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Spring Promotion
Overview
| NA LCS 2017 Spring 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 | 2016-08-04 |
| End Date | 2016-08-07 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview[]
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.
Format[]
- Five teams attend
- Bottom 3 teams from LCS Summer Season
- Top 2 teams from NACS Summer Playoffs
- Round 1 - loser is eliminated, winner proceeds
- 10th place LCS vs 2nd place CS (Match A)
- Round 2 - winners qualify for LCS Spring Season
- Winner of Match A vs LCS 8th (Match B)
- LCS 9th vs CS 1st (Match C)
- Loser of matches B and C
- Teams that don't qualify for the LCS are seeded into the NACS Spring Season
- Official 2016 Season LCS Rulebook
Qualifying Teams[]
| Place | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Q | NA LCS 2017 Spring |  Phoenix1 |
 Cloud9 Challenger | ||
 Echo Fox | ||
| NQ |  TL Academy | |
 NRG Esports |
Participants[]
Results[]
Elimination Round
TL.A
TL.A2
FOX
FOX3
Qualifying Round
Qualification Match
P1
P13
FOX
FOX0
Qualification Match
NRG
NRG0
C9C
C9C3
Qualification Match
FOX
FOX3
NRG
NRG0
Player of the Series[]
| Series | Player | KDA | Champs Played |
|---|---|---|---|
| TL.A vs. FOX
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 Froggen
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4.78 |  Vladimir  Karma  Lux
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| P1 vs. FOX
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 Inori
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20.5 |  Rek'Sai  Elise
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| NRG vs. C9C
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 Hai
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7.57 |  Morgana  LeBlanc
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| FOX vs. NRG
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Froggen
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14.0 |  Malzahar  Anivia  Viktor
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Match Schedule[]
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| Thu 4 AugThu 4 AugFri 5 Aug2016,8,04,19,00 - 2016,8,04,19,00 | |||||
| Thu 2016-08-04 | |||||
| Thu 2016-08-04 | |||||
| Fri 2016-08-05 | |||||
| 2016,8,04,19,00 | |||||
| TL.A | 2 | 3 | 2016,8,04,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | FOX | |
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| Sat 6 Aug - Sun 7 AugSat 6 Aug - Sun 7 AugSun 7 Aug - Mon 8 Aug2016,8,06,19,00 - 2016,8,07,19,00 | |||||
| Sat 2016-08-06 | |||||
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| Sun 2016-08-07 | |||||
| 2016,8,06,19,00 | |||||
| P1 | 3 | 0 | 2016,8,06,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | FOX | |
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| NRG | 0 | 3 | 2016,8,06,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | C9C | |
| Sun 2016-08-07 | |||||
| Sun 2016-08-07 | |||||
| Mon 2016-08-08 | |||||
| 2016,8,07,19,00 | |||||
| FOX | 3 | 0 | 2016,8,07,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | NRG | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| TL.A | FOX | 2 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| P1 | FOX | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| NRG | C9C | 0 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| FOX | NRG | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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Additional Content[]
Interviews[]
- August 8, Hai responds to C9C's critics, discusses the current promotion system and its economics with Yahoo!
- August 8, Rick Fox and heavenTime on battling NRG, Rick's take on the current promotion system, and calls for LCS to franchise with Yahoo!
- August 8, Gate on staying in LCS, P1 sticking together, and changes to Challenger with Yahoo!
- August 8, MarkZ talks League of Legends promotion tournament at a Hearthstone party with Yahoo!
- August 9, Keith: 'This is one of my worst splits… but I want to keep improving and I still have that drive' with Yahoo!
Articles[]
- August 15, Bott's Thoughts: The Great Franchise Debateby Blake "TheCasualGamer" Bottrill on Splyce