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Summer Playoffs
Overview
| NA LCS 2016 Summer Playoffs | |
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | Riot Games |
| Rulebook | Rulebook |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | North America |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country | United States |
| Start Date | 2016-08-13 |
| End Date | 2016-08-28 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview
The Riot 2016 Season Championship Series is the fourth season of North America's fully professional League of Legends league. In the playoffs, six teams compete in a single-elimination bracket for prize money and Championship Points. The winner automatically qualifies for the 2016 Season World Championship as the top seed from North America.
Format
- Single elimination with a third-place match.
- 1st and 2nd place of the Summer Season get a bye into the semifinals.
- 3rd through 6th place of the Summer Season play in the quarterfinals.
- Teams are reseeded after quarterfinals so the first-place team always plays the lowest-ranked advancing quarterfinal team.
- All matches are best of five
- 2016 Summer NA LCS Ruleset
- Winner qualifies for the 2016 Season World Championship
- third-place match and final held at the Air Canada Centre (40 Bay St, Toronto, ON M5J 2X2, Canada)
Prize Pool
$ 100,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 | $50,000€44,650 | 50% | Worlds 2016 |  TSM | |
 2 | $25,000€22,325 | 25% | 90 |  Cloud9 | |
 3 | $15,000€13,395 | 15% | 70 |  Immortals | |
| 4 | $10,000€8,930 | 10% | 40 |  CLG | |
| 5-6 | 20 |  Team EnVyUs | |||
 Team Liquid |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on August 28, 2016, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.893 Euros
Participants
Results
Quarterfinals
C9
C93
NV
NV1
CLG
CLG3
TL
TL1
Semifinals
IMT
IMT2
C9
C93
TSM
TSM3
CLG
CLG0
Finals
C9
C91
TSM
TSM3
3rd place match
IMT
IMT3
CLG
CLG2
Player of the Series
| Series | Player | KDA | Champs Played |
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| C9 vs. NV
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 Jensen
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9.57 |  Syndra  Cassiopeia  LeBlanc
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| CLG vs. TL
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 Huhi
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4.00 | Syndra  Viktor  Aurelion Sol
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| IMT vs. C9
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Impact
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3.41 |  Gangplank  Gnar  Ekko
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| TSM vs. CLG
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 Hauntzer
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7.50 | Gangplank Gnar
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| IMT vs. CLG
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 Huni
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3.38 | Gnar Ekko
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| C9 vs. TSM
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Svenskeren
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6.29 |  Gragas  Rek'Sai
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Match Schedule
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| Sat 13 Aug - Sun 14 AugSat 13 Aug - Sun 14 AugSun 14 Aug - Mon 15 Aug2016,8,13,19,00 - 2016,8,14,19,00 | |||||
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| Sun 2016-08-14 | |||||
| 2016,8,13,19,00 | |||||
| C9 | 3 | 1 | 2016,8,13,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | NV | |
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| 2016,8,14,19,00 | |||||
| CLG | 3 | 1 | 2016,8,14,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | TL | |
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| Sat 20 Aug - Sun 21 AugSat 20 Aug - Sun 21 AugSun 21 Aug - Mon 22 Aug2016,8,20,19,00 - 2016,8,21,19,00 | |||||
| Sat 2016-08-20 | |||||
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| Sun 2016-08-21 | |||||
| 2016,8,20,19,00 | |||||
| IMT | 2 | 3 | 2016,8,20,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | C9 | |
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| 2016,8,21,19,00 | |||||
| TSM | 3 | 0 | 2016,8,21,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | CLG | |
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| Sat 27 AugSat 27 AugSun 28 Aug2016,8,27,19,00 - 2016,8,27,19,00 | |||||
| Sat 2016-08-27 | |||||
