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Summer Playoffs
Overview
| NA LCS 2017 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 | 2017-08-19 | |
| End Date | 2017-09-03 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Streams | Twitch | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Overview
The 2017 NA League Championship Series is the fifth 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.
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
- Official 2017 Season NA LCS Rulebook - Summer Update
- Winner qualifies for the 2017 Season World Championship Main Event
Prize Pool
$ 200,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Championship Points | Qualification | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 | $100,000€84,300 | 50% | Worlds 2017 |  TSM | |
 2 | $50,000€42,150 | 25% | 90 |  Immortals | |
 3 | $30,000€25,290 | 15% | 70 |  CLG | |
| 4 | $20,000€16,860 | 10% | 40 |  Dignitas | |
| 5-6 | 20 |  Cloud9 | |||
 Team EnVyUs |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on September 3, 2017, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.843 Euros
Participants
Results
Quarterfinals
C9
C91
DIG
DIG3
CLG
CLG3
NV
NV2
Semifinals
IMT
IMT3
CLG
CLG0
TSM
TSM3
DIG
DIG1
Finals
IMT
IMT1
TSM
TSM3
3rd place match
CLG
CLG3
DIG
DIG0
Player of the Series
| Series | Player | KDA | Champs Played |
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| C9 vs. DIG
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 Altec
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4.36 |  Caitlyn  Twitch  Sivir
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| CLG vs. NV
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 Huhi
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6.25 |  Vel'Koz  Viktor  Cassiopeia  Corki
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| IMT vs. CLG
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 Olleh
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3.17 |  Alistar  Tahm Kench
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| TSM vs. DIG
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 Bjergsen
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6 |  Kassadin Cassiopeia  Lucian
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| CLG vs. DIG
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Huhi
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10.17 | Lucian  Orianna Kassadin
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| IMT vs. TSM
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Biofrost
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7 |  Rakan Alistar
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Match Schedule
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| Sat 19 Aug - Sun 20 AugSat 19 Aug - Sun 20 AugSun 20 Aug - Mon 21 Aug2017,8,19,19,00 - 2017,8,20,19,00 | |||||
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| C9 | 1 | 3 | 2017,8,19,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | DIG | |
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| CLG | 3 | 2 | 2017,8,20,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | NV | |
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| Sat 26 Aug - Sun 27 AugSat 26 Aug - Sun 27 AugSun 27 Aug - Mon 28 Aug2017,8,26,19,00 - 2017,8,27,19,00 | |||||
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| Sun 2017-08-27 | |||||
| 2017,8,26,19,00 | |||||
| IMT | 3 | 0 | 2017,8,26,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | CLG | |
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| TSM | 3 | 1 | 2017,8,27,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | DIG | |
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| Sat 2 SepSat 2 SepSun 3 Sep2017,9,02,19,00 - 2017,9,02,19,00 | |||||
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| CLG | 3 | 0 | 2017,9,02,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | DIG | |
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| Sun 3 SepSun 3 SepMon 4 Sep2017,9,03,19,00 - 2017,9,03,19,00 | |||||
| Sun 2017-09-03 | |||||
| Sun 2017-09-03 | |||||
| Mon 2017-09-04 | |||||
| 2017,9,03,19,00 | |||||
| IMT | 1 | 3 | 2017,9,03,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | TSM | |
VODs & Match Links
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| C9 | DIG | 1 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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| CLG | NV | 3 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| IMT | CLG | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| TSM | DIG | 3 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| CLG | DIG | 3 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| IMT | TSM | 1 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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Media
Streams
Articles
- August 16, 6 thoughts going into Playoffs by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- August 18, Dignitas Are 'Keane' on Their Upcoming Playoff Run by Xander Torres on Red Bull Esports
- August 22, NA LCS Quarterfinals stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
- August 23, 4 thoughts going into Semifinals by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- August 23, How can my NA LCS team qualify for Worlds 2017? by LoL Esports
- August 28, NA LCS Semifinals stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
