The Riot Season 3 EU Championship Series is the first Championship Series run by Riot Games. Throughout each ten-week split, eight teams will play to determine the teams that qualify for Spring and Summer Playoffs.
Format
Each Split will be separated into Regular Season and Playoffs
Regular Season
League play
Each team plays all of the other teams four times
Each match is best of one
Playoffs
Top 6 teams from Round Robin
1st and 2nd place teams receive bye to semifinals
3rd through 6th place teams qualify to quarterfinals
Before the Spring Split will be a Spring Qualifier to determine participants in the Spring Split
Between the Spring and Summer splits will be a Summer Qualifiers to determine participants in the Summer Split
1st
Fnatic
2nd
Gambit Gaming
Lemondogs
3rd
Evil Geniuses
4th
SK Gaming
Copenhagen Wolves
Team ALTERNATE
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Ninjas in Pyjamas
Giants Gaming
DragonBorns
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