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| Sun 2016-08-28 | |||||
| 2016,8,27,19,00 | |||||
| IMT | 3 | 2 | 2016,8,27,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | CLG | |
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| Sun 28 AugSun 28 AugMon 29 Aug2016,8,28,19,00 - 2016,8,28,19,00 | |||||
| Sun 2016-08-28 | |||||
| Sun 2016-08-28 | |||||
| Mon 2016-08-29 | |||||
| 2016,8,28,19,00 | |||||
| C9 | 1 | 3 | 2016,8,28,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | TSM | |
- 1 Aurelion Sol was disabled for the rest of playoffs after a visual bug in game 1 of TSM vs CLG
VODs & Match Links
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | MVP | Blue | Red | VODs | |
| C9 | NV | 3 - 1 | Rivington | Jatt, Zirene | Link | Jensen | Link | Jensen | C9 | NV | Vod |
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| CLG | TL | 3 - 1 | Pastrytime | Azael, Kobe | Link | aphromoo | Link | Huhi | CLG | TL | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | MVP | Blue | Red | VODs | |
| IMT | C9 | 2 - 3 | Phreak | Azael, Zirene | Link | Meteos, WildTurtle | Link | Impact | IMT | C9 | Vod |
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| TSM | CLG | 3 - 0 | Rivington | Jatt, Kobe | Link | Biofrost | Link | Hauntzer | TSM | CLG | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | MVP | Blue | Red | VODs | |
| IMT | CLG | 3 - 2 | Pastrytime | Kobe, Zirene | Link | Stixxay, WildTurtle | Link | Huni | IMT | CLG | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | MVP | Blue | Red | VODs | |
| C9 | TSM | 1 - 3 | Phreak | Azael, Jatt | Link | Doublelift, Smoothie, Svenskeren, Bjergsen, Weldon, Biofrost, Hauntzer, Parth | Link | Svenskeren | TSM | C9 | Vod |
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Media
Broadcast Talent
Desk Hosts
Casters
Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
Joshua "Jatt" Leesman
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
Julian "Pastrytime" Carr
David "Phreak" Turley
Rivington "Rivington" Bisland III
Aidan "Zirene" Moon
Analyst Desk
Articles
- August 3, Which Team Envyus will show up in the Playoffs? by SPENCERHESTER on GAMURS
- August 4, The Good, The Bad and The Dardoch by SPENCERHESTER on GAMURS
- August 4, The 5 players to watch in the NA LCS Playoffs by Taylor Cocke on Yahoo!
- August 5, The LCS meta going into the playoffs by Mike Stubbsy on RedBull
- August 6, Team Liquid: Chasing Worlds to No End by Vincent "Soularion" Grenier on Splyce
- August 6, Solving the CLG Puzze by SPENCERHESTER on GAMURS
- August 8, Cloud9's Big Three Leads the Charge by SPENCERHESTER on GAMURS
- August 11, NA LCS Playoffs Preview by Ryan Kish on GAMURS
- August 12, 3 teams who could win NA LCS playoffs (Video) by Taylor Cocke on Yahoo!
- August 13, NA LCS Quarterfinals Preview: Cloud9 v Team EnVyUs by Airheart on LiquidLegends
- August 13, NA LCS Quarterfinals Preview: Team EnVyUs vs. Cloud9 by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 14, NA LCS Quarterfinals Preview: Team Liquid vs CLG by Airheart on LiquidLegends
- August 17, What we learned: NA LCS Playoffs Week 1 by Vincent "Soularion" Grenier on Splyce
- August 18, Why this will be the greatest semifinal in NA LCS history by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- August 18, Me-First, You-First: The contrasting styles of Huni and Impact by Tim "Magic" Sevenhuysen on theScore
- August 19, Here's how CLG can beat TSM at the NA LCS playoffs (but they probably won't) by Taylor Cocke on Yahoo!
- August 19, NA LCS Semifinals Preview: Cloud9 vs. Immortals by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 19, Immortals: Showing Signs of Mortality by Spencerhester on GAMURS
- August 20, NA Semifinals Preview: Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team SoloMid by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 20, Team Solomid: The Standart Lane Game by Jeff Schuck on GAMURS
- August 21, Team Solomid: The Best in the West by Spencerhester on GAMURS
- 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
- August 24, LCS third-place matches preview: IMT vs. CLG, UoL vs. H2K by Timothy Lee on ESPN
- August 24, Cloud9:: Do they have a chance on Sunday? by Jeff Schuck on GAMURS
- August 25, Establishing a dynasty: Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid by Timothy Lee on ESPN
- August 26, NA LCS Third-Place Preview: Immortals vs. Counter Logic Gaming by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 26, The fifth NA LCS final between TSM and Cloud9 is primed to be a classic by Taylor Cocke on Yahoo!
