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Summer Playoffs
| 2017 LCK Summer Playoffs | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | OnGameNet | |
| Format | Playoffs | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | Korea | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | South Korea | |
| Start Date | 2017-08-12 | |
| End Date | 2017-08-26 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch Twitch Full List | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
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Overview[]
Format[]
- Top 5 teams of the Summer Season participate
- King of the Hill single elimination bracket
- Round 1 is best of three
- All other matches are best of five
- Winner qualifies for the 2017 Season World Championship Main Event
Prize Pool[]
₩ 350,000,000 South Korean Won are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
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 1 | ₩100,000,000$89,000€74,000 | 28.57% | Worlds 2017 Main Event |  Longzhu Gaming | |
 2 | ₩60,000,000$53,400€44,400 | 17.14% | 90 |  SK Telecom T1 | |
 3 | ₩30,000,000$26,700€22,200 | 8.57% | 70 |  KT Rolster | |
| 4 | ₩20,000,000$17,800€14,800 | 5.71% | 40 |  Samsung Galaxy | |
| 5 | ₩15,000,000$13,350€11,100 | 4.29% | 20 |  Afreeca Freecs |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on August 26, 2017, as follows:
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = $ 0.00089 US Dollars
- ₩ 1 South Korean Won = € 0.00074 Euros
Participants[]
Results[]
Playoffs MVP Standings[]
Receiving MVP in the finals grants 300 points.
| Place | Points | Player |
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| 1st | 600 |  Khan
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| 2nd | 300 |  Faker
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| 2nd | 300 | GorillA
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| 2nd | 300 | Huni
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| 5th | 200 | Bang
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| Place | Points | Player |
| 6th | 100 | Blank
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| 6th | 100 |  Mata
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| 6th | 100 | PawN
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| 6th | 100 | Peanut
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| 6th | 100 | Wolf
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Playoff Awards[]
| Award | Player | Notes |
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| Most Valuable Player |  Khan | - |
Match Schedule[]
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SKT | 2 | 0 | 2017,8,12,08,0001:0010:0017:00 |  AF | |
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SSG | 0 | 3 | 2017,8,15,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | SKT | |
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KT | 2 | 3 | 2017,8,19,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | SKT | |
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| Sat 26 AugSat 26 AugSat 26 Aug2017,8,26,08,00 - 2017,8,26,08,00 | |||||
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| LZ | 3 | 1 | 2017,8,26,08,0001:0010:0017:00 | SKT | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| SKT | AF | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| SSG | SKT | 0 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| KT | SKT | 2 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| LZ | SKT | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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Media[]
Streams[]
Articles[]
- August 28, Stepping out from behind the shadow of the Tigers, a new Longzhu rises to the top of LCK by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
Interviews[]
- August 7, LZ Pray on old ROX: "I told Kuro I wanted to see him in the finals but he was like, 'Go Samsung!'" with Inven Global
- August 9, GorillA on former ROX teammates in the LCK playoffs: “We’ll have fun watching them fight among themselves on their way to us.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 11, SKT Head Coach cCarter: "Against AFs, we are pushing ourselves hard so that we can forget about being tired" with Inven Global
- August 11, AFs Coach 'iloveoov': "Their continuous thirst for victory kept them going... but you may find dark circles under their eyes" with Inven Global
- August 12, SKT coach cCarter: “Every time we faced Samsung it was after coming back from overseas, but I don’t think that’s the reason we lost.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 12, Wolf: "Fans who support other teams will have big concerns... because they will witness SKT climbing back to the top" with Inven Global
- August 12, SKT Peanut: "I gave Untara the same advices that I've got from my ROX teammates last year." with Inven Global
