2021 LEC season

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2021 LEC season
League LEC
Sport League of Legends
DurationJanuary 22 - April 11 (Spring)
June 22 - August 1 (Summer)
Number of teams10
Spring
ChampionsMAD Lions
  Runners-upRogue
Season MVPMartin "Rekkles" Larsson
Summer
ChampionsMAD Lions
  Runners-upFnatic
Season MVPKacper "Inspired" Słoma
LEC seasons

The 2021 LEC season was the third year of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends , following its rebranding in late 2018. The spring regular season began on 22 January, [1] and concluded on 14 March, while the playoffs started on 26 March and concluded on 11 April. The summer split began on 22 June, and playoffs concluded on 1 August. The three teams that qualified for the 2021 World Championship were MAD Lions, [2] Fnatic, [3] and Rogue, [4] respectively. [5]

Contents

Teams

The Astralis Group merged its LEC team Origen into the Astralis brand prior to the 2021 season. [6]

Astralis Excel Esports
FC Schalke 04 Fnatic
G2 Esports MAD Lions
Misfits Gaming Rogue
SK Gaming Team Vitality

Spring

Regular season

PosTeamWLPtsQualification
1G2 Esports [lower-alpha 1] 14410Advance to winners' bracket
2Rogue [lower-alpha 1] 14410
3MAD Lions1082
4FC Schalke 04 [lower-alpha 2] 990
5Fnatic [lower-alpha 2] 990Advance to losers' bracket
6SK Gaming [lower-alpha 3] 810−2
7Misfits Gaming [lower-alpha 3] 810−2
8Excel Esports711−4
9Astralis612−6
10Team Vitality513−8
Source: LoL Esports
Notes:
  1. 1 2 G2 and Rogue's tie was broken by head-to-head record, with G2 winning both matchups.
  2. 1 2 Because Fnatic and Schalke were tied in their head-to-head record, their tie was instead broken by their win percentage in the second round robin. Fnatic won three games in the second round robin while Schalke won four, so fourth place was awarded to Schalke.
  3. 1 2 Misfits and SK Gaming's tie was broken by head-to-head record, with SK winning both matchups.
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1G2 Esports3
4Schalke 042
1G2 Esports1
3MAD Lions3
2Rogue1
3MAD Lions3
3MAD Lions3
2Rogue2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1G2 Esports1
2Rogue32Rogue3
4Schalke 0434Schalke 041
5Fnatic35Fnatic0
6SK Gaming1

Individual awards

AwardPlayerPositionTeam
All-Pro Team Martin "Wunder" Hansen TopG2 Esports
Marcin "Jankos" JankowskiJungleG2 Esports
Rasmus "Caps" Winther MidG2 Esports
Martin "Rekkles" Larsson BotG2 Esports
Mihael "Mikyx" MehleSupportG2 Esports
Coaching Staff of the SplitRogue Coaching StaffStaffRogue
Rookie of the SplitJavier "Elyoya" Prades BatallaJungleMAD Lions
MVP [7] Martin "Rekkles" Larsson BotG2 Esports

Summer

Regular season

PosTeamWLPtsQualification
1Rogue1358Advance to winner' bracket
2G2 Esports1266
3MAD Lions1266
4Misfits Gaming1266
5Fnatic1174Advance to losers' bracket
6Team Vitality810−2
7Excel Esports711−4
8Origen711−4
9SK Gaming513−8
10FC Schalke 04315−12
Source: LoL Esports

Championship Points for playoffs seeding

Playoffs

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Rogue3
4Misfits Gaming2
1Rogue0
2MAD Lions3
2MAD Lions3
3G2 Esports1
2MAD Lions3
5Fnatic1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Rogue0
3G2 Esports25Fnatic3
4Misfits Gaming25Fnatic3
5Fnatic35Fnatic3
6Team Vitality2

Individual awards

AwardPlayerPositionTeam
All-Pro Team [8] Andrei "Odoamne" PascuTopRogue
Kacper "Inspired" SłomaJungleRogue
Rasmus "Caps" Winther MidG2 Esports
Martin "Rekkles" Larsson BotG2 Esports
Mihael "Mikyx" MehleSupportG2 Esports
Coaching Staff of the Split [9] Rogue Coaching StaffStaffRogue
Rookie of the Split [10] Adam "Adam" MaananeTopFnatic
MVP [11] Kacper "Inspired" SłomaJungleRogue

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