LPL 2018 Spring Playoffs

2018 LPL Spring Playoffs
2018 LPL Spring Playoffs
Tournament Information
Organizer	Tencent Games
Location & Dates
Region	CNChina
Event Type	Offline
Country	; China
Start Date	2018-04-12
End Date	2018-04-28
Broadcast
Streams	; Twitch ; ; Link; Full List
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule; Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

Overview

Spring Season

Spring Playoffs

NA | EU | KR | CN | LMS

Overview

Overview[]

Format[]

Single elimination bracket
All matches are best of five
Top 4 teams from each group of Spring Season are seeded
- Group winners receive playoff byes into the semifinals
- Second-place teams receive playoff byes into the quarterfinals
- Third-place teams play fourth-place teams in a weighted series (3rd starts with a 1-0 advantage)
Winner qualifies for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational
Top 4 qualify for Rift Rivals

Prize Pool[]

¥ 3,500,000 Chinese Yuan Renminbi are spread among the teams as seen below:

Local • USD • Euro

Place	Prize	Prize (%)	Championship Points	Qualification	Team
1	¥1,500,000$236,884.41€195,278.17	42.86%	90	MSI Main Event Rift Rivals 2018	⁠⁠RNG
2	¥800,000$126,338.35€104,148.36	22.86%	70	Rift Rivals 2018	⁠⁠EDward Gaming
3	¥500,000$78,961.47€65,092.72	14.29%	50	Rift Rivals 2018	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors
4	¥300,000$47,376.88€39,055.63	8.57%	30	Rift Rivals 2018	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming
5-6	¥200,000$31,584.59€26,037.09	5.71%	10		⁠⁠Snake Esports
5-6	¥200,000$31,584.59€26,037.09	5.71%	10		⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming
7-8					⁠⁠Team WE
7-8					⁠⁠JD Gaming

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on April 28, 2018, as follows:

¥ 1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = $ 0.157922942 US Dollars
¥ 1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = € 0.1301854489 Euros

Participants[]

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Rosters By Game

Player Chart


Bilibili Gaming
⁠⁠
AmazingJ
Chieftain
Mole
Jinjiao
Road
Maokai


EDward Gaming
⁠⁠
Ray
Haro
Clearlove
Scout
iBoy
Meiko
NoFe


Invictus Gaming
⁠⁠
Duke
Ning
Rookie
JackeyLove
Baolan
Mafa


JD Gaming
⁠⁠
Zoom
Clid
YaGao
Loken
LvMao
UDJ


Rogue Warriors
⁠⁠
Mouse
Flawless
Doinb
Smlz
Killua
Steak


RNG
⁠⁠
Zz1tai
Letme
Mlxg
Karsa
Xiaohu
Uzi
Ming
Heart


Snake Esports
⁠⁠
Flandre
SofM
Guoguo
kRYST4L
Hudie
Zhu Kai


Team WE
⁠⁠
957
Magic
xiye
Mystic
Celestial
viNylCat

Results[]

Round 1

⁠

⁠RNG

3

⁠

⁠WE

0

⁠

⁠BLG

3

⁠

⁠JDG

0

Quarterfinals

⁠

⁠SS

1

⁠

⁠RNG

3

⁠

⁠RW

3

⁠

⁠BLG

2

Semifinals

⁠

⁠iG

2

⁠

⁠RNG

3

⁠

⁠EDG

3

⁠

⁠RW

1

Finals

⁠

⁠RNG

3

⁠

⁠EDG

1

3rd place match

⁠

⁠iG

1

⁠

⁠RW

3

Playoffs MVP Standings[]

MVP Standings

Rank	Points	Player
1	5	Uzi
1	5	Xiaohu
3	4	Doinb
4	3	Mole
4	3	Smlz

Click for Full Standings

6	2	Haro
6	2	Ning
6	2	Scout
9	1	Chieftain
9	1	Mlxg
9	1	Rookie
9	1	SofM

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule

CD|You|PST|CET|KST

Patch: 8.6
[showhide] Round 1
Thu 12 Apr - Fri 13 AprThu 12 Apr - Fri 13 AprThu 12 Apr - Fri 13 Apr2018,4,12,09,00 - 2018,4,13,09,00

Thu 2018-04-12
Thu 2018-04-12
Thu 2018-04-12
2018,4,12,09,00
RNG⁠⁠	3	0	12 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,12,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠WE
Fri 2018-04-13
Fri 2018-04-13
Fri 2018-04-13
2018,4,13,09,00
BLG⁠⁠	3	0	13 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,13,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠JDG

Patch: 8.6
[showhide] Quarterfinals
Sat 14 Apr - Sun 15 AprSat 14 Apr - Sun 15 AprSat 14 Apr - Sun 15 Apr2018,4,14,09,00 - 2018,4,15,09,00

Sat 2018-04-14
Sat 2018-04-14
Sat 2018-04-14
2018,4,14,09,00
SS⁠⁠	1	3	14 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,14,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠RNG
Sun 2018-04-15
Sun 2018-04-15
Sun 2018-04-15
2018,4,15,09,00
RW⁠⁠	3	2	15 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,15,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠BLG

Patch: 8.6
[showhide] Semifinals
Sat 21 Apr - Sun 22 AprSat 21 Apr - Sun 22 AprSat 21 Apr - Sun 22 Apr2018,4,21,09,00 - 2018,4,22,09,00