- August 13, Interview with SKT T1 Faker: “I pay penalty charges for cursing and being late a lot” with Inven Global
- August 14, Peanut: “I want to beat each team from the perspective of a challenger going through gym battles. It’s more fun to do so on a large stage.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 15, SKT Bang: "All eight players held a discussion for six hours in preparation for picks and bans before today's series" with Inven Global
- August 15, Faker on SKT's Prominence in Bo5s: "Our experience of frequently playing on "big" stages plays an important part." with Inven Global
- August 16, SKT Peanut on beating SSG: "Faker came over to me and said 'Tomorrow, I, will, carry.'" with Inven Global
- August 17, LZ BDD: "It's very likely that SKT will reach finals... especially because the series will be Bo5s..." with Inven Global
- August 18, KT Rolster coach on final regular season match against SKT: “We had a lot on the line in the last match, but we couldn’t get over the pressure.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 18, Wolf on SKT’s summer split: “I am kind of living the plot of a shounen manga protagonist. I guess we’d be a villain based on how you look at us.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 19, Faker: "Trying to cut my arms off in 'Picks and Bans'? I've prepared a prosthetic arm just in case" with Inven Global
- August 19, SKT Blank: "Out of my many nicknames, 'God-Gu-Knight' is my favorite" with Inven Global
- August 19, Wolf Competing Against 'kkOma': "Who will be faster? Wolf claiming the no.1 spot on ladder or kkOma reaching Diamond 1?" with Inven Global
- August 21, SKT Bang on morale after falling behind 2-0 to KT Rolster: “Everyone had the same feeling and we told each other that if we win one game, we’ll have the reverse sweep.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 22, Faker to BDD: "Thanks for being a fan... but I won't go easy on you just because you are one" with Inven Global
- August 22, SKT kkOma: "Right now, 'Longzhu' members are filled with vigor... but soon, they will be stricken with fear and pressure" with Inven Global
- August 23, SKT Wolf: “We lost the 1st and 2nd games… but I still knew that we would win the series.” with Inven Global
- August 23, Longzhu coach Hirai on playing SKT in LCK finals: “We have been in multiple promotional tournaments, which is an even higher stress situation.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 24, SKT head coach on Wolf’s newfound confidence: “He’s gotten very over-confident as his solo queue points got better.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 24, Bengi on the performance of Blank: “As a player who played in the same team and position, I’m proud to see him do so well.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 25, Faker on Bdd’s play style: “I don’t think not dying in the mid lane is always a good thing. I intend to go through the kind of self-preservation play style and impact the other lanes.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 25, GorillA to Wolf, playfully: “I’m tired of seeing him. I want to see less of him but he keeps making his way up the tournament.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 26, Highlights of Longzhu Gaming’s LCK final press conference with Slingshot Esports
- August 26, LZ PraY to the Tired Fans: "I'm sorry for dragging the series and not being able to win 3-0..." with Inven Global
- August 26, LZ GorillA: "Instead of memeing how KT is the Summer team, say that PraY-GorillA is the Summer duo." with Inven Global
- August 28, PraY on his gut feeling about Game 4: “I had a strong feeling that Khan was going to carry us.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 28, Video Interview with LZ Khan: "Jayce is my signature pick even in a metagame for tanky toplaners" with Inven Global
- August 30, ROX Tigers Shy after his AMA: “I want to improve my potential in the next tournament.” with Inven Global
- August 30, SSG Ambition: "I found out how to play against jungle Lulu when I played it myself in SoloQ." with Inven Global
- August 31, GorillA on Longzhu's Strategy for Playing Against SKT: "We just banned a lot of midlane champions" with Inven Global
Videos[]
- August 25, The Breakdown with Zirene: An SKT jungling masterclass (LCK Summer Playoffs) by LoL Esports
- August 31, The Breakdown with Zirene: How Longzhu beat SKT (LCK Summer Finals) by LoL Esports
Announcements[]
Additional Content[]
Viewership Statistics[]
Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.
| Peak Viewership | |
|---|---|
| Total | 7 865 567 |
| Without Chinese Viewers | 591 547 |
| English Streams | 222 537 |
| Russian Streams | 1 379 |
| Chinese Streams | 7 460 710 |
| Twitch.TV Streams | 247 165 |
| Other | |
| Total Time Watched | 663 903 422 Hours |
| Avg Concurrent Viewers | 2 185 091 |