NA LCS Set to Begin its Summer Split
The North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) is set to begin its 2018 Summer Split. The regular season will run from Saturday, June 16 till Sunday, August 19. The championship series will culminate in a playoff that features the best six teams. The winner of the league will win $100,000 and be an automatic qualifier for the World Championship and will be the first seed for the North American region.
The LCS features 10 teams facing each other at least twice over the course of the regular season. Teams will compete in a total of 18 matches and they are in a best-of-one format. The playoffs are best-of-five and single elimination. The teams competing in the NA LCS are 100 Thieves, Cloud9, Clutch Gaming, Counter Logic Gaming, Echo Fox, FlyQuest, Golden Guardians, OpTic Gaming, Team Liquid and Team SoloMid.
Team Liquid will have a target on their back during the summer split because of their championship success during the spring. Team Liquid went 11-7 during the regular season in the spring but dominated in the playoffs by sweeping Cloud9 in the quarterfinals, beating Echo Fox 3-1 in the semifinals and then sweeping 100 Thieves in the finals, 3-0. Team Liquid was led by Impact, Xmithie, Pobelter, Doublelift, Olleh and Cain during the spring.
Another team to look out for will be 100 Thieves. They were the top seed heading into the playoffs during the spring split, with a record of 12-6. 100 Thieves featured the MVP of the split, Aphromoo, coach of the split, pr0lly” and first team all-pro Cody Sun. 100 Thieves survived an upset in the semifinals by defeating sixth-seeded Clutch Gaming, 3-2, before dropping the finals match to Team Liquid.
Other teams to watch during the summer split will be Echo Fox, Team SoloMid, Could9 and Clutch Gaming. Echo Fox finished third during the spring split, while Team SoloMid, Cloud9, and Clutch Gaming all finished with a regular season record of 11-7.
All matches can be attended every week at the NA LCS studio in Santa Monica, Calif. Every match can also be seen live on lolesports.com.
For more information on the North America League of the Legends Championship Series and their regular season schedule, please visit the official website here.
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