European League of Legends Championship Series, EU LCS - the highest level of League of Legends competitions in Europe , along with NA LCS was a division of the League of Legends Championship Series . For each cycle of the World Championship in League of Legends, there were two EU LCS championships: spring and summer splits, each of which consisted of a Promotion Tournament, a regular season and a playoff. The champion of the spring split, which runs from January to April, fell into the group stage of the Mid-Season Invitational . The winner of the EU LCS summer raffle from May to August automatically qualified for the group stage of the League of Legends World Championship , exactly like the first team in the EU LCS Championship Points ranking based on the results of both splits [1] . The other four teams from the EU LCS Championship Points , with the exception of the winner of the summer split, competed in the regional final in the King of the Hill format for the third ticket to the League of Legends World Championship .
| European League of Legends Championship Series | |
|---|---|
| EU LCS | |
| Region | Europe |
| Based | 2013 |
| Abolished | 2018 |
| Number of teams | ten |
| League Level | one |
| National | France Germany, Austria, Switzerland Northern Europe Poland Spain Great Britain Portugal Italy Balkans Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| International | Msi Rift Rivals - Blue Rift Worlds |
| Current winner | Fnatic |
| Most titled | Fnatic (6 times) |
| Site | LoLeSports.com |
The regular season matches were held at the Riot Games studio in Berlin [2] ; from 2013 to 2014, the EU LCS was based in Cologne [3] .
The format of the regular season matches has changed in the 2017 season: 10 teams were divided into two groups - the teams played with each other within the group twice and once against opponents from the other group, and the series “before the two victories” changed the “best-of” format introduced in the summer of 2016 -two " [4] [5] .
Prizes
| Season | Champion | Vice champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 spring | Fnatic | Gambit gaming |
| 2013 Summer | Fnatic | Lemondogs |
| 2014 Spring | Fnatic | SK Gaming |
| 2014 Summer | Alliance | Fnatic |
| 2015 Spring | Fnatic | Unicorns of love |
| 2015 Summer | Fnatic | Origen |
| 2016 Spring | G2 esports | Origen |
| 2016 Summer | G2 esports | Splyce |
| 2017 Spring | G2 esports | Unicorns of love |
| 2017 Summer | G2 esports | Misfits |
| 2018 spring | Fnatic | G2 esports |
| 2018 Summer | Fnatic | FC Schalke 04 |
Notes
- ↑ Jonathan Deesing. Riot Adds Points System to LCS, Modifies Schedule . RedBull.com (January 15, 2015). Date of treatment October 9, 2016.
- ↑ EU LCS move to Berlin . LoLeSports.Com (August 21, 2014). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ European LCS moves to Berlin . GoodGame.ru (August 22, 2014). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ New EU LCS format - How BO2's worked in CBLOL . Gamurs (April 5, 2016). Date of appeal September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Riot Games has changed the format of the EU LCS . CyberSport.ru (December 14, 2016). Date of treatment March 12, 2017.