2014 NA LCS season | |
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League | NA LCS |
Sport | League of Legends |
Duration |
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Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Twitch |
Spring | |
Champions | Cloud9 |
Runners-up | Team SoloMid |
Top seed | Cloud9 |
Season MVP | Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg (TSM) [1] |
Summer | |
Champions | Team SoloMid |
Runners-up | Cloud9 |
Top seed | Cloud9 |
Season MVP | Yu "XiaoWeiXiao" Xian (LMQ) [1] |
The 2014 NA LCS season was the second year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. Regular season games were played in Riot Games' studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles. [2]
The spring split began on January 16 and concluded on April 20 with the spring finals, which Cloud9 won with the same roster from the previous split: Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation. [3]
The summer split began on May 23 and concluded with Team SoloMid winning their second NA LCS title on September 1, with a roster consisting of Dyrus, Amazing, Bjergsen, WildTurtle and Lustboy. [4] [5] [6] The summer split also saw the introduction of Riot Games' official fantasy league, the Fantasy LCS. [7]
Team SoloMid, Cloud9 and LMQ qualified for the 2014 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Cloud9 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.857 | Advance to semifinals |
2 | Team SoloMid | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0.786 | |
3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0.643 | Advance to quarterfinals |
4 | Team Dignitas | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0.429 | |
5 | Curse Gaming | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0.393 | |
6 | Team Coast | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0.357 | |
7 | Evil Geniuses | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.286 | Promotion tournament |
8 | XDG Gaming | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0.250 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Cloud9 | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Team Dignitas | 1 | 5 | Team Curse | 0 | ||||||||
5 | Team Curse | 2 | 1 | Cloud9 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | Team SoloMid | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Team SoloMid | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 2 | 3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 1 | ||||||||
6 | Team Coast | 0 | |||||||||||
Fifth place | Third place | ||||||||||||
4 | Team Dignitas | 2 | 3 | Counter Logic Gaming | 2 | ||||||||
6 | Team Coast | 1 | 5 | Team Curse | 0 | ||||||||
Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine )
Pos | Team | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Cloud9 | 2014 League of Legends All-Star |
2 | Team SoloMid | |
3 | Counter Logic Gaming | |
4 | Team Curse | |
5 | Team Dignitas | |
6 | Team Coast | Promotion tournament |
Finals | |||
Winner to 2014 Summer | |||
A1 | Team Coast | 1 | |
B3 | CompLexity Black | 3 | |
Winner to 2014 Summer | |||
A2 | Evil Geniuses | 3 | |
B2 | Cloud9 Tempest | 1 | |
Winner to 2014 Summer | |||
A3 | XDG Gaming | 0 | |
B1 | LMQ | 3 | |
Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine )
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Cloud9 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0.643 | Advance to semifinals |
2 | LMQ | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0.643 | |
3 | Team SoloMid | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.571 | Advance to quarterfinals |
4 | Curse Gaming | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 | |
5 | Counter Logic Gaming | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 | |
6 | Team Dignitas | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 | |
7 | Evil Geniuses | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0.393 | Promotion tournament |
8 | CompLexity Black | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0.357 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Cloud9 | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Team Curse | 3 | 4 | Team Curse | 0 | ||||||||
5 | Counter Logic Gaming | 0 | 1 | Cloud9 | 2 | ||||||||
3 | Team SoloMid | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | LMQ | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Team SoloMid | 3 | 3 | Team SoloMid | 3 | ||||||||
6 | Team Dignitas | 1 | |||||||||||
Fifth place | Third place | ||||||||||||
5 | Counter Logic Gaming | 1 | 4 | Team Curse | 2 | ||||||||
6 | Team Dignitas | 3 | 2 | LMQ | 3 | ||||||||
Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine )
Pos | Team | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Team SoloMid | 2014 League of Legends World Championship |
2 | Cloud9 | |
3 | LMQ | |
4 | Team Curse | |
5 | Team Dignitas | |
6 | Counter Logic Gaming | Promotion tournament |
Finals | |||
Winner to 2015 Spring | |||
A1 | Counter Logic Gaming | 3 | |
B3 | Curse Academy | 2 | |
Winner to 2015 Spring | |||
A2 | Evil Geniuses | 3 | |
B2 | Team Coast | 0 | |
Winner to 2015 Spring | |||
A3 | CompLexity Black | 2 | |
B1 | Team 8 | 3 | |
Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine )
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