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Expansion
Overview
| NA LCS 2015 Spring Expansion | |
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | ESL |
| Rulebook | Rulebook |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | North America |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country | North America |
| Start Date | 2014-11-15 |
| End Date | 2014-12-14 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview[]
The 2015 NA LCS Spring Expansion is a one-time Expansion Tournament to determine the final two teams to make it into the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split. The six remaining teams from the Spring Promotion and the Challenger Series Playoffs face off against seven teams from the Ranked 5's Ladder for the last two spots in the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split.
Format[]
- Online
- Top 13 teams from the Ranked 5s Ladder are split into four brackets.
- Three teams pre-qualified who dropped from the Promotion Tournament, receiving byes.
- Three teams from the Challenger Series Playoffs.
- Seven teams from the Ranked 5's Ladder
- A match will be played to determine 5/6th seed from the Challenger Series
- Each match is a Best of Three.
- Each bracket winner advances to the Live Expansion.
- Top 13 teams from the Ranked 5s Ladder are split into four brackets.
- Live Expansion
- Double Elimination
- Each match is a Best of Five.
- The winners of the Winner's and Loser's Bracket qualify for the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split
Results[]
| Place | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Q | NA LCS 2015 Spring |  Curse Academy |
 Team Coast | ||
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| NQ |  Team Fusion | |
 Final Five | ||
 compLexity.Black | ||
 compLexity.White | ||
 Team LoLPro | ||
 Enemy | ||
 Zenith Esports | ||
 Monster Kittens | ||
 Call Gaming | ||
 Fission Esports | ||
 Noble Truth | ||
 Team Confusion | ||
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Initially Qualified Teams[]
- There were two waves of qualified teams - the first, teams that participated in Challenger Playoffs and/or the Spring Promotion Tournament. After four of these teams dropped out of the Expansion Tournament, the top twelve ranked 5's teams were invited; however, not all of these teams participated either. To see a list of teams that participated, see below.
| From Promotion Tournament | |||||||||||
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 Curse Academy |
 Team Coast |
 compLexity Gaming
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| From Challenger Series | |||||||||||
 Team LoLPro |
 XDG Gaming |
 Denial eSports | |||||||||
| From Ranked 5's | |||||||||||
| Team Coast
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 Enemy
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 Team Fusion
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Team LoLPro
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| compLexity.White
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 Zenith Esports
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 We Love Shakira |
 Final Five
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 Monster Kittens
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 Fission Esports
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Team Confusion
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MSI Team Dragon Knights | ||||||||
- 1 Though Team Coast and Team LoLPro are participating in the Promotion Tournament, they did lose their initial seed from the Promotion Tournament and instead qualified via the ranked ladder.
- 2 XDG Gaming and Denial eSports have been disbanded prior the tournament.
Participating Teams[]
- 1 Team Confusion forfeited their first-round match against Team Fusion.[1][2]
Results[]
Online[]
Live[]
Round 1
F5
F52
FSN
FSN3
CA
CA3
CST
CST1
Losers' Bracket
F5
F51
CST
CST3
Round 2
Qualification Match
FSN
FSN1
CA
CA3
Qualification Match
FSN
FSN2
CST
CST3
Match Schedule[]
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| Sat 15 Nov - Sun 16 NovSat 15 Nov - Sun 16 NovSun 16 Nov - Mon 17 Nov2014,11,15,19,00 - 2014,11,16,21,00 | |||||
| Sat 2014-11-15 | |||||
| Sat 2014-11-15 | |||||
| Sun 2014-11-16 | |||||
| 2014,11,15,19,00 | |||||
ZEN | 1 | 2 | 2014,11,15,19,0011:0020:0004:00 | F5 | |
| 2014,11,15,21,00 | |||||
COW | 2 | 1 | 2014,11,15,21,0013:0022:0006:00 |  MKZ | |
| Sun 2014-11-16 | |||||
| 2014,11,15,23,00 | |||||
| CST | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,15,23,0015:0000:0008:00 |  CG | |
| Sun 2014-11-16 | |||||
| Mon 2014-11-17 | |||||
| 2014,11,16,19,00 | |||||
PRO | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,16,19,0011:0020:0004:00 |  FIS | |
| 2014,11,16,21,00 | |||||
NME | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,16,21,0013:0022:0006:00 |  NTR | |
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| Sat 22 Nov - Sun 23 NovSat 22 Nov - Mon 24 NovSun 23 Nov - Mon 24 Nov2014,11,22,21,00 - 2014,11,23,23,00 | |||||
| Sat 2014-11-22 | |||||
| Sat 2014-11-22 | |||||
| Sun 2014-11-23 | |||||
| 2014,11,22,21,00 | |||||
CLB | 0 | 2 | 2014,11,22,21,0013:0022:0006:00 | F5 | |
| Sun 2014-11-23 | |||||
| 2014,11,22,23,00 | |||||
| CA | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,22,23,0015:0000:0008:00 | COW | |
| Sun 2014-11-23 | |||||
| Mon 2014-11-24 | |||||
| 2014,11,23,21,00 | |||||
| CST | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,23,21,0013:0022:0006:00 | PRO | |
| Mon 2014-11-24 | |||||
| 2014,11,23,23,00 | |||||
| FSN | 2 | 0 | 2014,11,23,23,0015:0000:0008:00 | NME | |