- August 26, The Rivalry: TSM, C9 Fight Again by SPENCERHESTER on GAMURS
- August 27, Starting Over: Cloud9's bumpy road to the NA finals by Emily Rand on theScore
- August 28, NA LCS Final Preview: Team SoloMid vs Cloud9 by AdsMoFro on Liquid Legends
- August 28, theScore esports votes for NA LCS Summer Split MVP by theScore
- August 30, This is what they live for: Huhi and CLG by Emily Rand on theScore
- September 2, Immortals' Balancing Act by Emily Rand on theScore
Interviews
- August 11, Smoothie on facing NV: ‘We’re feeling pretty good about it, we wanted this matchup from the start’ with Yahoo!
- August 12, Stixxay: 'I think Team Liquid’s probably the best team for us to play' with Yahoo!
- August 15, Scarra talks to Jensen about C9's series against nV and breaking his LCS single-game kill record with theScore
- August 15, Locodoco on subbing AD carries vs. CLG: 'We felt fabbbyyy was underperforming and Jynthe stepped up' with theScore
- August 15, Sneaky on facing Immortals, their 'Weldon equivalent', Dota 2, and Jensen mistaking a cricket for a cockroach with Yahoo!
- August 16, Stixxay on TL: ‘They were the better team, so we found new ways to cheese them so we could fluke our way to Toronto’ with Yahoo!
- August 17, Inori and Gate share their playoff predictions and debate who they hope will win it all with theScore
- August 17, TL GM Nick 'Swaguhsaurus' Phan says the team started having issues behind the scenes in weeks 8 and 9 with Yahoo!
- August 18, LOD: 'I wanted in my rookie split...to make some sort of dent in the scene — and we did that' with theScore
- August 19, Huhi talks TL's unexpected sub, the lane-swap 'misconception' about CLG and hunting the three-peat with theScore
- August 20, Aphromoo and Doublelift center stage for CLG vs. TSM with ESPN
- August 21, Cloud9's Sneaky: 'We've improved an insane amount' with ESPN
- August 22, Reginald on how Riot’s major patch changes hurt LoL’s competitive scene with theScore
- August 22, HotshotGG on the Aurelion Sol bug and how Zikz's illness affected CLG with theScore
- August 24, Reapered:'C9's players are like wild stallions that I have to softly maintain and carefully guide' with theScore
- August 24, MarkZ on why he quit coaching: 'A lot of players in the scene have very bad attitudes' with theScore
- August 24, Hand injury made Freeze realize how inefficiently he practiced with ESPN
- August 24, Impact on being one match away from Worlds: 'I want to show the world that I'm still a great player' with Yahoo!
- August 24, Aphromoo on his Aurelion Sol ban frustrations, losing to TSM, and why he thinks C9 will take it all with Yahoo!
- August 25, NA LCS Summer Finals: Jatt Interview with TSM Doublelift with LoL Esports
- August 25, TSM Weldon on how he coached the team from week one all the way into the LCS finals with Yahoo!
- August 25, Bunny on making the jump to streaming and his joy seeing C9 in the finals with Yahoo!
- August 26, In-Depth with HotshotGG with theScore
- August 26, TSM Press Conference NA LCS Summer 2016 Finals with Yahoo!
- August 28, An Interview with LemonNation with GAMURS
- August 29, Team SoloMid's Post-2016 NA LCS Summer Finals Press Conference in Toronto with theScore
- August 29, Huni on the support of the Toronto crowd, playing against Shen and his risky playstyle with theScore
- August 29, Darshan says there's no choice but to bootcamp in Korea, CLG might have stayed in NA if others had with theScore
- August 30, Doublelift talks winning Summer Finals and the scrim drama: 'I really hope C9 s---- on Immortals' with Yahoo!
- August 31, Stixxay: 'When you play against IMT…they’re always trying to bait you back into a fight' with theScore
- August 31, Crumbz on why being a broadcast analyst is a lot like being a food critic with theScore
- August 31, Pobelter on his exhausting five-game playoffs set and the battle of the air conditioner with Yahoo!
- September 1, Stixxay: 'The new headsets and new technology changed it so we don’t hear the crowd that much compared to Vegas' with Yahoo!
- September 1, Azael talks about casting in the same arena he grew up watching sports in, nerds out on World of Warcraft: Legion with Yahoo!
- September 2, Misfits coach Daku: 'We're going to be big, so start cheering for us' with theScore
- September 2, Boxbox on cosplay and NA finals: 'It’s nice to go from my basement playing games to coming here and being a celebrity' with Yahoo!
- September 2, Inori on visiting the NA LCS Summer Finals and spreading the 17-P1 meme with Yahoo!
Videos
Other Content
2016 NA LCS Summer Finals Photos by Liquid Legends