04 vs. Fnaticlogo stdFNC Fnaticlogo stdRekkles 5.3 Kai'SaSquareKai'Sa XayahSquareXayah

MVP[]

Player Assists Kills DMG/M GD@15
Fnaticlogo stdCaps 92 93 559 470

Media[]

Streams[]

Additional Content[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts.

Peak Viewership
Total 491 239
English Streams 353 257
Russian Streams 1 395
Twitch.TV Streams 364 840
Other
Total Time Watched 15 519 236 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers 113 141

Venues[]

Third-place match / Finals
Madrid, Spain
Palacio Vistalegre
Capacity - 14,000
Palacio Vistalegre
Calle de Utebo, 1
28025 Madrid

References[]

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