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| Fri 12 Dec - Sun 14 DecFri 12 Dec - Sun 14 DecSat 13 Dec - Mon 15 Dec2014,12,12,19,00 - 2014,12,14,19,00 | |||||
| Fri 2014-12-12 | |||||
| Fri 2014-12-12 | |||||
| Sat 2014-12-13 | |||||
| 2014,12,12,19,00 | |||||
| F5 | 2 | 3 | 2014,12,12,19,0011:0020:0004:00 | FSN | |
| 2014,12,12,22,00 | |||||
| CA | 3 | 1 | 2014,12,12,22,0014:0023:0007:00 | CST | |
| Sat 2014-12-13 | |||||
| Sat 2014-12-13 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-14 | |||||
| 2014,12,13,19,00 | |||||
| FSN | 1 | 3 | 2014,12,13,19,0011:0020:0004:00 | CA | |
| 2014,12,13,22,00 | |||||
| F5 | 1 | 3 | 2014,12,13,22,0014:0023:0007:00 | CST | |
| Sun 2014-12-14 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-14 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-15 | |||||
| 2014,12,14,19,00 | |||||
| FSN | 2 | 3 | 2014,12,14,19,0011:0020:0004:00 | CST | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| ZEN | F5 | 1 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| COW | MKZ | 2 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| CST | CG | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| PRO | FIS | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| NME | NTR | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| CLB | F5 | 0 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| CA | COW | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| CST | PRO | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| FSN | NME | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| F5 | FSN | 2 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| CA | CST | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| FSN | CA | 1 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| F5 | CST | 1 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| FSN | CST | 2 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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View Games[]
Additional Content[]
Interviews[]
- November 16 - Know Your NME: Interview With Enemy eSports with Paravine
- November 18 - F5: A Refreshing Contender – F5 Gate says “Rhux is strong…its our game to lose” - with trainforgame.com
- November 18 - Interview with North American Expansion Team Final Five with eSportspedia
- November 24 - Shoutcasters: The Unsung Heroes of the LCS with Dignitas
- December 12 - Nien on returning to ADC and Fusion's first day games (video) with onGamers
- December 12 - NA Expansion: Nien's Thoughts on F5 Match (video) with SK Gaming
- December 12 - Maknoon considers their first match and creating a Korean army (video) with onGamers
- December 12 - NA Expansion: MakNooN "will see my secret weapon Poppy some day" (video) with SK Gaming
- December 13 - NA Expansion: ShorterAce "don't have any plans for Team Coast" (video) with SK Gaming
- December 13 - NA Expansion: Hauntzer "just trying to copy OGN" (video) with SK Gaming
- December 13 - Liquid on the emotional side of selling Curse Academy (video) with onGamers
- December 13 - Saintvicious on his triumphant return to the LCS (video) with onGamers
- December 13 - Cop talks about climbing back up the 'LCS Mountain' (video) with onGamers
- December 14 - NA Expansion: Prototype & Rule18 "inspired by the coaching staff" (video) with SK Gaming
- December 14 - NA Expansion: LiQuiD112 on the Future of Curse Academy (video) with SK Gaming
- December 14 - NA Expansion: Cop "BunnyFuFu will pull me into scary situations" (video) with SK Gaming
- December 14 - Impaler on making it into the NA LCS (video) with onGamers
- December 15 - NA Expansion: Mash "just turned on a gear in game three" with SK Gaming
Articles[]
- November 12 - NA LCS Expansion Tournament Preview - from Esports Heaven
- November 13 - North American LCS expansion tournament: Bracket Previews from Azubu
- November 13 - Welcome to the 2015 Spring Expansion Tournament! from LoL Esports
- November 14 - The NA expansion tournament kicks off on Saturday from The Daily Dot
- November 18 - LoL NA Expansion Tournament: Team Coast, Enemy eSports Advance to Bracket Finals from Azubu
- November 19 - Team Fusion primed for Expansion Tournament takeover from LoL Esports
- November 19 - Tournament Realm: NA Expansion Tournament - Round 2 from Goldper10
- November 20 - 2015 NA LCS Expansion: Online Finals Preview from Azubu
- November 25 - Team Coast Advances to NA LCS Expansion Offline Rounds from Azubu
- November 28 - American Expansion Tournament: The Final Four from Esports Heaven
- November 28 - NA Expansion Tournament – Fusion vs NME Summary from Team Fusion
- November 30 - NA Expansion Tournament Final Four: Analyzing Final 5 v. Team Fusion from Goldper10
- December 2 - NA LCS Expansion Final Four: Team Coast v. Curse Academy from Goldper10
- December 9 - 2015 NA EXPANSION TOURNAMENT – THE FINAL FOUR from Azubu
- December 9 - Curse Academy Potentially Having to Seek New Ownership by Team Curse
- December 10 - Tournament Realm #3: NA Expansion — Double Elimination from Gold Per 10
- December 14 - Stat comparison on the Mid Laners of the NA Expansion Tournament from Gold Per 10
- December 15 - Curse Academy and Team Coast are the LCS's newest teams from Daily Dot
- December 16 - The Miracle Comeback, Coast win 3 in-a-row to secure LCS from Gold Per 10
Other Content[]
- December 9 -THE FINAL 4 – NA LCS EXPANSION INFOGRAPHIC from Azubu
See Also[]
External Links[]
- 2015 LCS Season: NA and EU Expansion Tournament Details lolesports.com
- Expansion Tournament Update: Ruleset and Team Participation lolesports.com
- 2015 Season Expansion Tournament Official Rules lolesports.com