Sat 2018-04-21
Sat 2018-04-21
Sat 2018-04-21
2018,4,21,09,00
iG⁠⁠	2	3	21 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,21,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠RNG
Sun 2018-04-22
Sun 2018-04-22
Sun 2018-04-22
2018,4,22,09,00
EDG⁠⁠	3	1	22 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,22,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠RW

Patch: 8.6
[showhide] Third-Place Match
Tue 24 AprTue 24 AprTue 24 Apr2018,4,24,09,00 - 2018,4,24,09,00

Tue 2018-04-24
Tue 2018-04-24
Tue 2018-04-24
2018,4,24,09,00
iG⁠⁠	1	3	24 April 2018 09:00:00 +0000-2018,4,24,09,0002:0011:0018:00	⁠⁠RW

Patch: 8.6
[showhide] Finals
Sat 28 AprSat 28 AprSat 28 Apr2018,4,28,08,00 - 2018,4,28,08,00

Sat 2018-04-28
Sat 2018-04-28
Sat 2018-04-28
2018,4,28,08,00
RNG⁠⁠	3	1	28 April 2018 08:00:00 +0000-2018,4,28,08,0001:0010:0017:00	⁠⁠EDG

VODs & Match Links[]

[show allhide all] VODs & Match Links
[showhide] Round 1
Team 1	Team 2	Score	WP	Reddit	Blue	Red	MH	VODs	MVP
⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠WE	3 - 0	Link	Link	WE	RNG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Xiaohu
⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠WE	3 - 0	Link	Link	WE	RNG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Xiaohu
⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠JDG	3 - 0	Link	Link	BLG	JDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Chieftain
⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠JDG	3 - 0	Link	Link	JDG	BLG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Mole
[showhide] Quarterfinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	WP	Reddit	Blue	Red	MH	VODs	MVP
⁠⁠SS	⁠⁠RNG	1 - 3	Link	Link	RNG	SS	Link	PB • Start • HL	Xiaohu
					RNG	SS	Link	PB • Start • HL	Uzi
					SS	RNG	Link	PB • Start • HL	SofM
					RNG	SS	Link	PB • Start • HL	Xiaohu
⁠⁠RW	⁠⁠BLG	3 - 2	Link	Link	BLG	RW	Link	PB • Start • HL	Doinb
					RW	BLG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Smlz
					BLG	RW	Link	PB • Start • HL	Mole
					RW	BLG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Mole
					BLG	RW	Link	PB • Start • HL	Doinb
[showhide] Semifinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	WP	Reddit	Blue	Red	MH	VODs	MVP
⁠⁠iG	⁠⁠RNG	2 - 3	Link	Link	RNG	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Ning
					RNG	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Uzi
					RNG	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Uzi
					RNG	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Rookie
					RNG	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Xiaohu
⁠⁠EDG	⁠⁠RW	3 - 1	Link	Link	RW	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Haro
					RW	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Scout
					RW	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Doinb
					RW	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Scout
[showhide] Third-Place Match
Team 1	Team 2	Score	WP	Reddit	Blue	Red	MH	VODs	MVP
⁠⁠iG	⁠⁠RW	1 - 3	Link	Link	RW	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Smlz
					RW	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Ning
					RW	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Doinb
					RW	iG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Smlz
[showhide] Finals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	WP	Reddit	Blue	Red	MH	VODs	MVP
⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠EDG	3 - 1	Link	Link	RNG	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Haro
					RNG	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Mlxg
					RNG	EDG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Uzi
					EDG	RNG	Link	PB • Start • HL	Uzi

Media[]

Streams[]

Articles[]

April 15, Can Royal and EDG keep up with Invictus and Rogue Warriors in the LPL semifinals? by Xing Li on Dot Esports
April 19, The LPL's new hope is Invictus Gaming by Emily Rand on ESPN
April 28, Uzi finally lifts the LPL championship trophy by Xing Li on Dot Esports

Interviews[]

Videos[]

June 28, 2018 Team RNG - Unstoppable R LPL Spring - Part 1 by Royal Never Give Up
June 25, 2018 Team RNG - Unstoppable R LPL Spring - Part 2 by Royal Never Give Up
July 5, 2018 Team RNG - Unstoppable R LPL Spring - Part 3 by Royal Never Give Up

Announcements[]

Additional Content[]

Additional Links[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.

Peak Viewership
Total	95,280,181
Without Chinese Viewers	92,110
English Streams	86,940
Chinese Streams	95,188,071
PandaTV Streams	26,139,304
Other
Avg Concurrent Viewers	31,575,402
Total time watched	1,126,189,322 hours

Venues[]

Round 1 & Quarterfinals	Semifinals	3rd Place	Finals

Shanghai	Hangzhou, Zhejiang	Chongqing	Chengdu, Sichuan
Super Brand Mall (正大广场)	LGD Gaming C & E Center (LGD电竞影视文化中心)	Chongqing Expo (重庆国际博览中心)	Chengdu Magic Cube

LPL 2018 Spring Playoffs

Contents

Overview[]

Format[]

Prize Pool[]

Participants[]

Results[]

Playoffs MVP Standings[]

Match Schedule[]

VODs & Match Links[]

Media[]

Streams[]

Articles[]

Interviews[]

Videos[]

Announcements[]

Additional Content[]

Additional Links[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Venues[]

References[]

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