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Summer Promotion
Overview
| NA LCS 2016 Summer Promotion | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | Riot Games |
| Rulebook | Rulebook |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | North America |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country | United States |
| Start Date | 2016-04-06 |
| End Date | 2016-04-08 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview
The 2016 season changed the LCS promotion format, removing autorelegation and making the number of teams that participate from the LCS and Challenger sides uneven. Five teams participate, two from Challenger and three from LCS, and three teams requalify for or are promoted to the LCS, while the other two teams stay in or are relegated to the Challenger Series for the next split.
While originally scheduled to occur between March 24 and March 27, on March 21 a rescheduling was announced for the NA Promotion tournament only due to changing visa / work eligibility requirements, in order to allow the teams time to prepare necessary documents for their players.[1]
Format
- Five teams attend
- Bottom 3 teams from LCS Spring Season
- Top 2 teams from NACS Spring Playoffs
- Round 1 - loser is eliminated, winner proceeds
- 10th place LCS vs 2nd place CS (Match A)
- Round 2 - winners qualify for LCS Summer Season
- Winner of Match A vs LCS 8th (Match B)
- LCS 9th vs CS 1st (Match C)
- Loser of matches B and C
- All matches Best of 5
- Teams that don't qualify for the LCS are seeded into the NACS Summer Season
- Official 2016 Season LCS Rulebook
Qualifying Teams
| Place | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Q | NA LCS 2016 Summer |  Renegades |
 Team Impulse | ||
 Apex Gaming | ||
| NQ |  Team Dragon Knights | |
 Dignitas |
Participants
From LCS
From Challenger
Results
Elimination Round
DIG
DIG0
TDK
TDK3
Qualifying Round
Qualification Match
REN
REN3
TDK
TDK0
Qualification Match
TIP
TIP3
APX
APX1
Qualification Match
TDK
TDK0
APX
APX3
Series MVPs
| Series | Player | Champs Played |
|---|---|---|
| DIG vs. TDK
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 Ohq
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 Caitlyn  Ezreal
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| REN vs. TDK
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 Seraph
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 Jayce  Ryze  Ekko
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| TIP vs. APX
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 Procxin
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 Graves  Kindred
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| TDK vs. APX
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 Keane
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Graves  Twisted Fate
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Match Schedule
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| Wed 6 AprThu 7 AprThu 7 Apr2016,4,07,00,00 - 2016,4,07,00,00 | |||||
| Wed 2016-04-06 | |||||
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| Thu 2016-04-07 | |||||
| 2016,4,07,00,00 | |||||
| DIG | 0 | 3 | 2016,4,07,00,0017:0002:0009:00 | TDK | |
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| Thu 7 Apr - Fri 8 AprThu 7 Apr - Fri 8 AprFri 8 Apr - Sat 9 Apr2016,4,07,19,00 - 2016,4,08,19,00 | |||||
| Thu 2016-04-07 | |||||
| Thu 2016-04-07 | |||||
| Fri 2016-04-08 | |||||
| 2016,4,07,19,00 | |||||
| REN | 3 | 0 | 2016,4,07,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | TDK | |
| Fri 2016-04-08 | |||||
| 2016,4,08,00,00 | |||||
| TIP | 3 | 1 | 2016,4,08,00,0017:0002:0009:00 | APX | |
| Fri 2016-04-08 | |||||
| Sat 2016-04-09 | |||||
| 2016,4,08,19,00 | |||||
| TDK | 0 | 3 | 2016,4,08,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | APX | |
VODs & Match Links
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | VODs | |
| DIG | TDK | 0 - 3 | Sata | Zirene | Link | Alex Ich | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | PBP | Color | Interview | With | VODs | |
| REN | TDK | 3 - 0 | Phreak | Jatt | Link | Freeze | Link | Vod |
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| TIP | APX | 3 - 1 | Rivington | Azael | Link | Gate | Link | Vod |
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| TDK | APX | 0 - 3 | Sata | Zirene | Link | Xpecial | Link | Vod |
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Media
Streams
Broadcast Talent
Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
Joshua "Jatt" Leesman
David "Phreak" Turley
Rivington "Rivington" Bisland III
Dominic "Sata" Roemer
Aidan "Zirene" Moon
Articles
- April 5, Dignitas hopes to regroup for promotion tournament with Joe "Pistallion" Cannavino on Slingshot Esports
- April 5, TDK and Apex take their shot at the LCS by Emily Rand on theScore
- April 6, Lineup changes spark Renegades by Joe "Pistallion" Cannavino on Slingshot Esports
- April 7, Players to Track in the TDK vs Renegades Matchup by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVPLive
- April 8, Returnof the Anti-Carry: Re-evaluating Keane in the LCS by Ryan Tang on Gamurs
Interviews
- April 4, Interview with KiWiKiD: "I remember coming into this being the newest person" with Dignitas
- April 4, Interview with BillyBoss: "We've had a lot of very close games versus very good teams" with Dignitas
- April 6, TiP’s Gate: “My expectation is that none of the LCS teams get relegated.” with Joe "Pistallion" Cannavino on Slingshot Esports
- April 7, Xpecial: It’s ‘inevitable’ I’ll be called the best support in NA again with The DailyDot
- April 7, Alex Ich on TDK vs DIG and why dynamic queue is damaging pro play with Yahoo!
- April 8, Freeze on REN after TDK match, also says TSM can beat IMT on Sunday with Yahoo!
- April 9, Gate on keeping TIP in the LCS and his plans to train in Korea with Yahoo!
- April 11, Xpecial on Apex's entrance into LCS: 'It feels good to be back' with Yahoo!
- April 12, DIG Kiwikid: 'It was the end of a good thing and I can move on' with Yahoo!
Videos
Announcements
- January 13, 2016 LCS Spring Split Rules Changes
- March 14, The NA LCS Promotion Tournament is coming soon!
- March 21, Upcoming Changes to NA Spring Promotion Tournament
- April 4, The NA LCS Promotion Tournament is coming soon!
References
- ↑ Upcoming Changes to NA Spring Promotion Tournament lolesports.com