2016 EU LCS season

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2016 EU LCS season
League EU LCS
Sport League of Legends
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Twitch
Spring
Season champions G2 Esports
  Runners-up Origen
Top seedG2 Esports
Summer
Season championsG2 Esports
  Runners-up Splyce
Top seedG2 Esports
Season MVP Kim "Trick" Gang-yun
EU LCS seasons

The 2016 European League of Legends Championship Series (2016 EU LCS) was the fourth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series.

Contents

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

[ needs update ]

TeamPlayers
ID
Elements
  • Steve
  • Gilius
  • Eika
  • MrRalleZ
  • sprattel
  • Dexter (sub)
  • Solaaaa (sub)
Fnatic
G2 Esports
GIANTS! Gaming
H2k-Gaming
Origen
Splyce
ROCCAT
Team Vitality
Unicorns of Love

Regular season

PlaceTeamMatch recordGame recordChamp. 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 Origen3
Fnatic 3 Origen 1
G2 Esports 3
G2 Esports 3
Origen3 Fnatic 1
Unicorns of Love 0 Third place
H2k-Gaming 2
Fnatic 3

Summer

Rosters

TeamPlayers
IDNameRole
Fnatic

Flag of Korea (1899).svg Gamsu
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Spirit
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Febiven
Flag of Sweden.svg Rekkles
Flag of France.svg YellOwStaR
Flag of Spain.svg Werlyb (as substitute)
Flag of Sweden.svg 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

Flag of Korea (1899).svg Expect
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Trick
Flag of Croatia.svg PerkZ
Flag of Denmark.svg Zven
Flag of Spain.svg Mithy
Flag of Sweden.svg RelinQuished (as substitute)
Flag of Poland.svg 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

Flag of Germany.svg SmittyJ
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maxlore
Flag of Korea (1899).svg NighT
Flag of Korea (1899).svg S0NSTAR
Flag of Sweden.svg Hustlin
Flag of Spain.svg Samux (as substitute)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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

Flag of Romania.svg Odoamne
Flag of Poland.svg Jankos
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Ryu
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Freeze
Flag of Poland.svg VandeR
Flag of Greece.svg FORG1VEN (playoffs only)
Flag of Sweden.svg Hulberto (as substitute)
Flag of Sweden.svg 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

Flag of France.svg sOAZ
Flag of Germany.svg Amazing
Flag of Germany.svg PowerOfEvil
Flag of Spain.svg xPeke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hybrid
Flag of Finland.svg Cyanide (as substitute)
Flag of Greece.svg 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

Flag of Korea (1899).svg Parang
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Airwaks
Flag of Sweden.svg Betsy
Flag of France.svg Steelback
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Raise
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg fredy122 (as substitute)
Flag of Lithuania.svg 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

Flag of France.svg Steve
Flag of Germany.svg Gilius
Flag of Sweden.svg Fox
Flag of Denmark.svg MrRalleZ
Flag of Sweden.svg sprattel
Flag of Germany.svg Dexter (as substitute)
Flag of Germany.svg 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

Flag of Denmark.svg Wunderwear
Flag of Denmark.svg Trashy
Flag of Denmark.svg Sencux
Flag of Denmark.svg Kobbe
Flag of Slovenia.svg Mikyx
Flag of Denmark.svg Gripex (as substitute)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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

Flag of Hungary.svg Vizicsacsi
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Move
Flag of Germany.svg Exileh
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Veritas
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hylissang

Kiss Tamás
Kang Min-su
Fabian Schubert
Kim Kyoung-min
Zdravets Galabov

Top
Jungle
Mid
AD Carry
Support

Regular season

PlaceTeamMatch recordPoints
1. G2 Esports 10W-8T-0L38
2. Splyce 9W-6T-3L33
3. Giants Gaming 8W-3T-7L27
4. H2k-Gaming 7W-6T-5L27
5. Fnatic 7W-6T-5L27
6. Unicorns of Love 6W-5T-7L23
7. Team Vitality 3W-9T-6L18
8. FC Schalke 04 3W-9T-6L18
9. Origen 2W-8T-8L14
10. ROCCAT 2W-6T-10L12

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

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Splyce 3
2 Fnatic 03 Unicorns of Love 2
3 Unicorns of Love 33 Unicorns of Love 3
4 Giants Gaming 0

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