2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series
The 2016 North American League of Legends Championship Series season is the fourth season of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.[1] The spring split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 NA LCS Summer playoff finals between Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming.[2] Most matches will be played at a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California. The finals were played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.[3]
Offseason
From the 2015 Summer NA LCS, as the team with the worst record Team Dragon Knights was automatically relegated to the NA Challenger Series. As the 8th and 9th places, Enemy eSports and Team 8 were obligated to play qualification matches against the 2nd and 3rd place CS teams, who were Team Coast and Team Imagine, respectively. Enemy was relegated after losing to Coast 3–0, but Team 8 beat Imagine 3–1 to remain in the LCS. The two teams that won the Promotion matches both sold their spots to other teams before the start of the Spring Split. LA Renegades were automatically promoted by winning the NA Challenger Series.
A total of three, Team Coast, Team 8, and Gravity Gaming sold their spots, all to new eSports organization that had been created for the sole purpose of being in the LCS. Coast sold their spot to NRG eSports,[4] Team 8 sold theirs to Immortals,[5] and Gravity to Echo Fox.[6] Team Impulse had announced their intentions to sell their spot,[7][8] but failed to do so by the (unknown) deadline,[9] but after playing in the Spring Split eventually sold to Phoenix1 just before the Summer split.[10]
Rosters
Final regular season standings
Teams
- notes
Playoffs
Playoff standings
| Place |
Team |
Championship points |
|---|
| 1st |
Counter Logic Gaming |
90 |
| 2nd |
Team SoloMid |
70 |
| 3rd |
Immortals |
50 |
| 4th |
Team Liquid |
30 |
| 5th/6th |
Cloud9 |
10 |
| 5th/6th |
NRG Esports |
10 |
| 7th/10th |
Echo Fox |
0 |
| 7th/10th |
Renegades |
0 |
| 7th/10th |
Team Impulse |
0 |
| 7th/10th |
Team Dignitas |
0 |
Bracket
References
- ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (January 15, 2016). "NA LCS offseason report cards -- CLG survives, NRG rises". ESPN.
- ↑ Wolf, Jacob (2016-01-09). "Every North American LCS team, and how they should stack up this season". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/14723124/na-lcs-spring-finals-held-las-vegas-league-legends
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/sacramento-kings-team-coast-lcs/
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-8-lcs-spot-sold/
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/rick-fox-buys-gravity-gaming/
- ↑ https://www.lol-academy.net/
- ↑ http://kotaku.com/league-of-legends-team-is-selling-its-spot-in-next-year-1739200935
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tempo-storm-team-impulse/
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/15751788/phoenix1-replaces-team-impulse-picks-gate-mash-slooshi-more
- ↑ Lewis, Richard (December 18, 2015). "NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases 'League of Legends' Franchise". Breitbart. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Hussain, Tamoor (October 7, 2015). "League of Legends Team-8 Acquired and Rebranded "Immortals," Expansion into Dota 2, Counter-Strike Planned". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Rosen, Daniel (November 16, 2015). "NRG eSports acquire NA LCS spot; sign Impact, GBM, Moon and konkwon". theScore eSports. theScore Inc. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
