2016 EU LCS season

2016 EU LCS season
League	EU LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Twitch
Spring
Season champions	G2 Esports
Runners-up	Origen
Top seed	G2 Esports
Summer
Season champions	G2 Esports
Runners-up	Splyce
Top seed	G2 Esports
Season MVP	Kim "Trick" Gang-yun
EU LCS seasons
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The 2016 European League of Legends Championship Series (2016 EU LCS) was the fourth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series.

The Spring Split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 EU LCS Summer playoff finals. Most matches were played at a film studio in Adlershof, Berlin. The finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at the Rotterdam Ahoy. ^[1]

The Summer Split was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, Mithy, Relinquished, Kikis, their first title.^{[ citation needed ]} Most games were being played at Riot Games' studio in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. ^[2] The finals were at the Tauron Arena Kraków in Kraków, Poland. ^[3]

Spring

Rosters

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Team	Players
	ID
Elements	Steve Gilius Eika MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (sub) Solaaaa (sub)
Fnatic	Gamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles NoXiAK Klaj
G2 Esports	Kikis Trick PerkZ Emperor Hybrid Gucioq (sub)
GIANTS! Gaming	SmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux Special
H2k-Gaming	Odoamne Jankos Ryu Selfie FORG1VEN VandeR
Origen	sOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Zven Mithy
Splyce	Wunder (gamer) Trashy Sencux Kobbe Nisbeth
ROCCAT	fredy122 Airwaks Betsy Safir Tabzz Edward (sub) extinkt (sub) NoXiAK (sub)
Team Vitality	Cabochard Shook Nukeduck Hjärnan kaSing
Unicorns of Love	Vizicsacsi Diamondprox Djoko Rudy loulex Fox Steelback Hylissang

Regular season

Place	Team	Match record	Game record	Champ. points
1.	G2 Esports	15-3
2.	H2k-Gaming	14-4
3.	Vitality	13-5
4.	Origen	11-7
5.	Unicorns of Love	10-8
6.	Fnatic	9-9
7.	Elements	6–12
8.	Splyce	5-13
9.	Team ROCCAT	4-14
10.	GIANTS! Gaming	3-15

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							H2k-Gaming	2
		Vitality	1				Origen	3
		Fnatic	3									Origen	1
												G2 Esports	3
							G2 Esports	3
		Origen	3				Fnatic	1
		Unicorns of Love	0								Third place
												H2k-Gaming	2
												Fnatic	3

Summer

Rosters

Team	Players
	ID	Name	Role
Fnatic	Gamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles YellOwStaR Werlyb (as substitute) Klaj (as substitute)	Noh Young-Jin Lee Da-yoon (이다윤) Fabian Diepstraten Martin Larsson Bora Kim Jorge Casanovas Johan Olsson	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support
G2 Esports	Expect Trick PerkZ Zven Mithy RelinQuished (as substitute) Kikis (as substitute)	Dae-han Ki (대한기) Kim Kang Yoon (김강윤) Luka Perkovic Jesper Svenningsen Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez Joel Fjellström Mateusz Szkudlarek	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Top
GIANTS! Gaming	SmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux (as substitute) Special (as substitute)	Lennart Warkus Nubar Sarafian Gun Woo Na Son Seung-ik (손승익) Morgan Granberg Samuel Fernández Fort Joran Scheffer	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Mid
H2k-Gaming	Odoamne Jankos Ryu Freeze VandeR FORG1VEN (playoffs only) Hulberto (as substitute) Knugen (as substitute)	Andrei Pascu Marcin Jankowski Ryu Sang-ook Aleš Kněžínek Oskar Bogdan Konstantinos Tzortziou Johan Johansson Jesper Rundberg	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Jungle AD Carry
Origen	sOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Hybrid Cyanide (as substitute) FORG1VEN (as substitute) (June–August)	Paul Boyer Maurice Stückenschneider Tristan Schrage Enrique Cedeño Martínez Glenn Doornenbal Lauri Happonen Konstantinos Tzortziou	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
ROCCAT	Parang Airwaks Betsy Steelback Raise fredy122 (as substitute) extinkt (as substitute)	Sang-won Lee Karim Benghalia Felix Edling Pierre Medjaldi Ji-hwan Oh Simon Payne Vytautas Mélinauskas	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support
Schalke 04	Steve Gilius Fox MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (as substitute) Solaaaa (as substitute)	Etienne Michels Berk Demir Hampus Myhre Rasmus Skinneholm Hampus Abrahamsson Marcel Feldkamp Nico Linke	Top Jungler Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
Splyce	Wunderwear Trashy Sencux Kobbe Mikyx Gripex (as substitute) Vizility (as substitute)	Martin Hansen Jonas Andersen Chres Laursen Kasper Kobberup Mihael Mehle Jesper Terkildsen Jeffrey de Vries	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
Unicorns of Love	Vizicsacsi Move Exileh Veritas Hylissang	Kiss Tamás Kang Min-su Fabian Schubert Kim Kyoung-min Zdravets Galabov	Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support

Regular season

Place	Team	Match record	Points
1.	G2 Esports	10W-8T-0L	38
2.	Splyce	9W-6T-3L	33
3.	Giants Gaming	8W-3T-7L	27
4.	H2k-Gaming	7W-6T-5L	27
5.	Fnatic	7W-6T-5L	27
6.	Unicorns of Love	6W-5T-7L	23
7.	Team Vitality	3W-9T-6L	18
8.	FC Schalke 04	3W-9T-6L	18
9.	Origen	2W-8T-8L	14
10.	ROCCAT	2W-6T-10L	12

H2k finished above Fnatic after defeating them in a tiebreaker game

Team Vitality finished above Schalke 04 after defeating them in a tiebreaker game

Playoffs

The semi-finals match between fnatic and H2k was delayed two days due to technical reasons. ^[4]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	G2 Esports	3
	3	Giants Gaming	1			6	Unicorns of Love	1
	6	Unicorns of Love	3								1	G2 Esports	3
											2	Splyce	1
						2	Splyce	3
	4	H2k-Gaming	3			4	H2k-Gaming	2
	5	fnatic	0								Third place
											6	Unicorns of Love	1
											4	H2k-Gaming	3

EU Regional Qualifiers

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
											1	Splyce	3
						2	Fnatic	0			3	Unicorns of Love	2
	3	Unicorns of Love	3			3	Unicorns of Love	3
	4	Giants Gaming	0

References

1. "The EU LCS finals will be in Rotterdam | The Daily Dot". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
2. "A Game of Thrones: EU LCS breakdown". 25 May 2016.
3. "LoL Esports".
4. "Riot postpones EU LCS quarterfinals match after two-hour technical delays | The Daily Dot". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-08-15.