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Summer Playoffs
| LCK Summer 2016 Playoffs | |
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | OnGameNet SPOTV |
| Format | Playoffs |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | Korea |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country | South Korea |
| Start Date | 2016-08-08 |
| End Date | 2016-08-20 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview
Format
- Top 5 teams of the regular season
- King of the Hill single elimination bracket
- Round 1 is Best of Three
Rounds 2-3 and Finals are Best of Five - Best of Three : All 3 Games are Draft Pick
Best of Five : All 5 Games are Draft Pick - Winner qualifies for the 2016 Season World Championship
Prize Pool
₩ 350,000,000 South Korean Won are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 | ₩100,000,000$89,000€79,000 | 28.57% | Worlds 2016 |  ROX Tigers | |
 2 | ₩60,000,000$53,400€47,400 | 17.14% | 90 |  KT Rolster | |
 3 | ₩30,000,000$26,700€23,700 | 8.57% | 70 |  SK Telecom T1 | |
| 4 | ₩20,000,000$17,800€15,800 | 5.71% | 40 |  Samsung Galaxy | |
| 5 | ₩15,000,000$13,350€11,850 | 4.29% | 20 |  Afreeca Freecs |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on August 20, 2016, as follows:
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = $ 0.00089 US Dollars
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = € 0.00079 Euros
Participants
Results
Playoffs MVP Standings
Getting MVP in the Finals grants 300 points.
| Place | Points | Player |
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| 1st | 600 |  Kuro
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| 2nd | 500 |  Fly
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| 3rd | 400 | Hachani
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| 4th | 300 | Smeb
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| 5th | 200 | Arrow
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| 6th | 100 |  Ambition
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| 6th | 100 |  Faker
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| 6th | 100 | Score
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| 6th | 100 | Wolf
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| 6th | 100 | Wraith
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Playoff Awards
| Award | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player |  Kuro | - |
Match Schedule
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SSG | 2 | 0 | 2016,8,08,09,0002:0011:0018:00 |  AF | |
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KT | 3 | 0 | 2016,8,10,09,0002:0011:0018:00 | SSG | |
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SKT | 2 | 3 | 2016,8,12,09,0002:0011:0018:00 | KT | |
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| ROX | 3 | 2 | 2016,8,20,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | KT | |
VODs & Match Links
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| SSG | AF | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| KT | SSG | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| SKT | KT | 2 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| ROX | KT | 3 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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Media
Streams
Articles
- August 9, Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with the LCK Playoff Gauntlet by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 14, Revenge, redemption, Rolster by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- August 18, Lose Lane, Win Game: The KT Rolster Fly Story by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 19, The heir and the hero: A tale of Ssumday and Smeb by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- August 19, The Slow Path: KT Rolster's Ssumday and the Tigers' Smeb by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 24, Assessing the effects of Patch 6.15 by Tim "Magic" Sevenhuysen on theScore
- August 24, Get Good: Worlds patching and the myth of meta-resistance by Kelsey Moser on theScore
Interviews
- August 10, KT Rolster ‘Score’ Go Dong-bin, “I’m going to make the fans happy by defeating SKT T1 no matter what” with Inven, English translation by krbnu. ((Korean))'
- August 12, KT LoL Team, “We had our revenge on SKT T1, now we’ll take ROX, too” with Daily Esports, English translation by krbnu. ((Korean))'
- August 12, KT Head Coach Lee Ji-hoon, “I can’t believe this situation” with Fomos, English translation by krbnu. (Original Interview (Korean))'
- August 20, LCK Finals Winners ROX Tigers, “We won’t return early by getting eliminated at Worlds” with Inven, English translation by krbnu. (Original Interview (Korean))'