- August 29, NA LCS Summer Finals Wallpapers by LoL Esports
- August 30, 10 thoughts going into Finals by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- September 2, Counter Logic Gaming dances to victory over Team Dignitas by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- September 3, Emily Rand: Why Bjergsen is still the MVP by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- September 4, Back to back to back -- TSM wins again by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- September 5, NA LCS Finals stat breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
- September 6, Arena: Captain's Log by CaptainFlowers on LoL Esports
- September 8, Arena: NA LCS Finals Referees by Riot Raves on LoL Esports
- September 17, Playoff preview: Cloud 9 vs Team Dignitas by Ace Jack on Esports Heaven
Interviews
- August 10, P1 MikeYeung on staying positive in defeat: "Of course, you want to feel guilty or remorse, but you have to be grateful for the things you have" with Inven Global
- August 18, NV LiRa on Playoffs: "On our upcoming series, I will play as aggressively as I possibly can" with Inven Global
- August 18, C9 Reapered on Playoffs: "Jensen-Ssumday will be the key players. Match will be decided upon which two will carry first." with Inven Global
- August 18, C9 Reapered: The Solution with Julian "Pastrytime" Carr on LoL Esports
- August 20, DIG Ssumday-Shrimp to Altec: “I want to play Sejuani, but I’ll play Nunu for you because I believe in you.” with Inven Global
- August 21, Altec on coming back from 3 inhibs: 'that was one of the greatest games I've ever played' with Travis Gafford
- August 21, CLG OmarGod: "Just as Bengi did in SKT T1, I want to make everyone else in my team look good." with Inven Global
- August 22, Adrian on Cloud9 match: “In Game 4, they blinded Alistar, so they disrespected the fact that I could play Janna.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports"
- August 23, C9 Impact on playoffs: "I don’t think our team was able to do even 50% of what we could’ve done." with Inven Global
- August 23, Brought up from the Bottom: Interview with Ssong, the NA LCS Coach of the Split with Inven Global
- August 23, Nisqy on EnVyUs’ match against CLG: “I thought we were going to get smashed.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- August 24, Smoothie to fans: 'We'll make it to Worlds through Gauntlet, I promise' with Travis Gafford
- August 25, Video Interview with DIG Ssumday&Shrimp: "Nunu is not my favorite one, but coach Saintvicious likes Nunu too much." with Inven Global
- August 25, Huhi on advising OmarGod: “I told him that I also improved a lot from the criticism that I got instead of trying to ignore it.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- August 27, IMT Pobelter: "I want the fans to consider me as the best... I want that kind of recognition" with Inven Global
- August 28, XDG Benny - former League pro talks visit to LCS and what life is like after retirement with Travis Gafford
- August 29, Xmithie: 'At the beginning with IMT, I told them my goal was to get to Worlds and do really well' with Travis Gafford
- August 29, Bjergsen's brother talks supporting Soren, the fame of a family member, a story from Soren's past with Travis Gafford
- August 30, Biofrost talks making 3/3 of his finals, promises: 'There's definitely gonna be cheese in boston' with Travis Gafford
- August 31, IMT Flame: "Hauntzer may be a great player, but including him, I'm willing to face any toplaner with confidence" with Inven Global
- September 3, TSM Press Conference - NA LCS 2017 Summer Finals recorded by Travis Gafford
- September 3, Doublelift on maintaining motivation: “At least for me personally, I didn’t have as much of a love for the game (last year) as I do now.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- September 3, DIG Keane on Finals: "Since TSM got us, I hope they win. I think they are better overall anyway." with Inven Global
- September 5, Ssumday on Dig's chances: 'we have to play all 3 days, but it's something we can definitely do' with Travis Gafford
- September 5, Darshan on Gauntlet: 'See you guys at Worlds, we're not gonna let you down CLG fans' with Travis Gafford
- September 6, Dignitas's Cop and Keane on Ego and the Gauntlet with Cass Marshall on Red Bull Esports
- September 7, Doublelift on winning NA Finals, Travis's accusations, what fans should expect from TSM at Worlds with Travis Gafford
- September 9, Moon discusses FlyQuest's game against Dignitas, shares expectations for his team's future with Travis Gafford
- September 11, Cop: 'There was a period where we got overconfident... we just didn't put enough time in practice' with Travis Gafford
- September 13, Stixxay chats CLG's failure to make Worlds, off-season, and why pros keep spilling their drinks with Travis Gafford
- September 15, Sneaky on play-in: 'I don't know if NA deserves to go through this, I guess we'll figure that out' with Travis Gafford
Videos
- August 18, C9LoL | Prepared for Playoffs by Cloud9
- August 19, Cloud9 vs Dignitas | LCS Quarter Final Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9
- September 7, C9LoL | Playoffs - DIG Week 10 by Cloud9
Announcements
- August 15, 2017 NA LCS Summer Playoffs Primer
- August 25, 2017 NA LCS Summer Finals Field Guide