2018 EU LCS season

2018 EU LCS season
League	EU LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Twitch, Azubu, YouTube
Spring
Season champions	Fnatic
Runners-up	G2 Esports
Season MVP	Martin "Rekkles" Larsson (Fnatic)
Summer
Season champions	Fnatic
Runners-up	FC Schalke 04 Esports
Season MVP	Rasmus "Caps" Winther (Fnatic)
EU LCS seasons
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The 2018 European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) was the sixth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series, the highest level of professional League of Legends play in Europe. ^{[1] [2]} Most games were played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. ^[3] It was the final season under the EU LCS name, as the league was rebranded to the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) from the 2019 season onwards.

Format

Plans to break league into 4 regions and applying franchising business model was postponed until season 2019. ^{[4] [5]} Best-of-three format with dividing teams into two groups has been replaced by a Double Round Robin Format with "best of one" matches in a single group owing to EU LCS viewership falling. ^{[6] [7]}

Second-tier competition in Europe from season 2014 to 2017 was Challenger Series. In season 2018 it has been replaced by European Regional Leagues (ERLs). ^[8] Promotion Tournament was cancelled, the European Cup provided in addition to ERLs. ^[9]

Spring

Regular season

Pos	Team	W - L	Points	Qualification
1.	Fnatic	14 - 4	+10	Advance to semifinals
2.	G2 Esports	11 - 7	+4
3.	Splyce	11 - 7	+4	Advance to quarterfinals
4.	Team Vitality	10 - 8	+2
5.	H2k-Gaming	8 - 10	-2
6.	Team ROCCAT	8 - 10	-2
7.	Misfits	8 - 10	-2	No qualification for Playoffs
8.	FC Schalke 04	7 - 11	-4
9.	Giants Gaming	7 - 11	-4
10.	Unicorns Of Love	6 - 12	-6

References

1. EU LoLeSports staff (June 2, 2017). "Lolesports (EU)". Riot Games. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
2. Stubbs, Mike (1 Dec 2017). "Meet the teams in the EU LCS for 2018". Red Bull eSports. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
3. Riot Nusliful. "EU LCS Tickets jetzt live!". Riot Games. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
4. "LoL: В лиге EU LCS грядут изменения". Match TV (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-06.
5. "Riot Games перенесла изменения в EU LCS на 2019 год". Championat.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
6. "EU LCS in 2018 and beyond". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
7. "League of Legends: tutto il programma delle prime settimane della nuova EU LCS". Everyeye.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-02.
8. "LCS EU: les ligues régionales européennes - League of Legends". Millenium (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-02.
9. "Regional leagues and European Cup to replace EU Challenger Series". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2018-01-02.